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South Queensferry, Scotland May 26th, 2024 When I went out on our balcony this morning the weather wasn’t looking great. Then came the announcement. The weather was too rough and windy for us to go ashore, but hopefully it will improve, so we should just wait for...

At Sea May 25th, 2024 Gone was the Southampton sunshine, the weather got worse as we moved north. Still, after my pain au chocolat and orange juice I was ready to face the day. There was not much to see from the Commodore Club. No chance to see us sailing past...

Southampton May 24th, 2024 Well, here we are back at the Mayflower Cruise Terminal. Brian took the coach transfer to Heathrow so it was an early morning as he had to be on the bus by 7:45. I finished packing my stuff for moving and took the shuttle bus in to town...

At Sea May 23rd, 2024 The last sea day – and finally we are seeing some rough weather. Not the sort of thing where water is splashing over the windows in the Commodore Club, but enough for you to know you are on a ship. I spent the day packing up the 2 suitcases...

La Coruna, Spain May 22nd, 2024 With all of the partying last night, getting up early for our tour was a bit of a challenge. We had a private tour to Santiago de Compostela. I had really been looking forward to this tour. The highlight of the tour is visiting the...

At Sea May 20th, 2024 The highlight of the day was the bridge tour. It’s been a long time since we have done a bridge tour on a Cunard ship, so this was a very exciting experience. The closest we usually get is observing the bridge through the window on sea days on...

Santa Cruz de Tenerife May 19th, 2024 Moored a short distance from us was an interesting looking vessel. It was a real classic, and reminded us of the Royal Yacht Britannia. We couldn’t find her name on the Cruise Mapper App, so she was probably out of service. She...

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria May 18th, 2024 We decided to do a ship’s tour today. Both stops on the itinerary looked interesting, and there looked like plenty of time to look around on our own, which is what we like to do. It was another cloudy rainy day, but our...

Arrecife, Lanzarote May 17th, 2024 Yet another overcast day. It was threatening to rain and the air was heavy with moisture, but luckily no actual precipitation. We decided to risk a potential deluge, and took the shuttle bus to the port gate and from there we...

At Sea May 16th, 2024 It looked like the ship was hardly moving. I wondered why we were going so slowly. I mean I am used to QM2 whizzing along, and not going at a snail’s pace. Maybe we had to go slowly because we were running in the engines. Like you used to do...

Funchal, Madeira, Day 2 May 15th, 2024 I had decided to splurge for our 2nd day in Funchal. The shore excursion brochure described a day out on a luxury yacht. We would be sailing up and down the beautiful coastline of Madeira, we would stop to swim and snorkel in...

Funchal, Madeira, Day 1 May 14th, 2024 On our visit to Funchal in January we spent a wonderful day exploring the island with my friend Ruth and her husband Joseph. Unfortunately Ruth and Joseph are not in Funchal at the moment, so we were left to our own devices....