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TUI DISCOVERY 2, Part 4
Part 4, CadizWe finally had to return to reality in the outside world and head back to the port. There was time for a photograph of the stern of TUI DISCOVERY 2 as we made our way to the nearby...
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TUI DISCOVERY 2 Part 5 Gibraltar
 Tuesday 26th September 2017Overnight we sailed very slowly from Cadiz to Gibraltar, and there was the Rock high up beside us when I first looked out.  On deck it was hot and sunny and breakfast in the...
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TUI DISCOVERY 2, Part 6, day at sea
Wednesday 27th September 2017 Today there is no port and no alarm call, so it was a late breakfast for me on our sea day. Setting off for breakfast Artwork on the way to breakfast. The sun was shining...
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TUI DISCOVERY 2, Part 7, Madeira and some memories
Thursday 28th September 2017We arrived in Madeira on schedule at 8 a.m. and berthed alongside the quay. Now I shall have a nostalgic few minutes remembering some of my past life. Everything looked so...
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TUI Discovery 2, Madeira (contd.) Part 8
The ship's clocks were put back last night and maybe this was why there seemed to be few other passengers around for breakfast as we headed for the Glass House. There was time to photograph the Beach...
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TUI DISCOVERY 2, Tenerife, Part 9, the final one
Friday 29th September 2017 At 8 a.m. today we arrived alongside in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The sky was again gloriously blue and we had time for breakfast before preparing to disembark at 9.30 a.m. In...
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CHRISTMAS 2020
Union-Castle Line Dolly wishes you a very Happy Christmas 2020and a safe and healthy New Year.Dolly is sitting on a piece of fabric that I bought many years ago in Stockholm, in Sweden. It shows...
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Spring in the south of England 2021
Copper beech hedge leucojum under the hedge daffodil family daffodil family daffodil family climbing rose shoots close up viburnum bodnantense starting to flower garden thermometer last of the...
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May 2021 in the south of England
The camassia were coming along nicely Camassia getting going
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Ships in May 2021
20th May 2021 It's been a long, wet, cool and windy winter and spring during the latest pandemic restrictions in the south of England, but life seems to be getting better as the month of May comes to...
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Ships in May 2021, Part 2
Friday 21st May 2021 I woke up to wild and windy weather again outside the windows. It wasn't raining but I think ships were still staying in port. After breakfast the plan was to head inland to the...
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Ships in May 2021, Part 3, the final one
Saturday 22nd May 2021I was up and out for some fresh air before breakfast this morning, as the gales seem to have died down slightly, and life seemed less turbulent.  After checking out of the hotel,...
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SUPERBLOOM at The Tower of London, 25th July 2022
I was interested to hear that the moat at The Tower of London was to be transformed this year into a display called SUPERBLOOM. On 25th July 2022 I went on a coach trip to see the outcome of the work,...
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Steamship Shieldhall
STEAMSHIP SHIELDHALL31st July 2022 I went to Southampton for the weekend at the end of July. The first event was CANBERRA DAY, on 30th July, a Celebration organised by the Ocean Liner Society with...
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CARNIVAL PRIDE 10th June 2022
I left my home in the south of England just a few days after celebrating Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee with family and friends. It had been a wonderful four days of Bank Holiday...
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Carnival Pride 10th June 2022 (part 2)
Carnival Pride Saturday 11th June 2022 My alarm was set for 9.25 a.m. so that was a good start to our day at sea. We had arranged to meet for Sea Day Brunch in the Normandie Restaurant, deck 2 aft, at...
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Carnival Pride 10th June 2022 Part 3
Sunday 12th June 2022 Early this morning we are due in Stavanger, Norway, a popular and busy port town in a beautiful setting. The day looked wet and it was raining outside as we came alongside. Our...
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Carnival Pride 10th June 2022 Part 4
Monday 13th June 2022 This morning we arrived early in Skjolden. This is a village in Vestland county, located at the end of the Lustrafjorden, which is a branch of the Sognefjorden. I believe this is...
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Carnival Pride 10th June 2022 Part 5
Tuesday 14th June 2022 This morning we arrived into the port of Alesund. Oh my, it's raining hard again but I have my full waterproofs with me so intend to walk out to the Hurtigruten port area. Strand...
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Carnival Pride 10th June 2022 Part 6
Wednesday 15th June 2022 Overnight we have sailed further north and arrived in Molde, with a wide fjord between our berth here beside the town and looking out south towards more snow-capped mountains....
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Carnival Pride 10th June 2022 Part 7
Thursday 16th June 2022 Today the ship has arrived in Olden, which is far inland and north on the map, and 'the gateway to the glaciers' according to one plan. The fjord looks beautiful here at the...
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CARNIVAL PRIDE 10th June 2022 Part 8
Friday 17th June 2022 This morning we arrived in Bergen at 7 a.m. It was raining hard and it got worse. This is so disappointing for many of us, but maybe it will change later. Three of us met for...
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Carnival Pride 10th June 2022 - Final Part
Saturday 18th June 2022 Today is called our Fun Farewell day at Sea, here on board CARNIVAL PRIDE. We left Bergen yesterday evening and are now heading south toward the UK. There is a clear sky outside...
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