Pictures 1 and 2: QM2 and Holland America cruise ship docked at Cadiz.
Picture 3: The last paper bridge chart from QM2 covering the final sector of the 2018 World Voyage from Dubai to Southampton. This is the only one in existence and was auctioned in aid of the Prince’s Trust.
Pictures 4, 5 and 6. The final World travellers’ cocktail party in the Queens Room with welcomes from Captain Peter Philpot and World Voyage Concierge, Alejandra.
Picture 7 The final port image from the bridge web cam, relayed on channel 40 of the stateroom TV, Southampton. Home at last!
But….the blog continues. I am now back home in Buxton, Derbyshire, where I have lived for almost 43 years. Ahead of me lies the biggest of unpacking tasks I can remember, a mini version of moving house!
My blogs were never intended to be a review of Cunard or Queen Mary 2, more a documentation of the fulfilling of a one time “out of the question” ambition. Eventually after a late retirement, travelling the world by sea and overland became a distinct possibility and in August 2016, I decided to “go for it”. My travel agent reserved me cabin 13021, a new addition to QM2. On 10th January 2018, this inside stateroom on Deck 13 became home for seventeen weeks.
To be continued
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