Cruising Episode Two – Floods, Petra, Red Sea fish, pirates and Oman

Well, where were we? In the last post I covered the first part of our Middle East cruise on the ‘Voyager’ – have added some more pictures to that now – and in this post…

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Cruising Episode One – Alexandria and Suez

Our first ever cruise, with Voyages of Discovery, on board the ‘Voyager’ with around 500 others.  We are sailing from Larnaca in Cyprus to Muscat, Oman, via the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. ‘Voyager’…

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Hastings Old Town antique and junk shops

Some time ago I did a post about antique/junk hunting in St Leonard’s, which continues to be very popular. Have been meaning to do the same for our other browser’s paradise, Hastings Old Town, for…

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Glyndebourne – Don Giovanni

Well, Hastings Battleaxe missed all the celebrations marking the 950th anniversary of the Hastings Battle, but sorry dears, we had booked to go to Glyndebourne, this time to see Don Giovanni. It was part of…

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Portsmouth and Southsea – such an interesting trip.

Early in the summer we spent a few days in Bournemouth, Portsmouth etc. Well, our tickets to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard were valid for a year, so we decided to go back.  We stayed in…

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