The last evening on the Eclipse. 26/08/2016

Normally the theatre performances take place at 8.30 and 10.30. The last evening performances in the theatre are brought slightly forward on almost every ship as the organizers know people need to pack and many have an early night. So Ms Aimie Atkinson [I did not go to her concert several nights previously] and Mr Steve Larkins [yes,the Freddie Mercury impersonator] came to entertain us at 7 and 9. She was small with powerful lungs,but her voice did nothing for me. She sang the way I was massaged - she was trained well, hit all the right notes,high and low, but nothing quite touched my heart. Mr Larkins. Well. He was smutty,he was brazen,he was funny.I laughed. Not often,not much,but I laughed.And the funniest joke of them all was about BREXIT and I cannot even remember it! Then I collected $169 from the reception [I was given a credit of $400 by the company,I had deposit $500 of my own money and I had $169 left to be returned to me] and went to my stateroom to finish packing. We docked in Southampton at 5.30 in the morning and at 7 I was on a train to London,Waterloo. A perfect end to a perfect cruise. Well, not absolutely everything was perfect,of course. And no-one would believe me if I said it was. Take the tables in the self-service restaurant Oceanview, on the 14th floor. They were left covered with other guests'used cutlery and crockery for far too long and far too often wiped clean with the same dirty wet cloth. I never once saw a waiter wash the cloth or replace it with a clean one. I wish there was a guest launderette with an iron. I wear a lot of silk and linen and even though am an expert packer, at times the linen could do with a touch of the iron. And I like to look immaculate. Of course I could have had the items expertly pressed, but it would have become too much of a palava. Even a tiny ship Silversea Cloud had a lovely wash and iron corner. I will have to mention this when I get the questionnaire e-mailed to me. The questionnaire is something you either get at the end of every cruise,or they e-mail it to you. You give answers and marks 1-10, 10 being the highest, to numerous questions about the life on board.