One Way to do The Falklands
My wife and I visited the Falklands Islands in February 2013 while cruising on board Celebrity Infinity. A full review of that particular cruise can be found by following this […]
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Solent Richard catches a Viking Maiden
My wife and I cruised along the River Danube between Budapest and Nuremberg in July 2012… We had chosen to travel with Viking River Cruises and embarked on their latest ship, […]
One Way to do Zeebrugge – Ghent Edition
Zeebrugge is becoming a more and more popular port of call with the increase in the number of shorter cruises from the United Kingdom. Zeebrugge itself offers very little in the […]
One way to do Aqaba – Wadi Rum edition
In his book ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’ T E Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, wrote ….. “The crimson sunset on its stupendous cliffs and slanted ladders of hazy […]
One way to do St. Petersburg
Welcome to St Petersburg Pictured above outside Catherine Palace, St Petersburg is Solent Richard with Julia, our exceptional Alla Tours guide. We were visiting St Petersburg as part of […]
Silver Travel Forum
Over a number of years Solent Richard has willingly supported the Silver Travel Advisor on both their Home and Forum pages. Though not a dedicated cruise forum, the Silver […]
Questions and Answers
This section of Solent Richard’s Cruise Blog is dedicated to answering specific questions that readers of the blog may have regarding any of the reviews that appear on the […]
The Crow’s Nest
http://www.crowsnestonline.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?24-P-amp-O-Cruises A relatively new Forum that I recently spotted and indeed, currently with around 350 members. Distinctive by its association with the old P&O Community site by the same name […]
One way to do Athens from Piraeus
Athens is a very popular cruise ship port visit though cruise ships scheduled to visit Athens actually dock at the port of Piraeus: which is some distance from the city […]
We Are Cunard
WELL DONE CUNARD Healthy Growth? Interesting words from Peter Shanks in this video clip that, although dealing with the Vantage and Getaway fares, has some other interesting points… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlj7EfFvF5M&feature=player_embedded […]
Cruises.co.uk
Welcome onboard for 2023 – The year of the Rabbit. While 2023 heralds the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit one could be forgiven if one thought that on CruiseDot’s […]
Cruising Mates
STOP PRESS! John 11.17 ….“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live….” Well that would appear to be the wish of a […]
One way to do Odessa
Continuing my series of ‘One way to do…’ here is an offereing from one of the Black Sea ports we visited on our recent P&O Azura cruise. Hope you enjoy […]
One Way to Do Yalta
On a recent P&O Azura cruise to the Black Sea we called at the Crimean Southern Ukrainian port of Yalta. Continuing this blog series of ‘One way to do…’ this […]
Celebrity Infinity – To Antarctic and return
My wife and I have recently returned from a 14 night Antarctic Cruise on board the Celebrity Infinity… We joined the ship in Buenos Aires having made the direct […]
Cruise Critic
Cruise Critic is a cruise review community website which also has information for cruisers written by editors, news on cruising and a forum. They offer over 225 reviews written […]
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