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Jimbo's Cruise Blog

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Our Cruises Documented

Year: 2017

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Daily Reports Port Days QV Canary Islands 2017

December 20th – Lisbon

20/12/201709/08/2021

Sailing up the Tagus in to Lisbon is always a beautiful sight, and so it was this morning, sailing up into a sunrise.  I had given up on our ebike tour of Lisbon, we were on the waitlist, and hadn’t received tickets before we went to bed. I was just

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Daily Reports QV Canary Islands 2017 Sea Days

December 19th – Leaving the Canaries

20/12/201709/08/2021

We had another day at sea today, heading for our final port of call Lisbon. The day didn’t start particularly well, I somehow missed my alarm at 06:45 and missed getting up for the gym. I was so late I nearly missed getting to breakfast before fencing classes at 08:45.

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Daily Reports Port Days QV Canary Islands 2017

December 18th – Gran Canaria

20/12/201709/08/2021

The trip from Tenerife to Gran Canaria iIs a short one, we ended up bobbing off the port of Las Palma’s quite early and proceeded to Bob around for several hours just outside until our scheduled arrival at 8am. My legs were aching badly from yesterday’s run, and I could

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Daily Reports Port Days QV Canary Islands 2017

December 17th – Tenerife

18/12/201709/08/2021

I was feeling a little better this morning, so when my alarm went off at 06:45, I was up and dressed in my gym kit and headed off up to deck 9 for a run on the treadmill. I’ve been cycling a lot in the last 6 months, commuting 10

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Daily Reports Port Days QV Canary Islands 2017

December 16th – Santa Cruz de La Palmas

17/12/201709/08/2021

We didn’t have a good night, although Jane is over the worst of the flu she contracted pre-cruise, she now has a persistent cough and was up all night with it, as was I. We’ll have a look in town for a pharmacy and see if they have some cough

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Daily Reports Port Days QV Canary Islands 2017

December 15th – In the port of Funchal

15/12/201709/08/2021

My alarm went off at 06:45 as usual, but I woke up with a very scratchy throat, I reckon I’m coming down with Jane’s cold, so I rolled over and went back to sleep. The Cunard beds are probably the comfiest I’ve slept in, so it wasn’t hard to go

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Daily Reports QV Canary Islands 2017 Sea Days

December 13th – Dinner

14/12/201709/08/2021

After our drinks in the Commodore Club we headed back to the room to get changed for dinner. Tonight is our first formal night of the cruise, so I was decked out in my DJ and Jane was looking lovely in a long black and white gown. I ended up

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Daily Reports QV Canary Islands 2017 Sea Days

December 14th – Our last sea day before Madeira.

14/12/201709/08/2021

It was the same routine today, up at 06:45, into the gym to cycle. I did a HIIT workout today to change it up again. A bit more intense today, 30 mins @ 198 watts average After my shower we went to the Britannia for breakfast for the first time.

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Daily Reports QV Canary Islands 2017 Sea Days

December 13th – At sea, on our way to Madeira

13/12/201709/08/2021

It was still a bit bouncy aboard today, so I stuck to the static bike in the gym, rather than risk death on the treadmill. I’d decided to do a more structured workout, so did 30 minutes at an average of 177 watts, covering 14.75 km. I really need to

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Daily Reports QV Canary Islands 2017 Sea Days

December 11th – Departure Evening Day One

12/12/201709/08/2021

We managed one more drink in the Commodore Club before heading off to get ready for dinner. Jane had a Marguarita and I reverted to the Doombar, a much nicer pint. We were upstairs in the Britannia, and having already recc’ed our table I was able to put our hostess

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