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…
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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…
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 – Day 4 (Ålesund, Norway)
Monday 29th September, 2025 – Ã…lesund Cunard’s guide to the ports we’d be stopping in said that: “The cruise port in Ã…lesund is conveniently situated at the heart of the city, with a local Hop On Hop Off bus stop and pick-up point for the city train within walking distance. Many of the top sights…
2019 Travel – Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds
Saturday, 3rd August 2019 – Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds I’m sure I must have been to Harewood House at some time during my years growing up in Yorkshire, though I have no memory whatsoever of doing so. We had relatives in Leeds, and visited frequently from Hull, but as I say I have no recall…
Travel 2018 – Monaco, Day 4
Monday, February 19th 2018 – Monaco It was our last day but we had plenty of time (and a late check-out at the hotel) so we took our own sweet time getting packed and ready to check out, having a cup of coffee while we enjoyed the views from the room over the harbour, and…
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