Forest businesswoman Veronica Godfrey's dream cruise turned into a nightmare when the luxury liner was hit by a norovirus outbreak.

The retired accountant says she feared for her life but was told she could not be airlifted off the Boudicca because she "would not make it".

"I really thought I was going to die." said the retired accountant from Drybrook who spent the whole time confined to her cabin and three days on drips hanging from a porthole.