We got up this morning about 8.00am, after being woken several times in the night by the motion of the Braemar on the Atlantic waves. When we looked out of our portholes, we noticed quite a large ocean swell, and there were plenty of white horses dancing on the waves. Every now and again we…
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Let the Train take the Strain
It was with excitement and anticipation that we woke up early this morning, as today were going to take a ride on the famous St. Kitts Scenic Railway. Despite two previous visits to St. Kitts (in 2012 on the Ventura and last year on the Adonia) we had not yet experienced this delight, so we…
St. John’s, Antigua
We woke up at 7.10am to the usual euphoric feeling of being on holiday in the amazing sunny Caribbean on the good ship Braemar. Looking out of our portholes, we saw that we were just coming into the port of St. John’s, Antigua, where we’ve visited twice before; on the Arcadia in 2005 and last…
Rum Tasting in St. Lucia
We woke up this morning around 7.30am and looked out of our portholes to see that the Braemar was already docked up in Castries, its capital. Across the harbour we saw the massive, ugly-looking P & O ship Britannia; in fact it was moored up where we normally have been on previous visits to St….
Beach and Beer
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…
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…
Bye-Bye Braemar
When we got up this morning after another rough night at sea we were back where we started from, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Some other lucky people would be in cabin 7050 tonight, just starting their cruise, whereas for us our holiday is finished. 🙁 At the end of each voyage every passenger receives…
Gran Tarajal, Fuerteventura
Last night I’d had my sleep broken several times in what was a very rough night. The Braemar had been pitching and rolling and my bed had never been still. This morning, however, all was quiet as we found ourselves docked in Fuerteventura. We hadn’t been to this island before so we were looking forward to…
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Had a lie-in this morning and decided not to go down to breakfast. I just made a cup of coffee with the kettle in our cabin, and Trevor brought me back a muffin from the buffet as the Malarone prophylaxis have to be taken with food. I don’t know whether it was the all the…
It’s Brilliant on the Braemar
Monday, 27th January 2014 We could enjoy a lie-in this morning as the Braemar is now on her way back up to the Canary Islands. When we went out onto our balcony, we could feel that it was quite windy and the sky was cloudy. So we hoped the weather would improve so that we could…