This category relates to travel, ship visits and our daily activities when on holiday
Our day trip to Dunster Castle started in Dunster village. Set at the foot of Exmoor, it dates back to Saxon times and is mentioned in the Doomsday Book. It’s one of the prettiest villages in England with its own castle, packhorse bridge, unique octangular Yarn Market and has teashops, hotels, pubs and shops in […]
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In this article we cover the breakdown of how we cruised from Barcelona without flying and include costings of our particular journey. Please bear in mind that each journey is individual – costs listed are those that we paid at the time and can obviously vary. Why We Took a No-Fly Fly Cruise Well, this
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All too soon we have come to the end of our week cruise on Princess Cruises Star Princess – which means more land travel to return to the UK without flying. Well in essence it is almost a reverse of our No Fly journey to get to Barcelona but with a few subtle differences.
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Perhaps this doesn’t make much sense, well I hope it becomes clear. I haven’t flown for many years, in fact it’s the reason we started to cruise many years ago. We had often wondered about taking cruises direct from Europe, but the flying aspect stood in the way – until now. This blog will follow
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#Ad/Invite. In September 2025 we and several other Vloggers were invited aboard Fred. Olsen Cruises Borealis for a few hours while she docked in Southampton. Whilst the ship is not new to us, it was an opportunity to have another look around prior to her forthcoming refit. Below is an outline of the visit and
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#ad Princess Cruises Majestic Princess arrived at the QEII terminal in Southampton on Friday 18 July, marking her Maiden Call in the UK. As part of the celebrations members of CLIA Europe Choose Cruise were invited on board for a few short hours to have a look around. Majestic Princess will home port in the
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#Ad Regent Seven Seas Grandeur called in to Southampton in July 2025. Through our CLIA Choose Cruise membership a limited number of vloggers were able to visit the ship. Other vloggers joining us were: Cruising with Matthew, Cruise Mummy, Cruising with the 4Bs and ShipFaced We arrived at the terminal to be met by our
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What do Admiral Horatio Nelson, Charles Darwin (and some astronauts) have in common? Well, like so many others they suffered with seasickness or motion sickness. Fortunately today’s cruise ships are designed quite differently to vessels of yester-year. Stabilisers are often built in to give a smoother ride in rough weather. We have taken 60 cruises
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This blog gives a glimpse into Our Experience on a Group Cruise with Paul & Carole Love to Travel. Some 170 cruise enthusiasts joined Paul & Carole for their first ever Group Cruise aboard Princess Cruises Sky Princess. As we headed off on this 7-day trip to Norway and Denmark, we wondered what was ahead
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We have recently visited Gloucester where we met up with our good friends Paul and Carole of Paul and Carole Love to Travel. The visit was a good excuse to catch up and also to see some more sights in the historic City of Gloucester. The Start of the Day We booked a room for
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This blog is a brief review of a walking tour that we took in Malaga whilst on our most recent visit aboard Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines Borealis. WHY DID WE CHOOSE AN ORGANISED TOUR We have visited Malaga on a number of occasions and tried more than once to go into the Alcazaba. This time we
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This blog is an overview of a walking tour that we took in Lisbon whilst on our most recent visit aboard Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines Borealis. We have visited Lisbon on a number of occasions, taken organised tours and explored on our own. This time we booked a walking tour in the city through Viator. Viator
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“We’ve got a gap in February, can we fit in a cruise” said Lindsey. That’s how this cruise on Fred Olsen Cruises MS Borealis came about! Embarkation day came around quickly after a busy few weeks at home. All of a sudden we were packing and getting us, and our Jack Russell Dax, packed into
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We recently took our first cruise on Cunard Queen Victoria and decided to take a tip from friends and enhance our trip by booking a Private Box Experience in the Royal Court Theatre. Usually Private Boxes in the Royal Court Theatre are available for evening performances on a first come first serve basis. The Royal
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While we were on Cunard Queen Victoria recently we took the opportunity to eat at their speciality dining restaurant, The Verandah. This speciality dining venue has extra charge and is available both for lunchtime and evening meals. The price per person for an evening booking is $58.50 if booked pre-cruise or $65 if booked on
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Let me start by taking you back 419 years to 1605 and the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot. We all know the story of how Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators were caught before they could blow up the Houses of Parliament. Not many though will realise that the following year King James I decreed that
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We are lucky enough to have some amazing places to visit right on our doorstep. One of those is the ancient City of Bath. We recently arranged to meet friends, Margaret and Jackie from New Zealand, for lunch in Bath, but decided to go a little early and have a quick look around. Bath is
Ad/Invite. We were invited to a ship visit of Resilient Lady whilst she was in Portsmouth recently. This was organised by Virgin Voyages and CLIA Europe. Our visit gave us the opportunity to look briefly at a cruise line that we have not sailed with previously and which we felt would be useful to both
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Ad/Invite. We were invited to a ship visit of Sun Princess whilst she was in Southampton prior to her departure across to the Caribbean for the winter season. This was organised by Princess Cruises and CLIA Europe. What a day we had, what hospitality and a great opportunity to see the newest ship in the
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We’ve just returned from a weekend away in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. We had a great time visiting our friends Gavin and Luke, otherwise known as the Cruise Monkeys and of course meeting Honey for the first time. Joining them at their home we enjoyed a cuppa and catch up, a walk with Honey and then
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Ad/Invite. We were lucky enough to enjoy a group ship tour on Oceania Marina by kind invitation of Oceania Cruises and organised by CLIA UK & Ireland Travel Agents.
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