Virtual cruise Lyon to Avignon and Arles

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Tryng again with the pictures that were attached to above.

I note the legs are delicately crossed to avoid offending any sensitivities.
(However, that can be sorted out)

Welcome Callistemon !

You’ll need stamina for this cruise , a strong head for the vin and a strong stomach for Thelma McFuttock’s cooking but the cabarets are good.
Certain activities are however discouraged as you will no doubt become aware.

I'll sit and watch, if that's OK with you?
I don't have my app with me, sadly.

I tend to have an app after lunch so I’ll be firing on all cylinders by 18.00

I am not sure what Maw means by cabaret - at this time of night she may mean cabernet but I must tell you Callistemon, we have had a cracking run of evening lectures. No doubt that's what persuaded you aboard. News spreads.

To recap - we have had rivetting talks on cement, paint stripping and duct tape. Sadly, our planned lecture on plankton had to cancelled due to concerns about PPE but we bounced back this evening with rude English folk songs and Morris Dancing. What's not to like?

Rivetting ... hmm ... that's given me an idea!

Hello Callistemon21 Welcome aboard

Was it you who posted some time ago that lovely picture of trees that you drew?

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Just a little reminder of the cruise uniform.
It’s a red dress

No not that one although there are people who still seem to find appropriate.

The second, kick ass one

Or a bronze and emerald green silk dress as worn by Gabrielle Emilie de Breteuil (1706-41) Marquise of Chatelet-Lorraine. French mathematician, physicist, and author during the Age of Enlightenment.

Painted by Maurice Quentin de la Tour.

She needs a vest.

Don’t ve all need a vest sometimes?

Or a liberty bodice.

liberté - tick
fraternité - we could all wear one
égalité - Colin too this evening
and Manu when we visit
??

Meryl I assume you're on boat duty today. Can you check the socket in my cabin please? I got an electric shock last night! ? catch you later.

Bonjour mes amies. Je prends le petit déjeuner sur la terrasse à côté de la piscine.

Just a reminder that this evening we shall be painting in the garden with Colin Firth. A rush is expected. As some of you may have experienced, when Brünnhilde rushes, a draught usually follows. Vests are recommended.

Joseanne

Meryl I assume you're on boat duty today. Can you check the socket in my cabin please? I got an electric shock last night! ? catch you later.

What did I say to you, Joseanne, before we set off?

If you really must bring that, you need to check it won't overload the system.

Are we parked up (nautical term) then? ?
I thought we must be sailing as I distinctly felt the earth (or water) move in the night.
Inspired by the Great British Sewing Abeille ? , I’ve been fashioning a Liberté print posing pouch for Colin for tonight. Took ages to get the measurements and I had to keep checking the fit.
A hard job but somebody had to do it.

I don't know about everyone else but I had an exceptionally good nights sleep on dry land in a posh suite at the Hotel Villa Gallici.

The only slight irritation was the whirring of what sounded like a sewing machine down the hall, the periodic yelps of a man in pain and a woman telling him not to be a baby. Heaven knows what they were doing.

I experienced that irritation as well. My room was a little closer to the scene of the action and I distinctly heard a woman's voice complaining more than once that it was definitely the right size the last time she checked ...

Mr Firth has just limped into breakfast talking on his mobile ... something about a restraining order? However, he has confimed that this evening's event will go ahead so long as he can leave his hat on.

Is that some kind of code?

He’ll be ok for tonight. I tended his wounds with a bottle of medicinal brandy I found in the cellar. He said it stung a bit when he dunked it in but it seems better now although he doubts Maw should win the Sewing Bee with her entry.

Leave his hat on …..where?

I knew I shouldn’t have pinned it on when I was trying it for size

Perhaps, Maw, if we have a quiet day sometime, you could organise a Transformation Challenge?
A la *Sewing ? ",
All needlers welcome, best outfit displaying the most ingenious use of discarded items

It could indeed be an evening activity. (Racks brain to think of what can be made out of 35 bottles of Demoiselle )

Discarded items so far: half a bag of cement, a quarter bottle of turpentine, half a roll of duct tape, Brünnhilde's swollen tonsils, Monsieur Planck's used PPE, some Morris Dancers' baubles and 35 empty bottles of Demoiselle. Brogan ponders whether she can make a pink puff-sleeved dress from these items in 90 minutes.