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We should have docked in Lerwick, Shetlands today, but woke up to find that weather conditions were such that we couldn’t get in to Lerwick. (Winds and narrow channel?) Captain’s noon announcement might elaborate. It turned out we were right it was the wind, as the waves are not bad. It appears we must jinx the Shetlands as we missed them when we did the Northern Lights cruise in February. So now we have 3 consecutive sea days as we sail to the North Cape. Lots of reading and eating! Yesterday was an enjoyable day in Orkney with good weather, great scenery and history. Has anyone made it into Lerwick this year? We are due to return on 3rd July.

We are from the northwest of UK and Viking does a tour from Liverpool to Port Sunlight and Ness gardens. We have been to both places before as they are only a 1 hour drive from home and really enjoyed them. I suggest you read the Viking description to see if it is your type of trip. Not many people in the UK would even know of these let alone have been there unless they are local. We were in Port Sunlight last week and it has a wonderful feeling of oldie worldliness. Hardly anyone was there. This time we were meeting my sister so we did not do the Lady Lever Art gallery (except the café for lunch) but did walk around the village which was built by the Victorian, Lord Leverhulme, for the workers in his soap industry.

Thanks to poulsbo-cruisers for the heads up. We have been able to cancel our already booked PCR tests with a full refund in 14 days. 24 hour notification was needed so 14th June would have been too late for our cruise. Having booked for 2020, then 2021 now 2022 looks as if it is happening at last.

We were on this cruise September 2019 ahead of V Sun by two days. We were on V Sea. Arrived in Bergen and set off straight away on embarkation day to try to avoid hurricane Dorian. We still had severe seas! We missed Shetland and Faroes but had extra stops in Iceland after the sea days. We had only one stop in Greenland and the second was scenic sailing in a more sheltered sound. After recovering from my sea-sickness (when I was saying never again) we booked another cruise onboard for 2020. About to take that in two weeks time (fingers crossed) after it was Covid cancelled for 2020 and again for 2021. The included tour in Saguenay was La Fabuleuse Live Stage Show which really was fabulous. Staged by locals of all ages and I’d happily see it again.

We were wondering if this is happening on Viking Mars as we have not seen any posts recently. I’ve found the roll call now but not the itinerary so are curious about the ports of call. We’ve heard it was christened in Valletta on 17th and that it is now in Gozo. Love to hear any news. We wish the ‘survivors’ an enjoyable return and safe sailing.