Up at the ungodly hour of 6.30am as wanted to get to Stone and back to Leicester by 12 midday as then it would only be a one day car hire. Such fun driving up the M6 with the morning traffic where the gazetted speed limit is 70mph but to keep up you have to … More Back on The Cut – 27th June 2019

Well we made it across the pond in one piece. The flight was great as it was in a new 787 Dreamliner which was very quiet and smooth and even better, we had a free seat between us and arrived 45 minutes early. Must have had a beaut tail wind. Customs was all electronic with … More Good and Bad Day – 26th June 2019

So here we go again, off to good old Blighty. We have 74 days of cruising the southern canals this time. Just a quick recap for those of you not in the know. We are looking after our very good friends Wolfgang and Marlene’s canal boat during this time whilst they head back to Germany. … More UK Bound – 25th June 2019

It is now two days since we arrived home and in that time Toque has continued to be attached more to Joannie and Simone. She has actually been sleeping in their bed with them whereas her norm is to sleep in her crate. Joannie and Simone left this morning on their way back to Montreal. … More Update from Home – 9th May 2019

Well we made to the other side of the South Pacific in one piece though both with horrific bronchitis. We got up super early and in fact so early it was before sunrise!! It was cloudy and overcast as we came into the bay as well as a little chilly. What we found when we … More San Francisco and then Home – 7th May 2019

Zitto to report Tonight, we found this fellow on our bed and it has caused some head scratching. We are tempted to say a cow but it is a dog – 21/21.   Groundhog Day – Sea Day 4 – 3rd May 2019 Went and saw the Captains talk session which wasn’t that revealing. He … More At Sea Days – 2nd to 6th May 2019

So we are heading directly north now towards San Francisco and crossed the Equator at 2.00am. Crossing the Equator on a Holland America ship, requires the Neptune Ceremony take place. This is when they get all those crew who have never crossed the Equator before, are subjected to this ritual.           … More Crossing the Equator – Sea Day 2 – 1st May 2019

Yeap, you read it right. We are now spending the next seven days cruising at 17kts, 24/7 to make San Francisco by 7.00am on the 7th May. The ship appeared very quiet today as a lot of people are trying to get over the six ports of call we had in a row. The average … More First Day of Deven Sea Days in a Row – 30th April 2019

Our last port of call and our last piece of terra firma until we get to San Francisco, is the island of Nuku Hiva. Nuku Hiva is in the chain of the Marguesas Islandsbut is still within French Polynesia. They have three distinct areas in French Polynesia where the islands are grouped into the Society … More Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia – 29th April 2019

Today is a taster of what is to come up. We have one more island to do tomorrow and then it is seven straight Sea days to San Francisco. One hopes they will have lots of entertainment happening otherwise they just might have a mutiny on their hands. They have had some brilliant speakers on … More At Sea 28th April