Peter's Travel Blog

At 4pm, all passengers were obliged to attend the emergency drill… an important event at the start of every cruise – a legal requirement in fact; it’s a genuine real-time simulation designed to ingrain in everybody’s minds what they should do in the event of a tragedy occuring. Crucially, it shows people where they should gather (known as their ‘Muster...

I arrived at The London Cruise Terminal, Tilbury Docks at about 12:45pm; almost bang-on schedule.   It’s not been a bad morning for travelling at all; it’s not raining, snowing or windy. There’s no wind or thick fog, and I haven’t had to navigate around any floods. In fact, the going was so good that I had to take time...

You wouldn’t believe the amount of packing that still needs to be done…   Not sure where the kitchen sink’s going to go. These suitcases are like little Tardises though; once they’ve been filled, it’s like trying to lift a concrete block – I feel sorry for the loading crew at Tilbury tomorrow.   On the eve of another adventure,...