Silver Wind Northern Europe & British Isles (Norway) July 14-31

Wes, glad to hear you're healing quite well. Have a good trip home.

For those who want to catch Wes & Ida arriving in London try:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/live_stream?channel=UC4fJMczOfxhVN9etsl2Zmeg&rel=0&autoplay=1

or:

http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/sightseeing/london-attraction/bridge/tower-bridge-webcam#RFLdx1kfqArD9q3X.97

Thanks for that Flossie009 ..... useful for this and future Tower Bridge events

Set for 8.45 Monday morning...

http://www.towerbridge.org.uk/lift-times/

Good Evening Wes

Thank you for being our eyes & ears on your voyage. We have circled the world several times and on arriving in a new country we would always try to have a meal made by the chef's on Whisper. They always tried and 90 % of the time we tasted something new. The galley just loved the challenge ( different from the usual meals) and my personal favourite is `cheese cake made with Baileys Irish Cream Just fab.

We too have sailed up the Thames but when we reached Tower Bridge it was 5.00 pm on a Friday !!!! The people on shore were not waving to us but shaking their fists because we were making them late for the trains home.

Best wishes Joe_90

:)

Have a safe journey home Wes and Ida.

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Really enjoyed reading along and seeing the beauty of your Norway trip. Also very much enjoyed making note of Ida's beautiful outfits. We're going on our first cruise in March and I was at a loss as what to wear.

Glad you're healing well. Safe trip home.

The people on shore were not waving to us but shaking their fists because we were making them late for the trains home...

Are you certain those were fists they were shaking? ;p

Wes, really enjoyed your blog!! Sad to see your cruise come to an end! But know you are ready to get home to those pups!!

Karen & Wayne

Thank you so much for taking us along on your adventure, Wes and Ida! Look forward to many more postings. Safe travels!

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Spinnaker2/Candy, Les37b, zqtchas/Charles, flossie009/David &Susan, Joe_90, Napria, rpfarris/Rick, txladycruiser/Karen & Wayne, RosseauGirl: Thank you all for your Save Travel home well wishes.

Candy, David joined us in La Terraza last nite for our last dinner meal on board (he is excited about going home--they just purchased another home and he has a chock full to do list that his wife has for him to do). Chef David significantly added to Ida and my enjoyment of this cruise--he is a treasured asset for Silversea.

Captain William Wells former/retired London Pilot ship's captain is now (about 7:30 a.m) giving us a live commentary for the last ten miles as we sail down the Thames to the London Tower Bridge.

Please enjoy a snap from the delish Pub lunch yesterday and a couple of pix as we continue sailing down the Thames.

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Savour the moment Wes!

I see you are accompanied by Svitzer Brunel.... the tug that pulled us through the tower on the cloud.

Just coming up to the O2 ... we're all on board with you! :-)

What's no to enjoy watching this!

Excuse the quality - all down to shooting into the sun.... credit to Flossie for the YouTube live stream link

Welcome "home" Wes and Ida

Just watched the webcam of Silver Wind coming through Tower Bridge.

Couldn't see Wes or Ida ................ but did catch all the Monday morning commuters waving their fists and blaring their horns ;p ;p

Safe journey home :*

Thanks Les37b/Les & Flossie009/David & Susan for the unique outside the Silver Wind sail in perspective.

Enjoyed the sail in from the very middle of the outside of the top deck--shooting pix & vid's (vids will be posted on Facebook for those who are FB friends u can view).

Tho we berthed adjacent the HMS Belfast over a half hour ago, we still have not been cleared to disembark. Imagine for those guests (know of one who has a 11:35am fight to Miami today) are very anxious about now (9:25a.m).

Enjoy some pix our our sail in as we ended our SW voyage at the Millennium Pier just past the London Tower Bridge:

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Thanks Wes for a very interesting thread. I did something similar, though not nearly as well, for our first Silversea cruise back in 2012 and appreciate the time and effort it took. Hooah!

Wes and Ida safe travels home. Thanks again for the wonderful photographs and posts from your cruise.

Hurry back for your next adventure for us all to enjoy, Jean.

Wonderful photos, wonderful reporting! Good to read how much you enjoyed your cruise and that the Wind remains a ship to cruise in! I cruised with you and Ida on last year's TA....

Penny

And earlier this morning, Silver Wind was waved farewell (or angry fists waved depending on your vision lol) as she left the pool and continued on her journey with a tug on each end for departure and leaving in reverse. She'll be back soon :-)

Photos from the YouTube link posted... as a note... whilst it is a live stream, there is approx 3 hours of footage to view so currently it's still possible to watch the clip.

Apologies for the position of the sun!