Wednesday 23rd September, 2026 – Santander, Santillana del Mar, Bilbao Wednesday we were due to head off from Santander, to spend a couple of nights in Bilbao. First though another lovely morning made a run before breakfast was essential. I took the phone with me for once in case the sunrise was worth stopping and…
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Travel 2026 – Santander, Spain – Day 13
Tuesday 22nd September, 2026 – Santander Tuesday morning in Santander saw Lynne and I going off to investigate the Centro Botin, while R and A declined to deal with any more “modern art nonsense”, and instead headed off to walk along the bay. Their loss. The two of us were keen to see what was…
Travel 2026 – Santander, Spain – Day 12
Monday 21st September, 2026 – Santander I was awake good and early on Monday morning so I made myself a coffee, drank some water, and got my running kit on. I increasingly like to run in a new place because it gives me a chance to get my bearings, and as I was seemingly the…
Travel 2026 РOviedo / Uvi̩u, Santander, Spain РDay 11
Sunday 20th September, 2026 – Oviedo / Uviéu, Santander Sunday morning saw us on the move again, this time checking out of Oviedo and heading for our next stay in Santander. Because it was Sunday, and because it was hard to find any really good places for dinner, I’d booked us in for lunch at…
Travel 2026 РOviedo / Uvi̩u, Spain РDay 10
Saturday 19th September, 2026 – Oviedo / Uviéu You might have thought we’d have had enough Pre-Romanesque architecture after our adventures the day before but not a bit of it. After Santa MarÃa de Naranco y San Miguel de Lillo we still had more we wanted to see. The delightful lady at the Tourist Information…
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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