I'm going home, Newcastle,You can keep your London wine.I'd walk the street, all day all neetFor a bottle of the River TyneBusker Got up at around 9.00am and looked out of our window. We could tell we were back in the open sea as the water was a little choppier, and we could see one …
Wednesday. The holiday was certainly looking a bit sick now – had we really been on the Balmoral a week already? Despite us only having two days left I could not get out of my pit this morning which was hardly surprising after our very late night last night. It was after half-ten before I …
Didn’t get up until 9.00 this morning as all the late nights were starting to catch up with me. Instead, I just took advantage of the tea- and coffee-making facilities in our cabin, and just got washed and dressed while perusing today’s daily programme. As the Balmoral had already docked on the Seine in Rouen …
They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate.President Franklin D. Roosevelt And what a plan! This vast operation is undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever occurred.Winston Churchill We got up about 8.20 this morning and went to have our breakfast in the Palms …
We were up at 7.30 this morning as we had to assemble in the Neptune Lounge at 8.45am to be allocated a bus number for today’s excursion, which was a half-day visit to Brussels. I had never been to Brussels before, although Trevor had been many years ago. We enjoyed our breakfast up in the …
We woke up this morning around 8.30am and looked out of our window to see what the weather was like. There was a lot of cloud but at least it wasn’t raining! The Balmoral was making her way along the scenic Western Scheldt River towards Antwerp, and we were due to arrive around lunchtime. In …
TREVOR'S BIRTHDAY We were up at 7.00am and looked out of a rain-spattered window at a dull and dreary sky. We hoped the weather would improve, but taking our umbrellas and cagoules with us today was a must. I gave Trevor his birthday card and he opened his other cards and presents he’d brought with …
