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Triangle. What a stupid concept for a TV series. I can't possibly imagine what the BBC thinking back in the early 80's; "I know, let's set a soap opera aboard a North Sea ferry…"? Ok I see a couple of problems with this; firstly it's never going to be an English 'Love Boat'. No matter how many times Kate O'Mara titivates the audience with her face-down topless sun bathing; the whole thing is still going to end up about as glamorous as the Dagenham branch of 'Ritzy'. Secondly the North Sea isn't particularly well known for its calm tropical waters and bright sunshine. So regardless of how you ... more

I say every year that I would like to go on holiday at Christmas as it seems like a good way to get out of the chore of Christmas cooking duties and providing 24 hour buffet services, so displaying his usual impeccable timing, hubby this year booked us a holiday which ended on 20th December, leaving me four days to prepare what usually takes months of planning. The holiday was my Christmas present - a cruise on the P & O Cruise ship Aurora. As many will probably know, this had a particularly virulent bug some time ago resulting in the ship not being allowed to dock at various ports for fear of ... more

I never thought that I would ever be that old that the prospect of cruising would appeal to me but how wrong I was … it’s not that I’ve got old (38 and holding fast!) it’s just that I had completely the wrong idea about cruising. Chances are that you have similar misconceptions – if so read on … My first cruise was in 2000 on the Maiden Cruise Break of P&O’s then brand new ship, Aurora. The cruise was booked as an ideal way to celebrate my mother’s 70th birthday and I was convinced that I was going to be the youngest on the ship and wasn’t ... more

Pride of Hull and Pride of Rotterdam. During 2004 I have had the pleasure of 3 minicriuses with P&O from the port of Hull. The first 2 times we sailed on the Pride of Rotterdam and the third time we sailed on the Pride of Hull. P&O are the first to point out that when these ships were launched they claimed the title of the biggest ever car ferries and still keep to this day. Whilst P&O enjoy this I would not be surprised if Irish Ferries were a little annoyed as their Ulysess was the largest for around 6 months. The Pride of Rotterdam was the first to be built at a cost of 90 million pounds ... more

P&O Cruise aboard The Oriana – 11 nights. OR205 12th to 23rd May 2002 - “Canaries Collection” Southampton Madeira Tenerife La Palma Lanzarote Lisbon Vigo Southampton O~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~​~~~ ~~O P&O Cruises operate some of the finest ships afloat. They are tailored very much to the British and Anglophile market. The emphasis is heavily towards understated stylish good taste rather than the glitzy Vegas razzmatazz. All the ships operate, a part of each year, from Southampton, offering Cruises of differing lengths. Alternatively you can fly out to the ships elsewhere in the ... more