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We are back home and have been for about 4 hours.
I am completely exhausted.
Getting up at 05:30 and then doing battle with the M3 rush hour traffic has washed me out.I topped up the car with a few volts at an #EV charger in Brackley while we got some shopping. (Only to find out daughter had topped up the fridge for us!)
There's half a suitcase unpacked.
The patio plants have survived.
The downstairs loo plants have died.The cat is •extremely• pleased to see us - I've never heard her make so much noise!
I've jumped on the bathroom scales - I've lost 1.1kg while we've been away. This is remarkable!
I need to work out how much we've spent (and whether the budget has been bashed)
I need to sleep but I need to eat. I'm too tired to do either.
Normal service resuming soon.
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We're back in Southampton.
Breakfast eaten ☑️
Luggage gone ☑️
Hand luggage ready ☑️
Bill / account correct ☑️
Sunshine (and heat) ☑️
Pollution haze over the ship and docks ☑️
Ready to phone taxi when we've got our luggage back ☑️
Route home - with a charge in Brackley - planned ☑️Phew
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We've seen dolphins playing in front of the ship today.
We can now see the Cornish coast as we head towards the end of our #cruise in Southampton tomorrow morning.
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A blog post from our day in Belfast
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Good morning Belfast!
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A morning in Tobermory in the rain!
I suspect that when it's not crowded with cruise ship crowds it's a nice town.Sketch below started in the dry, and got rained on. Touched up back in the cabin and I'm quite pleased with it.
#mustntgrumble #PotCallsTheKettle #CruiseShip #BoatTripNorth #Sketch #TravelSketch #scotland
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The #CruiseShip delivers a daily newspaper to every cabin.
This is a concise 8 A4 page printed edition produced by KVH media for cruise lines.
There's just enough news in all areas (UK, global, sport, finance, celebrities) to keep up to date. There's no editorial, and no apparent bias (there will be but it's not blatant). And no adverts!I think I'd pay to have this type of daily digest at home. (No, it's not available to individuals)
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A #blog post from two days in the Atlantic on the cruise ship
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Good Morning from deck 6 of the #CruiseShip (and my bed).
We seem to be just parking close to Tobermory in Scotland for the day.
We aren't going on an organised trip but will get the tender into the town and spend a bit of money locally.
We've been told the weather will be showers but not cold. This will be a change from the persistent drizzle we e had in the Atlantic since we left Iceland.
Neither of us have been sleeping very well - I suspect we aren't getting enough exercise to make us tired!
Balamory photos will hopefully follow!
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We aren't where I thought we were.
This rubbish photo is of the islands off the southern coast of #iceland . These include Surtsey and Heimay Islands.I only know of Surtsey from #AmateurRadio controversies about operating from the rock a number of years ago (probably when #IOTA was a new thing)
Surtsey was formed in 1963 by a volcanic eruption. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtsey
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I've no memory of posting yesterday's #Blog to y'all - it may be rather dull, but if I can make the effort to write it then I should at least give you the chance to read it!
https://mikefromlfe.mataroa.blog/blog/24-hours-isfjordur-and-reykjavik/
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Very good morning from the north Atlantic.
I've no idea what day or time it is because the #cruiseShip has moved to British time again, and on this type of holiday every day is a holiday. It's quite unsettling.
We aren't going to be docking anywhere today, just pointing the pointy end at Tobermorry for tomorrow.
This is a chance to recharge ourselves after three quite tiring days of sightseeing.
Outside the cabin window it's bright and the sea is calm.
I slept pretty well, but my arthritic thumbs are hurting a bit.I hope you are able to use the weekend for a bit of calm and to recharge your inner self.
By the way - you look great today.
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Sketch of the Blue Lagoon from photos taken today.
#sketch #sketching #sketchbook #TravelSketch #CarnetDeVoyages #iceland #BlueLagoon #BoatTripNorth
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We went to the Blue Lagoon near Reykjavik today.
I don't like swimming pools but with the water at about 38°C this was very acceptable.
