About Me

Born in Coventry in 1961 at Gulson Road Hospital, making me a true Coventarian!! I moved to South Africa at the tender age of 19 to live two years with my husband to "try it out" Way back then in 1981 the South African government kindly paid our fare. We…

Posted on Feb 4, 2015
Carnival for Europe

Carnival cruise Lines will be bringing its newest Ship to Europe in 2016, there have been so may new launches this year , its hard to keep track of them all. We had some amazing deals with Carnival in the Caribbean in the lat few months, but I found a…

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Posted on Jan 27, 2015
Keeping it British with Gin !

I am very excited and delighted to say I have been invited for a sneak preview of Britannia before her Inaugural sailing. We go on March 10th, and we get to stay on board over night to try it out for all the lovely, and very lucky passengers   We…

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Posted on Jan 20, 2015
Crosby Stills & Nash of course !

Well 10 out of 10 if you got the riddle question right, a combined age of 217 with 6 legs !   Now those of us born prior to the punk age will remember the Song "Teach your children well" one of the big ones, they were also huge in…

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Posted on Jan 17, 2015
School holiday fines , should we fine the schools ?

Well this is bound to stir up a hornets nest and everyone will have an opinion. When did this all start anyway ? and why ? Is it just another money for jam attitude that we get with so many things these days. I have a six year old grandson,…

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Posted on Jan 8, 2015
And you thought the chocolate was all finished !

If you are lucky enough to be going on a princess cruise this year you may want to know all about Norman Love   Norman Love, considered one of the best chocolatiers in the world, partnered with Princess Cruises to launch chocolate Journeys   Two of my favorite things Wine…

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Posted on Dec 30, 2014
Families get booking !!

I am sure this has been a subject debated every year, by many people, but I just wanted to let you know how frustrating it all is for us when we cannot find the cabins you want for your special once a year family cruise. P&O have only a certain…

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Posted on Dec 30, 2014
2015 Almost here !

Well that's Christmas for another year been and gone, tree went up and came down in record time this year ! I may sound a bit of a bah humbug and sorry if you don't feel the same (though I know many people my age do) its just all too…

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Posted on Dec 23, 2014
Christmas conference, don’t mind if I do !

My husband recently had his Christmas dinner here in Coventry, the place shall remain nameless and I think most of the people would prefer to forget the whole evening. It was therefore with great difficulty that I had to tell him our annual conference/Christmas gathering was to take place on…

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Posted on Dec 16, 2014
QM2 smoking on board

I admit to being a smoker and while I know it is not a popular habit , there are still many people who partake ! All smoking on balconies has stopped since March 2014, I personally think this has happened because of a few inconsiderate people that have now changed…

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Posted on Dec 10, 2014
Aurora in dry dock

P&O are splashing out £26 million of the new look Aurora, she went into dry dock in Hamburg Germany on 29th November and will be back in Southampton on 18th December, she will be the first of the ships to be showing the new look livery, so if you live…

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