27th January 2015 Sue and I set off for Southampton at 10:30 am on Sunday, fully prepared for an uneventful journey. For once, we didn’t make our usual pit stops to investigate every bit of English countryside that caught our fancy, no hidden churches or random stone circles this time! We arrived at our accommodation,… Continue Reading
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24th January 2015 The trauma of the past few weeks has left us all drained. After the necessary task of informing relatives and Nan’s friends of the sad news, recounting the events of the past weeks only intensified our emotions. A couple of days after Nan’s passing, the Rothwells, Sarah, and I met in Dingley… Continue Reading
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18th January 2015 On the day Sue and I met Philippa at Tortworth Court (7th), Nan also had a couple of visitors. Ann and Susan Ashworth (her nieces) had come down from Yorkshire to see her for the first time. She took them to the Farm Shop for lunch,… Continue Reading
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12th December 2014 Since Nan fell and broke her arm, a variety of ‘things’ have joined her in sympathy. The central heating boiler ‘poltergeist’ was due to be fixed on the 17th of November, but despite acting up every day, it mysteriously stopped on the morning of the engineer’s visit! Once again, we had to… Continue Reading
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17th November 2014 As the title suggests, there have been rather a lot of hospital visits lately, and not one of them without incident! Nan, now a sprightly 86, has a body that is understandably giving up on its warranty. The NHS, bless it, is valiantly throwing everything at her in terms of support, technology… Continue Reading
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6th October 2014 It’s hard to believe it’s been over five weeks since we returned from the Arctic Circle. At this rate, I now need to consult my online diary to jog my memory on what we’ve been up to; clearly, my brain cells are on strike. Sadly, after watching a dismal Tigers performance at… Continue Reading
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31st August 2014 We woke earlier than intended, not because we were eager to depart (we would have preferred to stay and see the Baltic), but because the noise of the ship getting ready to dock had become quite familiar, almost like an alarm clock. Thankfully, when we rose, our cases had disappeared from the… Continue Reading
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28th August 2014 We woke up very late this morning, and even so, there were only a few people at breakfast, indicating that our fellow passengers had “chilled out” a bit more than we had! In the morning, we attended a lecture on the Aurora Borealis. The Oriana will be sailing to the northwest of… Continue Reading
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27th August 2014 Today is a sea day, which means there’s no rush to get up. However, we still made it to breakfast by 8 am, and unsurprisingly, there was only one other couple there. We lingered for a while, sipping our coffee and scanning the sea for dolphins or whales, but, as has been… Continue Reading
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27th August 2014 After a late breakfast, we watched as the ship sailed into Bergen and docked. The weather was overcast, with clouds hanging just a few hundred metres up the mountainside. Fortunately, we’d been given a berth right next to the town, so there wouldn’t be much walking to reach it. As soon as… Continue Reading
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