It wasn't too crowded - this photo shows the bar area so isn't really representative of the whole.
The ground is silica and like walking on very firm sand mostly. -
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We went through a recent lava field on the way to the lagoon. Apparently most volcanic eruptions are fissures that release lava.
The Blue Lagoon is protected from molten lava by a huge man-made wall of lava rock.
The photo below is the change from older lava rock with moss to black recent lava (from a moving coach) -
It's 6am here.
Up early to go to The Blue Lagoon after we've docked in Reykjavik.Have a great day yourselves!
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Visit to various places this afternoon including this waterfall above Isfjordur #Iceland.
All the town's water is snow or ice melt from streams like this.
Lupins are an introduced invasive plant that stabilise the volcanic soil. -
I'm still in bed on deck 6 of the #cruise ship as we gently head into dock at Isafjordur on the north western coast of #Iceland.
Outside there's light drizzle and my phone says it's 2°C out there.
We are going on another bus trip this afternoon and we are expecting it to rain.
We need a better strategy for eating when we have afternoon trips because we end up trying to force two meals into the afternoon/evening and then feeling a bit queasy.
Which might also be why I've woken up with a bit of a headache.Have a great day everyone!
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Ayureki has heart shaped stop lights on the traffic lights.
Supposed to cheer up the drivers! -
Iceland looks small on most maps (due to the way maps are presented) but it's actually slightly bigger than Ireland.
Driving north to south takes around 5 hours in summer. Flying takes about 40 minutes from Ayureki to Reykjavik (but it's cheaper to fly via the UK) -
I think our #cruise ship must have parked up in Iceland in the last half hour or so.
It's gone very quiet and there's no movement.
The sun didn't set last night and there was no sunrise. We are up North!
A few dolphins were seen from the bar on deck 9 last night after dinner, and we are promised lots of whales and dolphins over the next few days.
Later today we're going on a bus trip to see a famous waterfall (name forgotten, and unpronounceable anyway). Photos will follow.
There's supposed to be a few light showers this afternoon, but the sky was clear when I looked out for curtains in the night.
I doubt you'll see a waterfall today, but enjoy your day anyway!
(And a big Boo-Hiss to the Icelandic government for giving whale hunting licences again this year)
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Of course a cruise ship isn't a reflection of society as a whole. And this cruise line - Fred Olsen - is probably less representative than, say, Marrela. And this ship is adults only.
To make sweeping generalisatios:
The passengers are older, wealthier, and white southern English.
But within this there's a lot of other factors:
There's a huge range of visible disabilities, a few obviously queer couples, and some ethnic variability.The average age must be about the same as ours - 70 (range 19-94)
Possibly, slightly more women than men.But, everyone is incredibly pleasant and friendly.
When politics are touched on in conversation there's polite disagreement but a willingness to listen - I've heard no support for Brexit at all, and the nearest I've heard to a reform opinion is "we need some sort of national service so people learn to get on with each other".Why can't behave like this in Real Life?
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It's the coast of Iceland in the distance.
We are sitting on the deck of our #cruise ship in brilliant sunshine under a clear blue sky. It's cool but not unpleasant.
(There's men in tee shirts and shorts - I assume they're Real Men!)
The ship's clocks go back tonight -
And.... Here's today's blog post from the #BoatTripNorth #Cruise
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Here's some random photos (with minimal alt text) from this afternoon's coach tour.
The islands are mostly connected by road tunnels but there's also ferries and helicopter connections.
Grass roofing is traditional but still common.
There's more sheep than people.
Faroes wool is rich in lanolin so is often mixed with Shetland wool to make it easier to sell -
Force 6 - 7 gale north of the Orkney Islands.
Although I haven't examined the porcelain I haven't eaten since yesterday lunchtime and have felt extremely rough.The crew are just about to park the boat in a very overcast Torshavn (Faroes).
I might risk breakfast later.
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Having been in the north sea, and very much off-grid for a couple of days - I'm now in sight of Scotland and have been able to do a blog post about our trip so far.