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Harwich Slideshow
Top Hotels in Harwich
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Premier Inn Harwich
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Cliff Hotel Harwich
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The Pier at Harwich
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The Hotel Continental Harwich
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The Tower Hotel Harwich
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Harwich
Travel Blogs from Harwich, United Kingdom
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Back to Blighty
It has cooled off a bit as we approach Harwich, but it is still dry. I get a bit carried away and think we are closer than we really are and will arrive a bit early. I phone home with an ETA, only to have to change it when we ...
Harwick, the Thames & Entertainment Aboard
... with guests and I even went to bed early. The next morning, I went exploring with Stee and some of the other guests. Harwich is a charming little town with a long maritime history. We spent the afternoon exploring the area and the charming views from the ...
The biblical flood
I was really pleased when James came to see me off. A short trundle through London to meet Ashely the guy who I was supposed to be starting the trip with and I arrived in Stratford. When we eventually got goin it turned out that our different speeds were ...
London & Boat to Holland!
... we would catch the ferry to Holland! so we packed up and headed off! took the tube to liverpool street then on the overground to harwich where we have be wastin time went to the pub and had few beers and now jsut waiting for the ferry which we;re catchin ...
Farewell Blighty
Here we go! Have to board a ferry so I just hope that Nona can cope with being on another boat. Two months off work, two months without pay. Whats the worst that can ...
Harwich at last
Stopped at the new Morrison's supermarket, just before the terminal to to top up with "cheaper fuel". I had a very senior moment, though the assistant called it a blonde moment; but then she could, I would never say that sort of thing. I ...
Early Start
4am starts are never fun. Last time we caught the North Sea ferry, we had a night boat with a compulsory purchase order on cabins. The maximum berth was four, so we had to get two cabins, which turned out to be several miles apart. That's fine if you ...
Get me to the pier on time!
... 12:05 train for the pier. Just for your information, the port we are leaving from is pronounced “Har-ich”. Not “Harwich”. You need to drop the “w”. Thanks to Tony F. for his help in keeping us from looking stupid, but ...
Last leg ends in a bang...and a crash!
... 6am by the address system telling us we'd be in port in 30 minutes. The seas were pretty calm overnight on the way to Harwich so there was no thrashing and banging around and we got a pretty good rest. We grabbed a quick shower and then ...
Through the Baltic
... we visited – it makes Moscow look very cheap! After another cross country train to Esbjerg and an overnight ferry to Harwich, we reached the UK, where we had one more little hurdle to cross before being let into the country – the ...
Back to England
... me a record of when my trains and underground was leaving. I made all my connections other than the last one. Got to Harwich and the train in good time. Made it to Liverpool and Victoria Underground Stations; however, there things fell down. One ...
A Pleasant Trip to Harwich
Our decision to stay was vindicated when we woke up to a bright and sunny, albeit still cold, day. We were on our way, motoring against the flood tide in slight SE winds at 08:00. The engine was on constantly until 14:00, when we were able to take ...
Two days before departure
Spent the day organising and packing with the help of sister Ruth. Mike at recording studios, Chrissie at work! Mike and Lucie arrive with Flopsie the rabbit, and the dogs needed to be fed urgently, just in case they thought Flopsie had been brought ...
All at sea
... and had luckily left enough time to catch the next one 20 min later) the departures board at ipswich showed our train to harwich had been cancelled! After a brief panic it emerged that we could get on a London train and change at manningtree - phew! Once ...
In thick fog!!! And dumped fish in the Channel
... of the harbour in the distance. This area is particularly difficult because the container port of Felixtowe is just across from Harwich and is particularly busy with cargo vessels and ferry boats passing in and out. Everyone was on watch trying to ...
THE ESSENTIAL QUICK HISTORY OF BRITAIN
THE ESSENTIAL QUICK HISTORY OF BRITAIN Because I’m a chronological sort of a bloke . . . you know, born, then schooled, then sent off to work and now finally retired, all in that order, I shall give you this history lesson in chronological order ...
English Seaside
There to meet us at the airport in London was not only my mother, which I had expected, but also my elder daughter, Eleanor, which was the most pleasant of surprises. England was cloud covered, and a word for England, that I came up with by the end of ...
Embarkation
Harwich was our starting and ending point in our cruise to Norway, Iceland and points between. We took a bus from London to Harwich, boarded the ship and set sail to the music of bag pipers on the dock. ...
the trek home
I'm back in London, we arrived in Harwich bright and early about 3am and people with early departing flights started to disembark our home for the last 12 nights at 0400! For me, it’s always a little sad to leave a cruise especially when we’ve ...
Ankomst England
Vi ankom til Harwich med flag og i en super Commandore Luxus Lounge. Flag pga. at jg fyldt år, og luxus fordi vi lod os ...
All aboard!
... an emotional farewell from my beautiful wife Lynn, then a friendly west wind helped me the 34km from Colchester to Parkeston Quay at Harwich, where I slid past the queuing cars to the front of the line ... then almost froze as I waited 30 mins for ...
Our first entry
We set sail from Harwich after a rather adventurous journey down. We left Glasgow on Tuesday morning, first to find the main road to England the M74 shut due to a major accident. We had to take a detour which added about half an hour to our trip. We had ...
Back to the boat
We take a train to another port town called Harwich. We also ride the same Super Ferry service over to Holland. Smooth seas and great food. Love these ...
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