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Live from the Solent for Queen Anne’s arrival
exlondoner replied to Solent Richard's topic in Cunard Line
It’s amazing how that black hull improves the look of a ship. -
Live from the Solent for Queen Anne’s arrival
exlondoner replied to Solent Richard's topic in Cunard Line
Hmm. I didn’t realise that. -
All hoping to avoid the ultimate indignity of impaling her on the Brambles Bank on her first arrival, as QE2 did on her last. 🙂
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She may be delayed by meeting her flotilla. And do you see dear St. Helena anchored there?
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Looking at where she is now, she is definitely headed to the south of the IOW. So she’ll be too far away to see from Bournemouth.
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Sorry, that was inexcusable. Please substitute she and her for it.
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Vesselfinder does too, but I’m not sure I believe it. It tends to show the shortest route, I think. Anyway, if it does go that way, I shall have to dash down to the pier and give it a wave.
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That makes all the difference, much better than a witty answer which would have left my poor brain further confused. 😀
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Sorry, I’m being very dim here, but why does it matter if you’ve disembarked?
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Surely some of that is easily verifiable? Either QV is or is not longer than Arcadia?
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The one that was moored on the Thames for so long and is now, I think, on the Clyde?
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I would have thought Ocean was further from the station than Mayflower?
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If you are booked on a specific train, I’d get a taxi.
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But it is a difficult decision. Southampton is a genuinely interesting town, despite what some say. On the other hand, being almost alone on an empty ship is a wondrous experience, much to be enjoyed. Very difficult to decide. Certainly, if it is a wet day, as it nearly always is at the moment, I should stay on board.
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Are you staying in for the Canaries?
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And she has slipped another 15 minutes to 20.00.
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Does it say anything on my Cunard?
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Yes, but who is up to watch them arrive in the early morning when it is barely light? Anyway, it now seems it may be academic.
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Soton VTS now says 19.45.
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It’s not that rare if QV (which even by modern standards is not small) has done it twice with me aboard. On both occasions it was the same captain, now retired, and on both occasions we had been delayed. I agree about the PR issue though.
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High tide tomorrow at Soton is at about 16.30 BST, I think. I wonder if she might take advantage of that to do what QV has done a couple of times when I have been aboard, and sneak in past the Needles, saving a couple of hours.
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Or, if you are feeling energetic, it is not far to walk.
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There is a shuttle.
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But, but, but, what about Berengaria, who wasn’t built for Cunard, but who was a queen? Also, the Arcadia started off life as a hull for QV, until they decided they needed a modified version. But I think we can call this one Queen Anne, or, I imagine, Annie, if feeling affectionate.
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What a splendid collection of speakers. Now if only they could summon the ghost of the admirable John Maxtone Graham….
