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We’ve spent the last few days steaming north up the Red Sea, and yesterday we entered the Gulf of Aqaba – a small offshoot that stretches...

During the past 24 hours the Queen Victoria has steamed south down the Gulf of Aqaba before rounding the tip of the Sinai Peninsula, at...

Over the past 3 days we’ve steamed north-west from Port Said in Egypt through the Mediterranean Sea; last night we squeezed through the...

Today we made our transit out of the Mediterranean Sea, through the Straits of Gibraltar, and into the Atlantic Ocean. Despite the cloud...

This is the final stop on our world cruise before we disembark in Southampton and we’ve been to Lisbon a couple of times before; one of...

In the early hours of today the Queen Victoria steamed up the Solent and into Southampton Water to dock at the Mayflower Cruise Terminal....

Buffet breakfast was included in our hotel price; the set-up is designed to provide a large number of guests with basic breakfast in a...

We opted to skip the hotel buffet this morning and instead we walked out the back of Paddington Station and along the Grand Union Canal...

This morning we rode the number 23 bus from Paddington to Knightsbridge, neither Sandra or I had ever ridden the London Bus before; I...

During the night, Queen Victoria steamed around the southern side of Viti Levu Island to dock at the capital of Fiji, Suva. Bright skies...

Today we checked out of the Paddington Hilton and headed for the Cotswolds. We opted the convenient hotel breakfast buffet and then took...

Dating from the 18th century, Stow House was a fantastic place to stay – right on the main street just down from the market square, the...

We drove north from Stow-on-the-Wold a few days ago to South Shields, the town of my birth. South Shields is a coastal town in South...

Today we visited the outdoor Beamish Museum, about a 30-minute drive from South Shields. The museum's guiding principle is to preserve an...

After our stay in the north east of England we took a ~4 hour drive up to Scotland, well it should have been about 4 hours. As we were...

Today was a very special day, the Coronation of King Charles III. To mark the event we bought special napkins and flags, and a few snacks...

The Riverside Museum (formerly known as the Glasgow Museum of Transport) was opened in 2011, it’s housed in a hyper-modern award-winning...

Today we visited the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh – about a 90-minute drive from Largs, followed by about half an hour of driving...

Today we took a short flight from Glasgow to Belfast, specifically to visit the Titanic Museum. Our grandson Noah has a particular...

This morning we checked out of the Airbnb in Largs, visited family, and then began our long road trip for the next phase of our vacation;...