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On 03/12/2016 01:13, Basil Jet wrote:

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Very cool, but I don't think that this will qualify as the world's
shortest ferry journey.

I believe that honour remains in Toronto.

Having said that, I have also seen a very small ferry on the Weser in
Bremen.

On 2016\12\03 04:49, wrote:
On 03/12/2016 01:13, Basil Jet wrote:

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Very cool, but I don't think that this will qualify as the world's
shortest ferry journey.

I believe that honour remains in Toronto.

So the internet claims, but the chain ferry at Reedham (Norfolk) is
clearly shorter.

On 2016\12\03 07:07, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2016\12\03 04:49, wrote:
On 03/12/2016 01:13, Basil Jet wrote:

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Very cool, but I don't think that this will qualify as the world's
shortest ferry journey.

I believe that honour remains in Toronto.

So the internet claims, but the chain ferry at Reedham (Norfolk) is
clearly shorter.

I forgot to say that there can't be many ferries shorter than the
hand-wound chain ferry to Trowlock Island in Hampton Wick.
https://youtu.be/D72EDEcKStM?t=50s

Basil Jet wrote:

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And the opportunity is now over:
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/201...ge-free-ferry/

"Recliner" wrote in message
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Basil Jet wrote:

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And the opportunity is now over:
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/201...ge-free-ferry/


so what's the explanation for it not happening on other weekends

tim

On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 11:21:55 -0000, "tim..."
wrote:


"Recliner" wrote in message
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Basil Jet wrote:

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And the opportunity is now over:
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/201...ge-free-ferry/


so what's the explanation for it not happening on other weekends

Dunno. Maybe they didn't have to lift the bridge on those days after
all?

Whenever ferries are mentioned I think of the greatest of them all, the Pill ferry. Immortalised by the Wurzels thuslywise :

When the nights are dark and stormy
And the bitter north wind blows
Cross the fields from Shirehampton
Where the muddy Avon flows
Where the Pillites gaily ride
Over on the ferry from the other side
The boat starts swingin, you'll hear them singin'
Float in on the tide!

Chorus: Pill, Pill, I love thee still
Even though I'm leaving
Pill, Pill, I love thee still
When the ferry boat starts heavin
When the rain down pours, the thunder roars
The lightnin flashes bright
I'll be better by far in The Duke or The Star
Than on the Old Pill Ferry tonight

Take me where it's warm and cosy
Down there with those happy boys
Where the cheeks are red and rosy
Cobblers, hobblers, hobbledehoys
When the stinging winter sleet
Creeps along the riverside and chills your feet
For miles around, you'll hear this sound
Comin' down Pill Street

Chorus

On the seven seas I've wandered
Back to Pill I shall return
When the hard earned cash is squandered
For the local girls I yearn
Captain, Captain, carry me
Steamer of the channel past Portbury
Head her south through Avonmouth
Happy I shall be.

On Sat, 3 Dec 2016 01:13:33 +0000
Basil Jet wrote:


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Very gay of you.