When we woke up this morning, we were not in our own bed at home. We were in the Ibis Hotel, Southampton. We had travelled down from Durham yesterday on the train as far as London, then the National Express coach from London to Southampton. We wanted to have a good night’s sleep and not…
Not much to write about today. We got up at 8.30am and set about packing all our stuff up in our single large suitcase; I put the broken hot-brush into the bin. We didn’t have to check out of our room until 11.00am, so we pottered around for a while in our room, then went…
OUR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY We had a lovely day today. Woke up to blue skies and sunshine once again on today, our 36th wedding anniversary. We could think of worse places to be spending it in! 🙂 Tonight we were booked on the four-hour Dinner Cruise, which set off at sunset and included four hours of…
Once again we awoke to another scorcher of a day, as we got up at 8.00am and wandered down to breakfast. I just made do with a couple of slices of toast and jam because, as previously mentioned, the cooked breakfasts are abysmal, but I managed to sneak out a couple of slices of the…
Didn’t do an awful lot today. Got up at eight o’clock as usual, and wandered out onto our balcony where the weather was already very warm; today promised to be another scorcher. We had no excursions booked, and today was Sunday, so we thought we’d wander down to the harbour after breakfast and see if…
We didn’t do a great deal today at all. I don’t know whether it was the hot weather or the after-effects of yesterday’s “booze cruise” or a combination of both, but we got up fairly late this morning (9.00am) and sluggishly made our way to the dining room for breakfast. I avoided the fatty bacon…
As usual, we got up and 8.00am to a warm and sunny morning. The coach was due to pick us up on the dual carriageway at the back of the hotel at 9.10am, so we packed the rucksack with our towels and swimming things. In fact, I just wore my tankini with my matching sarong…
Got up at eight o’clock, which actually felt like six because of the two-hour time difference. The sun was shining brightly through the gap we had left in our curtains. We hadn’t booked any excursions or other events because we wanted to spend the day exploring the immediate vicinity, and perhaps enjoy the hotel pool….
Woke up this morning at 7.30am with the pleasant realisation that I didn’t have to go to work today. The reason? We were heading off on another holiday! Not a cruise this time; rather, a land-based trip to Paphos, Cyprus. We should have been in the Philippines right now, but our trip was cancelled, due…
Woke up this morning feeling quite sad that this was the last day of our fantastic cruise. We would spend all of today crossing the North Sea on the way back to Rosyth, and a look at the Daily Times events programme told us that there was a full itinerary of activities for us today….
