Catch-up on arrival Home

Home again and, after a hectic eventful few days it was great to finally arrive at Manchester Airport albeit at a less than respectable hour – 11.30pm. My in-tray is almost caught up on and soon I’ll have time to recount some of my ‘adventures’ before, on-board,and after my trip on the Freedom of the Seas and it's Irish Connection.

Having a preference for small ‘ships’ the trip was embarked upon with a somewhat reluctant attitude to previewing the ‘Freedom of the Seas’ – the world’s largest cruise ship. I’m a Star Clippers, Cruise West, Sea Dream Yacht or Seawind 1160 Cat kinda guy.

Attitude improved after serious talk with self. Our host was a generous one – a 2-day party afloat with no need to reach for one’s checkbook or credit card! Decided to do something different – Set myself a mission – Why not get the real feel of the floating city that I was on by reading it’s ‘townscape’ seeing how many people behind the scenes I could meet and – what the heck – see if I could even manage to corner the captain – and find a ‘perfect pint’…. Ha, attitude improved significantly – I was going on board with a sense of purpose…

Coming up soon – the outcomes of my ‘Mission……