Lesley Bellew
Travel Writer and Editor at Freelance
Columnist at Daily Mail
Award-winning journo with 35 yrs in top newspapers/mags. Cruise, travel, arts, gardens, history, music & wildlife. Daily Mail All Aboard cruise news columnist.
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1 week ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Lesley Bellew
A woman who has spent 3,000 nights at sea has revealed the destinations that every cruise passengers should try and sail into. Joy Howe, 78, from Malvern in Worcestershire, says her daughter led her to her first holiday at sea following the death of her husband, Michael, when she was just 49 - and she hasn't looked back since.
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2 months ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Lesley Bellew
The days of cruises being an elitist activity for the well-to-do are long gone. Latest offerings from cruise lines show that even a fortnight’s sailing does not have to break the bank. Trips covering 14 nights from Southampton to Iceland and Norway and back are available from as little as £2,479pp all-inclusive, which works out at £177 a day. Or how about a blockbuster 35-nights sailing from Southampton to the Caribbean and back from £2,399pp. See details for both below.
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Nov 4, 2024 |
bbdivers.info | Lesley Bellew
You’ll be sailing into ports that the mega-ships can’t reach. You’ll be assured of personal service and you might make friends for life along the way. The advantages of small ship cruising are clear – whether on board a superyacht, an ex-trawler or a traditional clipper. The crew welcomes passengers into a relaxed, club-like atmosphere where guests bond over activities such as wildlife spotting and watersports.
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Oct 29, 2024 |
dailymail.co.uk | Lesley Bellew
You’ll be sailing into ports that the mega-ships can’t reach. You’ll be assured of personal service and you might make friends for life along the way. The advantages of small ship cruising are clear – whether on board a superyacht, an ex-trawler or a traditional clipper. The crew welcomes passengers into a relaxed, club-like atmosphere where guests bond over activities such as wildlife spotting and watersports.
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Aug 5, 2024 |
dailymail.co.uk | Lesley Bellew
After sailing along the River Thames to Greenwich, Viking raiders pelted the Archbishop of Canterbury with cow bones before delivering a fatal blow to the head. Fortunately, 1,000 years later, my daughter, Amy, and I receive a much warmer welcome from Viking Mars’ crew. And after a 10-minute check-in at Greenwich Pier, we board the 930-guest ship moored on the Thames ahead of our Into The Midnight Sun cruise to Norway.
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