OT: Rotterdam- Hull Ferry

[Martin]

Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

[Tim C.]

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

Wow. Is the ferry empty?

[Martin]

Post by Tim C.

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

Wow. Is the ferry empty?

It is almost full. On one of the days when I wanted to return it is
full. Probably full of season ticket holders, German coach trip
passengers and British Army folk with a military discount. :-)

We have a dilemma. The food is expensive by British standards and
ridiculously cheap by Dutch standards.

[Ophelia]

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

WHAT??????????????? Bl**dy Nora!!!!!!!!!

I don't need to think about that any more, because the kids always some to
us these days:) Are you coming home to visit your new grandaughter?

[Martin]

On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:39:52 +0100, "Ophelia"

Post by Ophelia

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

WHAT??????????????? Bl**dy Nora!!!!!!!!!
I don't need to think about that any more, because the kids always some to
us these days:) Are you coming home to visit your new grandaughter?

Yes and we are not paying that for the trip.

[Ophelia]

Post by Martin
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:39:52 +0100, "Ophelia"

Post by Ophelia

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

WHAT??????????????? Bl**dy Nora!!!!!!!!!
I don't need to think about that any more, because the kids always some to
us these days:) Are you coming home to visit your new grandaughter?

Yes and we are not paying that for the trip.

I should think not! How will you travel?

[Martin]

On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0100, "Ophelia"

Post by Ophelia

Post by Martin
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:39:52 +0100, "Ophelia"

Post by Ophelia

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

WHAT??????????????? Bl**dy Nora!!!!!!!!!
I don't need to think about that any more, because the kids always some to
us these days:) Are you coming home to visit your new grandaughter?

Yes and we are not paying that for the trip.

I should think not! How will you travel?

with season ticket!

[Ophelia]

Post by Martin
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0100, "Ophelia"

Post by Ophelia

Post by Martin
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:39:52 +0100, "Ophelia"

Post by Ophelia

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

WHAT??????????????? Bl**dy Nora!!!!!!!!!
I don't need to think about that any more, because the kids always some to
us these days:) Are you coming home to visit your new grandaughter?

Yes and we are not paying that for the trip.

I should think not! How will you travel?

with season ticket!

Ahhhh ok:)

[Martin]

On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:03:31 +0100, "Ophelia"

Post by Ophelia

Post by Martin
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0100, "Ophelia"

Post by Ophelia

Post by Martin
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:39:52 +0100, "Ophelia"

Post by Ophelia

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

WHAT??????????????? Bl**dy Nora!!!!!!!!!
I don't need to think about that any more, because the kids always some to
us these days:) Are you coming home to visit your new grandaughter?

Yes and we are not paying that for the trip.

I should think not! How will you travel?

with season ticket!

Ahhhh ok:)

Season tickets are sold at the low off season rate.

[RustyHinge]

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

How do you have dinner in both directions?

AIR the subject as Re: "OT: Rotterdam- Hell Ferry"

[Ophelia]

Post by RustyHinge

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

How do you have dinner in both directions?
AIR the subject as Re: "OT: Rotterdam- Hell Ferry"

We always used that ferry and it was always great:( I would never use it
again after Martin's reports.

[Martin]

On Sun, 10 Nov 2013 14:18:10 -0000, "Ophelia"

Post by Ophelia

Post by RustyHinge

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

How do you have dinner in both directions?
AIR the subject as Re: "OT: Rotterdam- Hell Ferry"

We always used that ferry and it was always great:( I would never use it
again after Martin's reports.

The food has been good on the last couple of trips.

At least it didn't arrive 9 hours late like the Necastle-IJmuiden
ferry did recently. It needed three tugs to get it into the harbour.
The Rotterdam ferry arrived on time in the same storm. Decades ago one
of the old very small Rotterdam ferries arrived 30 hours late.

[Mike.. . . .]

Following a post by Ophelia

Post by Ophelia
We always used that ferry and it was always great:( I would never use it
again after Martin's reports.

is this the ferry?
<http://forums.bfenthusiasts.com/showthread.php?t=7821>

[Ophelia]

Post by Mike.. . . .
Following a post by Ophelia

Post by Ophelia
We always used that ferry and it was always great:( I would never use it
again after Martin's reports.

is this the ferry?
<http://forums.bfenthusiasts.com/showthread.php?t=7821>

Martin will tell you better, because it is a few year since we used it as a
regular run.

