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21st March 2024

GETTING A LITTLE ROCKY

Our second day at sea has been what you might call a little rocky. As the day progressed, so the sea has changed from having a gentle swell to sporting horizon-to-horizon wild, white horses. The ship’s clocks also went forward by one hour last night, all of which has contributed to a slightly reduced turnout for the art classes… that’s...

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20th March 2024

AT SEA – FIRST CLASSES

Today was our first full day at sea since leaving Portsmouth. It’s been a little claggy – which when translated from Northern vernacular basically means a bit misty and grey, with no distinct horizon to speak of. It’s a Norway cruise in March, so we take the weather as we find it. Despite the clagginess, the sea has been remarkably...

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19th March 2024

EMBARKATION – SMOOTH AS YOU LIKE

It’s Tuesday and we’re on board the Sprit of Adventure, bound for Norway. The process of getting here could be broken down into two distinct stages. Stage 1 was to drive down to a hotel in the vicinity of Portsmouth in preparation for embarkation. That all happened yesterday. It’s a long, five-hour drive from West Yorkshire, and I’m pleased to...

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28th February 2024

Let’s try again…

In just over two week’s time – on the 19th of March – I’ll be joining Saga’s Spirit of Adventure, to run on-board watercolour painting workshops as it sails to Norway. I’ve titled this ‘Let’s try again‘ because my previous cruise assignment, for various reasons beyond my control, sadly didn’t happen. Fortunately, such occurrences are rare, but it can be...

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6th October 2023

… Not Back to the Adriatic After All…

Alas, I will not be returning to the Adriatic this time around. It’s complicated, but in a nutshell… As I understand it, cruise lines book cabins on their ships in a similar manner to the way airlines book passengers on their planes. By that, I mean that they have a tendency to overbook them, based on the concept that a...

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