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Summer Cruise Adventure: Stavanger
Love the cruise into Stavanger Early breakfast in the buffet before my first excursion, a walk to Månafossen. Månafossen lies approximately an hour from Stavanger. The journey passed through a stunning landscape of farmland and lakes. Rather than a walk, the path up to the waterfall wouldn’t better be described as ‘bouldering’. Steep paths and…
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Summer Cruise Adventure: Sea Day
A day cruising north through the North Sea. In contrast to my childhood memories of the chilly, blustery east coast holidays, the sea was tranquil and the temperatures in the mid twenties. The morning started with a session in the small gym on deck 11. Time for a quick breakfast before pickleball on the games…
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Walking the Amalfi Coast: Path of the Gods.
Awoke to a thick fog shrouding Bomerano, so a delay to the start of our final walk. From the hotel we headed to the main square of Bomerano, the official start of the walk. The first part of the walk heads down through a terraced valley with ruins precariously built into the craggy rock amphitheater.…
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Walking the Amalfi Coast: Bomerano to Amalfi.
The morning started by heading uphill from the hotel. The route heading down several flights of steps towards the village of Furore. A series of paths, originating from the Roman times connect the coastal villages and towns. The paths down to Amalfi afforded differing landscapes and varied terrain. The final section again followed a stone…
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Walking the Amalfi Coast: Vesuvius circular walk.
An early start for the drive to Vesuvius national park. On arrival met our geological expert Stefano. He explained our route around the volcano and the geology of the volcano. Next we started the ascent. Then we walked around the crater From the top, stunning views of the bay of Naples. Less than 5km, but…
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Walking the Amalfi Coast: Ravello to Amalfi
Today’s adventure started in the village of Ravello, a 40 minute drive from the hotel. On arrival we were greeted by the local band! The morning was spent exploring Ravello. I decided to visit the amazing Villa Cimbrone. Time to taste the local specialty made from the abundant local produce, lemon. At 12.30 the group…
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Walking the Amalfi Coast: Day 1.
Within an hour of leaving home I’ve dropped my bag off, passed through security and am sitting in the departure lounge. The two and a half hour flight from Manchester to Naples departed a little late. Once arrived had a bite to eat before the transfer to Bomerano. Bomerano is around an hour’s drive from…
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Dutch Running Weekend
Friday afternoon and a quick drive to the airport and walk to the recently renovated Terminal 2. Obviously my gate, gate 11 was at the furthest point from the departure lounge. First time flying KLM and very impressed with the complementary inflight snacks and drinks. The flight only lasted 50 minutes so had to be…
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Day Out to Keukenhof
An early drive to the airport. Met up with my fellow MAD WI ‘extreme day trippers’ inside terminal 1. A few of our group had a slight hiccup with boarding passes and security, but once sorted we congregated in Pret for a bit of pre-flight breakfast. Once onboard the plane, the pilot mentioned delays due…
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Day Trip to Iceland
What a wonderful day, the day we went to Iceland (the country not the shop). Very early Saturday morning Andrea (organiser extraordinaire and driver) toured around the streets of Offerton, Marple and Strines picking up Liz, Linda, Wendy and myself, our group of MAD WI ‘extreme day trippers’, to catch the 7.10 flight from Manchester.…
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