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@MatthewCruises @cunardline Have a great cruise. Alaska is amazing, spend time on deck or balcony to enjoy the whales, marine life ( Sea otters near the galaciers) and listen for the thunder across the water from calving tide water glaciers. the sunsets. Prepare for all weather. A great land indeed🏔️!

Hello from Queen Elizabeth! Embarkation day yesterday was an absolute whirlwind but it's so nice to be back onboard ! Very much looking forward to relaxing and taking in Alaska so I'll do more ad-hoc posts throughout but do let me know if you have any questions! #Cunard

@GeoffreyWatson2 Nice photograph. Big ships.

Little & Large in the Thames estuary.

@MatthewCruises @AerLingus Daytime Matthew, its always easier. Have a good trip.

Here's a quick recap of our long haul flight from Dublin to Seattle 🇺🇸✈️ Our flight took 9 hours 23 mins from gate to gate and we didn't find it all too bad!

@GeoffreyWatson2 Sailed on her in early 1976. N.Europe & Mediterranean for loading, then Red Sea & Persian Gulf for discharge. Bibby Line cadet at the time.

Lancashire locking out London docks 22/11/75. Built Doxford's 1972. Scrapped Alang 4/98. #bibby #liverpool #london #india #cargo #conventional #marinephotographer #maritimehistory #shipping #derricks #logistics

@cycleprawn @MotherN90933211 @premierinn Neatly said.

@MotherN90933211 @premierinn Wow some of the responses on here from some absolute horrors. Hopefully none of them will try for a career in life coaching. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Hello @premierinn - yesterday I booked a stay in one of your hotels and you charged my card twice, leaving me with no money to buy food or pay my electricity bill. I notified you immediately. After nearly 24 hours I am being told that it will take five days to refund. This ...

@WelshJag @MotherN90933211 @premierinn …

@DougieCoullPix And again your skills shine. Very nice work.

Few more exhibits. #photography #yorkshireairmuseum #museum #heritage #nostalgia

@ImChrisHughes @ThoughtCrimes80 It’s really not difficult. Plan ahead and a quick ckeck on boarding prior to take off & on the descent ready for landing at the destination. Passport, phone & creditcards/wallet or purse.

@ThoughtCrimes80 That’s why I keep anything essential on me (wallet, passport, phone) so I don’t have to grab any bag in an emergency

If you’re part of an emergency evacuation and you bring your carryon down the slide, you should be put on a no-fly list for eternity. 😑

@DougieCoullPix Its an interesting and enjoyable museum Dougie with some great subjects to photograph. Here are my best efforts there on a bright September day. Ships, boats, landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes & aircraft are my preferred subject.

Just a few edits tonight 😊 #photography #yorkshireairmuseum #museum #heritage #nostalgia

@MikaHissa @Korkki74 I thought that you looked too young to be retiring. My best wishes for the next part of life, I will look forward to your posts & thank you for the great photographs to date, interesting comments, professional and responsive answers to questions👏. Much appreciated. All the Best.

@Korkki74 55 v voi lähteä, 58 v saa täyden eläkkeen. Ei sellaista kerhoa olekaan. 😄

Se oli hyvinkin pitkälti siinä. 32 vuotta, 21403 h, 144 Atlantin ylitystä, 36 pohjoisnavan ohitusta, tuhansia valvottuja öitä, hienoja kollegoita, upeita matkustajia, mahtavia kohteita ja kokemuksia. Enpä olisi osannut enempää toivoa. Nyt kohti uusia tuulia.

@BilGriffith Very much so. As you probably know both on the passenger ships and on the airliners the crew are good at looking after the little ones, especially if they are well behaved😉.

@box_david My sister and I knew the route of the tea trolley and we would station ourselves at the next station for another cookie. The crew good naturally handed them out to us. Good memories

In just six months the USCG would discontinue using the lightship Ambrose off of Sandy Hook however in April of 1952 I remember passing it on the Queen Elizabeth. Today it is at the Fulton Seaport. These pictures were taken 74 years apart

@BilGriffith Aha, - 3 funnels is the giveaway. However an equally fine ship, better liked by her crews apparently, when compared to the Queen Elizabeth. Fortunate to visit Queen Mary at Long Beach about 45 years ago, & much enjoyed the visit. Times are not so easy for her nowadays reportedly.