From what he reports, the changes have not been for the better.

[Martin]

On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:55:49 -0000, "Ophelia"

Post by Ophelia

Post by Mike.. . . .
Following a post by Ophelia

Post by Ophelia
We always used that ferry and it was always great:( I would never use it
again after Martin's reports.

is this the ferry?
<http://forums.bfenthusiasts.com/showthread.php?t=7821>

There are two boats. Both built in Venice. They only do night
crossings.
The Pride of R'dam has Dutch officers and around 80 Philippine crew.
The Pride Of Hull has British officers and a similar number of
Portuguese crew.
Both boat are 11 or 12 years old.
The two boats on the Zeebrugge Hull route are 20+ years old and were
both built in Japan. Both boats were cut in two and had a section
inserted to increase the length and capacity. They were originally on
the Hull Rotterdam route. They do not have such good lateral stability
as the Italian built boats.

Post by Ophelia
Martin will tell you better, because it is a few year since we used it as a
regular run.
From what he reports, the changes have not been for the better.

Some changes have been for the better. The boats are far larger 60,000
tonnes plus and very stable.

[RustyHinge]

Post by Martin
The Pride of R'dam has Dutch officers and around 80 Philippine crew.

IRTA 'The Pride of R'dam has Dutch officers and around 80 Philistine crew.'

[Martin]

On Sun, 10 Nov 2013 13:50:59 +0000, RustyHinge

Post by RustyHinge

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

How do you have dinner in both directions?

By buying a return ticket.

[RustyHinge]

Post by Martin
On Sun, 10 Nov 2013 13:50:59 +0000, RustyHinge

Post by RustyHinge

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

How do you have dinner in both directions?

By buying a return ticket.

Expensive bulimia?

[Martin]

On Sun, 10 Nov 2013 14:38:45 +0000, RustyHinge

Post by RustyHinge

Post by Martin
On Sun, 10 Nov 2013 13:50:59 +0000, RustyHinge

Post by RustyHinge

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

How do you have dinner in both directions?

By buying a return ticket.

Expensive bulimia?

Cheaper than losing weight in a spa.

[Kev]

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

Blimey - a bit different from when I used to live in Hull in the 80's -
we'd do the "Dutch Dash" - to Rotterdam and back in a weekend - just for
the continuous drinking hours - none of this namby pamby 24 hour
drinking licenses in those days - you had to work for your pleasures!

[Mike.. . . .]

Following a post by Kev

Post by Kev

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

Blimey - a bit different from when I used to live in Hull in the 80's -

I dont use that ferry but I find the ones I do use a very pleasant way
to travel, so much nicer than flying if you have the time. To Shetland
or Spain from UK with car and a good outside cabin is nothing like
£950. (Hull- Rotterdam with car starts about £250).
Add the £75 or so you would expect if you want the a la carte restros
(inc wine) which on the Shetland run is sadly no longer special. Just
steaks and suchlike. :-(

[allegoricus]

On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:59:18 +0000, Mike.. . . .

Post by Mike.. . . .
Following a post by Kev

Post by Kev

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

Blimey - a bit different from when I used to live in Hull in the 80's -

I dont use that ferry but I find the ones I do use a very pleasant way
to travel, so much nicer than flying if you have the time. To Shetland
or Spain from UK with car and a good outside cabin is nothing like
£950. (Hull- Rotterdam with car starts about £250).
Add the £75 or so you would expect if you want the a la carte restros
(inc wine) which on the Shetland run is sadly no longer special. Just
steaks and suchlike. :-(

Quite a long time ago (eighties), the H-R crossing used to include
dinner and breakfast.
Very good they were too.

[Martin]

On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:20:42 +0000, allegoricus

Post by allegoricus
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:59:18 +0000, Mike.. . . .

Post by Mike.. . . .
Following a post by Kev

Post by Kev

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

Blimey - a bit different from when I used to live in Hull in the 80's -

I dont use that ferry but I find the ones I do use a very pleasant way
to travel, so much nicer than flying if you have the time. To Shetland
or Spain from UK with car and a good outside cabin is nothing like
£950. (Hull- Rotterdam with car starts about £250).
Add the £75 or so you would expect if you want the a la carte restros
(inc wine) which on the Shetland run is sadly no longer special. Just
steaks and suchlike. :-(

Quite a long time ago (eighties), the H-R crossing used to include
dinner and breakfast.
Very good they were too.

