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We are back home and have been for about 4 hours. I am completely exhausted. Getting up at 05:30 and then doing battle with the M3 rush hour traffic has washed me out. I topped up the car with a few volts at an #EV charger in Brackley while we got some shopping. (Only to find out daughter had topped up the fridge for us!) There's half a suitcase unpacked. The patio plants have survived. The downstairs loo plants have died. The cat is •extremely• pleased to see us - I've never heard her make so much noise! I've jumped on the bathroom scales - I've lost 1.1kg while we've been away. This is remarkable! I need to work out how much we've spent (and whether the budget has been bashed) I need to sleep but I need to eat. I'm too tired to do either. Normal service resuming soon. #holiday #cruise #BoatTripNorth

We're back in Southampton. Breakfast eaten ☑️ Luggage gone ☑️ Hand luggage ready ☑️ Bill / account correct ☑️ Sunshine (and heat) ☑️ Pollution haze over the ship and docks ☑️ Ready to phone taxi when we've got our luggage back ☑️ Route home - with a charge in Brackley - planned ☑️ Phew #cruise #BoatTripNorth

A blog post from our day in Belfast https://mikefromlfe.mataroa.blog/blog/day-in-belfast/ #Blog #Blogging #BoatTripNorth #Belfast #Cruise

The Titanic museum in #Belfast is an amazing building - an an excellent #museum The front of the building - in the photo - is the same size as the front of the ship Titanic. The building is in the shape of a star, as in White Star Line. #BoatTripNorth

Good morning Belfast! #Cruise #BoatTripNorth #Today

A morning in Tobermory in the rain! I suspect that when it's not crowded with cruise ship crowds it's a nice town. Sketch below started in the dry, and got rained on. Touched up back in the cabin and I'm quite pleased with it. #mustntgrumble #PotCallsTheKettle #CruiseShip #BoatTripNorth #Sketch #TravelSketch #scotland

The #CruiseShip delivers a daily newspaper to every cabin. This is a concise 8 A4 page printed edition produced by KVH media for cruise lines. There's just enough news in all areas (UK, global, sport, finance, celebrities) to keep up to date. There's no editorial, and no apparent bias (there will be but it's not blatant). I think I'd pay to have this type of daily digest at home. (No, it's not available to individuals) #news #Newspapers #UKNews #BoatTripNorth #Cruise

Good Morning from deck 6 of the #CruiseShip (and my bed). We seem to be just parking close to Tobermory in Scotland for the day. We aren't going on an organised trip but will get the tender into the town and spend a bit of money locally. We've been told the weather will be showers but not cold. This will be a change from the persistent drizzle we e had in the Atlantic since we left Iceland. Neither of us have been sleeping very well - I suspect we aren't getting enough exercise to make us tired! Balamory photos will hopefully follow! #Cruise #BoatTripNorth #Scotland

I've no memory of posting yesterday's #Blog to y'all - it may be rather dull, but if I can make the effort to write it then I should at least give you the chance to read it! https://mikefromlfe.mataroa.blog/blog/24-hours-isfjordur-and-reykjavik/ #cruise #BoatTripNorth #Blogging

Very good morning from the north Atlantic. I've no idea what day or time it is because the #cruiseShip has moved to British time again, and on this type of holiday every day is a holiday. It's quite unsettling. We aren't going to be docking anywhere today, just pointing the pointy end at Tobermorry for tomorrow. This is a chance to recharge ourselves after three quite tiring days of sightseeing. Outside the cabin window it's bright and the sea is calm. I slept pretty well, but my arthritic thumbs are hurting a bit. I hope you are able to use the weekend for a bit of calm and to recharge your inner self. By the way - you look great today. #BoatTripNorth #Holiday #Cruise #FredOlsen #Today

Sketch of the Blue Lagoon from photos taken today. #sketch #sketching #sketchbook #TravelSketch #CarnetDeVoyages #iceland #BlueLagoon #BoatTripNorth

@robpumphrey@mastodonapp.uk We went through a recent lava field on the way to the lagoon. Apparently most volcanic eruptions are fissures that release lava. The Blue Lagoon is protected from molten lava by a huge wall of lava rock. The photo below is the change from older lava rock with moss to black recent lava (from a moving coach) #iceland #BoatTripNorth

It's 6am here. Up early to go to The Blue Lagoon after we've docked in Reykjavik. Have a great day yourselves! #Cruise #BoatTripNorth

Visit to various places this afternoon including this waterfall above Isfjordur #Iceland. All the town's water is snow or ice melt from streams like this. Lupins are an introduced invasive plant that stabilise the volcanic soil. #BoatTripNorth

It's the coast of Iceland in the distance. We are sitting on the deck of our #cruise ship in brilliant sunshine under a clear blue sky. It's cool but not unpleasant. (There's men in tee shirts and shorts - I assume they're Real Men!) The ship's clocks go back tonight #BoatTripNorth #Iceland

And.... Here's today's blog post from the #BoatTripNorth #Cruise https://mikefromlfe.mataroa.blog/blog/north-sea-force_7/ #Blog #Blogging

Force 6 - 7 gale north of the Orkney Islands. Although I haven't examined the porcelain I haven't eaten since yesterday lunchtime and have felt extremely rough. The crew are just about to park the boat in a very overcast Torshavn (Faroes). I might risk breakfast later. #cruise #BoatTripNorth #Seasick #FaroeIslands #Faroes

@JoBee@mastodon.art @andy@social.4142.io Ok I will try! We are on a coach tour this afternoon, but here's the capital as seen from the ship (like all ports it's not very scenic!) Edit - if you can just make out a reddish building to the right over a stretch of water, that's the Faroese parliament building #faroes #BoatTripNorth

@JoBee@mastodon.art Here's some random photos (with minimal alt text) from this afternoon's coach tour. The islands are mostly connected by road tunnels but there's also ferries and helicopter connections. Grass roofing is traditional but still common. There's more sheep than people. Faroes wool is rich in lanolin so is often mixed with Shetland wool to make it easier to sell #faroeislands #BoatTripNorth #cruise