Mum's Final Journey

As you may know my mum Muriel passed away in September 2014 after a short illness.  It was decided after the funeral to divide her ashes so that some were buried with my Dads ashes in her local

Mum at The Connaught Hotel 2013

churchyard and the rest I have taken back with me to Norfolk.  
Mum was born and raised near the coast and my family has a strong connection with the RNLI.  When Mum stayed with me she was at her happiest sitting watching the sea.  Then from nowhere it came to me to see if it was possible to have ashes scattered at sea while on the cruise ship.  Mum loved travel, she loved the sea and she loved to hear about our cruises so it seemed perfect.  I had read that it was possible to scatter ashes with P&O but it was at the discretion of the captain.  I thought the best person to ask to contact P&O was our cruise agent Susan and got onto it straight away.  At first they were very positive about helping me and after a week or so later they didn't seem so keen giving the excuse the Captain Brown was too busy with Britannia to give an answer.  At this point I was feeling very down as it felt it was the right thing to do with her ashes.  My agent said she would tackle someone while

Captain Pembridge

visiting the ship this week.  That raised my hopes.  This morning I received a letter from P&O to say that the alternate captain on Britannia Captain David Pembridge had confirmed that he is willing to assist me onboard during the scattering of the ashes and that I will receive a copy of the details of the service shortly.  They have also said that a member of the team will be available at the cruise terminal to assist us through the embarkation procedures.   Suddenly I feel a whole weight has lifted off my shoulders.  I just need to get a copy of the cremation certificate to show the ship.  They have even asked what date I want to do the scattering and I have said while the ship is in the Canary Islands.
I feel at last her journey is finally coming to an end and she would be more than happy with my choices.