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elmsliebev

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    Lancashire, UK
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    food, walking, travel, books - in no particular order! Border Terrier slave.
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    most of them!
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    transatlantic

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  1. eek! That's huge. Fortunately I've just found out that the possible health condition (cardiac) has now been ruled out and I've been signed off, so I'm hoping there won't be too much of a jump - we're with Nationwide and haven't had to pay so far for certain health conditions.
  2. best answer! I will be trying it though.
  3. Look forward to reading about your experiences, have a great time.
  4. Interesting We don't go until October, but I'll be looking out for my information pack! Have a wonderful time.
  5. the latest one on "My Cunard" is showing as 14.45, which is probably the 14.55 train as t's so close. We're on the 13.30 train. Yes, we're thinking of the funicular in Bergen, then walking back down. We'll wait and see what the weather is like too.
  6. it's infuriating isn't it. I'm more concerned about it curtailing my traveling than the actual condition! I hope I find out soon.
  7. it's on my bucket list. I too love the idea of a campervan/motorhome but Himself won't go anywhere without a proper en suire (not one that needs emptying by us!) so I probably won't get to do it now. I'd be tempted to do both if at all possible - maybe London and surrounding area at the start of the cruise, then Scotland/Lake District at the end. We've decided that next year we'll probably stay in the UK (I have some potential health issues) and explore more of our own country.
  8. is this the cruise departing 23rd June? We're on that too and have booked the railway independently, the one after you I think. I noticed there was a Cunard trip planned for later than the one we have booked. We're also doing our own thing with the troll cars in Olden, much cheaper even allowing for hiring a taxi to get to the glacier. Booking your own does of course bring some risk but one we're currently prepared to take.
  9. we're on QA in June and have 2 formal nights. We will definitely be dressing up, black tie, posh frocks. I love seeing the kilts worn, I'm sure you're OH won't be out of place.
  10. your advice was very helpful for us when we were in Split last October. Very walkable, the Diocletian Palace is a must.
  11. agree with comments about Zadar, wonderful town, we would love to return there for a few days. Same with Trieste (48 hour travel man is about Trieste this week!) a really interesting city. We had a day in Malta between 2 cruises last year and did a wonderful tour with a local guy. A minibus of 14 of us, for the full day, taking us all around, to Mdina and other areas, a great lunch stop and a lovely guy. I think it worked out at 25euros each with a tip. As we were there twice, we also walked from the ship to the lift up to the gardens and the cannons. It's about a 10 minute stroll and the lift costs 1 euro (hold on to your tickets for the return trip)
  12. Palma Catherdral is beautiful, well worth a visit. You pay to go in, I think it was 10euro pp, with discount for over 65s. Palma town is a favourite of ours. Awayfrom the high rise hotels it's a lovely walkable compact city with some great tapas bars. You can get the little wooden train to Soller from Palma though you'd need to check out the times to see if it's doable depending on your port times.
  13. A travel agent will be able to modify the flight for you (flight deviation). We did Alaska to Miami 2 years ago with Cunard and our TA moved the flight home back 3 days and sorted a hotel in Miami for us. Maybe you could have a day or 2 somewhere en route? That would make the flight less onerous. We are doing Tokyo to Singapore later this year with Etihad and have a stopver each way in Doha. I've flown to Oz with Singapore Airlines, Quantas and BA and of those Singapore is my favourite carrier.
  14. I'm on the Cunard pages and I "know" you 🤣 We're on Queen Anne on 23rd June - are you on that one?
  15. 29th June is Masquerade (it can change though). There's a pinned post at the top of this forum that shows all the themes.
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