nick hall

I'm not bored, enjoy any news concerning the future of Brittany Ferries.

Great pictures, thanks for posting. I once had a poster, bought on board I think, of the Armorique and Prince of Brittany tied up in St. Malo. It must have been around 1980/81, I've done a search online but alas I can't find it.

No sooner had I pressed post when I remembered Purbeck & Coutances.

i'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong but are Etretat & Connemara the first sisters Brittany Ferries have operated together?

Name: Nick Occupation: Production/Site Manager for a company who make mops, and other cleaning products. Lives in: Oldham, Lancashire In my spare time: Food & drink, sport (especially cycling), transport (especially ferries) Countries visited (in chronological order): France, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Australia, Thailand, India, USA, Spain, Singapore, Belgium, The Netherlands, South Africa, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Hungary, China. First ferry journey: Portsmouth - St.Malo (1978) Last ferry journey: Caen - Portsmouth (2013) Next ferry journey: Not planned

Not sure you can get a connecting train between Kings Cross and St. Pancras, it's only a few minutes walk.

Queen Elizabeth x 2. Love this shot, offers a perspective of Portsmouth Harbour I've never seen before.

Interesting discussion regarding sat nav. Recently in San Diego our hire car sat nav packed in, luckily my phone was a great substitute, found restaurants, attractions etc. and all with an English accent!!! Can't really fault the technology. Slightly related, when i was a kid we holidayed in France with my cousins, the hours we spent waiting at a pre-arranged rendezvous point not knowing how long our family would be. No problem now with mobile phones.

Can't check now because I've long since binned them, but I'm fairly sure Ships Monthly referred to stability or dead weight issues as the reason for lengthening.

Fantastic pics, until you get to the last one.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/24/new-spanish-migrant-route-sees-three-times-many-migrants-caught/ Although Brexit isn't solely about immigration and asylum, there is a link so i'll post this here. Mods please move if you feel it doesn't belong here. ps. this post is not an argument for or against Brexit.

In a similar vein, who remembers this posted on here a few years ago.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-gleaner-returns-to-portsmouth-for-final-survey-ahead-of-carrier-arrival/ HMS Gleaner in Portsmouth to survey harbour entrance.

Hawser has often promoted the theory that the Western Channel is ripe for a competitor, including Stena, to come and muscle in on BF territory. With Stena and BF now beginning cooperate more and more closely it could be that Stena will achieve this in partnership with rather than against BF. Crazy theory or possible outcome?

2021? Baie de Seine leaves in 2019 doesn't she?