Fine Whine

There we go, Brent Geese and thousands of them.....

I'm certainly no twitcher but lucky enough to live just a few hundred metres from Chichester harbour where we walk often and those are geese, of either the Brent or Canada variety. And I have a very good friend who lives just along the coast at Sandymount overlooking Dublin Bay, they have them there too.. Chris

Try geese Gareth.... Out of interest where should I have posted this? I can't find an Irish subsection under Other Ferry Operations, political or otherwise...😖 Chris

Not the correct place to post this but apart from photos of Blue Star 1 arriving in Rosslare this morning, which I’m sure will appear soon, a chum sent me this great picture of WB Y leaving Dublin Port yesterday - no chimneys or foaming sewage in sight! Chris

Ahem...

All sorted Colin, the dog passed her driving test last week and will be at the wheel. I’ll bark loudly, wag my tail and be very friendly if they’re of a pleasant disposition. If not I’ll bite them in the bum...😳 Chris

Oui mais bien sur mon cher Colin, of course it is...😂

Duh, Connemara still in the old colours..🤪 Actually it’s almost 17 Kms door to door, plus an extra one to nip down to the port for some ship spotting. I religiously download the attestation to my phone just in case. Not easy as you know Ed but as long as there’s a genuine reason to travel (and in my case to and from work) normally there’s no problem., I’ll be testing the U.K./EU system again on Tuesday morning at PIP, with an armful of paperwork and a brand new French pet passport for good measure, fingers crossed... 2 weeks ago it was an average of 3.5 Police or Border Force of

So not only may the name Etretat bite the dust, so will this livery once she’s been to Gdańsk for a change of clothes. The last in the fleet to wear these colours? I managed to get closer this evening, the funnel is definitely a paint job... Chris

Whoops, I may just have gone off topic...😂

Agreed PGTV, and mirrored across the water in Calais, I mean for goodness sake how un-french is that countryside out of the port - surely all the inspiration Suzanne Collins needed to create District 12 in the Hunger Games...😩 And love it or hate it, another marmite moment, she’s not a singer as such but Jennifer Laurences voice is quite captivating... Chris

Happy Easter everyone and I agree totally about Cork. Here are a few I took 4 years ago.... Chris

A couple of contacts I have mentioned this was to be her new name (thanks to you both), click on the link and it appears under history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Etretat I wonder if the big white S will be applied here in Cherbourg or once she goes for dry docking.... Chris

Definitely painted Ed, here’s the proof from this morning... Not great shots, as close as I could get Chris