Day 22 — Saturday, 23rd AugustAzamara Holiday – Summary Phew! As promised, here’s a summary of our holiday, which includes links to all my daily Posts. We spent it with great mates, Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Thanks for your readership, comments and feedback – it was great fun recording our …
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Author:Steve Palmer
I got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 - well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to contribute a few words to the online community. But I'm no Samuel Pepys! If you're looking for deep and meaningful comments on a variety of subjects, then you've arrived at the wrong site! I only pen for pleasure! On average, my posts appear about twice per month, covering family & friends, cinema visits, eating out, holiday experiences and techy stuff. Oh, and as this is my hobby, there are no sponsored links nor adverts here – it's all done with love!
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Amazing Azamara – Day 21 – Even More Akureyri
Day 21 — Friday, 22nd AugustEven More Akureyri! Morning all! 😁. Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025 – and our last day exploring Iceland! We’re with great mates, Ralph and Karen, having conquered Canada, and grappled with Greenland‘s weather! 😯. Even MORE Akureyri? Can there be anything left to see here?* *Of course there …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 20 – More Akureyri
Day 20 — Thursday, 21st AugustSightseeing around Akureyri Morning All! 👍Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025! With Canada and Greenland completed, our final hop is here in the north of Iceland – in Akureyri. In a first for us eating Breakfast abroad, in amongst the continental staples of ham, cheese, peppers and tomatoes were… …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 19 – Akureyri, Iceland
Day 19 — Wednesday, 20th AugustAkureyri, Iceland Morning all! Welcome to Wednesday! We said goodbye to the Azamara Quest at some unGodly hour this morning as we headed for disembarkation in Reyjavik, Iceland. Reykjavík 5.32am: We’ve arrived! Reykjavik has a population of around 140000 and is the capital city of Iceland. The port was busy! …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 18 – Heading for Iceland
Day 18 — Tuesday, 19th AugustHeading for Iceland 6.05am: Morning all! It’s Tuesday and a grey and foggy one out there, where the radar puts us about halfway between Greenland and Iceland. We’re doing a comfortable 15 knots, but there’s a bit of a swell on! 🤢🤢. This final part of our Cruise has just …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 17 – Prince Christian Sound, Greenland – NOT!
Day 17 — Monday, 18th AugustNOT Prince Christian Sound, Greenland Morning, my dedicated readers! 👍👍 Thanks for all your comments, questions and feedback during this holiday, where our latest travels has seen over 700 reads. As we hit the final week of our unique adventure, outside it’s a drab Monday morning, as we continue sailing …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 16 – Qaqortoq, Greenland
Day 16 — Sunday, 17th AugustQaqortoq, Greenland Morning all! 👍 It’s Day 16 of our three-week adventure, having ‘done’ Canada, we’ll soon be heading for Iceland in a few days’ time. For now, here we are on a chilly Sunday morning in Qaqortoq (aka Julianehaab), for our penultimate day in Greenland. Having sailed through the …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 15 – Paamiut, Greenland
Day 15 — 16th AugustPaamiut, Greenland Is it the weekend already? We’re at that stage where all the days are merging into one massive bout of eating, drinking and enjoying the scenery. Yes, I know: ‘Poor Loves!” 😁😁 With Canada now becoming a distant memory and our last few days left in Greenland, our final …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 14 – Sisimiut, Greenland
Day 14 — Friday, 15th AugustSisimiut, Greenland Good morning, dedicated readers! We’re in Sisimiut, Greenland, where we arrived ahead of schedule last night at around 8pm. We’re still with our great mates, Ralph & Karen having already enjoyed the sights and sounds in parts of French-speaking Canada – Montréal and Québec. After a few more …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 13 – No Nuuk!
Morning all! Welcome to Thursday – day 13 of our BIG Holiday of 2025! We’re now heading for Greenland, but due to the weather conditions, we’re NOT landing at Nuuk, Greenland’s capital! Day 13 — Thursday, 14th AugustNuuk, Greenland Well, the above itinerary is ALMOST correct! 🤔 Day 13 ehh? How appropriate – unlucky for …
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Amazing Azamara – Days 10/11/12 – Next stop, Greenland!
Days 10/11/12 Monday, 11th August to Wednesday 13th AugustSailing to Greenland Morning all. Welcome back to our BIG Holiday of 2025! It’s another period at sea as we head for Greenland. On Monday morning, we got the internet back too, but it’s all a bit temperamental. Consider this an extra ‘simplified’ Post that I didn’t …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 9 – Havre St Pierre, Quebec
Day 9 — Sunday, 10th AugustHavre St Pierre, Quebec Welcome back, loyal reader! 👍👍. After a sea day yesterday, we’re back to our itinerary. Sorry that this one is a bit late – we temporarily lost the internet around 7pm last night. Yesterday, at sea, was spent catching up with my reading, where, in the …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 8 – At Sea
Day 8 — Saturday, 9th AugustAt Sea Nothing to see here! It’s a ‘Sea Day’ – technically it’s actually a RIVER Day as we’re sailing along the St Lawrence River. Time to catch up with my reading! Tomorrow… We say hello to Havre St Pierre, Quebec Province. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 7 – Saguenay, Quebec
Morning all! Is it Friday, already? 🤔. Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025! We’re with our mates, Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Day 7 — Friday, 8th AugustSaguenay, Quebec, Canada It’s silly o’clock (5am!, local time, 10am, UK) and I’m up. Why so early? (especially after last night’s late one). …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 6 – More of Quebec City
Morning all! Happy Thursday! Thanks for following my Blog – I’m enjoying reading your comments. 👍😊. Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025! We’re with great mates, Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Day 6 — Thursday, 7th AugustMore of Quebec City Missed a Post? Day 1 – Heading for MontrealDay 2 …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 5 – Quebec City (1st Day)
Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025! We’re with our good friends Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Day 5 — Wednesday, 6th AugustQuebec City Missed a previous Post?Day 1 – Onwards to MontrealDay 2 – Montreal – 2nd DayDay 3 – Montreal – 3rd DayDay 4 – Joining the Azamara Quest …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 4 – All Aboard!
