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Well, we had a look at the opening ceremony and first game in the Rugby Union World Cup yesterday evening. The former featured a very large rugby ball and a lot of famous rugby players from the ...

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..yesterday’s pic of a Rugby League player/model certainly seemed to get some peoples’ juices flowing. Just to say. he is not gay, but knows how to appeal to both genders. Haven’t seen it? Just o...

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I just got over 400 pics developed at Boots - in the end it came to about 5p a print - and SW.. had not seen many of them since they were on my camera not the I Phone - and those 400 odd were a s...

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It is a long time since I put some funnies up - this seemed appropriate and

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Just one more comment about the cruise - we lost weight!!! This seems odd since you are able to eat from dawn to dusk, and later - but it looks like we both lost about half a stone. The key was t...

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One more aspect of the cruise - most days we took part in the morning and afternoon quizzes - twenty general knowledge questions ( sometimes rather different) so not more than 25 minutes taken up...

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Just some thoughts about the cruise from a personal perspective. The ship had about 750 passengers - and I would guess the average age was about 70, or maybe a little older. Many of the passenger...

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We did not go on the organised trips - which were often very dear - and just did our own thing on shore in the places we visited. They all contained little gems which were worth discovering - esp...

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When you are on a ship for a long time you become aware of the range of seabids around you - and we saw guillemots, puffins, sheerwaters - but my favourites were the fulmars - truly sea bids sinc...

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Looks like things are back to normal here - the autumn brings Strictly Come Dancing (SCD) which had its first show last night when the ‘celebs’ were linked to their ‘pros’. They were all very jol...

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So, we are back - after a 36 day cruise which started on the Thames near London, and went to Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenlandm St John’s Newfoundland, Charlot...

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We left the Faeroe Islands to the north of Scotland on the way to Iceland - making good time - after dinner they said we had time to go round Surtsey, a volcanic island created in an enormous exp...

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Here is a taster of what is to come - an iceberg in a Greenland fjord floating past the ship I have to wait until I get back the charger my son inadvertently took home with him to get things goi...

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Just to say after six weeks - we are home! Had a wonderful time and loved Greenland and Canada - now completely knackered and needing a holiday. Pics will be forthcoming

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Calling in at Cork on way back - 4 days in the Atlantic - just tuned in to Irish radio station!

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On to our last stop in Canada , L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland - then back across the Atlantic to Cobh in Ireland. Lots of things to write about when we get back.

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At Sept Isles where there is very little but loved seeing Canadians just doing ordinary things!!

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Had a great time in Montreal - now going back along the St Lawrence - still two weeks of cruise left!

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In Quebec City where Canadians speak French and you can wait for a long time to cross the road. Wonderful gallery - fine churches - and bought a model school bus

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On the St Lawrence Seaway - on the way to Quebec City tomorrow morning. Fabulous weather and trying not to eat too much on board.

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In Nova Scotia - wonderful small town called Sydney - shopping to drop - and off to Charlottetown next. Friendly Canadians. Only 300 odd bookmarks now!!!

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Greenland was amazing because of great weather and the experience of sailing close to icebergs. Pics when we get back. Second day of sailing to Canada - in St Johns, Newfoundland tomorrow (thursd...

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Off Greenland and too much ice to get into our first port! Wonderful sight of whales - and big icebergs.

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Hallo from London! And hello rain! Looks like we are going to be inundated getting to the ship and force 9 forecast for tonight as we go up the North Sea! So far so good. All the nice girls love ...

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