On Board With Alison

I have just booked a wonderful holiday for a lovely couple this evening to Australia and New Zealand.  A large part of the trip is a fantastic 17 night cruise around Australasia but also they will spending time with friends and including some land-based sight seeing. My favourite side of…

There was an amazing photo in the papers this week. It showed brave cleaners hanging underneath the Skywalk attraction in Arizona, 4,000ft above the Grand Canyon. The whole point of the Skywalk is it is a glass walkway and so obviously has to be kept clean.   I suppose I…

Who remembers the Panorama show from 1957 on which David Dimbleby  announced the record year for the harvest of spaghetti? It was still many years after this before I became even a twinkle in my parents' eyes and yet I know this clip well and it still makes me smile.…

Yesterday, I booked a surprise break for my Mum and I at the beginning of May. I can't say any more or I will spoil it for her so that will have to come in a later blog. I have told her that I will let her know what to…

This week I have booked a lovely group of ladies on a cruise around the beautiful islands of Hawaii. There are no direct flights to Hawaii from the UK and so the journey is long with 18 hours flying time in their case with a couple of stops. They will…

I was talking to a lady this morning who was keen to book a cruise until she found out that 5 of the 14 days were at sea. "I'll be bored won't I?" she asked. Now I love sea days on a cruise.  I'm on holiday, I don't want to…

Dear Sir Samuel Cunard [caption id="attachment_310" align="alignnone" width="182"] Sir Samuel Cunard[/caption] I bet you never thought that your name would be so well known 174 years after you were awarded the British transatlantic steamship mail contract. That first crossing on Britannia when you and 63 others sailed from Liverpool to…

Woody's back!  Not the lovable cowboy from Toy Story, but a woodpecker who has visited our garden every spring for the past few years. His constant tapping on the oak tree signifies the end of winter along with the bursting daffodils and cherry blossom. It seems to be a bit…

I am learning Greek. This isn't something I expected to do this year but that's what life is all about isn't it? Grab the chances whilst you can, try something new. You'll never know if you like it till you try. I love learning languages and trained years ago as…

Last Sunday was British Yorkshire Pudding Day! How did I know this amazing fact? Easy, friends invited us to a delicious roast beef lunch served with the traditional puddings and told us about it. Brilliant, I thought, instead of worrying every day about what to have for dinner, I could…