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Nearer, My God, To Thee
... Balmoral gave a single long blast of her foghorn in salute; at this very moment, 100 years ago, the Titanic disappeared beneath the waves right in this very spot. All that was left were a few lifeboats, some of them only half full, along with the flotsam and jetsam of the ship and the mortal remains of people who had frozen to death in the black water. She had gone.
One hundred years later, here we were on the ...
A Night To Remember
... 100 years ago. The silence would commence at the sound of the ship’s whistle.
11.40pm, 14th April 2012
The Balmoral gave a single blast of her foghorn at the exact minute 100 years ago that the Titanic struck the iceberg. Trevor and I stood at the starboard side of the ship, the side that had connected with the iceberg, and we gazed out into the blackness of the night, thinking of the events a century ago that had so shaken the world. After ...
Glitz and Glamour, 1912 Style
... again at the memorial service tomorrow night.
We finished the evening, as usual, by going along to the Lido lounge where the magician we’d seen on Monday night, Mark Shortland, was doing another show. He was very entertaining and his tricks are that little bit different.
Then it was back to our cabin where we knew we were going to be in for a rough night; the wind had got up and the Balmoral was dancing a polka on the ...
Calmer Waters and Full Steam Ahead
... to breakfast, preferring instead to have a coffee in the cabin and wash and blow-dry my hair to save having to do it later. So we just had a wander about the ship, and watched the on-board artist complete his paintings of the Titanic. We also went along to the photo gallery to look for the formal portraits they’d taken of us last night in our evening wear; I actually quite liked mine and bought it; which makes a change because I’m ...
Atlantic Crossing
... were very high and you could see the spray in the air. Trevor and I did venture out on deck briefly, but despite the sun shining the wind made it feel quite cold, so we didn’t stay out long! Incidentally, the master of the Balmoral is Captain Robert Bamberg. “Bam berg” – bit of an irony there, don’t you think?
The Balmoral continued to pitch and roll in the ocean; we have often found that you get quite a lot ...
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