Having not yet cruised in 2023 (!!), it was with great excitement that we woke up this morning to the happy knowledge that we would be joining the Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines flagship Bolette later this morning in the Port of Tyne, for a wonderful 10 day cruise to the Nordic capital cities. 😊 We love…
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Tynetastic Cruising!
Take time to see the wonders of the world, to see the things you’ve only ever heard of. So sang the Human League, in their 1981 hit The Things That Dreams Are Made Of. But indeed we are hopefully going to see some more wonders in our latest cruise, to the German Waterways, departing from…
Newcastle to Norway
Today we were setting off on another cruise, but there was no getting up at the crack of dawn because we were sailing out of Newcastle, and the Port of Tyne is only about half an hour’s drive from us. So we were able to spend the morning at our leisure, not having to leave…
Black Watch to the Baltic
This morning it seemed strange to be getting up and going to work, especially considering we were setting off on another cruise today! We were joining Fred Olsen’s Black Watch later on but we were due to sail from the Tyne at 5.00pm, and as that is only about half an hour’s drive away from…
Blog on the Tyne
Well here we are again folks, on yet another cruise – our 30th to be precise. 🙂 This time it’s a mini 5-day voyage on board the M/V Marco Polo, a delightful old ship (built 1965) on which we have cruised twice before; in the Mediterranean in 2001 and all the way down to Antarctica…
Blog on the Tyne
As cruising becomes more popular to the wider public, more British ports are finding themselves on the map as cruising ports of call. We all know about famous cruise ports such as Southampton and Liverpool, but in recent years the Port of Tyne has become well-known as a port of call and cruise embarkation point….