Needed more than six this week!
Last shuttle back to base
Waiting to be stowed.
Queen Elizabeth, like most cruise ships, cannot always berth in the centre of cities. This is overcome by transferring, by tender, those wishing to go ashore. On this ship a rule, strictly enforced, is that passengers must be able to clear a gap of 18 inches unaided. This is not about boarding the tender alongside ship, where a gangway is provided. Rather it is to cater for the shore end, where there may be a gap, not to mention movement, at the landing place. Every passenger wishing to go ashore must therefore pass the step test under close scrutiny!
Bay of Islands, New Zealand, March 2019
Antipodean contribution to Six Word Saturday!
