I've created my own cruise itinerary at home!

[Interestedcruisefan]

This might make you guys laugh!

 

I miss my cruise holiday. And coming on here each day reminds me how much.

 

So a couple of days ago I listed all the things I like to do on a cruise as follows:

 

In no particular order:

 

Eat full English breakfast 

Eat pancakes with nutella and strawberries for breakfast

Drink cocktails

Walk on the decks 

Walk the ports looking at the shops

Read my book

Workout in the gym

Eat some carvery food each day (amongst other stuff)

Go to art talks

Watch a movie

Eating in a speciality restaurant

Guided excursions

Go to theatre shows and entertainment

Lie down on the sunbeds

A couple of hours work on my laptop

 

And I decided why not do all the above at home:

 

So yesterday I had a mini cruise day in Derbyshire

 

Here was my schedule:

 

Full English Breakfast (small version)

One pancake with nutella and strawberries

A home workout (I have weights and a bench)

A walk from home along the canal - we live 20 mins walk from a lovely Marina

Walked round the shops

Read a chapter of my holiday book (I've not read since we came home)

A couple of hours work at the marina overlooking the water

Lemon and ginger tea

Walk back home

A spin class on YouTube (on my exercise bike at home)

Watched an art talk on Lowry on youtube

Watched "Bank of Dave" good film

Roast Pork Carvery for lunch with stuffing and veg (small portion/no potatoes)

Drove to Stratford on Avon (walking tour with headphones -downloaded the tour From voicemail)

Dinner In "The Opposition" Restaurant in Stratford on Avon

Cocktail

Watched Julius Caesar theatre show in Royal Shakespeare Theatre

 

Just like being on holiday!!! Brilliant day

 

(Probably cost me a lot more than my daily cost being on a Caribbean  cruise in an inside cabin mind you)

 

Now my challenge is to recreate this every day

 

Watch this space!!

 

Lol

 

 

[Interestedcruisefan]

Here's some photos:

 

 

[Waju]

What a good idea and it sounds like you had a lovely day!

 

Was that Mercia Marina?

[Interestedcruisefan]

7 minutes ago, Waju said:

What a good idea and it sounds like you had a lovely day!

 

Was that Mercia Marina?

Yes. We live 1 minutes walk from the canal and 15 mins from the marina. So we are perfect for having a "port day" from home

 

Only thing missing from yesterday's "cruise day" was sunshine!

 

[Waju]

1 minute ago, Interestedcruisefan said:

Yes. We live 1 minutes walk from the canal and 15 mins from the marina. So we are perfect for having a "port day" from home

 

Only thing missing from yesterday's "cruise day" was sunshine!

 

I like Mercia, some nice shops.  We live on the Derby/Nottingham border so not too far away.

 

We had a canal boat for 5 days last year and only got as far as Willington but it was lovely.

 

Yesterday was a really miserable day weather wise  (I never left the house) but it's looking a bit better today. 

 

Have a lovely day!

[Interestedcruisefan]

5 minutes ago, Waju said:

I like Mercia, some nice shops.  We live on the Derby/Nottingham border so not too far away.

 

We had a canal boat for 5 days last year and only got as far as Willington but it was lovely.

 

Yesterday was a really miserable day weather wise  (I never left the house) but it's looking a bit better today. 

 

Have a lovely day!

Yes we live in Willington

 

Great little cruise port!!

[Interestedcruisefan]

The weirdest thing happened at Royal Shakespeare Theatre

 

We were on upper stalls

 

For the first 25 minutes of the show someone's phone was playing a music album

 

Song after song. Everybody is looking at everybody trying to figure out whos phone it is. Assuming they will do something about it. 

 

Thinking what idiot would let their phone do that

 

Meanwhile down below the play just continues. But the cast must have been  hearing it as well

 

The ushers are there. The sound engineers are there wondering if someone's phone has accidentally connected to the theatres speakers by Bluetooth or something 

 

Everyone's looking at each other. But nobody can figure it out.

 

Eventually someone realised a lady who was hard of hearing had been given headphones from the theatre and a special audio loop to listen to the actors on

 

So just she's sat there happily watching and listening nicely to the play with the specially provided theatre headphones on totally oblivious to the fact her phone in her handbag was playing a music album that ruined the start of the show for everybody else around her 

 

You couldn't make it up!!!

 

I bet that's never happened in Headliners Theatre!!

 

Lol

Edited March 29, 2023 by Interestedcruisefan

[Britboys]

2 hours ago, Interestedcruisefan said:

This might make you guys laugh!

 

I miss my cruise holiday. And coming on here each day reminds me how much.

 

So a couple of days ago I listed all the things I like to do on a cruise as follows:

 

In no particular order:

 

Eat full English breakfast 

Eat pancakes with nutella and strawberries for breakfast

Drink cocktails

Walk on the decks 

Walk the ports looking at the shops

Read my book

Workout in the gym

Eat some carvery food each day (amongst other stuff)

Go to art talks

Watch a movie

Eating in a speciality restaurant

Guided excursions

Go to theatre shows and entertainment

Lie down on the sunbeds

A couple of hours work on my laptop

 

And I decided why not do all the above at home:

 

So yesterday I had a mini cruise day in Derbyshire

 

Here was my schedule:

 

Full English Breakfast (small version)

One pancake with nutella and strawberries

A home workout (I have weights and a bench)

A walk from home along the canal - we live 20 mins walk from a lovely Marina

Walked round the shops

Read a chapter of my holiday book (I've not read since we came home)

A couple of hours work at the marina overlooking the water

Lemon and ginger tea

Walk back home

A spin class on YouTube (on my exercise bike at home)

Watched an art talk on Lowry on youtube

Watched "Bank of Dave" good film

Roast Pork Carvery for lunch with stuffing and veg (small portion/no potatoes)

Drove to Stratford on Avon (walking tour with headphones -downloaded the tour From voicemail)

Dinner In "The Opposition" Restaurant in Stratford on Avon

Cocktail

Watched Julius Caesar theatre show in Royal Shakespeare Theatre

 

Just like being on holiday!!! Brilliant day

 

(Probably cost me a lot more than my daily cost being on a Caribbean  cruise in an inside cabin mind you)

 

Now my challenge is to recreate this every day

 

Watch this space!!

 

Lol

 

 

Maybe recreating it once a week might be more attainable... 😄 Good luck.

[jocap]

I once did something similar when I had some free days and OH was working. We lived in West Yorks, and I knew most of the towns around, mainly for shopping/meals out/theatres etc 

Instead, I took a bus or train from the local station, to  well-known towns such as Pontefract, but as a visitor. I'd not been to the castle or old church in Ponte since I was a child; I'd not walked up the Headrow in Leeds and visited the Art gallery etc... I even took a train to Manchester airport and went on the viewing roof.

Plenty of coffee breaks and different lunches out, and no shopping for basics- just the odd souvenir!  😄

And I didn't have to be back on board by 4.30pm!