Category: Canaries

This morning, we arrived in Santa Cruz, on the island of Tenerife. Unfortunately, this was only a short visit, with an all-aboard time of 1:30pm, so our options were relatively limited. After yesterday’s adventure, we decided to take a leisurely walk into town. This meant following a thin blue line from the ship that led us through, and out of,...

Today, we arrived in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria. Our plans for the day were very simple, and had been hatched right back at the start of the year, when we came this way on our way towards South America. In January, we walked around the bay with Ian Butterfield, and vowed to repeat the walk on...

Today, we arrived in Lanzarote, and we weren’t on tour! The reason this is significant is because on all the other occasions that we’ve been here (three times, I believe), we’ve escorted the excursion to Timanfaya National Park, to see the volcanoes. It’s a great tour, and one of my favourites, but it also means that in all that time,...

Today, we sailed into the Gibraltar. The sea was calm and the weather conditions clear and sunny, with hardly any clouds in the sky at all, so after three days at sea, the top deck was thronged with passengers happy to see land. We arrived at 12 noon, and both Tracey and I were on tour, with instructions to meet...