Category: Iceland

I’m pleased to say that after the excitement of the previous day, embarkation was something of a breeze. From our hotel in Waterbury (near Maidstone) to Dover Cruise Terminal is just under an hour’s drive (according to Google). Since embarkation wasn’t due to commence until 1pm, it gave us plenty of time to get breakfast somewhere, and perhaps indulge in...

I usually start off my cruise blogs with a declaration something along the lines of ‘the journey down from Yorkshire was pleasingly uneventful’. This is not something that could be said of our trip down to Dover. I say ‘Dover’; actually, the plan was to travel down on Tuesday, to stay in a Premier Inn near Maidstone overnight, so that...

In April, we visited a Norway that was covered in snow. In a couple of days time, we will (hopefully) be boarding Saga’s fine ship, the Spirit of Adventure, once again heading for Norway and The North Cape, and onwards to Iceland, on a trip billed as An Arctic Summer. Choosing what to pack has been something of a challenge....