Category: Spirit of Discovery

Today was our first full day at sea. Three consecutive sea-days will see us cross the Bay of Biscay, and – all being well – arrive in Gibraltar on Thursday. All of which means work for me. I’ll be running two classes each day, at 9:30am and 2pm. The program informed passengers that they would need to register for both...

A four and a half hour drive south from West Yorkshire to Portsmouth on a busy Easter Bank Holiday weekend; what could go wrong?… Well, not a lot as it happens. Despite warnings on the media about a high probability of Easter-getaway traffic chaos, our journey went surprisingly smoothly, with no notable holdups at all. In fact, our only minor...