We leave the ship for the last time...

We disembarked the ship without incident. As long as you don't count Wilson breaking down in tears and hanging on to the the deck rail, refusing to leave until security, and then Captain Sørensen himself, arrived to talk him onto the gangplank. 

Once we were safely back on dry land in Southampton we checked in at the Holiday Inn for one more night.

I was very tired and had hoped to settle down early, but instead Wilson sat up late telling Polly-B, Antony and Tiny Toy of all our adventures at sea. 

They sat spellbound, fascinated to hear about them, as they hadn't set foot outside the cabin; W had been afraid they would wander away and get lost. Or be toy-napped and held to ransom by foreign gangs of toy-thieves. 

Poor little Antony actually thought the holiday was just beginning, not realising that it was in fact ending. 

Tomorrow we'll have a quick look round Southampton, then drive home.