Monday 14th August Morning all! 👋 Whoosh! That’s passed very quickly! It’s our final day (Day 5) where, for the past five days, the Northants Nutters® have been ‘all at sea’ courtesy of P&O and the good ship, Aurora! We’ve taken in Hamburg and Zeebrugge along the way and the weather has, overall, been very …
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Northants Nutters at Sea – Day 4
Sunday 13th August What you may have missed…Thursday 10th: Day 1 – Leaving SouthamptonFriday 11th: Day 2 – All at SeaSaturday 12th: Day 3 – Loving Lübeck (and Hamburg!) Phew! A busy one yesterday, where, as a result, ONE of us, is feeling a bit tender this morning! 🥴 (clue: it’s NOT Ann). It’s now …
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Northants Nutters at Sea – Day 3
Saturday 12th August Guten Morgen! It’s Day 3! The Northants Nutters are ‘all at sea’ courtesy of P&O and the good ship Aurora! Yes, we’re in Germany – Hamburg Docks to be precise. It’s part of our five-nighter, taking in Hamburg and Zeebrugge and we’re here overnight – but only briefly, setting sail at 5.30am …
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Northants Nutters at Sea – Day 2
Friday 11th August Good morning all! It’s Day 2! The Northants Nutters are ‘all at sea’ courtesy of P&O and the good ship Aurora! We’re enjoying a five-nighter, taking in Hamburg and Zeebrugge. Missed yesterday’s Post? – Day 1 click HERE Breakfast! There’s a lot of choice here for HOW you take your breakfast on …
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Northants Nutters at Sea – Day 1
Thursday 10th August Good morning Landlubbers! It’s Day 1 and the Northants Nutters (aka Paul & Sue, Geoff & Rhonda and us two) are heading for the wet stuff, courtesy of P&O and the good ship Aurora! Our friends, Richard and Nicki have also booked the same Cruise and were later sworn-in as ‘Honorary Nutters®’!👍😉 …
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Cruise Day 12 (17th April): Muscat (Oman)
Morning Reader, this is probably the final Blog of the holiday as we fly home Thursday. Today, we’re on a full-day Tour today entitled: Nakhl & Hot Springs. We’re covering :- Muscat is the capital city of (the Sultanate of) Oman and the seat of Government. It’s just ‘round the corner’ from Dubai, but unknown …
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Cruise Day 10 & 11 (15th and 16th April): Heading for Muscat (Oman)
Dear Reader, it’s another two days at sea for us, this time heading for Muscat in Oman. The clocks went back half-an-hour last night, so, as the end of our holiday approaches, we’re getting closer to UK time. And it’s been another busy period as over the past two days, we’ve crammed in… Sunday …
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Cruise Day 9 (14th April): Cochin (India)
 A lazy start for our Tours so far – a relatively lethargic 9.30 today! Here we go then – our first visit to India in the shape of a six-hour combined Coach & Boat tour entitled: The Best of Cochin. Cochin is in the Indian state of Kerala, located on the west coast of …
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Cruise Day 8 (13th April): At Sea
Another day at sea today… Things to do/see… Looking ahead to tomorrow, We’re docking in India for one day, where we’ve then got a six-hour Tour: The Best of Kochin First, the good news: It’s a late start for our Tour – a relatively ‘lazy’ 9.30. Now the bad news: we’ve been reminded that none …
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Cruise Day 7 (12th April): Colombo (Sri Lanka)
We’ve not been to Sri Lanka before and so this was going to be a real treat. We’re going ashore at Colombo, Sri Lanka’s largest city, leading (and very modern-looking) Port and commercial capital – home to some 750 000 locals. A hosted half-day walking tour is probably a good introduction to this country, just …
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Cruise Day 5 and 6 (10th/11th April): At Sea
Tuesday, 10th A formal night tonight – “Black and White Ball”. The clocks went back an hour last night. As we’re at sea for the next couple of days, it’s time to wake up our brains and take advantage of some of the onboard activities! Well, three out of four isn’t bad, I suppose!*Under International …
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Cruise Day 4 (9th April): Phuket (Thailand)
There’s nothing like a Cruise Holiday – long lie-ins, late breakfasts and no need for an alarm clock!And that’s why today was nothing like a Cruise Holiday!We had to set the alarm for 5.30am, breakfast followed at 6.15 and we were on the Tender Service for 7am!In spite of the super-early start, it was means …
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Cruise Day 3 (8th April): Langkawi (Malaysia)
It’s our last full-day in Malaysia today and we’ve docked around the island of Langkawi (1 of 104 in this archipelago, north-west of Malaysia). We’re currently very close to the Thai border. We’ve not been to Langkawi before, so we weren’t sure what to expect. Our original cable-car trip (that took in Machincang Mountain and …
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Cruise Day 2 (7th April): Georgetown, Penang (Malaysia)
Our day began in the laziest of ways – breakfast in our room!The combination of a smaller shoebox Cabin compact Stateroom and the legendary in-room Cunard Breakfast meant that there was hardly room for the brekky AND us… but we managed! The Ship’s connection with the outside world continues to be a problem. Quite apart …
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Embarkation & Cruise Day 1: Arrival in Malaysia (Heading for Kuala Lumpur)
THURSDAY: Embarkation was mostly as smooth as it comes (apart form the queuing). After a S$10 Cab-ride to the Cruise Terminal, we were soon on-board (after only an hour of sitting around waiting to queue and then standing around enjoying the queuing). Did I mention queuing? It’s now just after 2pm, on Thursday and at …
