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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part Seven

1st March 2023 Going Postal 0

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 0

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 0

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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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part Four

8th February 2023 Going Postal 0

12th December – Barbados This changing the time by an hour every other day is driving my body clock mad! I woke up at 5:20 ages early. The lights of Barbados were twinkling as we [more…]

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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part Three

1st February 2023 Going Postal 0

7th December – At Sea I can hardly believe that today is the 7th day of my cruise time is flying by. We are heading on a course of 244°, approximately south westerly and it [more…]

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A Postcard From A Long Cruise, Part Two

25th January 2023 Going Postal 0

December 1st. – Sailing day. Well, I think I have done everything. Case packed, car filled with petrol, papers cancelled, all the paperwork printed off and in an A4 envelope in my hand luggage, passport [more…]

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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part One

18th January 2023 Going Postal 0

Being single and with no very close family, Christmas is not an easy holiday. I get invited to stay with cousins, but I have often felt like an outsider as they all have children and [more…]

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Another Caribbean Christmas, Part Five

14th February 2022 Going Postal 0

Day 10 – Sunday 2nd January – At Sea I woke for a pee in the early hours, must have been the beer, and for the first time this cruise I could feel the ship [more…]

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Another Caribbean Christmas, Part Four

7th February 2022 Godfrey Bloom 0

Day 6 – Wednesday 29th December – St. Maarten Good morning from the beautiful tiny island of St. Maarten. I woke as we approached the port just as the sun was coming up, I think [more…]

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