On the go…
5th – 6th September Getting to the startline We were nearing the end of our 3,000 km overland journey from La Coste to Stockholm, due to arrive in the early afternoon, meeting up with Chris after midnight. The day before,
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3rd – 4th September A day on the rails Tuesday was a train day. First from Osnabrück to Hannover, then a second train from Hannover to Hamburg with the final third leg, a nearly 5 hour train journey to Copenhagen
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1st – 3rd September Our Bielefeld Diversion Sunday An 09:55 departure of the Eurostar (formerly Thalys) train saw us having a leisurely breakfast at our little Parisian hotel and a slow walk, favouring Lynne’s sore ribs, to Gare du Nord.
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30th – 31st August 2024 Getting to Paris Friday morning saw us rise early and enjoy a light breakfast at La Coste, before taking the remnants of the fridge and fruit bowl with us for a travelling lunch. Closing the
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Training our way to Stockholm – and back! After our jaunt to the Southern Ocean at the turn of the year, for us, 2024 has been occupied with catching up on neglected chores in London and La Coste: pay-back time
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Back home Reflections Last leg home The short overnight flight from Toronto to London Heathrow, which departed late due to the late arrival of 5 individuals, passed better than we had expected. Having wined and dined in the lounge in
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We woke up in this sumptuous room in Edmonton’s historic landmark Fairmont Hotel Macdonald and plotted our early morning run. Hurtigruten provided breakfast in a separate room from the other guests, but it was only available from 6.30 ‘till 8.30,
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Cambridge Bay and Disembarkation Filling in time We awoke to fog. Whilst we thought the ship was anchored in Cambridge Bay, we couldn’t see land at all. A certain nervousness began to take hold of the passengers in the dining
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Gjøa Haven Amundsen’s best little harbour Our last ‘wet’ landing, we found ourselves on the sand beach of a compact Inuit settlement that mirrored Pond Inlet. Compact houses evenly spaced out, with a tangle of telegraph poles and cables, huge
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James Ross Strait and Sea Ice Make or Break day We awoke to find the ship sailing, apparently without any sea ice, but then it slowed until it came to an almost complete stop to pick a route through the
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