Honeymoon on QE2 in 2002

[Peter Mugridge]

It wasn't an issue really as we only had one medium sized suitcase each plus my shoulder bag and Yola's handbag; I packed bearing in mind that we would be flying twice during the honeymoon.

[cunardqueen]

Looking forward to seeing your Gleneagles accommodation,  We stayed there 1996 and 1997 and loved the standard of the rooms and how each room was so different.   

The Gleneagles Breakfast was the only thing that really impressed me on a stay in 2005.The room was very tired.  Having stayed a number of years earlier when they had the Champagne bar it seemed much better then. The room overlooking the drive seemed to be very Tartan  But now when your paying upwards of £400 a night it certainly needs to be good . A meal in their Desio restaurant was looking back a bit of a shambles when l took a friend there for lunch. He didn't see much wrong with it and was surprised when l asked for the service charge to be removed. It was only after i pointed out the various failures during the experience that he agreed with me.We had planned to have The Afternoon tea, and asking what the Vegetarian option was for tea was resulted in the reply that they would have to see what the chef could do.       

[Peter Mugridge]

Here's your first look at what we found inside Gleneagles; of the three places in the hotel in which we could have dinner, we chose the Clubhouse for the Monday night ( from memory I think we used room service for the arrival day on Sunday owing to the time at which we reached the hotel ).

We had a look at the Falconry school - two of the birs can be seen in the enclosure behind us - and had an explore of the grounds after dinner; here I am looking at a map of the hotel's premises during that early evening.

[Peter Mugridge]

Today's installment is more of the paper side of things ( there will be more photos tomorrow or Tuesday depending on when I have time ); what we have here us the "welcome" card we found on our arrival and a couple of receipts followed by two of the daily newsletters - it wasn't just QE2 that did that sort of thing!

[June Ingram]

The daily program is amazingly detailed. It is great that you kept everything in order to relive in detail your wedding trip. Prior to your wedding, how long did it take to make all of the arrangements ? 

[Peter Mugridge]

Prior to your wedding, how long did it take to make all of the arrangements ? 

Not all that long really... got engaged 15th December, had everything in place by the end of January.  The re-jigging because of the change in QE2's schedule came in the spring - the slowest part of that was persuading Cunard to let us off half way pro-rata... once they agreed to that, it only took a couple of days to get the flight from Rome to New York sorted.

[June Ingram]

Thanks, Peter ! I am very impressed with how every detail is in order ! 

[Peter Mugridge]

Here we are on the Tuesday 27th August, exploring the extensive hotel grounds.  There is a lot more to Gleneagles than golf, not least the landscape the place is set in and what you see here in tonight's image is just a taster of what can be seen there.

[Peter Mugridge]

This is the view from our room at Gleneagles; notice that even though it is late August there is still an appreciable quantity of snow on the top of the Ochil Hills not too far away.

[Lynda Bradford]

Here we are on the Tuesday 27th August, exploring the extensive hotel grounds.  There is a lot more to Gleneagles than golf, not least the landscape the place is set in and what you see here in tonight's image is just a taster of what can be seen there.

Gleneagles is an amazing hotel resort with beautiful grounds to explore and would have been so special for your honeymoon. 

[Peter Mugridge]

Gleneagles is an amazing hotel resort with beautiful grounds to explore and would have been so special for your honeymoon.

I agree, but it's a pity they've built housing and the associated two large car parks on about half their land in the years since my stay there.  Apart from removing a lot of the area available to explore within the grounds, I feel it seriously dilutes the exclusivity of the hotel - and that exclusivity was always one of their major selling points.

[Rod]

I feel it seriously dilutes the exclusivity of the hotel - and that exclusivity was always one of their major selling points.

Maybe it wasn't selling enough?

[Peter Mugridge]

Maybe it wasn't selling enough?

The hotel was quite full when we were there.  I suspect the multitude of properties springing up had more to do with short term pound signs in the eyes of the accountants.

[Peter Mugridge]

Tonight, we continue our look around the then unsullied grounds of Gleneagles with a view of the hotel itself, the lake and a random part of the lawn area.  Signs of the golfing heritage of the place are quite obvious in the first of these photographs.  Look carefully at the back of the lake and you will also see a rustic style boathouse nestling on one bank.

[Rob Lightbody]

Today's installment is more of the paper side of things ( there will be more photos tomorrow or Tuesday depending on when I have time ); what we have here us the "welcome" card we found on our arrival and a couple of receipts followed by two of the daily newsletters - it wasn't just QE2 that did that sort of thing!

Just catching up - I love the daily newsletter, how fantastic!  A foretaste of what was to come on QE2!