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Day 4: Bye-Bye Singapore, Hello Queen Mary 2
After a few days on dry land in Singapore, we’re now swapping it for extreme amounts of the wet stuff – courtesy of Queen Mary 2. This is the flagship of the Cunard Cruise Line and is the biggest/largest/heaviest/tallest in their fleet. We’ve been lucky enough to do quite a few Cruises over the years, …
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Bye-bye Buckden
Buckden Marina David and I went over to Buckden Marina today. It was probably my last visit to David’s boat, as he has decided to sell Osprey One, and treat himself to a new car. It was initially quite a cold day (the eclipse didn’t help!), but it soon warmed up and we gave the …
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Nordic Cruise (Friday): Heading Home
We’re on our way from Norway heading for Southampton. It’s a journey that’ll last all day (and all night), arriving at the Mayflower Dock early tomorrow morning. So, that makes today a (re)packing day, a chance to engage in one or two events on the Programme that we’ve somehow missed, and finally a chance to …
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Holiday – Nordic Cruise (Thursday): Stavanger
…and just to remind us that we’re NOT in Paradise, we awoke to the sound of torrential rain! It’s amazing how the character of a country can change with the weather. Stavanger looked really grotty – so much so, after we’d gym-ed and breakfasted, we decided to stay on board until the weather cleared-up. Looking …
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Holiday – Nordic Cruise (Wednesday): Olden
Another really good night’s sleep, we awoke to another day in Paradise. It was only 6am and already there was a blue sky waiting for us! But first, the serious business of a trip to the Gym and then the other serious bit – breakfast at The Trough otherwise known as The Waterside. It doesn’t …
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Holiday – Nordic Cruise (Tuesday): Andalsnes
Once again, we were up with the lark and our first stop was the Gym. Afterwards, we had a quick breakfast and whilst the majority of those on board headed ashore to the quaint little town of Andalsnes and its stunning views, we took advantage of an empty Ship. Stunning Andalsnes If cruising is all …
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Holiday – Nordic Cruise (Monday): Bergen
We woke early (6am!) to the sound of the Ship approaching the docks. By 7am, we were moored and ready for a day in Bergen. The weather looked promising as well, so we popped up on deck to see the view as we sailed in – it was breath-taking! Unchartered Territory – Sailing into Bergen …
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Holiday – Nordic Cruise (Sunday): All at Sea
It’s a ‘sea day’ today that began early! This was mainly due to us mis-reading the breakfast times, thinking that breakfast closed at 9am – we wondered why it was so quiet when we go there at 8.45! (In fact, it stopped serving at noon!!!) The Sea After breakfast, it was off to the Gym …
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Holiday – Nordic Cruise (Saturday): Disembark Southampton
It’s really unlike us, but we saw a really good deal for a short-notice five-day cruise courtesy of P and O – and it was too good-a-deal to resist! So, we’re heading for Southampton today, whilst Lee house & cat-sits for us. We’re on the Ventura sailing at 4.30 for Norway. We were on board …
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“Ahoy there!”
We drove down the Roger, Jane and Oliver’s last night in preparation for our trip to see the newly restored Cutty Sark at Greenwich today. After breakfast on Saturday, we took the short drive to Harlow Town station and that took us to Stratford Station where we jumped on the DLR to Cutty Sark. The …
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Five Go Mad on the River (sort of!)
Image by Steve Palmer (UK) via Flickr ‘The Boys’ – Ian, Roger, Ralph, David and me met up today for a river trip to The Cock in Hemingford Grey– a sort of Stag Do minus the Stagness. By car, it would have taken just 10 minutes, but by boat, it was much more leisurely! Brilliant!!! …
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Holiday in Ireland – Day 6
So, here we are on our final full-day here. The weather forecast is excellent (again), and so we’re going to drive up to Belfast and explore the city. 9.30am: As usual, there’s nothing on the roads, so it was a straightforward journey to Belfast. We parked in Castle Court car-park and that gave us direct …
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“Ooh Arr, avast there, me hearties!”
With eye-patch and peg-leg firmly in place we joined David and Val on their new boat Osprey One today. It was a perfect day for it, plenty of sun and a pub-lunch destination in mind! Lee was able to join us too as her final piece of furniture arrived slightly earlier than expected and we …
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Haworth: Day Two (Sunday)
I didn’t get up until almost 8am – brilliant! A quick peek through the curtains revealed a grey day, although it was, at least, dry! We feasted on M and S thick-cut bacon sandwiches for breakfast and then drove over to Skipton to have a general look around. Parking was easy and we were soon …
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O2 missed the boat!
After all the excitement of the new HTC HD2 mobile phone being launched by O2, it seems that others have got in there first, like Vodafone through mobiles.co.uk. And if O2 can’t offer the phone nor any tariffs, how come mobiles.co.uk can on both O2 and Vodafone? I’m slightly confused and a bit irritated (like …
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