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Our Cruises Documented

Month: April 2022

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2022 Daily Reports Port Days QE Northern Lights 2022

Embarkation, Norway Here We Come – Friday 18th March

10/04/202212/08/2023

We’d bundled the pooch off to “Aunties” for his holidays on Thursday, so our alarm clock wasn’t around to get us up this morning, but no problems, I couldn’t sleep because of the pain in my mending pelvis, so I was up nice and early and ready for the drive

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2022 QE Northern Lights 2022 Sea Days

A Beautiful Day to be Heading North – Saturday 19th March

09/04/202212/08/2023

We ended up getting to dinner a little later than usual last night. We have a table for two in these new post Covid times, which last time out worked quite well as we had a friendly, chatty couple sat next to us. Time will tell how this cruise fares,

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2022 QE Northern Lights 2022 Sea Days

More Sunshine at Sea – Sunday 20th March

08/04/202212/08/2023

Last nights dinner was the first of the Gala nights, the Black and White ball. I’d tried on all of my outfits on the Thursday before the cruise just to check if they’d still fit. I’d lost a lot of weight while in hospital and thought I might have to

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2022 Daily Reports Port Days QE Northern Lights 2022

Alesund in the Sun – Monday 21st March

07/04/202212/08/2023

Last night’s dinner was much less stressful than the Black and White Gala night, mainly because I wore a pair of trousers that weren’t actively trying to chop me in half, that and I wasn’t wearing a tie your own bow tie. I’d forgotten to pack gloves, which is a

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A Cloudy Old Sea Day – Tuesday 22nd March

06/04/202212/08/2023

Last night was another Smart Attire night on the ship, which was good for me, it means another comfortable dining experience. Jane had decided to go off piste and order the duck a l’orange from the a la Carte menu. It was both huge and delicious.The portions on this cruise

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2022 Daily Reports Port Days QE Northern Lights 2022

Tipping it Down in Tromso – Wednesday 23rd March

05/04/202212/08/2023

The Red and Gold Gala dinner was a roaring success for Jane as she looked wonderful in her new frock, and I didn’t look too shabby either, if I say so myself. We were looking so good we went in search of a photographer before dinner down on deck two

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2022 Port Days QE Northern Lights 2022

Snowy Sea Day Heading South – Thursday 24th March

04/04/202212/08/2023

It was another quiet sea day today, only two lectures again which is disappointing. Not the lectures themselves, but the fact that there are only two per day. First up was John Mclean and the mythology of Norse Astronomy followed by Stuart Musgrave’s talk on Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon

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2022 Port Days QE Northern Lights 2022

Narvik – Friday 25th March

03/04/202213/08/2023

My hip has been playing up for a while with a bit more pain than I have had recently so I had decided not to leave this ship today, we hadn’t had any excursions booked so it was going to be a quiet day on board for us. We went

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Quarantine ! – Weekend 26th/27th March

02/04/202208/08/2023

There’s not a lot to report, quarantine is pretty dull. It’s not helped by the ships satellite signal being compromised being so far north, luckily the ship is sailing reasonably close to the coast and we have a bit of 4G to supplement the woeful WIFI signal in the new

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2022 Port Days QE Northern Lights 2022

Bergen From a Distance – Monday 28th March

01/04/202214/08/2023

We arrived in Bergen at about 7am, not that it made any difference to our plans. We hadn’t any excursions booked for Bergen so had decided to stay in our room for the day. Being stuck in the room in quarantine, you end up getting into a bit of a

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