AURORA R005 ARTIC/BALTIC CRUSIE June-July 2010
June 17th. Living in a part of the Country with no rail links and an unreliable bus service for the 25 mile journey to Peterborough to catch our pre booked (via the Internet) train is always a chore in itself. Then it was a cab from Kings Cross instead of the tube due to our train arriving 20 minutes late due to a points failure at Huntingdon and we had just 40 minutes remaining to get to Waterloo for our next train. I'm glad I don't live in London anymore, the traffic was horrendous and we reached Waterloo with just 10 minuets to spare.
Now you will understand why we always arrive the day prior to joining our ship. Arriving midday on the 17th June, we dropped off our baggage at our regular Novotel and walked back to the station to catch the free Ferry bus with stops on the way getting off close to the Ferry pier. We walked up a way to the Titanic Museum, a trip we always said we would do but never did. It was most interesting listening to tales of life on the liner and the sinking from recorded voices of the survivors.