We usually try to escape from the cold weather, for a couple of weeks, during the UK’s winter and this year was no exception. We hadn’t been to the Caribbean since Covid and so we booked ourselves on a P&O Cruise around the islands, taking in, Barbados, Bonaire, Curacao, Aruba, St Vincent and St Lucia. Most of our holidays consist of seeing and exploring various places, involving driving great distances and moving on every two or three days. So it is nice to take on a cruise, relax and let someone else take the decisions. For two weeks I’m happy just to decide whether to have tea or coffee with my breakfast, or wine or beer with dinner. It’s also nice to be able to unpack, instead of living out of a suitcase.

Cruising isn’t especially good for photography as it’s difficult to get away from the tourist areas around the port, but I do take a camera and following are some ‘snaps’ I took on this trip. All these were with a Leica M11-P with 28, 35, 50 and 75mm lenses.