| Scotland’s new fast ferry link
set sail for the continent this weekend, prompting much nostalgia among those Scots
fortunate enough to have experienced Greek ferries in the past. Crowds of
well-wishers at Rosyth wished the passengers er, well, as the new superfast ferry glided
out into the deep channel of the Forth. Nothing at all went tits up until the Greek
captain decided to turn right into the English Channel and headed south.
Four days later the ferry docked at Greek port Inkypinkynikos, much to the
surprise and delight of Scottish passengers who had earlier been too pissed to notice that
the Rock of Gibraltar doesn’t normally feature on North Sea routes |
The operators apologised for the
detour, promising that the service will get back to normal just as soon as they can find
the captain who left the ship at Inkypinkynikos because he was missing his Mum. Customs
fears that the new crossing would provide a boom in contraband goods were dismissed by
embarking passengers. "It's just a chance to experience the medieval beauty of
Bruges" one couple told the JT, "we’ll maybe buy some chocolate, a few
bottles of Belgian beer and perhaps the odd cigarette, we’re only taking the
Volvo."
The "Volvo" in this case being a FH12 tractor unit pulling a 28 tonne
capacity curtain sider. |
