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Norway
Diary
In the previous week Heathrow had nearly closed on several occasions…
d17902 Monday, 28 January, 2013
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Tuesday, 29 January, 2013 …Sleep, unfortunately, was not something that was easy to come by…
Wednesday, 30 January, 2013
As to whether there was any rough water after leaving Kristiansund I wouldn’t know… d17905
I’d set the GPS on my phone to wake me just before we reached the Arctic circle…
d17906 Friday, 01 February, 2013
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Saturday, 02 February, 2013 Despite standing out on deck for nearly an hour…
Sunday, 03 February, 2013
After an early morning stop in Vadsø… d17909
Whilst we were having breakfast we briefly stopped…
d17910 Tuesday, 05 February, 2013
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Wednesday, 06 February, 2013 By now I had clearly developed my sea legs…
Thursday, 07 February, 2013
After a very disturbed night’s sleep… d17913
It was lucky that I turned in relatively early…
d17914 Saturday, 09 February, 2013
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Saturday, 18 July, 2015 Despite most of South and West London being gridlocked because of various roadworks…
Sunday, 19 July, 2015
Breakfast completed we checked out of the hotel… d24903
Unlike the MS Lofoten back in 2013…
d24904 Tuesday, 21 July, 2015
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Wednesday, 22 July, 2015 Docking several times overnight ensured a disrupted sleep…
Thursday, 23 July, 2015
After a late night, you'd hope for a lie-in… d24907
Several overnight stops ensured a slightly disturbed sleep…
d24908 Saturday, 25 July, 2015
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Sunday, 26 July, 2015 Given that dawn had been over two months previously…
Monday, 27 July, 2015
Due to the way the ship has to manoeuvre to dock at Finnsnes it was a disturbed night sleep… d24911
Breakfast completed and out on deck just in time to cross the Arctic Circle again…
d24912 Wednesday, 29 July, 2015
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Thursday, 30 July, 2015 Overnight the ship went round the West Cape of Norway…
Sunday, 29 April, 2018
We boarded about 20 minutes after the ship had docked… d30902
Life on the Hurtigruten assumes a routine very quickly with a continuous conveyor belt of stunning scenery, ports stops and regular meals…
d30903 Tuesday, 01 May, 2018
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Wednesday, 02 May, 2018 After breakfast there was the impressive, if quite ugly, view of the Arctic gas plant on the outskirts of Hammerfest before we arrived in the town…
Thursday, 03 May, 2018
Several stops during the night, and in the morning we awoke docked at Harstad… d30906
Breakfast and then shortly afterwards we reached the Arctic Circle…
d30907 Saturday, 05 May, 2018
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Sunday, 06 May, 2018 Overnight the ship went through open seas and round the Vestkapp, or West Cape, an area of sea prone to storms…
Monday, 07 May, 2018
After breakfast it was time to checkout and start the long journey back home…
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