Sailing in Greenock Harbour its raining and grey and gloomy kind of what I had expected of Scotland. We have booked a tour which will take us into the city of Glasgow and to Kelvingrove Museum and Gallery. The drive is not particularly picturesque and the rain and our guide is not helping. I ave no doubt that she knows her stuff but being able to share it in an interesting and engaging way is proving challenging. We are nearer to the back of the bus today and its...

Absolute pea soup this morning. All we can see is the occasional bird flying past. We are approaching very slowly the port of Lerwick. Today we have to use the tender boats to go ashore and getting 2000+ people off he ship on a orderly and timely manner is a finely tuned process. First things first though the United Kingdom Border Security have boarded he ship and everyone must line up in person and present the passports for clearance. The process starts just aft...