Wow that’s an impressive ship!!Actually I was misspoken I saw the Ambrose from the deck of the Queen Mary in April 1952. This picture is taken from a tender that picked us up from the Queen Mary off of Cherbourg France. I believe that we used a tender there because the docks were still messed up from WW2. We returned to New York on the Queen Elizabeth

@bustysal Recommend local Spark in NZ £21.0 for 10Gb data for 2 months, local number & unlimited local calls and 2H free calls back to UK. Top ups available. Great service. Look local.

Spent some time researching travel eSIM cards and now that’s all that’s popping up in my newsfeeds across the three social media platforms I use. Now I’m more confused than ever. Never knew there were so many.

@bswud Thank you from an accidental landlord, recently entering the profession, as a result of an executorship appointment.

Keep your wits about you Britain. Landlords have to send this PDF to tenants by the end of May, or face a £7,000 fine. I wonder how many small landlords will miss this and be fined? Everyone will chalk it up to the government trying to find a way to squeeze the public for cash. And will they be completely wrong? gov.uk/government/pub…

@Kerrineedshols @JohnEy86031595 @StevenProfB @AirCanada So you pay to sit together and then airline re assignation of seats takes place for whatever reason. Not acceptable to most of the travelling public.

@JohnEy86031595 @StevenProfB @AirCanada Can't always control who you sit next to. Its a flight not a trip to jail.

. @AirCanada just decided to separate my wife and me on our upcoming overseas flight. We had bought and paid for adjoining seats. Now, one week before departure, they notified me that they’re changing MY seat and moving me 12 rows back. No explanation, no apology. Unacceptable.

@AndrewDowson Practical and looks good.

Dinner & lunch. A 300g steak 🥩 cut in half, keeps the cost of food down and I don’t get fat. Win Win

@RedNortheast @higgyboson In the US accepted. Not elsewhere.

@higgyboson Tipping is the custom in the US, if you sit down to eat you add at least 15% to the bill for service. If you cannot afford or unwilling to pay, just don't sit down. This isn't hard.

Sorry but I really don't want to pay an extra 20% in addition to the actual bill when eating at a restaurant. The excuse that "we bust a gut to serve you" is utterly ridiculous. I don't expect to pay an extra 20% for a pint in a pub just for the pleasure of seeing someone "bust a gut" pouring it into a glass. I've never been asked to pay an extra 20% when buying a carton of grapes in co-op because the staff have "bust a gut" to put them in the cool cabinet. I've never had an extra 20% added to the bill when getting my van serviced by the mechanic who "bust a gut" changing the oil. And I've never added 20% to the invoice for painting someones house. "Yes Mrs Scoggins, I know I wrote £1,000 on the quote but I bust a gut painting your kitchen so added an extra £200". Why are people whose only skill is taking a plate of food from one room to another expecting to be given extra money from the customer? It's mad. I'm not playing that stupid game.

@ILuvXiJinping @antoniogm Iceland is expensive, it’s remote. That is the way things are there. Research, plan and book ahead.

@antoniogm Even the fking airport bus is like $30 per person. You cannot eat a single meal in a normal resto for under $20, maybe at best you can get a Kebab sandwich for $15-20. Otherwise just eat from grocery stores, like bread and cheese. Thats what I did. Do any activity, $100 min

DO NOT FALL PREY FOR THE 'FREE' REYKJAVIK LAYOVER ON CHEAP ICELAND AIR FLIGHTS TO EUROPE It's just their loss-leader strategy so you can be skinned alive the moment you land. Impressive as a marketing strategy; Kafkaesque while being pushed through their 'funnel'.

@cg_geometry @antoniogm Plan and research. Book ahead. Iceland is not cheap but very enjoyable and worthwhile. Magnificent scenery, unique attractions, helpful people and not to be missed. Lots of good food too. They don’t gouge, costs are the way it is on a remote island at the edge of the Arctic.

@antoniogm Are there strategies for seeing interesting things without getting gouged?