It was excellent!

Free dinner and breakfast were terminated, because there was the most
enormous amount of waste of food and because some passengers appeared
to make sandwiches and pocket enough food for their holidays. My wife
knew the wife of the manager of the R'dam end of NS Ferries at the
time. The company had a choice of charging for food or putting up
fares substantially. Although passengers can return as many times as
they want to the buffet, it is still common to see passengers piling
food on their plates so high that they can hardly carry them and then
leaving half the food. Some start at the hot end of the buffet where
the large plates are and pile lots of everything onto their plates
including four or five main courses, except the desserts. Some push
and shove as if the food is about to run out. There I knew I could
write that without mentioning the nationality of the boorish greedy
burgers.
The Port of Dubai owns P&O Ferries ATM.

[allegoricus]

------------------------8>< it is still common to see passengers piling
food on their plates so high that they can hardly carry them and then
leaving half the food. Some start at the hot end of the buffet where
the large plates are and pile lots of everything onto their plates
including four or five main courses, except the desserts. Some push
and shove as if the food is about to run out. There I knew I could
write that without mentioning the nationality of the boorish greedy
burgers.

Well done! :-)

[Martin]

On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:51:14 +0000, allegoricus

Post by allegoricus

------------------------8>< it is still common to see passengers piling
food on their plates so high that they can hardly carry them and then
leaving half the food. Some start at the hot end of the buffet where
the large plates are and pile lots of everything onto their plates
including four or five main courses, except the desserts. Some push
and shove as if the food is about to run out. There I knew I could
write that without mentioning the nationality of the boorish greedy
burgers.

Well done! :-)

Cloggy bar stewards :-)

[RustyHinge]

Post by allegoricus
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:59:18 +0000, Mike.. . . .

Post by Mike.. . . .
Following a post by Kev

Post by Kev

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

Blimey - a bit different from when I used to live in Hull in the 80's -

I dont use that ferry but I find the ones I do use a very pleasant way
to travel, so much nicer than flying if you have the time. To Shetland
or Spain from UK with car and a good outside cabin is nothing like
£950. (Hull- Rotterdam with car starts about £250).
Add the £75 or so you would expect if you want the a la carte restros
(inc wine) which on the Shetland run is sadly no longer special. Just
steaks and suchlike. :-(

Quite a long time ago (eighties), the H-R crossing used to include
dinner and breakfast.
Very good they were too.

I can't unforget the year I first used the Mallaig to Stornoway crossing
- it was many years ago on the Loch Seaforth, somewhere at the end of
the 1960s, I think, and it was memorable for me because of the weather
rather than the cuisine - indeed, I can't remember if there was any cuisine.

Many travellers would have lost it overboard if they'd partaken...

In the bar with a pint of heavy, I recall the floor (deck?) rising a
*long* way and dropping away rather suddenly so that a big tear-shaped
glob of beer was suspended over my glass, seemingly supported on a thin
column of that liquid. When the floor (deck?) changed its mind and rose
again, and the beer continued to drop

When the glob hit the bottom of the glass, it distributed half a pint of
itself on the deck (floor?).

Haute (et bas) cuisine...

[allegoricus]

On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:16:56 +0000, RustyHinge
<***@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:

----------------8><

Post by RustyHinge
I can't unforget the year I first used the Mallaig to Stornoway crossing
- it was many years ago on the Loch Seaforth, somewhere at the end of
the 1960s, I think, and it was memorable for me because of the weather
rather than the cuisine - indeed, I can't remember if there was any cuisine.
Many travellers would have lost it overboard if they'd partaken...
In the bar with a pint of heavy, I recall the floor (deck?) rising a
*long* way and dropping away rather suddenly so that a big tear-shaped
glob of beer was suspended over my glass, seemingly supported on a thin
column of that liquid. When the floor (deck?) changed its mind and rose
again, and the beer continued to drop
When the glob hit the bottom of the glass, it distributed half a pint of
itself on the deck (floor?).
Haute (et bas) cuisine...

