One Way to Do Gibraltar
It’s not often I get a request to do a ‘One way to do…’ so I was particularly chuffed when a fellow blogger made a request for one on Gibraltar. […]
Monthly Archives: October 2013
One Way to Do Florence and Pisa
There are probably more questions asked of the cruising community regarding visits to Florence and Pisa from the port of Livorno, than for any other regular cruise ship port. It therefore gives […]
One Way to do Oslo
On a recent cruise on board Queen Mary 2 the ship called at the Norwegian Capital, Oslo. This review will hopefully illustrate how much of that unique city can be […]
A Big Thank You
I was about to sign off this afternoon and noticed that sometime today, Thursday 17 October, Solent Richard’s Cruise Blog passed the 20,000 hits mark. Not in my wildest dreams […]
A New Star is Born
In an unusual break from my normal format of only reviewing cruise ships that I have actually been on I thought I would take this opportunity to look into the […]
One Way to do Skagway – Part 1
Probably the most interesting port of call on a recent Alaskan cruise with Regent Seven Seas Navigator was Skagway. My wife and I had chosen to take one of the ship’s […]
One Way to do Skagway – Part 2
Following on from Skagway Part 1 we found ourselves with enough time on our hands to discover Skagway town rather than return directly to the ship. There is genuinely something […]
One way to do Skagway – Non PC Edition
Few who know me would disagree that there is no secret about me getting out and enjoying myself when ashore from a cruise ship. It’s just that both my wife […]
Bolsover Cruise Club Forum
And so in March 2023 the inevitable came to pass and another of Solent Richard’s predictions came true… …as The Bolsover Cruise Club Forum joined the ‘Playmates’ aka Cruisingmates […]
Queen Mary 2 Scandinavian Explorer
My wife and I embarked on Queen Mary 2 at Southampton on September 29 for a 9 night voyage entitled ‘Scandinavian Explorer’. We effectively had two primary aims for booking […]
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