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By royal disappointment: Queen’s favourite little ship, Hebridean Princess, cancels the rest of its cruises for 2020

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on August 19, 2020August 19, 2020
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Line scraps season due to begin next month

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Photo tour of Hebridean Princess – a former floating nuclear bunker and car ferry, now a luxury ship fit for a Queen

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on October 20, 2019
  • Ship reviews

From the bridge to the engine room

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Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth gets set for voyage to honour 50th anniversary of QE2

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on August 15, 2017January 1, 2018
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Theme nights will celebrate ‘world’s best-loved ship’

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Read my review of an amazing 15-day Mekong trip with Viking through Vietnam and Cambodia

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on July 7, 2015January 8, 2016
  • Cruise reviews

To read an online version of my article in Metro – illustrated with a selection of photos – please click here

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A voyage through history: A Viking river cruise down the Danube

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on November 18, 2014June 10, 2016
  • Cruise reviews

A week-long river cruise down the Danube

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How, on QM2, I’ll be travelling in the wake of my grandmother’s voyage on Queen Mary

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on September 9, 2013May 5, 2015
  • History

Dave Monk traces his grandmother’s voyage 61 years ago on Queen Mary as he prepares to do the same transatlantic trip on QM2

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