Tuesday 15th October, 2026 – San Sebastian / Donostia, Astigarraga Another early morning run done, because given the lack of sleep as a result of the revellers at Kelly’s, I needed something that would wake me up! We had a plan for the day and we needed to start moving in good time. Today we…
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Travel 2026 – San Sebastian / Donostia, Hondaribbia, Spain – Day 5
Monday 14th October, 2026 – San Sebastian / Donostia, Hondaribbia After another night of not very good sleep thanks to the denizens of Kelly’s, we fancied an outing to somewhere outside town – especially as many things are closed on a Monday in San Sebastian. There were several options so we had a look to…
Travel 2026 – San Sebastian/ Donostia, Spain – Day 4
Sunday 13th October, 2026 – San Sebastian / Donostia Despite being less than refreshed after a poor night’s sleep thanks to the revellers downstairs (don’t stay on the same block as Kelly’s is my advice) I was first up and ready to go. So I went for a run along the seafront, which was a…
Travel 2026 – San Sebastian / Donostia, Spain – Days 1, 2 and 3
Thursday 10th – Saturday 12th October, 2026 – Portsmouth to San Sebastian / Donostia Freshly back from a trip to Basque Country, Asturias, and Cantabria all I can say is why did it take us this long to get there?! Apart from a single long weekend (Valencia), a short work trip to Barcelona, and a…
Travel 2025 – Cunard Queen Anne – Day 13 (Southampton to Home)
Wednesday 8th October, 2025 – Southampton to Home (via Hungerford) And so we arrived back in Southampton ready to disembark after 12 nights of being so well looked after. It was going to be a wrench to get off. Breakfast was early (they stop serving at 08:00 on the final morning and there’s a limited…
Travel 2025 – Cunard Queen Anne – Day 12 (At Sea, Heading for Southampton)
Tuesday 7th October, 2025 – Stavanger to Southampton Tuesday was our last full day on board and so much of it was dedicated to attempting to repack. Why do dirty clothes take up so much more space than clean ones do? Even if you fold them exactly the same? Of course having to pack a…
Travel 2025 – Cunard Queen Anne – Day 11 (Stavanger, Norway)
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…
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…
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