Cruise to Iceland - at sea - 16th July 2023 Sunday

Having passed the northern most point we are now heading back down towards Scotland. We were supposed to stop at John o'Groats but due to bad weather we will be moving onto Invergordon for Inverness. We have been there before so instead, we are going to Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle. Really looking forward to tomorrow.

Michael's breakfast usually starts with various cheeses, salmon and ham with onion and pickles and then an omelette. I don't know when last he has had coffee and mostly drinks black tea and sometimes a vitamin drink that includes various berries, carrot and orange. Usually I have mixed fruits, plain yogurt with prunes and sometimes salmon, cottage cheese and onion.

Food is of the highest quality, all of our meals have been tasty and there is always a great variety of dish choices.

On this sea day I did yoga, then later on low impact interval training and in the afternoon some form of gym. Stationary rowing or step machine or treadmill. Lots of fun or rather exhausting.

I have managed to swim 10 lengths most days in the freezing cold pool, all except 2 days where I ran out of time as dinner is at 17:45. The body can get used to anything. After a good workout, there is nothing better than jumping into freezing cold water. Feels like your body is burning but gets rid of all the aches and pains from the other types of exercise.

Tea time is deadly with every type of biscuit, scone, toasted sandwich and desserts one can imagine. Sea days are the worse for eating as a captive audience, we look for ways to entertain ourselves and there is no two better ways to pass the time - exercising or eating.