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Fly to Tenerife, embark
ship and sail
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Like our trip from Heathrow
to Seville in November last year, a specially chartered
plane had been arranged for the flight from Gatwick to Tenerife.
Unlike last year's trip, however, we had to arrange our
own lateral flow tests beforehand and present the certificates,
showing a negative result, to the representative at the
airport before being allowed to board. This time, the charter
was with TUI. We were given a free meal and two free drinks
during the four hour flight. The food was good, the weather
was perfect for flying and the time passed quickly. |
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An excellent
view of Gatwick airport shortly after take-off as we turned north,
west and then south. |
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An equally
good view of Dunsfold Aerodrome. |
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We chose
champagne as one of our free drinks... of course! |
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Approaching
Tenerife, as the sun began to set. |
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Tenerife
South Airport |
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It was dark by the time
we got into the terminal building, but our excellent cruise
director, Neil (who was already on the ship), had been in
contact with the airport to let them know that we were all
fully vaccinated and had all had negative Covid tests before
boarding. As a result, we were all waved through the health
checks at the airport. Our luggage arrived exceptionally
quickly too and within 30 minutes of disembarking, we were
in coaches on our way to the ship! We were suitably impressed.
It was getting quite late and we still had a 45 minute drive
from the airport to the port of Santa Cruz, where our ship
was docked, but we couldn't have asked for a better embarkation
process and by 10pm we were sipping champagne (again!) in
our cabin. |
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Regardless
of the lateness of the hour, the mandatory lifeboat drill had to
take place. |
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At around midnight,
after we had unpacked and were preparing to go to bed, we
sailed away from the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. If
we want to see Tenerife in the dalight, we will have to
pay it another visit some time in the future! |
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