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« Reply #60 on: May 02, 2023, 17:11:46 » |
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And there was one across Loch Leven - http://www.ballachulish.org/see-do/ballachulish-ferry-and-bridge/The ferry at the Ballachulish Narrows first carried cars in the early years of the 20th Century, at the time they were driven onto planks laid across large rowing boats, and then rowed across one at a time, straddling the boat. Of course, it was not until around 1927, or perhaps later that the current road around Loch Leven through Kinlochleven was completed, so in the earliest years of motoring the only alternative was the military road over the Devils Staircase and through the Lairig Mhor.
As the vehicle traffic on the ferry increased, so the standards of the boats improved, and by the 1960s the crossing was run by 3 turntable ferries, each capable of carrying 6 cars. These operated as roll-on, roll-off ferries, with a single ramp and without the need for reversing. The turntable did, however, need to be loaded fairly evenly to ensure that it turned smoothly.
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« Reply #61 on: May 02, 2023, 23:17:10 » |
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From The BBC» We have a handful of ferries in the south west ... Sandbanks, Weymouth harbour, Tamar, Plymouth to France and Spain, .. and I'm going to leave it at that for others to come in and add to the list. There's the higher and lower River Dart ferries in Dartmouth.....I won't include the numerous foot passenger ferries In the region as I'm assuming it's vehicle ferries that we are talking about here. |
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« Reply #62 on: May 03, 2023, 01:21:05 » |
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Tamar More correctly, Torpoint. Then there's Lymington-Yarmouth, Southampton-East/West Cowes, Portsmouth-Ryde Pier, Southsea-Ryde, Portsmouth-Fishbourne, Southampton-Hythe, Eastney-Hayling, Hamble-Warsash, Portsmouth-Gosport, Starcross-Exmouth, Teignmouth-Shaldon, Salcombe-East Portlemouth, Plymouth-Mount Batten, Admirals Hard Plymouth-Cremyll, Polruan-Fowey, St Mawes-Place Creek, St Mawes-Falmouth, Falmouth-Ponsharden, Helford Passage-Helford Village, Penzance-St Mary's, Padstow-Rock, Bideford-Lundy, Appledore-Instow, Ilfracombe-Lundy... That'll do. Pretty much every non-international/crown dependency ferry service on the south west peninsula. Dart crossings already mentioned. |
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« Reply #63 on: May 03, 2023, 05:17:47 » |
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Tamar More correctly, Torpoint. Then there's Lymington-Yarmouth, Southampton-East/West Cowes, Portsmouth-Ryde Pier, Southsea-Ryde, Portsmouth-Fishbourne, Southampton-Hythe, Eastney-Hayling, Hamble-Warsash, Portsmouth-Gosport, Starcross-Exmouth, Teignmouth-Shaldon, Salcombe-East Portlemouth, Plymouth-Mount Batten, Admirals Hard Plymouth-Cremyll, Polruan-Fowey, St Mawes-Place Creek, St Mawes-Falmouth, Falmouth-Ponsharden, Helford Passage-Helford Village, Penzance-St Mary's, Padstow-Rock, Bideford-Lundy, Appledore-Instow, Ilfracombe-Lundy... That'll do. Pretty much every non-international/crown dependency ferry service on the south west peninsula. Dart crossings already mentioned. You missed out Bryan! Torpoint Ferry is more correctly called a floating bridge...........and is called quite a few other things by locals when one or more of them break down or aren't running! |
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« Reply #64 on: May 03, 2023, 06:51:34 » |
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If you have got as far as Eastney-Hayling I would add the Itchenor ferry. Nice pub at Itchenor on the road down to the ferry, and check the tides if you want to cycle/walk to Bosham the other side, the road can be flooded at high tide.
