The Spirit of Britain

It was announced by P+O ferries that the Pride of Dover would stand down from Dover-Calais service on the 15th December 2010. Her last commercial crossing will be at 23:55. She is due to depart for Dunkerque on the 16th December where she will lay up pending a decision on her future.

The replacement is 'The Spirit of Britain' and will operate on the Dover to Calais route from January 2011 and has space for up to 1,750 passengers. It weighs 49000 tonnes and is the largest ship to ferry ever to sail the dover to calais service.

I would like to know what Winston Churchill would say about one of worlds largest floating duty free shopping complexes carrying the name 'Spirit of Britain'!!

Terminal Plus Skating Rink?!?!

If anyone is struggling to think of the auxiary facility to their terminal proposal. How about an Ice rink. I'm sure you could use a car park this time of year. There once stood a skating rink on Townwall street/ East Cliff. opposite the port.

Dover Cable Car

Dover's proposal of a cable car system is not a new idea. There used to be a colliery along Shakespeare cliff leading round to the Admiralty pier. Cable cars(or trucks) were used to transport coal between the top and base of the cliffs.

These photos show a much longer aerial cable stem than what we have been presented with. This ran all the way from East langdon all the way through the cliffs down to the port to load coal onto ships. Thats over a mile by estimation!!view of the ropeway that transported coal from Tilmanstone to Dover Harbour - here you can see the twin tunnels in the cliff face through which the ropeway was threaded.

(thanks to J Vaughan)

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