Category: Canaries

Today we landed in La Palma. I’ll confess; It wasn’t the island that I’d been envisaging; having been this way before, I was pretty sure I knew them well, but now I think that the island I’ve had in my mind’s eye is Gran Canaria – which is not on the itinerary this time around.   When we did arrive,...

Today, we arrived in Tenerife.   Although it was a little overcast, and cool out on deck, to start with, the clouds dispersed throughout the morning, with blue skies by lunchtime.   We had no specific plans for Tenerife other than to head ashore and take a walk around, seeing whatever there was to see. A free shuttle bus took...

This morning we woke late, after another full evening’s quizzing and socialising in Scott’s Bar, and being entertained by Mel Harvey’s comedy/magic act in the Marco Polo Lounge, which we enjoyed very much.   Because we were late up, we missed breakfast, settling for cups of tea and coffee and a stroll around the ship. Conditions have now improved to...

It’s Friday, and we’re back out to sea. The good news is; things are now much calmer.   Yesterday morning, Tracey and I took a walk into La Caruna. We couldn’t go far because we only had until lunchtime, so we strolled around the harbour to a little fort there, which, despite its small size, turned out to be quite...

I’m almost certain La Caruna is a lovely, typically North-west, Spanish port, when viewed under the right conditions. Today, battered by heavy winds and hail-storms, it looked suspiciously like Whitby on a cold, wet winter’s day (only not quite so attractive).   It being Christmas Day, we took our time emerging into the daylight. We missed breakfast but made lunch...