Blogs from Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

Good afternoon to you, We have come to Southampton primarily to run a 5k charity event for Asthma UK on 27th July 2014. Well, this is not strictly true as I though I am supporting the event I shall be supporting the runners from the side lines ??cheering them on and being on hand with water, energy drinks, electrolyte replacements and lots and lots of love ?and admiration for their efforts. The journey down here was rather tiring, it was 31.5 degrees C so very hot and we were in quite a long traffic jam. Of course this is one of two of the busiest weekends to do any road travel as the schools have just broken up for Summer. I hope it won't be such a lengthy, hot and tiring journey tomorrow. I have to ... read more

Geo: 50.8998, -1.39561We awake at 6am and Adventure of the Seas is already docked in Southampton. It's a beautiful, crisp sunny morning. P&O's Oriana is silently making her way up the channel to her berth behind us. I can see bleary eyes passengers from that ship looking over at ours. No doubt mulling about their journeys home.We shower, dress and head down to the Vivaldi Dining Room for breakfast. As it's the last morning it's served buffet style rather than waiter service. After that we head up to deck 12 for a walk around in the early morning sunshine. Feels strange to know we have travelled from the new world back to the old without getting on a plane.As it's still too early for us to disembark we head to the Windjammer for some coffee and ... read more

Wednesday July 24th 2013. Southampton, England. We arrived at our friend's Liz and Ian's home in Gosport late morning having set off from Bristol around 9.30 am. We were fed a fantastic lunch of Gammon with parsley sauce and then Ian drove us to the Mayflower Cruise Terminal in Southampton. We arrived around 3pm and checked in and boarded with no queues whatsoever - brilliant! We had only been on board for an hour when we had to show up for the mandatory safety drill. We set sail at 17.10. The Oriana was moved off the birth with the aid of a tug. Once clear of the dock we set sail under pilot instruction for Dublin Bay. We went up on deck and to watch the sail out of the channel, passing the Fawley Oil Terminal ... read more

Geo: 50.8998, -1.39561Well today was a big day. Joe and Sarah dropped us off in Newcastle just before midnight on Thursday. We boarded the National Express bound for London at 11.45pm. The seats were comfy but the trip wasnt quite paradise. It was cozy and a long night where we managed to sneak in a few hours of uncomfortable broken sleep. Finally, we arrived in London around 6am. That wasnt the end of our bus adventures for the day. We had time to grab maccas for breakfast before getting on another National Express at 8.30 bound for Southampton. Another two and a half hours later we arrived in Southampton. Finally, enough with buses for the time being, and onwards to a more spectacular, grand and exciting means of transport. Our arrival in Southampton meant the end ... read more

Geo: 50.8998, -1.39561Saturday 07/04/12 Vigo,SpainVigo is known as "the Gateway to Atlantic" and is the largest and the most importantcity in Galicia, Spain, the Old Town still retains four of the original squares – Plaza de Pedra, Plaza Almeida, Plaza Princesa and the largest of the four, Plaza Constitucion. All of these squares are full of character, as they are framed with the original buildings of the quarter. Whilstambling around we discovered the parish church of Santa Mari and popped in and immediately realised it was Easter Sunday as all the icons and statues were on platforms ready to be paraded through the town later in the day so we left as discreetly as possible. As we're only here ... read more