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Expert help to clue up on cruises

IF YOU’RE thinking about booking a luxury cruise for 2020, pop along to Barrhead Travel’s Luxury River and Ocean Cruise Event in their St Vincent Street luxury store in Glasgow on October 5.

There will be travel experts from some of the world’s most luxurious cruise lines including AmaWaterways, Azamara, Viking, Scenic, Emerald and Regent.

The experts will provide information on ships and itineraries – with event-only deals and discounts. Barrhead Travel’s own cruise consultants will also be available to talk you through your options.

Barrhead Travel will be hosting two Talk Theatres from renowned cruise writer Gary Buchanan.

His love of cruises dates to September, 1967. As a teenager, he watched on TV the launch ceremony of QE2 by the Queen from John Brown’s yard in Clydebank.

In 1984, he embarked the legendary liner for a transatlantic crossing to New York.

The on-board lifestyle sparked an interest that resulted in Gary writing four books about the Clyde-built “greyhound of the seas”. He was