That reminds me of crossing from Weymouth to St Helier in the early
sixties. Really wild pitching and rolling, people tumbling all over
the show, some vomiting where they lay because they were afraid to let
go of the deck.
Of our party in the bar, I was the only one not to be sick.

[Martin]

On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:58:14 +0000, allegoricus

Post by allegoricus
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:16:56 +0000, RustyHinge
----------------8><

Post by RustyHinge
I can't unforget the year I first used the Mallaig to Stornoway crossing
- it was many years ago on the Loch Seaforth, somewhere at the end of
the 1960s, I think, and it was memorable for me because of the weather
rather than the cuisine - indeed, I can't remember if there was any cuisine.
Many travellers would have lost it overboard if they'd partaken...
In the bar with a pint of heavy, I recall the floor (deck?) rising a
*long* way and dropping away rather suddenly so that a big tear-shaped
glob of beer was suspended over my glass, seemingly supported on a thin
column of that liquid. When the floor (deck?) changed its mind and rose
again, and the beer continued to drop
When the glob hit the bottom of the glass, it distributed half a pint of
itself on the deck (floor?).
Haute (et bas) cuisine...

That reminds me of crossing from Weymouth to St Helier in the early
sixties. Really wild pitching and rolling, people tumbling all over
the show, some vomiting where they lay because they were afraid to let
go of the deck.
Of our party in the bar, I was the only one not to be sick.

I've been the only passenger not sick on several ferries, including
the old Scillonian in 1952, a ferry to Jersey in the 1953, a ferry
from Fishguard to Rosslare in the 1960s and a ferry from Rhodes to
Karpathos in the 1980s.

[Jane Gillett]

Post by Martin
On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:58:14 +0000, allegoricus

Post by allegoricus
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:16:56 +0000, RustyHinge
----------------8><

Post by RustyHinge
I can't unforget the year I first used the Mallaig to Stornoway crossing
- it was many years ago on the Loch Seaforth, somewhere at the end of
the 1960s, I think, and it was memorable for me because of the weather
rather than the cuisine - indeed, I can't remember if there was any cuisine.
Many travellers would have lost it overboard if they'd partaken...
In the bar with a pint of heavy, I recall the floor (deck?) rising a
*long* way and dropping away rather suddenly so that a big tear-shaped
glob of beer was suspended over my glass, seemingly supported on a thin
column of that liquid. When the floor (deck?) changed its mind and rose
again, and the beer continued to drop
When the glob hit the bottom of the glass, it distributed half a pint of
itself on the deck (floor?).
Haute (et bas) cuisine...

That reminds me of crossing from Weymouth to St Helier in the early
sixties. Really wild pitching and rolling, people tumbling all over
the show, some vomiting where they lay because they were afraid to let
go of the deck.
Of our party in the bar, I was the only one not to be sick.

I've been the only passenger not sick on several ferries, including
the old Scillonian in 1952, a ferry to Jersey in the 1953, a ferry
from Fishguard to Rosslare in the 1960s and a ferry from Rhodes to
Karpathos in the 1980s.

Have you tried Scillonian on a bad day?
Jane

[allegoricus]

Post by Martin
On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:58:14 +0000, allegoricus

Post by allegoricus
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:16:56 +0000, RustyHinge
----------------8><

Post by RustyHinge
I can't unforget the year I first used the Mallaig to Stornoway crossing
- it was many years ago on the Loch Seaforth, somewhere at the end of
the 1960s, I think, and it was memorable for me because of the weather
rather than the cuisine - indeed, I can't remember if there was any cuisine.
Many travellers would have lost it overboard if they'd partaken...
In the bar with a pint of heavy, I recall the floor (deck?) rising a
*long* way and dropping away rather suddenly so that a big tear-shaped
glob of beer was suspended over my glass, seemingly supported on a thin
column of that liquid. When the floor (deck?) changed its mind and rose
again, and the beer continued to drop
When the glob hit the bottom of the glass, it distributed half a pint of
itself on the deck (floor?).
Haute (et bas) cuisine...

That reminds me of crossing from Weymouth to St Helier in the early
sixties. Really wild pitching and rolling, people tumbling all over
the show, some vomiting where they lay because they were afraid to let
go of the deck.
Of our party in the bar, I was the only one not to be sick.

