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Oslo and Svalbard on Hurtigruten: 23rd June 2022 – Afternoon in Longyearbyen

December 15, 2022 By Ian Hardacre

In the afternoon in Longyearbyen, we had an organised Hurtigruten tour before joining MS Spitsbergen later in the afternoon.

Oslo and Svalbard on Hurtigruten: 23rd June 2022 – Morning in Longyearbyen

December 13, 2022 By Ian Hardacre

After one night in the Radisson Blue hotel in Longyearbyen we had Covid checks, did a wander and then a “mandatory bus tour before joining MS Spitsbergen.

Ironbridge in April 2022

December 1, 2022 By Ian Hardacre

In April 2022 we had 5 busy days in Ironbridge with friends

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Canada, New England and New York in 2022: Southampton

November 15, 2022 By Ian Hardacre

Preparing for this cruise was complicated by the often conflicting information we received from Princess Cruises and the information available on the Internet. All of this information had to be entered into the Princess Cruises’ Medallion app to receive a “Green” status.

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Fjords in May on P&O Iona: Olden

November 14, 2022 By Ian Hardacre

Olden was our second port on this cruise on Iona. Once there we took the hop on hop off bus to the top of the lake.

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Oslo and Svalbard on Hurtigruten: 22nd June 2022 – Oslo then Longyearbyen, Svalbard

November 10, 2022 By Ian Hardacre

We flew from Oslo to Longyearbyen and this is when our Svalbard Arctic adventure truly began

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Oslo and Svalbard on Hurtigruten: 21st June 2022 – Oslo

November 3, 2022 By Ian Hardacre

On our last full day in Oslo we did some sight seeing and used the trams to check out more street art away from Oslo centre.

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Fjords in May 2022 on P&O Iona: Stavanger

November 2, 2022 By Ian Hardacre

We took the opportunity to explore different parts of Stavanger looking for street art on our first port visit.

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Oslo and Svalbard on Hurtigruten: 20th June 2022 – Oslo

October 28, 2022 By Ian Hardacre

This was our first full day in Oslo and we planned to visit some of the street art around Oslo using the online map provided by Visit Oslo.

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Sharing Internet access on a Princess Cruises’ Medallion Class ship

October 27, 2022 By Ian Hardacre

I learnt how a few simple steps of preparation allowed me to quickly and painlessly swap Internet connection between devices on a Medallion Class ship.

Review of Sky Princess cruise from Southampton to Canada, New England and back in 2022

October 20, 2022 By Ian Hardacre

Our 25 night cruise from Southampton to Canada and New England and back again on Sky Princess.

Fjords in May 2022 on P&O Iona: Southampton and the North Sea

September 15, 2022 By Ian Hardacre

This 7 day cruise to Norway on Iona gave us the opportunity to revisit favourite places and one new port