Got up at eight o’clock this morning with the heavy-hearted feeling that this was the last day of our cruise. We had a full day at sea today, and at some point we would have to start our packing. 🙁 Decided to go to the Britannia Restaurant for our breakfast, where I enjoyed a bowl…
Woke up this morning again to the dulcet tones of radio presenter Matt Bailey on Radio Newcastle’s breakfast show, as he gave us this morning’s cryptic clue to solve. As today is apparently International Potato Day, the answer to the clue was ‘Maris Piper’. It was therefore quite appropriate that we would be spending the…
We didn’t really do much today at all. We got up at 7.30am and went out onto the balcony to watch the progress of Queen Anne towards her anchorage in the Dublin Bay. I don’t know why the ship just didn’t dock in Dublin itself, as we have done on previous cruises. Maybe she is…
Oh, Mary, this London’s a wonderful sight,For the people are working by day and by night.They don’t sow potatoes nor barley nor wheat,But there’s gangs of them digging for gold in the street.At least when I asked them that’s what I was told,So I just took a hand in this digging for gold.But for all…
Woke up this morning at 7.20am, as Trevor had put Radio Newcastle on BBC Sounds so we could listen to Matt Bailey at Breakfast. I couldn’t send in the answer to the crytic clue this morning as I couldn’t solve it. Going out onto the balcony, I saw that the sky was dull and grey…
Woke up at five o’clock this morning and went out on our balcony, hoping to catch the sunrise, and to start the day with a great big lungful of fresh sea air. The sun had just come up, but there were lots of clouds, which probably made a better photo than just a plain sunrise….
Woke up this morning at 7.30am and went out onto the balcony to see what the weather was like. The decking and chairs were wet, showing there had been a shower of rain overnight. Looking at the sky, we could see patches of blue amongst the clouds, and at least it was dry. We watched…
Woke up at 7.30am as usual, pleased to see through the gap in the curtains that the skies were blue once again. Today we had a leisurely sea day, cruising around Mull in sea lochs and passing mountains and castles, and many of the little bays and islands we had visited on previous cruises in…
Got up at 7.30 this morning after an excellent night’s sleep. There were a few more clouds in the sky today, although the weather was still fine, but looking at the weather forecast on our Samsung phones, we could see that intermittent showers could be expected later on. We decided to go to the Britannia…
Got up at 7.30 this morning in anticipation of our cabin steward bringing our champagne and lobster breakfast. Going out on the balcony, the weather was clear and bright, and only a gentle sea breeze ruffled our hair. The sea was like a mill pond; in fact, it has been remarkably calm for the whole…
