Paid off the £31,000! BUT - still scrimping!

HairyHandofDartmoor

Your holiday has soon come around SSG. I hope you manage to ride the horses as that sounds amazing. Hopefully an active holiday will offset any tempting desserts. I tend to eat more desserts and cake when I holiday in Scotland but do so much walking that my weight is unaffected .

milann

Hiya👋 Wow your holiday has come around so quickly. We’d hoped for a cruise last year but put it on the back burner for a while until my arm was ok.....knowing our luck I’d end up in the perfect storm or on a ship with some virus on......I’m feeling very pessimistic atm - what will strike next....must give myself a good shake up and pull my positive pants up and start looking for something nice and something to look forward to. I hope you have a great time - get to ride the horse- miss the storm and manage to eat lots of deserts - you’ll have to break them in half so the calories leak out 🧁🍪🍦😂 - if only 🤞👍

Seasidegal58

in_need_of_direction said:

do you think the olaplex makes a difference?

To be honest inod I don't really think I see an great difference. It certainly makes my hair more shiny but as it is very fine it could really stand more of a thickening treatment . If you have quite thick curly or frizzy hair it would be more beneficial. I wouldn't pay extra for the treatment myself, but as a freebie it's quite acceptable!😁

Seasidegal58

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

Your holiday has soon come around SSG. I hope you manage to ride the horses as that sounds amazing. Hopefully an active holiday will offset any tempting desserts. I tend to eat more desserts and cake when I holiday in Scotland but do so much walking that my weight is unaffected .

Hi Hairy!  I'm afraid I failed the weight restriction for the ride. ☹️  I could really kick myself - it was always going to be a bit touch and go whether I made it but no go. So I've basically lost a memory I could look back on through being useless at willpower. I can't call it anything else.  The tour guide on the ship did check to see if they had any bigger horses but they only have the Icelandic horses which basically are ponies no bigger than 14 hands at the most.  DD is still going so I'll live it vicariously through her!  I'll be on the scenic trip instead. ☹️

Seasidegal58

milann said:

Hiya👋 Wow your holiday has come around so quickly. We’d hoped for a cruise last year but put it on the back burner for a while until my arm was ok.....knowing our luck I’d end up in the perfect storm or on a ship with some virus on......I’m feeling very pessimistic atm - what will strike next....must give myself a good shake up and pull my positive pants up and start looking for something nice and something to look forward to. I hope you have a great time - get to ride the horse- miss the storm and manage to eat lots of deserts - you’ll have to break them in half so the calories leak out 🧁🍪🍦😂 - if only 🤞👍

I hope you and your OH manage your cruise - hopefully this year?  I've been reading your diary and you've had a lot to put up with lately so I don't blame you for feeling down. But you always seem to pull yourself back up again spirits wise so chin up!

I think we've missed being a 'virus' ship owing  to the fact we're quite far away from the maelstrom!  However my cousin and her OH are booked to fly to Singapore  shortly to join a cruise and really don't know what to do. The travel agent has told them that the cruise is still taking place. If they cancel they'll lose £6,000!  What a mess!☹️

Seasidegal58

Quick catch up - we're on Day 2 of the cruise. Everything went well with flight over and transfer. The ship is lovely - very modern and comfortable and all the staff and crew members are very helpful. The food is very good and they have taken into account veganism.  Breakfast and lunch are served buffet style and DD and I have managed here apart from coming slightly off piste at breakfast. Dinner is a served three course meal and our vegan dinners here have been very nice. 

Yesterday we went for a walking tour around a very pretty town which had been rebuilt in the Art Nouveau style after a terrible fire destroyed most of the town. We experienced strong winds, rain, hail, sleet, snow and sunshine all within two hours!  Oh - and I forgot the 🌈 at the end!😁.  However I'm afraid my feet has protested this morning after spending the walking time in my new boots so have cried off the three hour trip this morning!   DD has gone off for a forest hike so I'm here on board writing this and looking at a very sleety vista through the large windows!  Both DD and I are booked on a trip round the town on the voyage back so I should visit most things I would have missed today. 

Our astronomy lectures are very interesting. We had one on the Arctic skies yesterday and today we're covering the Northern Lights in detail. Hopefully once we cross the Arctic Circle well get to see the actual Lights in all their glory!

MSE News - We're all inclusive on the ship with free tea/coffees thrown throughout the day. I did buy a vegan wrap yesterday as we didn't have enough time for lunch between our walk and the lecture and have also bought some fizzy water and some decent Illey coffees at the bar -  you get a little card that you can put your spends on and then you pay on your credit card at the end of the cruise.

Ha det!  (Bye for now in Norwegian!)❄️❄️❄️

Sun_Addict

Glad you're enjoying your cruise 

milann

Your cruise sounds amazing - make the most of every moment 👍 is it just yourself and dd. The food sounds delicious too - well done on keeping to the vegan diet 👏👏

beanielou

Sounds amazing 

Seasidegal58

Thank you guys. 😁

It's just me and DD milann. I was originally going on my own but DD decided she would like to go too.  She loves Norway but has only visited in the summer. Her OH is not keen on cruising so he wasn't up for it.  It's lovely too have her here with me and spend some time together.  And she's very knowledgable about getting around in cold, snowy climes so that's another plus too!😁

Crossed the Arctic Circle early this morning. Have just stopped briefly to load up in a little village with truly spectacular scenery - snowy jagged peaks and and the sun just peeping through the clouds. Setting off soon and will be hitting the next town in a couple of hours. Then I'm off for a tour and DD is going on an Arctic coastal walk.