Last One to Post Wins

[Silver_Shiney]

Gentlemen, gentlemen, don't you think it's a bit unsporting to talk of the Ferretmeister like that when he's not here?

[Not so ancient mariner]

Just wait until you go on your cruise...................!

[Mervyn and Trish]

Hard to tell he's not here really. He's always so far behind anyway.

[Silver_Shiney]

Hard to tell he's not here really. He's always so far behind anyway.

Like the rest of them, really...

[Stephen]

Speaking of which. Time you oldn's were tucked up in your cots with your sanategen

[Mervyn and Trish]

Speaking of which. Time you oldn's were tucked up in your cots with your sanategen

I'm sure the nurse will be here to see to my needs shortly.

[Not so ancient mariner]

You sound more like Cubie every day!

[Silver_Shiney]

Good night, shipmates

[qbman1]

Speaking of which. Time you oldn's were tucked up in your cots with your sanategen

I'm sure the nurse will be here to see to my needs shortly.

I'm not sharing my nurse !!

[ITWA Travel Writer]

You can have my nurse if you wish, six foot five, built like a brick ......., plays rugby for Moray, but she is as gentle as a lamb!

[Mervyn and Trish]

Too late now. I put myself to bed, last night.

[Not so ancient mariner]

Good news for Batty: http://www.cruise.co.uk/news/good-news- ... s+30062015

Not sure whether 'Calamity Cruises' or 'Rustbuckets R Us' will be sailing from there though........

[Dark Knight]

for anyone north of Birmingham, it will be a godsend and bring a lot of revenue and extra jobs to the area, it also means that many of us wont have to listen to the gobshite's who think Soton is the only place in the world you can get a ship from and I wont have to travel to the a*se end of the country to get a cruise.

Hopefully it will get the go ahead, soon

[qbman1]

You can have my nurse if you wish, six foot five, built like a brick ......., plays rugby for Moray, but she is as gentle as a lamb!

Sounds like my kind of gal (not sure about the "gentle" bit, though)!

[qbman1]

for anyone north of Birmingham, it will be a godsend and bring a lot of revenue and extra jobs to the area, it also means that many of us wont have to listen to the gobshite's who think Soton is the only place in the world you can get a ship from and I wont have to travel to the a*se end of the country to get a cruise.

Hopefully it will get the go ahead, soon

Round trips to Liberia on a converted trawler ?

[Dark Knight]

better than the current ex Soton offerings,

[Not so ancient mariner]

I actually like the sailaway down Southampton Water, and the Solent, but the 350mile journey to get there is a bit of a b*gg*r though!

[Dark Knight]

if they build the new terminal in Hull, it will be 15 minutes by cab, no parking fees, no pre cruise hotel, no worrying about traffic and the 6 1/2 drive to Sotn, on a good day
the downside will be choosing where to go on my cruise......s

[Mervyn and Trish]

I certainly wouldn't park my car in 'Ull either!

[Dark Knight]

you can carry on paying homage at the shrine of your paymasters ,Merv

[Mervyn and Trish]

If only Batty. Sadly they still expect me to pay them. But seriously I would consider 'Ull as a departure port. However I have just read an interesting book given to passengers on QE2's maiden world cruise and it explains why Cunard moved their base from Liverpool to Southampton and a major factor was the tides. They can spend as much as they like up your way and not change that.

[Dark Knight]

there is a decent tidal variation from about 5 to 7.5 meters , depending on where you are along the estuary, but the proposed site would be the higher end of that range
the biggest issue is silt

[qbman1]

Ah, clearly not a converted trawler but a converted dredger !!

[Silver_Shiney]

I couldn't care less where the departure dock is - if the itinerary and the price is right, I'll drive there.

[qbman1]

But it helps if the port is within an hour or so and a reasonably easy drive....?