I've been the only passenger not sick on several ferries, including
the old Scillonian in 1952, a ferry to Jersey in the 1953, a ferry
from Fishguard to Rosslare in the 1960s and a ferry from Rhodes to
Karpathos in the 1980s.

Stabilisers have ruined sea travel.

[Martin]

On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:24:26 +0000, allegoricus

Post by allegoricus

Post by Martin
On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:58:14 +0000, allegoricus

Post by allegoricus
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:16:56 +0000, RustyHinge
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Post by RustyHinge
I can't unforget the year I first used the Mallaig to Stornoway crossing
- it was many years ago on the Loch Seaforth, somewhere at the end of
the 1960s, I think, and it was memorable for me because of the weather
rather than the cuisine - indeed, I can't remember if there was any cuisine.
Many travellers would have lost it overboard if they'd partaken...
In the bar with a pint of heavy, I recall the floor (deck?) rising a
*long* way and dropping away rather suddenly so that a big tear-shaped
glob of beer was suspended over my glass, seemingly supported on a thin
column of that liquid. When the floor (deck?) changed its mind and rose
again, and the beer continued to drop
When the glob hit the bottom of the glass, it distributed half a pint of
itself on the deck (floor?).
Haute (et bas) cuisine...

That reminds me of crossing from Weymouth to St Helier in the early
sixties. Really wild pitching and rolling, people tumbling all over
the show, some vomiting where they lay because they were afraid to let
go of the deck.
Of our party in the bar, I was the only one not to be sick.

I've been the only passenger not sick on several ferries, including
the old Scillonian in 1952, a ferry to Jersey in the 1953, a ferry
from Fishguard to Rosslare in the 1960s and a ferry from Rhodes to
Karpathos in the 1980s.

Stabilisers have ruined sea travel.

Unless they fail during a storm :-)

[RustyHinge]

Post by allegoricus
Stabilisers have ruined sea travel.

And you don't see anklebiters falling off their bicycles so much now,
either.

[Sacha]

Post by allegoricus
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:16:56 +0000, RustyHinge
----------------8><

Post by RustyHinge
I can't unforget the year I first used the Mallaig to Stornoway crossing
- it was many years ago on the Loch Seaforth, somewhere at the end of
the 1960s, I think, and it was memorable for me because of the weather
rather than the cuisine - indeed, I can't remember if there was any cuisine.
Many travellers would have lost it overboard if they'd partaken...
In the bar with a pint of heavy, I recall the floor (deck?) rising a
*long* way and dropping away rather suddenly so that a big tear-shaped
glob of beer was suspended over my glass, seemingly supported on a thin
column of that liquid. When the floor (deck?) changed its mind and rose
again, and the beer continued to drop
When the glob hit the bottom of the glass, it distributed half a pint of
itself on the deck (floor?).
Haute (et bas) cuisine...

That reminds me of crossing from Weymouth to St Helier in the early
sixties. Really wild pitching and rolling, people tumbling all over
the show, some vomiting where they lay because they were afraid to let
go of the deck.
Of our party in the bar, I was the only one not to be sick.

That wasn't close to Christmas one year, was it? I had a crossing like
that 2 or 3 days before Christmas Eve and a man died, all the catering
crew disappeared and were ill and just as we got to the Casquets, the
Captain told us we were there - one of the most dangerous reefs
around, so it wasn't a lot of comfort!

[allegoricus]

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Post by Sacha

Post by allegoricus
That reminds me of crossing from Weymouth to St Helier in the early
sixties. Really wild pitching and rolling, people tumbling all over
the show, some vomiting where they lay because they were afraid to let
go of the deck.
Of our party in the bar, I was the only one not to be sick.

That wasn't close to Christmas one year, was it? I had a crossing like
that 2 or 3 days before Christmas Eve and a man died, all the catering
crew disappeared and were ill and just as we got to the Casquets, the
Captain told us we were there - one of the most dangerous reefs
around, so it wasn't a lot of comfort!

Not Christmas, ... can't recall exactly but probably September.

[Martin]

On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:27:49 +0000, allegoricus

----------------8><

Post by Sacha

Post by allegoricus
That reminds me of crossing from Weymouth to St Helier in the early
sixties. Really wild pitching and rolling, people tumbling all over
the show, some vomiting where they lay because they were afraid to let
go of the deck.
Of our party in the bar, I was the only one not to be sick.