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« Reply #65 on: May 03, 2023, 11:04:35 » |
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Salcombe-East Portlemouth The Salcombe-East Portsmouth ferry is all year round but there are seasonal ferries for Salcombe-Kingsbridge and Salcombe-South Sands (with it amphibious landing stage). Would the Bigbury on Sea - Burgh Island sea tractor count? It's all year round I believe. I think that there's still a seasonal ferry at nearby Bantham too. |
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« Reply #66 on: May 03, 2023, 14:12:44 » |
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« Reply #67 on: May 03, 2023, 16:04:34 » |
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From The BBC» Over the sea to Skye on the world’s last turntable ferry This is the Kylerhea to Glenelg ferry, which I also have fond memories of. The location is stunning, high mountains all around and much wildlife in the turbulent waters. The ferry operation is extraordinary to watch as they turn the turntable around in midstream. To reach it involves climbing over 1,000 feet up narrow mountain passes on both sides. I cycled this route and it was wonderful, as was the b&b in Glenelg which had one of the most helpful landladies I have ever met. From Glenelg there is a 10 mile dead-end road down the loch (well definitely up and down and running roughly parallel with the loch), which reaches a tiny hamlet in the middle of nowhere, where red deer graze on the beach and the very last terraced house does teas. At one point this road crosses a large scree slope on a 3,000 feet mountainside. Absolutely beautiful and remote. |
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« Reply #68 on: March 10, 2024, 12:30:59 » |
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A story from East Anglia, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-68428422Foot ferries were once a vital cog in the UK▸ 's transport network, but those keeping these ancient river crossings going tell of an aging workforce, rising costs and an uncertain future.
A few weeks ago, the operators of the Horning Foot Ferry in Norfolk announced the service was ending because of a shortage of volunteers and a drop in the number of people using it.
For those in the ferry world, the demise of the centuries-old crossing of the River Bure was sad but not surprising. It was, they say, emblematic of the kind of issue they face each and every day.
Department for Transport figures show a decline in river ferries usage - down more than 10% from 20.1m passenger journeys in 2012 to 17.4m in 2022.
The nation's foot ferries come in all shapes and sizes, from small rowing boats to large motor-powered vessels carrying dozens of passengers at a time. One wonders at the regulation and control systems that allow the DfT» to maintain statistics like this. |
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« Reply #69 on: March 10, 2024, 13:54:47 » |
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A curious way to close the article. If you need to cross water and there's no bridge or tunnel, and you're not prepared to swim, you're going to need a ferry. (Also, gauging the need for a ferry or bridge from the number of people swimming the river... not the best approach to the issue, that...)
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'So what is the future for ferries like Mr Zemann's?
"There's an endless [list of] ferries which have closed," he says.
And yet there is something "old school" about foot ferries, he says, like vinyl records or artisanal goods that might just be in their favour.
Being on the water, he says, gives people a completely different and memorable experience of a place - the type of "cool" mentioned by teacher Mr Hunt.
"I really think these things will come back again," Mr Zemann says. "But I think with a bit of clever marketing loads more ferries could work.
"I don't think it has to be the end."'[/list]
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« Reply #70 on: March 10, 2024, 14:17:14 » |
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Very much East Anglia orientated https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-68428422but I do wonder about the smaller ferries. Is the limit for MCA inspections 12 persons, which would put the Haying ferry at risk? Not sure what the capacity on the Hamble and Itchenor ferries. The Gosport ferry only runs one boat on weekends now. I get the impression that the Shepperton ferry, on the Thames, is largely a one man band. This is the most upstream ferry, so all the foot ferries in Berkshire and Oxfordshire have presumably (long?) gone. Have not been on other small Thames ferries. Hammertons near Richmond only operates 10:00 - 18:00 so was never into the commuter market. Hampton ferry is only seasonal. How is the situation further west coastal? |
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« Reply #71 on: March 10, 2024, 16:19:44 » |
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There are a couple of survivors on the Manchester Ship Canal where the free foot ferry (bankrolled by Peel Ports - the canal owner) proved access between public footpaths that were bisected on its construction in the 1890s.
Mods: this (and maybe some above) may be better placed in the foot ferry thread.
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« Reply #72 on: March 10, 2024, 19:06:48 » |
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Add to this list the Gravesend to Tilbury Foot & cycle ferry across the Thames. Last service March 31st. Thurrock Council pulled their support & Kent couldn't afford it on their own. https://www.jetstreamtours.com/about-us/news |
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« Reply #73 on: March 10, 2024, 21:13:54 » |
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Ouch, that's going to hurt.
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