The last day of the voyage has arrived. A mixture of “looking forward to being on land” and sadness at leaving what has been a truly...

Last full day at sea! And an early morning visit to the ancient capital, Trondheim, home of Norway’s national shrine, Nidaros Cathedral....

So just maybe I came in for bit of flak regarding the “sameyness” of my pictures of Lofoten! Maybe there were quite a lot of them too!...

Today is the Lofoten Islands. Probably the most beautiful part of the voyage, only glimpsed on the trip north as it was mostly at night....

Its getting harder to find new subject matter for photographs. So I've started to look for human interest as well. This picture is...

The majority of today’s journey is out in the Barents Sea so not too many opportunities for photography, or so I thought… On arrival into...

So the big question on 29 March is … is there a market for a “Guide to the Cafes of Kirkenes”. I’m hoping so; I could definitely write...

And so to the end of the line… Kirkenes, just 15km short of the Russian border is where the ship turns round. It appears that most...

Short blog today, for some reason time has just run away with me. Perhaps because its my last day on the boat north I have been trying to...

Its hard to convey the magic of this place, in either words or pictures. The camera, with a few exceptions (not taken by me obviously)...

Number of full days on boat = 3 Number of days in gym = 3 (hurrah!) Number of calories used in gym = 750 (hurrah, again) Number of...

Glad I'm not on the Norwegian ferry that broke down off the Stad peninsula - that didn't look like fun. No problems here although just as...

Well, best laid plans! The Norwegian Coastal Authority, plans to build a ship tunnel through (under?) the peninsula of Stad (apparently...

This would be a good place to do dry January or sober October - my small glass of wine last night for about 12 quid would soon put you on...

Here we go again! Avert your eyes if I bored you rigid last time. Turn your attention to the car crash that is Theresa May's handling of...