Author Archives: Geoff

France to Northampton 

Posted on 01/12/2019 by Geoff

  Thursday 29th November, and after a very enjoyable couple of days we left Sandy and Wendy’s and head to Saint Malo for the overnight ferry to Portsmouth.  Arriving in Saint Malo mid afternoon, we chased around looking for a … Continue reading →

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Home to Channel

Posted on 28/11/2019 by Geoff

After an uneventful drive through the rain we arrived in Burgos, though we did stop for an excellent menu Del dia (somewhere) en-route.  After checking into our hotel with good intentions of going out, we collapsed and watched television, but … Continue reading →

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Our spring trip to UK

Posted on 28/03/2019 by Geoff

0500hrs on the 1st March and our drive back to UK starts; we were going to go a day or so earlier but we were “Parrot sitting”. We were very honoured to be trusted to look after Rita’s parrot “Jack” … Continue reading →

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Sea Days

Posted on 13/12/2018 by Geoff

Saturday evening and our first night on this, the last leg of our cruise heading non stop back to Southampton, it got off to an uncertain start.  Eight of us met up on our new table, a retired Geography teacher … Continue reading →

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Last few days of the first leg

Posted on 06/12/2018 by Geoff

Thursday 6th December and the birthday party’s over, we have another couple of days at sea, so it’s business as usual; eating, lectures, eating, reading eating and trying to socialise with our table companions, not very much success there, rather … Continue reading →

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Ending our Caribbean part of the holiday

Posted on 05/12/2018 by Geoff

No announcements from the captain this morning, hooray, however we switched on the TV to listen to the cruise director’s daily bulletin talking about today’s activities and when she came to Birthdays, Christine was mentioned; job well done!!!!! Being back … Continue reading →

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