On Board With Alison

Tomorrow, I am lucky to have been invited to celebrate the launch of Cruise and Maritime's latest addition Columbus in Tilbury. I will be driving there as about an hour from home and parking is very easy at the port. We will board in time for lunch and then watch…

10 weeks ago I had a moment of madness and signed up to a local running club.   I have seen a few too many birthdays ending in a zero and decided that it was time to get fit and lose a bit of excess weight in the process. Personally,…

What sort of pictures do you like taking on holiday? Do you like to come back with a beautiful landscape, that you immediately order on a large canvas to adorn the living room wall, or are you a Selfie King or Queen and have posted at least two hundred plus…

Last week I spent a very enjoyable 3 days in bonny Scotland. My daughter had a week off and a lot of hotel loyalty points and suggested that we fly up to Edinburgh for a short break. We flew out from Stansted early on Tuesday morning using the meet and…

I'm loving the current series of Masterchef and always feel inspired to get more adventurous with my culinary creations after watching an episode. Having said that, I also felt the same inspiration when I won 2 cookery books in a recent raffle but sadly they remain unopened. One of the…

Having cruised many times for many years on many different ships, I am quite good at packing and have accumulated a good staple wardrobe for these trips with several evening dresses that I enjoy having the chance to wear on board. I have light weight ones if flying and heavier…

A few years ago I won a car in a national competition. The entry to this didn't cost me anything and of course the reward was amazing. I do see myself as a lucky person when it comes to competitions and I have had some lovely prizes in the form…

Watching "Gogglebox" the other night they were discussing Channel 5's "Cruising With Jane McDonald". The episode in question showed Jane sailing around Scotland and one of the Goggleboxers said that it was not seeing a country properly if you were just seeing the edges. Cruising, much like land touring,  is…

Tonight, I will be sat in a theatre watching my son on stage. He is playing the role of Wyndham Brandon in "Rope", a stage play written by Richard Hamilton in 1929 and later made into a movie by Alfred Hitchcock in 1948 starring James Stewart. My son has been…

How many different holiday itineraries can you see on all the travel websites including ours?  There are certainly a lot of them and now with social media as well as the more traditional bombardment of advertising, it can be quite overwhelming. You only have to pick up a copy of…