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Blog 163
Test blog and picture. This is yet another test blog, the address of which is (hopefully) davidscruise.blog I now believe that this has successfully transferred from my previous phone. Comments/confirmation would be much appreciated. Happy New Year. David, 16.35hrs GMT
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Blog 162. Re – Blog 161
I overloaded Blog 161 with far too many pictures. The illustrations are the maximum each blog can handle but still give a suitable account of The Greatest Gathering. David, 09.28 14/8/25, at home.
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Blog 161. The Greatest Gathering. Looking back.
It is just over a week since the doors closed on what I am led to believe was the world’s largest ever temporary gathering of railway vehicles from the earliest of modern railway history (1825) to the very latest in futuristic railway technology. I am told this monumental extravaganza was the brainchild of a 25…
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Blog 160. The Greatest Gathering – Railway 200.
I have always been one to at least try to be at historical events throughout my adult life. My parents generosly treated me to the 15 Guinea Special, British Rail’s last steam train. August 11th, 1968, is inexorably etched into my brain, as (for a similar reason) is August 4th. I just made it on…
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Blog 159. Cunard 185.
In 1990, I just managed to find a rare space on the heavily over-subscribed British Isles voyage on QE2, celebrating the much anticipated 150th anniversary of the Cunard Line. No single accommodation was available; I had to share! I remember not the name of my travelling companion. He was Welsh, pleasant enough, snored like a…
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Blog 158. Wot no cruise?!
Friday afternoon around 5pm. 16/5/25 I can not believe that I am letting Cunard’s 185th anniversary slip by with barely a thought. An urgent modification to my house, the cost of a world cruise, has influenced me to stay away from the high seas for more than this year. Over time, the rear wall of…
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Blog 157. Part 3 Days 29 and 30 of 30
Still looking back. Rarely do I venture to where the next picture illustrates. The Gym is immediately below the Library on deck 7! This is by no means a complete tour of the ship. That was my intention. However, I finsh with a few random images. I finish with.. U This concludes my brief trip…
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Blog 156 Days 29 and 30 of 30 part 2.
It’s now Sunday, 1st September 2024, my second full day at home. Here are further pictures taken during my last-minute tour of Queen Mary 2. Before the final dinner and the show time, I ambled up to decks 12 – 14 and caught one of those understated but remarkable sunsets. Continued late 3/9/24 Part two…
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Blog 155. Part 1 of 3 Days 29 and 30 of 30. Here we go again – Time to Say Goodbye.
The last full day of the journey is over. It is 01.18 hrs , B.S.T. as I write. I shall continue some time later today. Day 30. This is Day 30. It’s beautiful here in Southampton after an unexpectedly celebratory 400th crossing of the Atlantic by R.M.S. Queen Mary 2. Evening has arrived, and after…
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Blog 154 Day (would you believe it) 28 of 30.
Meet the Captain and hopefully, a pictorial tour of R.M.S. Queen Mary 2 from Deck 2 to Deck 14. I woke up far too early this morning and continued writing Blog 153. It took around 3 hours, if not more, to complete and publish. It still needs polishing up. The handshake with Captain Hall was…
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