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We made a bright and early get up to walk (or lurch, in my case) to Poole Quay to catch the City Experiences Fortuna boat to Swanage to...

Or should that be, the last night? And what a night it was. Hurtigruten rather pulled the stops out. We were absolutely ravenous by...

It feels very end of term-ish with our last day taken up with the disembarkation meeting, packing and a celebration dinner for...

Would I recommend Svolvær? Most definitely. Sadly my hip decided it was going to remind me precisely why I’m poised for a replacement in...

The mystery of who is spraying the decks at 4am each day has been solved! It’s an automatic system and we spotted it while sitting in the...

Last night we rather “went for it”. We went to the bar for a sparkle and received the statutory amount. Everything is served as a 125ml...

We had a frustrating evening spent fighting the internet in order to post Gabrielle’s blog. It rather put a damper on the rest of the...

I had commented to Nick that we were going from blue-green seas, to sludge. I think Nick’s right, we’re actually in Immingham. However,...

Whisper it: we went alcohol-free yesterday. Yes, Nick and Gabrielle dipped out on the dipsomania and stuck to the H2O. It was a...

As we walked through Honningsvåg yesterday, I couldn’t help but notice the local Kindergarten where the children were wearing snow suits...

As we set off from the restocking dock at Tromsø we didn’t even realise we were moving, so quiet was the ship’s motion. Our afternoon...

It started last night. The mist. Just a little bit, in patches, and likewise this morning as we arrived into a fairly chill 8 degrees...

Dinner last night was served by Johan and we exchanged more idioms. He knows “other fish to fry “ - our go-to idiom for foreign nationals...

After our hairpin bend experience, we were geared up for learning more about the excursions Hurtigruten has arranged throughout our trip,...

At one point, before we were due to travel to Norway, we had been offered the opportunity of an upgrade to a mini-suite. It had proved...

It has to be said, Bergen is a beautiful place. And a large place too. We landed at the airport (obvs!) and drove by coach for half an...

We had an early start after a night on a hard bed - the alarm woke us at 6am. It was a good room though, in the Holiday Inn, facing right...

So, we're off. Again. Today was unusual for us as we took our time "finalising" our exit. Usually, when we go on hols, there is a...

The packing was just as complex for this trip as it was for South America. If you think about it, travelling up from Bergen in the South...

Most distilleries have some sort of distinguishing feature to make them stand out a little from the crowd. Is it the size of the samples,...