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Rainy Days and Mondays

Posted on September 18, 2023September 23, 2023 by bollingerbabe

Hanging aroundNothing to do but frownRainy days and MondaysAlways get me down. The Carpenters Woke up this morning a little later; it was 6.52am when the Glen Rosa‘s generator rumbled into life. After lying in our double bunk a little longer, listening to the inevitable rain pattering down outside, we got up and went up…

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Rain May Pour

Posted on September 17, 2023September 23, 2023 by bollingerbabe

One drop of rain on your window paneDoesn’t mean to say there’s a thunderstorm coming.Rain may pour for an hour or more, But it doesn’t matter, you know it doesn’t matter. The Fortunes – Storm In A Teacup After an excellent night’s sleep, we woke up at 6.37am exactly as the Glen Rosa’s generator sprang…

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When the Boat Comes In

Posted on September 16, 2023September 23, 2023 by bollingerbabe

You shall have a fishyOn a little dishyYou shall have a fishyWhen the boat comes in. Traditional folk song Woke up at 7.30am after a comfortable night’s sleep in the Lancaster Hotel in Oban, and were pleased to see sunshine and wispy white clouds drifting lazily across a blue sky. As the weather forecast for…

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Merseyside Mayhem

Posted on July 7, 2023July 10, 2023 by bollingerbabe

Woke up at 8.00am and looked out of the window at a restless and choppy Irish Sea. There was no sign of any land in sight, and my phone was still on the ‘Telenor Maritime’ network. At least there was no rush; we didn’t have to be out of the cabin until eleven o’clock. After…

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Belfast Reunion

Posted on July 6, 2023July 10, 2023 by bollingerbabe

Well, this blog entry probably won’t be of any interest to anybody, as we just spent the day with my cousins in Belfast. So please therefore feel free to skip this entry. 🙂 My mother was from Belfast and my two cousins, Alan and his wife Margaret, and Brenda and her husband Adam, still live…

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Time out in Tobermory

Posted on July 5, 2023July 10, 2023 by bollingerbabe

We were up at 6.30 this morning, and we looked out of our window to see that Ambition was at anchor off the pretty little town of Tobermory, on the Isle of Mull. We had never been here before and were so looked forward to exploring. What I found quite interesting and amusing was people’s…

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Making our way to Mull

Posted on July 4, 2023July 8, 2023 by bollingerbabe

A combination of late nights, too many cocktails (or quite possibly both) meant I didn’t get out of my pit until 8.40am.  Even then, I didn’t go up to breakfast, I just had a cup of coffee in the cabin while getting ready, and Trevor brought me back a muffin and an orange from the…

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Touring around Tórshavn

Posted on July 3, 2023July 10, 2023 by bollingerbabe

As our meeting time for our scenic excursion this morning wasn’t until 9.15am, we got up at eight and looked out of the window, to find ourselves docked in picturesque Tórshavn, capital of the Faroe Islands.  We had been here twice before, in 2006 and in 2016, but it’s such a lovely place, all green…

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Looking Around Lerwick

Posted on July 2, 2023July 8, 2023 by bollingerbabe

Didn’t go up to breakfast this morning; instead I made use of the tea and coffee facilities in our cabin, and Trevor, who did go to the Borough Market self-service, brought me back a muffin and a banana to enjoy instead. Then we got ourselves ready to disembark, ensuring we had our cagoules after a…

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A Relaxing Day at Sea

Posted on July 1, 2023July 8, 2023 by bollingerbabe

1st July.  Wow – were we into the second half of 2023 already?!  This year is certainly flying.  We woke up early this morning, 7.20am in fact.  This is because I had a session of “Pure Bliss” booked in the Green Sea Spa at eight o’clock.  This was an hour-long massage session, consisting of a…

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