Monday 6th October, 2025 – Stavanger We arrived in Stavanger to find two things. The first was that we were seemingly parked in someone’s front garden, and the second was that Storm Amy had abated and while the weather wasn’t as good as it had been in Narvik, it wasn’t bad. It looked like we…
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Travel 2025 – Cunard Queen Anne – Days 9 and 10 (At Sea, Still Heading South)
Saturday 4th /Sunday 5th October, 2025 – Narvik to Stavanger We were initially scheduled to depart Narvik some time after 05:30 in the morning but due to the approach of Storm Amy that time was brought forward to 4:00am, and we were well underway by the time I woke up. I had been planning a…
Travel 2025 – Cunard Queen Anne – Day 8 (Narvik, Norway)
Friday 3rd October, 2025 – Narvik Of the four ports we visited on this cruise, Narvik was possibly the least interesting, at least at first sight. However, it soon turned out there was more to it than meets the eye. It’s very easy once you look around to understand how it lives up to at…
Travel 2025 – Cunard Queen Anne – Day 7 (At Sea, Heading South)
Thursday 2nd October, 2025 – Tromsø to Narvik The day started well enough with another glorious sunrise over the Norwegian Sea. We’d apparently left Tromsø bang on time at 02:00 and were well on our way towards Narvik by the time I’d finished my morning run, and had room service breakfast. Today I was going…
Travel 2025 – Cunard Queen Anne – Day 6 (Tromsø, Norway)
Wednesday 1st October, 2025 – Tromsø Arrival time in Tromsø was scheduled for 10:00 so we had plenty of time for a leisurely breakfast and to watch from our balcony to see if the shuttle buses were in place to take us into the centre or not (and once they were, to see if the…
Travel 2025 – Cunard Queen Anne – Day 5 (At Sea, Crossing the Arctic Circle)
Tuesday 30th September, 2025 – Ã…lesund to Tromsø On our second stint at sea we would be crossing the Artic Circle which is the furthest north I’ve been so far, and although you may think it’s just an arbitrary line on a map, it isn’t. In fact, “the Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude for…
Travel 2025 – Cunard Queen Anne – Days 1, 2 and 3 (Southampton and at Sea)
Friday 26th – Sunday 28th September, 2025 – Southampton to Ã…lesund Despite not being wholly convinced by the whole “let’s go on a cruise” hype, we found ourselves handing over our car to the parking people at Southampton, dropping our luggage off with the baggage handlers, and embarking on Cunard‘s newest ship, Queen Anne, ready…
My North Coast 500 Itinerary
North Coast 500 Plan Day 1 Drive from Northamptonshire to Nunnington for dinner at The PloughDistance: 174.4 miles,Time: 3 hours 16 minutes AccommodationHall View Guest Suite, 1 Graham Hall Cottages, Nunnington, YO62 5UY, Tel: +447932769143 DinnerThe Plough, Wombleton Day 2Drive from Nunnington to TebayDistance:93.0 milesTime: 1 hour 52 minutes AccommodationWestmorland Hotel, Tebay Services, Orton, Penrith,…
Staycation 2021 – Day 8 (Waddesdon Manor)
Thursday, 24th September 2021 – Waddesdon Manor On the Thursday of our staycation, after a scheduled session with my physiotherapist to sort out a neck/shoulder issue, we headed off into Buckinghamshire, via a series of delays caused by the hideous works for HS2, to spend the day at Waddesdon Manor. Now, Wikipedia says that Waddesdon…
Staycation 2021 – Day 7 (Stanwick Lakes, Deene Park)
Wednesday, 23rd September 2021 – Stanwick Lakes, Deene Park Wednesday we were in pretty much the same territory as on Tuesday. There are a number of castles, stately homes and such over towards Corby, along the Nene Valley. We were planning on visiting another one we’d never been to (and in fact until I started…
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