Christmas & New Year Cruise 2015/6

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Aboard the Cruise & Maritime ship “Magellan“.

This was a first experience of being away for Christmas and the New Year. It was an amazing time, taking in the Christmas market at Antwerp, Christmas dinner at sea at the Captain’s table, and seeing the New Year in at Madeira where we were anchored in the harbour to watch the amazing fireworks. Definitely a Christmas and New Year to remember.

The only downside was the rough crossing of the bay of Biscay, where we experienced force 9 winds and waves of up to 12 metres on the journey back to the UK. Many passengers and some crew were quite ill. I guess my time in the Royal Navy stood me in good stead since I wasn’t affected, and neither were Linda (wife) or daughter (Rebecca) who has perhaps inherited the sea-faring blood!

Itinerary:

Tuesday 22/12/2015 – London Tilbury
Wednesday 23/12/2015 – Antwerp
Thursday 24/12/2015 – At Sea
Friday 25/12/2015 – Christmas at Sea
Saturday 26/12/2015 – Gibraltar
Sunday 27/12/2015 – At Sea
Monday 28/12/2015 – Arecife, Lanzarote
Tuesday 29/12/2015 – Santa Cruz, Tenerife
Wednesday 30/12/2015 – Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Thursday 31/12/2015 Funchai, Madeira
Friday 01/01/2016 – At Sea
Saturday 02/01/2016 – Lisbon, Portugal
Sunday 03/01/2016 – At Sea
Monday 04/01/2016 – At Sea
Tuesday 05/01/2016 – Tilbury

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Stephen Dale

I’m a life-long learner with an insatiable curiosity about life. I love travel, good food, and good company. I’m happy to share what I know with others….even the interesting stuff! My outlook on life is pretty well captured in this quote from a book about the legend of King Arthur: “The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.” ― T.H. White, The Once and Future King So much to learn, so little time!

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