Dover arrival

Bolette from where we picked up our car

 Arrived in the early morning. Out luggage was taken away by 11 PM. Had breakfast at 6am. The ship goes to Southampton to pick up passengers this evening!

Very efficient getting off by 0705 AM, and home by 1030 AM with a coffee stop ..

Loading in the morning ..

Three days to home

Bluetooth tracker worn on board

 Sea from Madeira to Dover. We won the evening quiz!

Also the picture of our cabin pictures, quite strange!

Quiz winning answers

Funchal Madeira

 Our last port before Dover on the way home. 

Coffee stop

Tasting at Blandy's with cheese

La Palma Island Santa Cruz

 Today a visit to La Palma town itself. 

Mini Transat in Port with all the yachts

More coffee!

Volcano plume of smoke is still visible. 

Still some ash  on the pavements 

Spanish navy

By the poolside upper deck. Warm enough for the sliding canopies to be retracted!

La Palma volcano

 The captain brought us up close. 

We also sailed past a natural phenomena known as the organ pipes …..

San Sebastian de La Gomera

Christopher Columbus memorial

Arrived at 8am   Meet John and Linda, went for coffee, went to the museum, and had pizza for lunch 🥗 

Port of Santa Cruz -Tenerife

 Here with a Fred Olsen sister ship Borealis. Lovely sunny day!

We caught a shuttle bus in to town where --- we walked around and had a coffee! There were some spots of rain but not too bad ...

Bolette nearest, Borealis in the distance

Finally we saw the sister ship of ours leaving in the afternoon ...

Canapés on the balcony (vegetarian)

Las Palmas Gran Canaria

 Pilot boat at 7am. 

We came in and moored alongside Queen Elizabeth. 

Štarted to rain in the afternoon. In the morning we went to the local shops and had a coffee for a change ….

C&A visit in the mall next to the ship

We even spotted the really cheap cabin we have booked on the Queen Elisabeth. A balcony right at the front!

Our next trip cabin at the front!

Arreciffe Lanzarote

 Our first stop in the Canary Islands. Came in and the Europa 2 was also in dock. 

We have been enjoying the ship. There are a lot more public spaces and eating areas. Our curry at Vasco was delicious. 

Picture below of the new theatre on the ship which has an upper gallery. 

The Club Med 2 cruise ship. 384 passengers and automated sails!

Morning coffee followed by a small beer!