Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 12, 2010 #626 Share Posted July 12, 2010 They are in the Bay of Biscay now... notorious for rough weather,trust they are not getting thrown around too much:eek: Making their way to the their last port of call in Europe, then over to Southampton, and half way all ready.:D NSWP Fascinating place Gibraltar Never made it to Gib yet Les. We were on a cruise that was supposed to call there and we were going to meet up with friends from NZ who live there, but Britain and Spain were having another of their border spats and we could not land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 12, 2010 Author #627 Share Posted July 12, 2010 David i can't believe the temperature drop from one side of the gilbralter strait to the other..... I didn't think we would need our winter woollies till we got up towards scotland next year !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 12, 2010 Author #628 Share Posted July 12, 2010 what did you say about rough seas LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 12, 2010 #629 Share Posted July 12, 2010 what did you say about rough seas LOL Bay of Biscay is the only place I've been seasick, along with almost all the other passengers. I was told it was because two conflicting currents meet here, so the ship goes front to back and side to side simultaneously! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 12, 2010 #630 Share Posted July 12, 2010 QM2's maiden voyage ventured into the Bay of Biscay ..... the star attraction for that cruise was a performance by Shirley Bassey, and even she got seasick and they had to cancel the show:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 12, 2010 #631 Share Posted July 12, 2010 QM2's maiden voyage ventured into the Bay of Biscay .....the star attraction for that cruise was a performance by Shirley Bassey, and even she got seasick and they had to cancel the show:eek: Good to know I was in good company! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 12, 2010 #632 Share Posted July 12, 2010 How many blogs are everyone following? I just found one I missed along the way, so have spent an enjoyable time catching up. Have you noticed that the second half of world cruises, across the Pacific, don't have as many interesting and unique ports of call as the first half? At least it won't be as port intensive, for those who enjoy sea days. I think the NZ lady who is disembarking in Southhampton to do her own touring thing, and leaving her husband on board, has the right idea! http://philipgoesroundtheworldin80days.blogspot.com/ BTW I love this blog, and look forward to the "Quote of the Day". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 12, 2010 Author #633 Share Posted July 12, 2010 i am following 8 blogs not including the port lecturer on the dawn... not all are as active as others but they give a great perspective.... glad to see that brett ( comicboy ) is back on board since suffering with his flu... he uploaded about 3 -4 blogs last night http://blog.bretthandy.com/ unfortunately we will be loosing a few at southampton...... they should be arriving around 3 -4 our time in le harve this afternoon!! joanne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 12, 2010 #634 Share Posted July 12, 2010 In the busy traffic lanes now of the English Channel. After Le Havre its almost a short ferry trip to Southampton:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 12, 2010 Author #635 Share Posted July 12, 2010 ok from all my searching I have found 1 webcam... who is going to fight for control LOL... and according to the port schedule she is due to actually dock at 5.15.... the only passenger ship I could find also is port is the Prinsendam and it looks like HAL don't actually have any bridge cams.... :-( ....... so I guess we will now be on bridge cam alert between 1 - 2 LOL.... Roger .... over and out!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 13, 2010 #636 Share Posted July 13, 2010 In the busy traffic lanes now of the English Channel. After Le Havre its almost a short ferry trip to Southampton:D That really shows how busy the English Channel is. Our cruise in September departs from Southampton at 8pm and arrives at Le Havre at 8.00am the following day. You'd think it would get there sooner. However, on our last MSC cruise, the ship usually arrived much earlier than scheduled and occasionally left later. Will be interested to see what our bloggers do at Le Havre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 13, 2010 #637 Share Posted July 13, 2010 i am following 8 blogs not including the port lecturer on the dawn... not all are as active as others but they give a great perspective.... glad to see that brett ( comicboy ) is back on board since suffering with his flu... he uploaded about 3 -4 blogs last night http://blog.bretthandy.com/ unfortunately we will be loosing a few at southampton...... they should be arriving around 3 -4 our time in le harve this afternoon!! joanne Thanks Joanne. I'm following about 5/6 from around Post 70. They are all interesting. Was really impressed with the choir, which looked so professional in their white tops and black bottoms. However, I couldn't get sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Australian family Posted July 13, 2010 #638 Share Posted July 13, 2010 In the busy traffic lanes now of the English Channel. After Le Havre its almost a short ferry trip to Southampton:D It is like a motorway in the English Channel. Can somebody tell me how many days they have been cruising now? I can't believe it that they are nearly into Southhampton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted July 13, 2010 #639 Share Posted July 13, 2010 On Crown Princess last year crossing the Channel, we actually had to stop for an hour mid channel due to congestion, I counted 20 ships around us at one stage, cargo ships, tankers, ferries, warships, cruise ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Australian family Posted July 13, 2010 #640 Share Posted July 13, 2010 The Queen Mary 2 is also headed for Southhampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 13, 2010 Author #641 Share Posted July 13, 2010 they must of veered off the channel towards le harve as i am sure you would be able to see some lights of other boats infront... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 13, 2010 Author #642 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Kiwi Kruzer David!! I have been doing to research into bergen this morning... and found the thread from ocean princess.... I saw the great cam captures of her going into bergen..... hope you have booked marked those pages because I want you to do that for us too.... you do that stuff so well.... unless of course you change your mind and join us :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted July 13, 2010 #643 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Some great reading on here and the blogs, my cruise withdrawal symptoms are reaching the acute stage. The interest shown by the CC bods on here has been terrific, keep it up guys, the second half is still to go.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted July 13, 2010 #644 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Kiwi Kruzer David!! I have been doing to research into bergen this morning... and found the thread from ocean princess.... I saw the great cam captures of her going into bergen..... hope you have booked marked those pages because I want you to do that for us too.... you do that stuff so well.... You should be well stalked in bergen when you go their. heh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 13, 2010 Author #645 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I can see the smallest of specks of light on the bridge cam... even cleaned my screen to make sure I wasnt seeing things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 13, 2010 Author #646 Share Posted July 13, 2010 You should be well stalked in bergen when you go their. heh! where have you been .... I was wondering what had happened to you .... damn that work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 13, 2010 Author #647 Share Posted July 13, 2010 cool...... Kiwi_cruiser that will be one long stalk!! lucky I remembered :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted July 13, 2010 #648 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I can see the smallest of specks of light on the bridge cam... even cleaned my screen to make sure I wasnt seeing things... LOL! where have you been .... I was wondering what had happened to you .... damn that work!! This is what happens when you don’t have any cruise booked…; you go on weekend always, which is what we did last weekend. But you guys will still have to do Le Havere, France, as I have to catch up on my work from our weekend away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 13, 2010 Author #649 Share Posted July 13, 2010 land ahead better get my cuppa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 13, 2010 Author #650 Share Posted July 13, 2010 http://oceanes.ville-lehavre.fr/Ville_en_images/Webcam.html i am hoping she will come through those heads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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