That wasn't close to Christmas one year, was it? I had a crossing like
that 2 or 3 days before Christmas Eve and a man died, all the catering
crew disappeared and were ill and just as we got to the Casquets, the
Captain told us we were there - one of the most dangerous reefs
around, so it wasn't a lot of comfort!

Not Christmas, ... can't recall exactly but probably September.

I got near to going on the Casquets in a yacht in charge of a person
who grossly over estimated his navigation skills.

Rotterdam Hull ferry has a special offer at the moment for trips
starting in Rotterdam. Buy one normal return before the end of
November and get a free day return to be used by March. At a stroke
at no extra cost you can double your chances of being on a ferry in a
storm of a life time. As usual there are far better offers for trips
starting in Hull.

[RustyHinge]

Post by allegoricus
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:16:56 +0000, RustyHinge
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Post by RustyHinge
I can't unforget the year I first used the Mallaig to Stornoway crossing
- it was many years ago on the Loch Seaforth, somewhere at the end of
the 1960s, I think, and it was memorable for me because of the weather
rather than the cuisine - indeed, I can't remember if there was any cuisine.
Many travellers would have lost it overboard if they'd partaken...
In the bar with a pint of heavy, I recall the floor (deck?) rising a
*long* way and dropping away rather suddenly so that a big tear-shaped
glob of beer was suspended over my glass, seemingly supported on a thin
column of that liquid. When the floor (deck?) changed its mind and rose
again, and the beer continued to drop
When the glob hit the bottom of the glass, it distributed half a pint of
itself on the deck (floor?).
Haute (et bas) cuisine...

That reminds me of crossing from Weymouth to St Helier in the early
sixties. Really wild pitching and rolling, people tumbling all over
the show, some vomiting where they lay because they were afraid to let
go of the deck.
Of our party in the bar, I was the only one not to be sick.

The Minches are rather special: they act as funnels, and not-very-tall
waves are humplified as they approach the narrow bits.

[Martin]

On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:22:28 +0000, RustyHinge

Post by RustyHinge

Post by allegoricus
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:16:56 +0000, RustyHinge
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Post by RustyHinge
I can't unforget the year I first used the Mallaig to Stornoway crossing
- it was many years ago on the Loch Seaforth, somewhere at the end of
the 1960s, I think, and it was memorable for me because of the weather
rather than the cuisine - indeed, I can't remember if there was any cuisine.
Many travellers would have lost it overboard if they'd partaken...
In the bar with a pint of heavy, I recall the floor (deck?) rising a
*long* way and dropping away rather suddenly so that a big tear-shaped
glob of beer was suspended over my glass, seemingly supported on a thin
column of that liquid. When the floor (deck?) changed its mind and rose
again, and the beer continued to drop
When the glob hit the bottom of the glass, it distributed half a pint of
itself on the deck (floor?).
Haute (et bas) cuisine...

That reminds me of crossing from Weymouth to St Helier in the early
sixties. Really wild pitching and rolling, people tumbling all over
the show, some vomiting where they lay because they were afraid to let
go of the deck.
Of our party in the bar, I was the only one not to be sick.

The Minches are rather special: they act as funnels, and not-very-tall
waves are humplified as they approach the narrow bits.

Oil and gas rigs do the same.

[Ophelia]

Post by allegoricus
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:59:18 +0000, Mike.. . . .

Post by Mike.. . . .
Following a post by Kev

Post by Kev

Post by Martin
Current fare for a return with outside cabin, dinner in both
directions, departing tomorrow night is >£950

Blimey - a bit different from when I used to live in Hull in the 80's -

I dont use that ferry but I find the ones I do use a very pleasant way
to travel, so much nicer than flying if you have the time. To Shetland
or Spain from UK with car and a good outside cabin is nothing like
£950. (Hull- Rotterdam with car starts about £250).
Add the £75 or so you would expect if you want the a la carte restros
(inc wine) which on the Shetland run is sadly no longer special. Just
steaks and suchlike. :-(

Quite a long time ago (eighties), the H-R crossing used to include
dinner and breakfast.
Very good they were too.

There were indeed!