The departure from Zeebrugge is fairly bland, as there isn't much to see. Just a few local yachts and boats came out to see us off. Once outside the sea walls we went along the coast for a small way and then because the sea lanes are so crowded in the Channel, we had to merge in with other vessels, coming and going from Zeebrugge and other places. There were a couple of cargo ships going the same way as us, but with the liner's speed, we soon overtook them.
As this was our last night aboard, we decided to at least go to the main dining room and say goodbye to the other couples. Nice meal, and we all talked about what we'd done, but Lee and I still can't remember the names of the two ladies at our table. We'd spent the afternoon organising our bags and had them in the hall before dinner, and then went down for last drinks at the Glass House, and say goodbye to Mukesh. We had spent quite a lot of time in there over the course of the trip, (mainly because it wasn't on the list of restricted places on Formal nights), so we wanted to wish him well with the rest of his time on the cruises. He apparently is contracted until September, and then goes home to Mumbai for a break.
The sea was amazingly calm again, and getting near to sunset, I went on the balcony and tried some photos of the sunset itself, and discovered a vast "forest" of wind turbines out in the water. There were rows and rows of them, and if we have guessed correctly, we had gone to the north-east, and these were the turbines off the south-east coast of the UK, out from Foreness Point, at the top of Kent, near the Thames estuary.
Tomorrow - disembarkation chaos...
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