Cruises
21st May 2022
A
cruise
around
the
Western
Med,
seeing
Gaudi's
art
in
Barcelona
and
Gibraltar
again,
taking
a
land
train
in
Nice.
31st Oct 2021
The
Canaries:
our
first
cruise
in
over
two
and
a
half
years
17th Jul 2019
We
cruised
to
Iceland
by
way
of
Norway
and
Ireland
on
the
P&O
ship
Arcadia
which
we
had
been
on
before.
31st Aug 2018
We
do
a
cruise
round
the
British
Isles
taking
in
Skye
to
see
dear
friends,
prehistoric
sites
on
the
Orkneys,
and
the
beautiful
Tresco
in
the
Scilly
Isles.
Oh
and
Monet's
garden
in
France
for
good
measure.
14th Jul 2017
We
do
another
Baltics
cruise,
taking
in
an
Abba
museum
in
Stockholm,
Hamlet's
castle
in
Denmark,
and
Catherine's
palace
in
St
Petersburg.
4th Oct 2016
We
counted
down
the
months.
We
counted
down
the
weeks.
We
counted
down
the
days.
At
last
the
non-working
day
arrived,
the
day
on
which
we
had
to
ensure
the
spare
bed
room
was
sealed
up
so
Amelia
couldn't
hide
inside
it,
the
day
on
which
clothes
were
packed
in
cases
cluttering
up
the
lounge,
the
day
of
have
we
got
everything
together?
Our
poor
cats,
Tabitha
and
Amelia,
were
transported
in
their
carriers
to
the
"Grange
Cattery"
in
Waterbeach
and
the
kind
care
of
Phyllis.
The
road
had
been
improved
in
places,
but
still
bumpy
and
undulating.
It
may
be
the
last
time
they
go
there
as
Phyllis
is
in
her
60s,
and
the
landlord
has
planned
building
works
which
will
shut
the
cattery.
Disturbingly
(but
necessarily
I
guess)
Phyllis
asked
what
to
do
if
Tabitha
died
while
we
were
away
-
we
settled
for
having
her
frozen
at
the
vets
so
we
could
cremate
her
later.
4th Oct 2016
Virginia
and
I
cruised
to
the
Western
Med
on
the
P&O
Arcadia.
We
saw
Gaudi's
creativity
at
Park
Guell
and
Sagrada
Familia,
and
the
remains
of
Roman
creativity
at
Herculaneum.
8th Mar 2015
We
go
with
Fred
Olsen
to
see
ice
hotels
in
north
Norway,
futuristic
cathedrals,
and
were
lucky
enough
to
see
a
solar
eclipse!
14th Sep 2014
A
cruise
to
the
Western
Med
on
the
P&O
"Azura",
including
a
gondola
ride
in
Venice.
13th Oct 2013
A
cruise
up
and
down
the
Rhine,
by
coach
from
England.
27th May 2012
A
cruise
to
the
Azores
on
the
P&O
ship
Oriana.
We
get
seasick
trying
to
see
whales,
on
land
saw
a
pineapple
farm
on
Ponta
Delgada
and
a
banana
plantation
on
Gran
Canaria.
30th Jul 2011
We
do
a
cruise
to
the
Baltics
taking
in
palaces
in
St
Petersburg
and
bogs
in
Estonia.
17th Nov 2009
A
cruise
to
the
Eastern
Med
so
Virginia
and
I
could
tick
the
Pyramids
off
as
well
as
the
Parthenon.
The
ruins
of
Ephesus
were
the
best
bit
for
me.
18th May 2007
Our
first
cruise
to
Norway,
the
land
of
fjords
and
ice
and
snow.