Day 4 — Tuesday, 5th AugustAll Aboard the Azamara Quest! Missed a Post? Day 1 – Montréal Bound! Day 2 – Montréal: Day 1 Day 3 – Montréal Day 2 It’s all change today as we say au revoir to Montréal and begin the next chapter of our holiday. We’re with great mates, Ralph and …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 3 – Montreal (2nd Day)
Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025! We’re with our great friends, Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Day 3 — Monday, 4th AugustEven More of Montreal! Morning!… or as they say in these parts… ‘Bonjour!’. Yes, we’re in Montreal, Canada, where it helps if you can speak a little French! It’s …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 2 – Montreal (1st Day)
Welcome to our BIG Holiday of 2025! We’re with great mates, Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Day 2 — Sunday, 3rd AugustMontreal (1st Day) Morning all! Happy Sunday! 👍😎☀️ We arrived late evening, yesterday. And so today was about orienting ourselves and soaking up the sights before we join the Cruise …
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Amazing Azamara – Day 1 – Montreal Bound!
Welcome to ‘Day 1’ of our BIG Holiday of 2025 – a 21-day experience! We’re with great mates, Ralph and Karen, taking in Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Day 1 – Saturday, 2nd AugustMontreal Before boarding the good ship Azamara Quest on Tuesday, we’ve got a few days in Montreal to soak up the sights. But …
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School Reunion 2025
It’s late July, and that can only mean one thing! My annual School Reunion & AGM! 👍 Wary that last year’s journey out of Kettering resembled a sardine convention, I assumed that it had been a one-off – err, No! As the 9.11 with its 6 carriages pulled in, it welcomed enough passengers on the …
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Bomber Command – Revisited
Today was a welcome return to ‘Bomber Command’ in Bourne, Lincolnshire. This time, with great mates John & Trish. Its full title is International Bomber Command Centre (the IBCC). July 2019 – Denis’s 90thSeptember 2023 – with Dennis & Sandra It wasn’t our first visit, but it’s such a well-laid-out and comprehensive record of that …
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Cousins Catchup 2025 – Knebworth House
It’s that time of year again – time to catch up with our recently discovered cousins and nephews. In fact, these get-togethers are turning into a regular (and very enjoyable) ‘gathering of the clans’. Gathering of the Clans! 2024 – Windsor2023 – Hatfield House2022 – Hampton Court2021- Kew Gardens2021 – Shuttleworth Collection This year, it …
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Kilworth House Theatre – 42nd Street
Luckily, we didn’t need the Sat-Nav to get us to 42nd Street today, as it was a welcome return to Kilworth House Theatre where we’ve been about a gazillion times before! But before the Show, we stopped off at The Wharf Inn in nearby Welford for an early nibble. Last time (and the first time!) …
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Tolethorpe Hall – The Mirror Crack’d
A day of culture today as we headed for Tolethorpe Hall with Jo, Janet and Carol to see the matinée performance of Agatha Christie’s, The Mirror Crack’d. The last time we all there was back in August last year, to see The Recruiting Officer and we’ve built up quite a track record of visits here! …
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First Visit: Rose and Crown, Yardley Hastings
We drove to the Rose & Crown Bistro in Yardley Hastings today to meet up with Chris & Gill and Steve & Denise for Lunch. It was our first visit and came highly recommended (although this was our second attempt as we cancelled on the 24th April, because I was down with a cold and …
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Return to The Countryman, Staverton Village
Today, we caught up with long-time friends Ian & Ann and Alan & Margaret. Our eatery of choice today was a return to The Countryman in Staverton Village. Here we are again at what’s turning out to be one of our favourite ‘out-of-town’ Pubs for eating! We must have been here around half a dozen …
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Nottingham Castle with Dennis and Sandra
Postponed from 2nd April, today was another of our cultural days out with mates, Dennis and Sandra. This time it was Nottingham Castle and then lunch at the famous Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Pub, nearby! We let the train take the strain and grabbed the 9.28 out of Kettering that got us to Nottingham …
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Doctor Who – Series 2, Episode 8: The Reality War
Doctor Who – Series 2, Episode 8: The Reality War Here we are, about to watch the final episode of Series 2. For some, this one might be the last episode EVER! 😮. More details later in this Post. Actually, watching this week’s finalé episode was a tad convoluted. First, there was NO early iPlayer …
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Return to the Montagu Arms, Barnwell
We haven’t been here for AGES – today, we returned to the Montagu Arms, voted “Best Traditional Pub in Northamptonshire” in 2022. We met up with longtime friends, Mick & Jane (postponed from 4 April!) for a catch-up and a meal. Looks like the last time we all met here was back in 2009, but …
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