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Re: Coronavirus Virtual Cruise

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Not much activity in Aberdeen then!

Wednesday : Scrabster

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This was a cracking tour with Fred that went to Wick plus John O’Groats but the major highlight for me was the visit to the Pulteney Whisky Distillery. I didn’t even know that I liked whisky having drunk the basic stuff like blended Johnny Walker all those years ago. This was a different animal altogether and the sample that we were given to try was the real deal, a 12 year old single malt. I can only say ‘ WOW ‘.

As for Scabster itself ... Scabster by name and Scabster by nature I thought as we trundled through the wind and horizontal rain at nearby Wick to post a few cards and to buy some more cough sweets from Boots. Still no pics from me though :(
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Re: Coronavirus Virtual Cruise

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Love whiskey :thumbup: 🥃

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Glad you can afford it, the 12 year old Pulteney that I mentioned above cost me £44 for a gallon litre :(
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Re: Coronavirus Virtual Cruise

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Having been confined to port due to rough seas

Todays port is Invergordon

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I was confined to quarters with man flu so have yet to see Invergordon or indeed Inverness :(
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Re: Coronavirus Virtual Cruise

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Moving on - Tuesday : Lerwick

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Re: Coronavirus Virtual Cruise

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There doesn’t seem much enthusiasm for this round Britain sector of the cruise.

Thinking about heading straight back to Southampton.

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Re: Coronavirus Virtual Cruise

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Haven't done a round Britain cruise so sorry I cannot help you.

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As advised in #1639 I can only do pics for Belfast, Dublin and Cobh ... sorry about that :(
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Re: Coronavirus Virtual Cruise

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OK

So we are heading for Belfast on Thursday.

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In 2017 we visited, courtesy of Fred’s Braemar, Belfast where we had booked a tour to visit the wonderful Titanic Museum but unfortunately I still cannot locate the pics ... however in 2008, after many years of avoiding the place, we bit the bullet as it were and booked an all Ireland coach tour. It was a wonderful tour with wonderful people and I would certainly commend it. In Belfast we stayed in the much bombed Europa Hotel and experienced the politics of the place, the pics, I have intended, reflect that.
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Plus .... also of that era including a view from the Europa Hotel plus part of an organised pub crawl.
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Re: Coronavirus Virtual Cruise

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Today's port : Dublin

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Have been to Dublin many times but there are 5 pics that summarise the place for me ....
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Re: Coronavirus Virtual Cruise

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Back in Southampton.

Thank you for all who have participated.

I hope you have enjoyed our voyage.

I will update the port list and cruise map and post them on here in a few days.
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Can I say how much I have enjoyed this thread? I didn't contribute as I never take photos but I have enjoyed seeing these.

Can you do another long trip somewhere? So much more interesting than the Alphabet Ports.

Thank you all

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Many thanks to you Captain, your Topic was inspired and most enjoyable :clap: :clap: :clap:

ps ... it wouldn't bother me a great deal if I didn't post another pic this side of Christmas :lol:

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We too have enjoyed it . Thank you ! Like all good holidays they have to come to an end. Let's hope we all get the opportunity to enjoy our cruises when safe to do so!

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Indeed it was good- though had been intending to take us to Galway tomoro!
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Thank you, have enjoyed reading this thread and seeing the photographs. Reminded us of the many places we would still like to see.

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Thank you for this thread. We were saving a cruise round the UK for when we are too old to go further afield.
Now we've been virtually!

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Re: Coronavirus Virtual Cruise

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I think this is the complete Coronavirus Cruise Log :-

Southampton, St Peter Port, Brest, Bordeaux, Vigo, San Sebastian, Biarritz, La Corunna, Lisbon, Cadiz
Palma, Monte Carlo, Ajaccio, San Marino, Portofino, Livorno, Olbia, Sorrento, Alghero, Malta,
Corfu, Venice, Split, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Bari, Brindisi, Kephalonia, Corfu (again),
Katakolon, Mykonos, Santorini, Heraklion, Samos, Kusadasi,
Trabzon Sochi Yalta Sevastopol Odessa Constanza Bourgas Nesebar Istanbul
Athens Rhodes Haifa Fethiye Antalya Cyprus Alexandra Heraklion(again) Messina
La Goulette - Tunis Cagliari Sardinia Civitaveccia Livorno Elba Genoa Nice
Cannes Port Gogolin for St Tropez Toulon Barcelona Mahon Ibiza Town Valencia
Alicante Malaga Gibraltar Agadir Lanzarote Fuerteventura Gran Canaria Tenerife
La Palma Madiera Ponta Delgada (Azores)

Bermuda Nassau Turks & Caicos San Juan - Puerto Rico Aruba Curacao Grenada
Trinidad & Tobago St Vincent Barbados St Lucia Martinique Dominica Guadaloupe
Antigua and Barbuda St Kitts & Nevis St Martin Tortola St Thomas Jamaica Grand Cayman
Roatan, Honduras Cozumel, Mexico Havana, Cuba Key West Florida

Miami Fort Lauderdale Savannah Charleston NC Norfolk VA Baltimore MD Bayonne NJ
Philadelphia New York Martha's Vineyard Boston MA Portland Bar Harbour
St John Nova Scotia Halifax NS (Lunenburg)


Qaqortoq Nuuk Reykjavik Akureyri

Bergen Olden Geiranger Andalsnes (Torshavn) Trondheim Tromso Ny Alesund
Honningsvag Alta Lofoten Islands Alesund Hellesylt Flam Eidfjord Stavanger

Kristiansand Oslo Stagen Copenhagen Visby Stockholm Helsinki St Pete's
Tallinn Riga Klaipeda Gdynia for Gdansk and Sopot Sassnitz
Warnemunde ... with excursion to Rostock Kiel Kiel Canal Hamburg ... with excursion to Luneburg
Amsterdam Bruges

Dover Harwich Lowestoft Hull Whitby Berwick on Tweed
Leith for Edinburgh Dundee Aberdeen Invergordon

Belfast Dublin

Southampton


This is possibly the most comprehensive set of port photos in one place on the entire web.
Thanks to all who posted.

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Re: Coronavirus Virtual Cruise

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we ought to sell it to a cruise company as a summer itinerary - 5 months - not appreciably longer than some worldies
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