NEWS ROUND-UP
GET YOUR SEA GREGGS: Azamara has been true to its “destination immersion” concept by stocking up on Greggs baked goods in the northeast. The luxury line switched caviar and kobe beef for a boat load of sausage rolls and regional classic stottie cake during a 10-day culinary and cultural tour of northern Europe on Azamara Journey. Staff from Greggs, which is headquartered in Newcastle, delivered the goodies to the Port of Tyne. Captain Johannes Tysse is pictured with Diane, a store manager from Newcastle, sampling a Greggs sausage roll.
Hordern to hike 160 miles to raise £3k for Macmillan
Juliet Dennis
Well-known travel agent Bryony Hordern is embarking on a 160-mile walk to raise £3,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Hordern, 71, came out of
retirement to become an agent for Travel Counsellors last year. She previously ran agency Tickets
Anywhere in Tame, Oxfordshire, which she sold to Spear Travels aſter 50 years in travel, retiring in 2015. Along with husband David, 73,
the pair plan to walk the last 160 miles of the 460-mile Alpe-Adria Trail, joining in Slovenia and hiking to Italy. Averaging 11 miles a day for two
weeks, they will depart Kranjska Gora on August 30 and are due to arrive in Trieste on September 12. Tey will be joined by five friends
for the first 80 miles. All bar one of the group are in their seventies. So far they have raised just over £1,000 towards their £3,000 target.
8 22 AUGUST 2019 We thought this
would be a great way to get fit and raise money for Macmillan – they are unsung heroes
Te inspiration for the walk follows David’s treatment for throat cancer nine years ago. Hordern, a former non-executive
director and vice-chairman of Te Advantage Travel Partnership, said: “Te [Macmillan] nurses not only supported him but also supported me when he was going through bad stages, and wouldn’t eat. “Tey were always there, had lots
of patience and were very kind. “We thought this would be a great
way to get fit and raise money for Macmillan at the same time – they are unsung heroes.” Te pair have been training
with long walks, although Hordern, who had a double hip replacement in 2011, said: “Tere is no geting away from it, this will be an enormous challenge. Physically, it will be the hardest thing I’ve ever done.” She added: “I’m well known for my determination, so unless I break
an ankle we will do this!” i To donate, go to
justgiving.com/ fundraising/bryony-hordern
Bryony Hordern with husband David
Seven Seas Explorer
in TV documentary Regent Seven Seas’ Seven Seas Explorer is to feature in a four- part Channel 5 documentary. Secrets of the World’s Most Expensive Cruise Ship airs at 9pm on Friday (August 23). For a chance to win a £250 Amazon voucher, go to
rssc.com/tv
Hurtigruten expedition
ships to use dual power Three Hurtigruten ships are to be converted into hybrid-powered expedition vessels. Trollfjord, Finnmarken and Midnatsol will be renamed as Maud, Otto Sverdup and Eirik Raude and operate year- round sailings along the Norwegian coast from 2021. The ships will have battery packs installed.
Nordic Tourism show
to take place in 2020 The first Nordic Tourism Marketplace will take place in Copenhagen next February. It is being run by two industry directors, Andy Fairburn, formerly of Tui, and Paul Wagner, who jointly founded the Nordic Tourism Collective.
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