Barry, your post above ..... thanks very much. It was nice to drop in and to say hello to a few familiar faces.
The old respiratory problem has largely kept me away from ships for about a year or so, but I have a visit to the Saga Ruby arranged on the 26th so if you are around perhaps we can have a chin wag. This will be the last time Dover will see the Saga Ruby before her retirement so it will be nice to help give her a good send-off.
I've no idea why Grand Mistral was a no-show, but here have been a number of cancellations this year.
Here she is in 2011.