Bay Royal Esplanade Hotel
Travel Blogs from Ryde
Four weeks
Just four weeks to go and I just want to be settled on board with the real world, and Christmas , left behind. I still need to order money and am checking the exchange rates daily its still going up so hang on. If it starts to go down then I buy before it looses any more. The money is delivered to the ship so don't have to carry it. The exchange rate is pretty good also. Found ...
Getting Ready a Week to go!
So were frantically working (ro) / seeing friends / packing and buying last few bits and bobs! Insurance paid for and flip flops packed. Roisin packing up her room and thinking about how to take Yannis in her backpack :) We will try and write on ...
Tits and more!
So - the rain has stopped. A wonderful morning, with the sun coming through the trees. Warm enough for a walk in the forest. Still a little bit squelchy under foot, but peaceful and varied.
Super birdlife. Different types of tits, woodpeckers, nuthatches, wrens, robins, blackbirds as well as crows, squirrels and rabbits. Those little white tails are sooooo cute.
It was interesting walking round the campsite to see how others do it! Love the ones who have ...
Doing nothing all day
This was a day of new experiences. With EHU (electric hook up for the non campers!) we could use the microwave and a fan heater. And also the television! I took our bedroom TV and plugged it in and used the aerial - just like home. Bacon, sausages and eggs for brekky with hot chocolate or coffee. and that's after a loooooong lie in!
We planned to make this a ...
Back to Southampton
... the middle of the afternoon, however, she has successfully shrugged off the sea-sickness.
The ship put on the usual end-of-voyage chocolate extravaganza, where we got to sample cakes and more cakes made of chocolate and other goodies. I did pretty well here.
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Amenities
- Restaurant
- Wheelchair accessibility