Cruise RR070
on the Saga Rose
around Ireland
(Please scroll down to see my photographs and report)
| Date: |
Port: |
Flag: |
Escort: |
Comment: |
08
Sep
2009 |
South-
ampton
UK |
 |
|
Free
parking! |
09
Sep
2009 |
St. Peter
Port
Guernsey |
|
|
Too windy
to land! |
10
Sep
2009 |
Ringas-
kiddy
Co. Cork |
 |
Kinsale
(again!) |
Glorious
weather |
11
Sep
2009 |
Foynes
Co.
Limerick |
|
- |
Glorious
weather |
12
Sep
2009 |
Galway
Ireland |
|
Inis Mor
Aran
Islands |
Light
aircraft
flight |
13
Sep
2009 |
Killybegs
Co.
Donegal |
|
Wild
Donegal |
Folk
village |
14
Sep
2009 |
Belfast
Northern
Ireland |
 |
Giant's
Causeway |
Irish
stew
lunch |
15
Sep
2009 |
Dublin
Ireland |
|
Coastal
drive |
Irish
coffee |
17
Sep
2009 |
South-
ampton
England |
 |
- |
Home by
9:30! |
Mike Reed
Here is my cruise report...
In bed before midnight every night!
It was too windy to land by tender at St. Peter Port on Guernsey.
In Ringaskiddy we caught the ferry across the harbour to Cobh before visiting Kinsale (again):
Cobh, Co. Cork
Cobh, Co. Cork
Kinsale, Co. Cork
In Foynes I walked into town in both the morning and afternoon:
Foynes, Co. Limerick
The high point (literally) of the cruise was the flight to Inis Mor, one of the Aran Islands:
Aer Arann light aircraft
Inis Mor, Aran Islands
Me in the Saga Rose tour escort's uniform at the hill fort on Inis Mor
In Killybegs I escorted the Wild Donegal tour:
Wild Donegal
The Giant's Causeway was impressive but I missed the coast road
and the Antrim Glens on the way back when I had to take a lady
from Sway in Hampshire to Coleraine hospital.
Our £70 taxi got us back to the ship just on sailing time at 6pm!
The Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim
In Dublin I escorted the Coastal Drive via Malahide:
Malahide harbour, Co. Dublin
Malahide castle, Co. Dublin
For the record ...
- Food: Excellent as ever.
- Tours: 5 out of 6 ports.
- Weather: Glorious and very un-Irish like!
- Sailaways: Few.
- Tea dance: None.
- Dinner host: Yes, round table with 5 singles ladies.
- Line dancing: None.
- Sequence dancing: None.
- Singles party: Yes.
- Singles lunch: No.
- Formal nights: Two; black tie and black & red.
- Cocktail parties: Three.
- Cruise Director: Tanya Whitehurst
- Assistant Cruise Director: John Parton
- Host/ess: Mike Hale
- Cabin mate: Mike Reed from Shenfield, Essex.
- Dance couple: None.
- Other dance hosts: None.
- Lecturer(s): Three, including Roy Cheek who I went to Berlin with last year.
- Musician(s): Orchestra, Trio, Classical Duo, two Pianists.
- Singer(s): Paul Baker.
- Doctor: Brian & Joyce Dunn (I've sailed with them twice before)
- Cabin: Fair sized, with full size bath again.
- Pax: Few dancing ladies.
