Peter's Travel Blog

No-one saw it coming. I’ve been telling my students in the art classes, for a long time now, that we would be holding a grand exhibition alongside the crafts, in the Arts and Crafts Room, on the last sea day. The last two parts were correct, but it turns out our exhibition would be taking place in the Supper Club,...

Today, we arrived at our final port-of call, Lerwick in Shetland, on our way back to Dover, where we expect to disembark on Monday the 5th. Both Tracey and myself thought we’d been here before, but a sophisticated spreadsheet, designed and maintained by Tracey, proved otherwise. We can enter the name of a port and it will tell us if...

Today, the first of two sea days on our way towards our final port, Lerwick, in the Shetland Isles, the ship acquired a hitchhiker. The Brown Booby above landed on the deck below our balcony in some quite rough weather, and seemed to be a little worst for wear. More curious, however, is how it came to be where it...

Today, we arrived at our final Icelandic port, the capital city of Iceland, Reykjarvik. After a bit of a lie-in and a leisurely breakfast, we headed for the gangway on Deck 5 and went ashore. The port is about a 10-minute coach drive from the town centre, and there was a free shuttle bus at our disposal. We decided, however,...

Today we arrived at our second Icelandic port, Isafjordur. The ship was supposed to tie up alongside the quay, but due to some issue with ongoing dredging operations – as reported by the Captain the night before – we had to drop anchor in the bay and be shipped ashore by tender boat. The captain did point out that he...