Sealink!

[pompei]

Not Sealink, but a nice couple of ferries and cargo nevertheless:-

 

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I LOVE going on the cross-channel ferry. All this business of driving up to the port, onto the boat with the East European lorries etc, then off at the other side into MAINLAND EUROPE driving through another murky grey dockyard, out onto the wrong side of the road, funny roadsigns etc. Marvellous. The only thing I dont like is the P+O ferries which are all done out inside like some sort of gayed-up vibrating Vegas-style shopping mall, just give me a no-nonsense boat will you FFS.

[r.welfare]

You want Norfolkline to Dunkerque then. Boggo ferry, 5mph crawl for at least 3 miles along rock-lined "industrial" roads to get to the autoroute, and the bonus is the ferry terminal at the French end is straight outta the 1970s with no other facilities than a cafe and some old arcade machines. Good burgers though!

[Mr Lobster]

just give me a no-nonsense boat will you FFS.

Indeed, for that reason (and that they are reasonably cheap....) I normally use www.transeuropaferries.com for my trips abroad. Slightly longer crossing from Ramsgate - Ostend but damn sight more relaxing with no coach parties of school kids and the like!Food on board is great and fairly cheap as well which is a bonus for those of us not particularly inclined to pay £12 for a full english.

[pompei]

Again, not a ferry, but a boat I lust over

 

[pompei]

Before the Humber Bridge was opened, the only way of getting across the river (other than driving up to Goole, one of the planet's bleakest spots) was the Humber Ferry. This was part of the LNER, and then British Rail.

 

You got on at Hull at the Corporation Pier, and after a short journey arrived at New Holland, another place forgotton by civilisation.

 

(apologies to any New Nederladers or Goolies)

 

New Holland jetty is a wooden structure which came to look very sorry for itself. BR sold it when the ferry stopped running.

 

Up until the 1970s a steam paddle steamer was used, which is now a floating bar in Grimsby. The whole enterprise ceased to exist when the bridge opened ...

 

http://www.renew.freeuk.com/newholl/byferry.html

 

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.enef ... olland.htm

 

 

[pompei]

A few more pics

 

 

 

 

Note the BR logo on the funnel...

[pompei]

And another of New Holland

 

[Volksy]

Having lived for the past couple of years just outside Calais, I became somewhat regular on P&O and SeaFrance, we even used to nip to dover for a good curry!Its amazing if you have a wander round the passenger terminal carpark at the port, normally about 25-30 abandoned vehicles, mainly dumped by antipodean travellers unwilling to pay for their cars/vans last journey back to the uk, some right tat turns up there. Last time i was there there was a bunch of your usual transits and Volvos but a reasonably new UK Reg'd Lincoln Navigator with 4 flat tyres, covered in dust and had a notice of removal/destruction on the windsceen! The local Calais Pikeys were slowly removing it piece by piece anyway...

[Karmann Ghiaman]

That paddle steamer with the BR logo is P.S. Lincoln Castle, now a floating restaurant in Grimsby Docks (Hull wouldn't have her).

 

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.enef ... erries.htm

 

Here's a picture from the Sealink book:

 

 

The stoker is Assistant Engineman Bill Rheman (circa 1975). Hope he's alive & well three decades later; what a job! He must have been the last man to shovel coal (other than on a preserved steam train) for British Rail.

[pompei]

PS Lincoln Castle did enjoy a short spell as a floating attraction just outside Hull. I went for a meal there, but as she was listing about 35 degrees, all the gravy ran off the plate.

[Karmann Ghiaman]

Oh dear...

[fotorabia]

Caledonian McBrynes was the ferry company we would catch to Isle of Islay..where my grandparents retired to back in the 70s.My Grandad had a V12 injected E-type Roadster..an experiment he acquired out of the factory which had been fitted with the Lucas injection system normally fitted to the XJ12L.Anyway..he was gonna drive my sister n i to Edinburgh from Islay and we caught the ferry over to the mainland.When we arrived at port..the tide was so high that the ramp was on a severe angle and Grandad insisted they block the exit up with planks so he wouldnt bottom out.So..when this had been done..they gave him the all clear..he proceeded forward..and promptly flattened the very expensive stainless exhaust system!He fumed..the Jag didnt!..so Granny had to come all the way from Edinburgh in the Clubman Estate and pick us up..and i never got the dream ride i so loved!...he sued McBryneless for replacement of the exhaust!

[Karmann Ghiaman]

A real tragedy. No doubt you were then stuck there long enough to see the tide go out, though I s'pose the wretched ferry people were glad to have got the E-Type offloaded so they could just leave & go on making money. What happened to the stunner when Grandad passed on? My uncle who lived in the South of France had a rather nice, very rare DS 19 Cabriolet. When he died I thought it was probably better not to ask my bereaved aunt what was going to happen to the lovely car, though I doubt if awful cousins appreciated it. Some cunning Frenchman probably nabbed a bargain.

