Well a bit belated, but a Happy New Year to you all.  After a lovely Christmas with many family members we set off from Southampton on 10^th January for our cruise on the Queen Elizabeth.  It lived up to every one of our expectations.  The highlight was transit through the Panama Canal, which was truly amazing.  We were up at 6 so as not to miss any of it.  A very close second was ‘riding the pole’ on a San Francisco cable car.  A week after our return we have travelled, by hire car, to Plymouth to pick up Christmas presents and other bits we left here.  That included the lap top which is why I haven’t blogged until now. The week on board has seen us cruise from Cosgrove to Leighton Buzzard.  A couple of windy days we stayed moored but managed to travel as far as we wanted.  We plan to be back on board on Monday to continue on our way to London, although we will be watching the weather to watch progress of the Thames.  We may have to rethink our summer plan as our intention had been to cruise the Thames. Bye for now.