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Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Four

7th February 2024 Going Postal 2480 Comments

Day 10 – 31st December – New Year’s Eve and it’s still Antigua I didn’t expect to be in beautiful Antigua again today, but I can think of worse places to be. It’s another lovely [more…]

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Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Three

31st January 2024 Going Postal 2070 Comments

26th December – Boxing Day, La Romana, Dominican Republic I have only visited the Dominican Republic once before, when I stayed in an all-inclusive hotel in Puerto Plata many years ago and enjoyed it. Puerto [more…]

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Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Two

24th January 2024 Going Postal 2054 Comments

Day 1 – 22nd December, Gatwick to Bridgetown Barbados My alarm woke me at 05:00. In no rush to get up, I lay there for 15 minutes before struggling out of bed. I showered and [more…]

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Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part One

17th January 2024 Going Postal 2240 Comments

This year I’m only off for two weeks, but as I’m flying to pick up the ship in Barbados, so it is a full two weeks in the sun. As a single passenger I must [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Seventy-Nine

19th March 2023 Going Postal 2486 Comments

Monday A good Monday morning to you all. Very dull and chilly this morning, I thought it was supposed to be meteorological spring! The talk of the office this weekend has been the Rich Boy’s [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Seventy-Eight

12th March 2023 Going Postal 3219 Comments

Monday Good morning everyone, yet another Monday morning and a fun week in Westminster looks to be ahead. It’s bright and sunny this morning but still chilly, when is it going to be warm enough [more…]

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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part Seven

1st March 2023 Going Postal 3024 Comments

29th December – At sea The ‘Phantom Door Banger’ was late this morning. I was up and dressed when ‘its’ door crashed at 07:20. Guess who forgot to put their clock forward? Mind you, having [more…]

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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part Six

22nd February 2023 Going Postal 3032 Comments

23rd December – St Kitts I can hardly believe that this is day 23 of my cruise. Much like any other it started with me being woken by the phantom cabin door banger, who was [more…]

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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part Five

15th February 2023 Going Postal 3629 Comments

18th December – Aruba The ship picked up the port pilot around six this morning and after a very slow trip from Bonaire (it is only 125 nautical miles away) we docked around about 06:30 [more…]

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