[fotorabia]

ill try n keep this brief..but me ol Pop was an interesting character..he co-owned an engineering firm in Edinburgh..Laidlaw Drew..who designed glass furnaces for the auto industries around the world..so Mr Eadie travelled to places like Iran and helped set up car factories..when the company began to make considerable profit..he ordered a a Mk2 jag 3.8 which my grandmother designed the color of and my father [mums fiancee] was given the job of collecting it from the factory..damson.His first E-type was a series 1 1/2 4.2 Coupe..which he always claimed was the best e-type.The lived in the Newtown of edinburgh and Granny had a new 1275GT Clubman mini with the run flat tyres.

Ferries n potholes in the end meant it was far to impractile to try and maintain it..he d had a massive workshop double garage built to accommedate it..and in 1979 whilst in a restaurant in Glasgow..a fellow overheard his conversation about it and offered him as much money as he wanted for it.He sold it to a John Milne he owned Eadie Cairns [no relation to us}who are whiskey wholesalers.7000 quid.It was worth 9.

he sadly replaced it with a BRG TR7 with tartan upholstery and on driving me to Bowmore the capital village of Islay..he said i hate this fucking car!

He died within a year of this aged only 68.

It disappeared off the street so i decided to unearth it.Three years ago i got a note published in Classic n Sportscar car mag wondering who had it..and the son of the next owner telephoned me in Wellington.It was been rallied Italiano Escosse ..and this wealthy character also has a brace of works MG racecars...and hes fully restoring it so it still lives..which is cool..

 

 

 

heres Mr Eadies E-type in Italy rallied...sob sob..

[M'coli]

I've often thought of taking the Avenger to the Highlands and going to Skye on this wee beastie:-

[fotorabia]

I used to daily catch the Corran ferry which goes between Ardgour and Corran..across the narrows to Loch Linnhe..to get to High school in Ft William..and return..Mini bus from Strontian..ferry in nearly all weathers..a cancellation meant no school yeehaa..then big bus which had come from Kinlochleven..to Lochaber High..great school..rufasguts..

[autofive]

thread resurrection

 

[M'coli]

I used to daily catch the Corran ferry which goes between Ardgour and Corran..across the narrows to Loch Linnhe..to get to High school in Ft William..and return..Mini bus from Strontian..ferry in nearly all weathers..a cancellation meant no school yeehaa..then big bus which had come from Kinlochleven..to Lochaber High..great school..rufasguts..

That'll be this one!

[Richard]

More likely to be this one.

 

DSC_8565 by RichardB5, on Flickr

[CIH]

I LOVE going on the cross-channel ferry. All this business of driving up to the port, onto the boat with the East European lorries etc, then off at the other side into MAINLAND EUROPE driving through another murky grey dockyard, out onto the wrong side of the road, funny roadsigns etc. Marvellous. The only thing I dont like is the P+O ferries which are all done out inside like some sort of gayed-up vibrating Vegas-style shopping mall, just give me a no-nonsense boat will you FFS.

 

Could that be beause it usually involves an A-frame and, nodoubt, something that will annoy the wife ?

 

edit: wow I just realised how long ago that was put-up.

[M'coli]

Possible, the spare ferry was anchored nearby. I had set the camera up to video our disembarking at Ardgour but it fell over as soon as I got underway.

[CreepingJesus]

 

Thought that beauty was a Zephyr, but not so sure now. This seems to be Ireland, as the ship is Antrim Princess. Is that an Irish registration? It seems to be LH drive. No doubt someone can solve these mysteries.

 

It's possible that the plate is American - there were plenty of American servicemen over here by then, many of them brought cars with them.

 

Great thread, tho'. Not so long ago, I was being regaled with tales of the shitty old ships used to ferry trucks and freight, by some drivers of a greater vintage! Including a guy who claims to have slept in, and so missed the Herald of Free Enterprise's fateful last voyage.

[Mr Lobster]

I've always had a love of travelling by ferry. So much better than flying, feels like you really are travelling somewhere. Anyway, had a trawl through my hard drive to see what else I have (lots).

 

Dover eastern docks - (Same location I think as autofives picture)

 

 

 

[face]

More likely to be this one.

 

DSC_8565 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

I'm presuming here that the giant cock on the waterside has already been noticed and I'm missing some previous joke?

[Mr Lobster]

^ Didn't see that before

 

Anyway, have another

 

[autofive]

i think these are at a dover harbour too (2 quarters of the same slide)

 

 

[morris_ital_lover]

Before the Humber Bridge was opened, the only way of getting across the river (other than driving up to Goole, one of the planet's bleakest spots) was the Humber Ferry. This was part of the LNER, and then British Rail.

 

 

 

An unfortunate piece of news is that the above ship, PS Lincoln Castle, has just been unceromoniously ripped apart at its previous berth in Grimsby last month!

 

m0rris

[Mr Lobster]

Few more...

 

 

 

 

[Richard]

I'm presuming here that the giant cock on the waterside has already been noticed and I'm missing some previous joke?

 

I was just wondering if anybody would notice it. The people leaving the ferry on a minibus certainly did.