Convoys and the Long Way Home

[drron]

Sorry this has languished but I only had 2.5 days at home before flying off to start work.
Tomorrow I am flying back to Sydney for my mother's funeral.
Then it is BAS and tax accounting time.
Hopefully back to TRing at Weekend.

 

[RB]

Sorry this has languished but I only had 2.5 days at home before flying off to start work.
Tomorrow I am flying back to Sydney for my mother's funeral.
Then it is BAS and tax accounting time.
Hopefully back to TRing at Weekend.

Very sad to read this news. Hope things go as well as possible

 

[docjames]

Sorry this has languished but I only had 2.5 days at home before flying off to start work.
Tomorrow I am flying back to Sydney for my mother's funeral.
Then it is BAS and tax accounting time.
Hopefully back to TRing at Weekend.

Sorry to hear.

TR is enjoyable but can wait for next instalment.

 

[love_the_life]

Sorry to hear your news. No hurry to get back to TR at all. We can wait.

 

[Bindibuys]

Condolences DrRon & MrsDrRon, a post to bring us back to reality after our escapism of TR's

 

[Pushka]

My condolences Drron. Best wishes.

 

[amaroo]

Like to add my thoughts to the growing list.

 

[KitKat]

Sorry this has languished but I only had 2.5 days at home before flying off to start work.
Tomorrow I am flying back to Sydney for my mother's funeral.
Then it is BAS and tax accounting time.
Hopefully back to TRing at Weekend.

Sorry to hear this, thoughts with you and family

 

[JessicaTam]

So sorry to hear the news. My thoughts are with you both.

 

[OATEK]

Also thinking of you.

 

[RooFlyer]

Sorry to hear that news, drron.

 

[JohnM]

My condolences, drron.

 

[drron]

Thanks for all the kind thoughts.Now time to finally finish off this TR.
Continuing into Haugesund-

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We docked about 1230 as we were having an early lunch at the pool grill.This was in front of us-

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A pretty little terminal with a pretty good jazz band to greet us-

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[drron]

Busses ready for those on tours and the fog recedes-

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A pretty place-

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When we had finished lunch we walked into town.About 800 metres over a high bridge and the sun was now shining.Temp-23C (73.4F).First we saw a large jellyfish and then the distinctive manhole covers-

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[drron]

Continuing into town-

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It was the annual ironman contest that day.A very good view from the bridge-

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Obviously a big event for Haugesund and well organised-

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Everyone.s name was called as they crossed the line.While we crossed the bridge competitors from South Africa,Canada,Spain and Poland finished.Many had finished.Some a little distressed others "relieved"-

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[drron]

Now for our walk around the town.Most businesses were closed.It was a Sunday but even places advertising Sunday opening were closed-and with all those people walking the streets!

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And free charging and parking for electric cars-

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Some more shots around town-

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A couple of pizza shops open.I liked this sign-

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[drron]

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Some distinctly Norwegian names-

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There was also a Palestine restaurant and a Palestine pizza.However it appeared they catered for the Asian community-

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I'm not too sure how popular chillis and durians are with the Norwegian and Palestinians.

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We now made our way back to the ship-

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[drron]

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On a couple of occasions you could see the fog starting to roll in-

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But then it would roll back-

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[drron]

So pics of the oil rig next to us and across the river when we docked-

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From our suite when we arrived back~ 3.30pm-

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And at 4pm-

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Just after that last shot we heard a loud foghorn-

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It was a North Sea ferry steaming past.
Golf was a highlight today.A lovely 9 year old girl had charmed us throughout the cruise.Today she won the putting competition and everyone else tied for second!

 

[drron]

But tonight was also the Captain's farewell-

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Something not to be missed and a chance to say thank you to the crew especially those who are hidden from view.

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