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I rarely visit this section (having no plans to travel very far from home), but I idly looked in yesterday. I hadn't heard anyone mention Jane Shaw for years and years. She was a favourite author of mine in the early 1950's and I have all her "Susan" books and some of the others. They will all be in the bookcase on the top floor (chcildren's books). Maybe I should fetch them down.

Sorrry - totally off topic!

Please Carry On (talking about) Cruising.

Just reading about plans for some Cruising. Mega ships looking likely to trundle up to Scotland, and along South Coast. However, it is cruise only. Passengers unlikely to be allowed off, so you can look, but you can’t explore. We happened to be in Falmouth one day when one of the immense American Cruise Ships was anchored just off Carrick Roads. The town’s population soared that day, lots of little tenders plying to and fro all day. Got to have had your jabs as well before you get onboard. 

St Mawes Castle doubled as Fort Baton (where Ross rescues Dwight) in the early Poldark TV series. And the sea scenes using the Grand Turk in the early Hornblower’s was filmed off Falmouth. Doubled as Minorca I think🤔

"Sorrry - totally off topic! Please Carry On (talking about) Cruising."

I think I might start, talking about cruising, myself!!! (Smiling face, winking, thumbs up).

Re ship sizes and prices-only done three cruises, and learned on the first to avoid mentioning that it was our first as this led to a torrent of advice on what we should be doing, and the ships were all 2000 passengers of smaller.

Our first, with P&O,was just £795 each, for 17 days,but it was in 2015, in the Med in Febuary.

Second, with Cunard, was a package of 7 night cruise with a day in Venice pre cruise and two in Rome post cruise and was £1750

Latest, with Marella, was in 2019, a two week cruise and stay, 7 nights in Corfu and was £2450 each.

They all had good and bad points, of the three P&O was fave but future cruises will be chosen on itinerary and price mainly with an open mind on which cruise line.

We were very impressed with P&Os hygiene measures where you could not enter anywhere without sanitising your hands, the others were less strict, and whilst not the size ship many have mentioned, had no issues with crowding, on none that could not be avoided.

I can see that it may appear counter intuitive to say being on a ship with thousands of others may be safe but, based on our cruise experience, would feel no less safe than being in a restaurant, shop or many workplaces.

Add in that it seems you will need to show you have been vaccinated and their experience with preventing cross infection and I really do need to check on that August holiday of the Italian lakes & Greek Islands Cruise & Stay!

Not been on a cruise. Perhaps one about this size, that we saw in Loch Alsh a few years ago. A French company if they are still in business, I believe the food is fairly good.😋 Those mega floating hotels, that look as though they should fall over, have no appeal whatsoever.

That looks quite nice Steve. Those river cruisers look nice as well. 

Cruises?  No thanks!

Years ago, before they built the cruise ship terminal, we were sitting in a sand floored beach front bar on the south side of Bali looking out at one of the Cunard Queens anchored in the bay. Every hustler on the island with fake watches and silver bracelets to sell had arrived by the pier to meet the gullible as they came ashore. They were very old Americans - the men recognisable by their checked gingham, elastic waist trousers - and my were they gullible. They paid silly prices in US dollars and believed the pashminas really were cashmere - though many were scared by Asia at first hand and  turned tail and fled straight back to the ship.

A British woman from the crew joined us in the bar - think old fashioned headmistress crossed with military police sergeant. She was the enforcer in charge of the cabin staff - she searched their cabins for drugs, she found who was selling the stuff to the passengers, and who was sleeping with the  passengers for cash. Simple disciplinary answers - she put them ashore at the next port of call and let them find their own way home. Her below stairs cruise ship descriptions were gloomy. 

And on another day we found ourselves in Port Klang - which the cruises use as the drop of point for Kuala Lumpur. That really is the most awful place I ever saw. 

So no thanks. 

 

 

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