Diary
WG’s Christmas Cruise 2025 – Part Five
Friday 2nd January – at sea (mostly) The sea seems to have calmed down overnight. It is still rather windy, but the sea state has changed to moderate, with a long, slow swell, and it [more…]
Cruising
Diary
WG’s Christmas Cruise 2025 – Part Four
Monday 29th December, Lanzarote I woke up about 05:30 and we were moving very slowly off the coast of Lanzarote. It is still dark and the lights along the coast were twinkling. Much too early [more…]
Diary
WG’s Christmas Cruise 2025 – Part Three
Thursday 25th December, Christmas Day at Sea I started my Christmas Day with the Bing Bong of the ship’s tannoy waking me from my slumbers and the voice of the ship’s Captain apologising for the [more…]
Diary
WG’s Christmas Cruise 2025 – Part Two
Sunday 21st December. Sailing Day. There is no mad rush to do anything this morning. Apple Maps tells me it will take 1 hour and twenty minutes to get to the cruise terminal, and I [more…]
Diary
WG’s Christmas Cruise 2025 – Part One
The Prologue I really enjoyed last year’s trip to the Caribbean but, there is always a but, I had to settle for a standard seat on the TUI Boeing 787. Despite the huge cost of [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Ten
Monday Good morning, my friends. It’s a bit damp and grey this morning, so I was up and down the garden very quickly before my breakfast, as I expected it to rain at any moment. [more…]
Arts
Ocean-to-Ocean, Part 10
The ultimate destination of this Ocean-to-Ocean trip, which started in Southampton six weeks ago, is the small town of Tofino, right on the Pacific Coast of Vancouver Island. It’s not the most westerly point in [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Four
Monday Good morning, my friends. Lovely and sunny this morning but cold again. So, they have recaptured the escaped Epping sex criminal. I feel a little sorry for him as more of the story emerges. [more…]
Arts
Ocean-to-Ocean, Part 9
Today I shall be boarding a ferry, but its departure time is 12h45 and the terminal is only 15 miles away, so no huge rush and there’s plenty of time for breakfast, which is apparently [more…]