The city of Stavanger with a population of around 115,000 is known as the oil capital of Norway since the discovery of the black stuff off the coast in the 1960’s. Prior to the oil boom, Stavanger was the canning
… Read More Over the sea to Norway.
ADVISORY WARNING – This post contains pictures of me in swimming apparel, if you are easily offended stop reading now!
As we made our way along the English Channel last night the threatened storms didn’t seem to have the expected
… Read More Back on the Azura again!!
Yes, we are off again! This time just a week’s cruise to Norway together with Victoria, Oliver and the children.
We always seem to have issues at the beginning of our cruises, what with car crashes last year and missing
… Read More Kirkwall, the Orkney Islands.
Despite being only 100 miles further south than our previous port of call, the Orkney Islands could not be more different than the Shetlands. Its fertile soil produces lush green meadows with which to feed the many cattle and sheep
… Read More Lerwick – Birthplace of Cruising.
After two days at sea we were greeted by a beautiful sunny sky as we sailed into Lerwick this morning. Lerwick has a special significance to P&O cruises as it’s founder Arthur Anderson was born here, it can therefore lay
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