Woke up early this morning as we were still on British time. So we leapt out of bed around 6.45am and happily made our way up to the Grampian restaurant for breakfast. As tonight would see the first of three Formal nights, we knew that there would be free Buck’s Fizz or prosecco/cava on offer…
Tag: Barbados
Train to Travel Inn to Thomas Cook
When we woke up this morning we found we were not in our own bed. The reason? We’d travelled down last night on the train from Durham to Manchester Airport, where we’d spent the night in a very comfortable room at the Premier Travel Inn in order to be at the airport for our morning…
Back to Barbados
Thursday, 3 March 2016 When we woke up early this morning we found that the Adonia was docked right back where we’d started, in Bridgetown. But we weren’t going home quite yet; we had the whole day and overnight in this fantastic country; in fact this is our seventh visit to Barbados – we love it…
Bridgetown Revisited
Last night I didn’t bother going to bed at all. We had to be up at 3.00am this morning and, given our usual bed-time of around midnight, I decided I’d no sooner be in bed asleep when it would be time to get up again. So I didn’t have to get up and get ready,…
I Don’t Like Cricket, I Love It
So… we woke up this morning right back where we started from, in Bridgetown, Barbados. We didn’t have to disembark the Ventura for the airport until 3.30pm, so we more or less still had a full day of our holiday to enjoy. Some people would be nervous of going on a long-haul flight (or indeed any…
New Year’s Eve in Barbados
Woke up this morning really early; in fact we’d been awake since about 4.00am due to the 4-hour time difference. So at 5.45am I was up and onto the balcony, looking from our vantage point on Deck 11 over the awakening port of Bridgetown. Directly ahead we could see the floodlights of the famous West…
Venture on Ventura
Well, folks, here we go again – it’s Holiday Time! Yes, we are off on another cruise, this time in the sunny Caribbean on board P & O’s M/V Ventura. Left the house at 5.00am for the three-hour drive down to Birmingham International Airport. It was the first time we’d flown from there. The drive…
50 Today!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, 17 February 2011 – my 50th birthday! I can now go on Saga holidays, ha ha (as if!!) 😀 We were woken at 7:10am by the sound of cruise director Ricky’s voice bellowing over the tannoy, announcing that the Braemar was alongside in Bridgetown, Barbados. We got up and went out on the balcony…
Whoa! I’m Going to Barbados
3rd February 2011 – yes, it was time once again to leave the cold, grey, miserable British weather and gallivant off to sunnier climes. This time, we were due to join the Fred Olsen vessel MS Braemar in Bridgetown, Barbados to sail south to the mighty waters of the great Amazon River. We left the house…