My partner and me arrived at the 'fresh produce' warehouse at Avonmouth Dock, Bristol on 15 April 2013, looking forward to our cruise on the Discovery to see the Northern Lights and Norway.

We waited over two hours in the cold to embark, but we were lucky, we were the youngest there apart from three 20 year old girls. I am in my early fifties so you can guess how old the other guests were.

Cruise and Maritime apparently rent this ship and are one of four companies who have an interest in the daily running of everything on board. I will come back to this point later in this review. Read more