Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... May, 2008

May1, 2008 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

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Never Forget!





Bad Penny



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the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
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Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Jaycee.

Your white kitty is so pretty. Thank you.

Sending you some love in return.

[OESY]

'The Princess Anne' enters the harbour at Dover, England.

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The hovercraft was invented by British engineer Christopher Cockerell (later Sir Christopher). He produced his first working model in 1956 and three years later his first full size test craft was produced by Saunders Roe. On 25 July 1959 the, Cockerell designed, Saunders Roe Nautical One (SRN1), successfully completed the first cross Channel hovercraft crossing from Calais to Dover, exactly fifty years after Bleriot’s first Channel flight.

The first regular passenger service from Dover started on 1 August 1968 when the Dover to Boulogne service was inaugurated by the SRN4 hovercraft “Princess Margaret”. The craft was owned by Seaspeed, the hovercraft operating subsidiary of British Railways, and ran from the new hoverport built at the Eastern Docks. In August 1969 a second SRN4 was delivered and the “Princess Anne” opened a second route from Dover to Calais.

In 2000 Hoverspeed decided to end hovercraft operation. The abolition of duty-free sales in June 1999 had resulted in a significant drop in passenger numbers. The hovercraft were replaced by seacats, which could carry nearly twice as many cars and passengers although with a slower crossing time to Calais of 45 minutes. The last hovercraft crossing was on Sunday 1 October 2000 and the seacats took over the service the following day.

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Love Poem No. 1

As the hovercraft puffed its skirts
against the concrete apron, so I flew -
Dover harbour a spray of images
around my spinning form as my brother
swung me from the salt-crust lawns
over the edge of the cliff, a handgrasp away
from learning the dangers of trust.

Now the last hovercraft has been scrapped
for spares I can discover new dangers
beyond the crumbled castle's keep. Seduction
in moonlight is a walk through stiff grasses
to watch the sea bolster Dover below;
to feel the wind wipe the rain
across my naked back as I dance with you
on the edge of the cliff, eyes forward -
not down - each step an experiment
in my trust of flinty contact.

-- Rik Roots

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[jaycee]

[OESY]

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[JustAmy]

I think we will have fun. The teacher told me that all of her class is excited. They heard about this trip taken last year.

I can take 5 or 6 kids, depending on whether one rides in the front seat. If we have enought vehicles, I would prefer to only take 5 in my car.

[jaycee]

If someone put them before me today, I would take them all! Look at those eyes...I love ‘em!

[jaycee]

So precious Oesy! One dog is staring at the smiling one, like, what are you doing? Its too cold to smile!

[jaycee]

You will have lots of fun. I get sentimental thinking back when I was room mother and took all the trips with the little ones. It was the best thing I ever did! At the time, I didn’t feel like I had time enough to do it all, but looking back, I have excellent memories.

[Cardhu]

That was a very interesting post OESY. I never knew they had discontinued the Hovercraft Channel crossings. I suppose they still use them across the River Dee from the Wirral Peninsular and to the Isle of Wight.

[MEG33]

[jaycee]

‘your’...not ‘you’! Guess you read between the lines.

[jaycee]

Sent that to me.....glad I’m not the only one....brain freeze setting in...no kidding, I will be checking out now! Have lots to do today!

[La Enchiladita]

My kind of day:).......

[Cardhu]

A Windows Media File.

Save this one he is great

JEROME MURAT

[yorkie]

Jaycee, that is about the funniest picture I ever saw! ROTF!!!

[OESY]

You pose an interesting supposition somewhat above my pay grade,
but for those who have never seen a hovercraft or taken a ride:



Hovercrafts at Ryde, Isle of Wight

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2008 Hover Craft Departures:

From Ryde
0630 MF
0700 MF
0730 MF
0745 MF
0800 NS
0815 MF
0830 ~
0900
0930
1000 *
1030
1100 *
1130
1200 *
1230
1300 *
1330
1400 *
1430
1500 *
1530
1600 *
1630
1645 MF
1700
1715 MF
1730
1800
1830
1900
1940
2020 +#

From Southsea
0645 MF
0715 MF
0745 MF
0800 MF
0815 NS
0830 MF
0845 ~
0915
0945
1015 *
1045
1115 *
1145
1215 *
1245
1315 *
1345
1415 *
1445
1515 *
1545
1615 *
1645
1700 MF
1715
1730 MF
1745
1815
1845
1915
1955
2035 +#

~ = Not sunday except 20th July to 31st August
* = Not sunday until 6th April
NS = Not Sunday
MF = Monday to Friday
+ = Friday from 2nd May to 5th September
# = Everyday from 19th July to 31st August
No service Christmas Day or Boxing Day

Departures may be subject to alteration
Sunday timetable on 1st January 2008

Saturday service on other National Holidays.

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[JustAmy]

Awww ..... how cute, Meg.

That Kitty looks huge!! He needs BIG hugs.

Thanks for sharing.

[JustAmy]

And spoiled!!

[JustAmy]

And smarter .... he gets on a lawn chair so he can look into the house and call to us. He wants to come inside. This happens every morning while Marissa is having breakfast.

[MEG33]

;o)

Kitties need spoiling..and lots of hugs and rubs.