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…
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…
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…
After an excellent night’s sleep we got up at 8.00am and looked out of our window at grey skies once again, and a very calm North Sea. The Ambition was gliding gently along, only doing about 8-10 knots. We were not due to reach our first port of call, Dundee, until around 11.30am. As readers…
When we woke up this morning, it was with the happy knowledge that, once again, we would be setting off on a cruise! 😊 Yes! We were due to drive out to the Port of Tyne this afternoon to join M/S Ambition, one of the two ships of the Ambassador Cruise Line. We hadn’t tried…
We were up early this morning, around 6.45am. Looking out of our window, we could see that the Borealis was slowly making her way up the Belfast Lough to her berth for today. The sky was dull and grey, and a brisk wind blew a few spots of rain against the glass. We got washed…
Oh, don’t you just hate it when you wake up and realise it is the last day of your cruise? This is how I felt when I opened my eyes this morning, and saw the sea gliding past through the glass balcony doors. 🙁 Nonetheless we determined to enjoy our day so, after breakfasting as…
Tra-la-la, tra-la-lee,It’s only six miles from BangorTo Donaghadee. Richard Hayward When we woke up at eight o’clock the Silhouette was making her way slowly into her berth at the mouth of the Belfast Lough. We could see the famous Harland & Wolff giant yellow gantry cranes nicknamed Samson and Goliath, and in the foreground we…
Woke up around 8.00am and thought “are we really into the ninth month?” How the year had flown. Beyond our glass balcony doors we could see a calm Irish Sea; the sky was overcast once again but the forecast was for it to be sunny later on. We just did the usual things today; had…
We would spend all day today and tomorrow at sea en route to Belfast, and we wondered how the captain was going to turn what is usually an overnight crossing into a two-day voyage. Nonetheless, we always enjoy sea days very much, there is always so much to see and do on board. When we…
