A couple of arrivals from earlier in May:
Andromede
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e.../Andromede.jpg
HMS Bulwark landing craft:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ding_Craft.jpg
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A couple of arrivals from earlier in May:
Andromede
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e.../Andromede.jpg
HMS Bulwark landing craft:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ding_Craft.jpg
saw on the Echo website that a German cruise ship Astor had docked. I know when some are coming in, but not this one.
so left hubby sanding paintwork and painting the ceiling and I nipped into town to get a couple of pics.
not great pics admittedly, but those over the water or on the ferries would've got a better view.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...Picture560.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...Picture544.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2023/...2a14f4cb_o.jpg
some of mine Quincyr
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2233/...2cb8bbcd_o.jpg
And now for an arty one reflection in the ferry window
very splendid young sir :handclap:
I must save up and go on the ferry next time there's one in.
I didn't leave the house till 7, so too late for the ferry, but I did take some snaps from Woodside, and then watched it leave at 9.
Will post a couple tomorrow.
superb photos of the Astor, well done peeps:handclap:
:handclap:Excellent pics once again GD:handclap:
:PDT11 Well done, nice photographs
Cruise ship brings tourists to heart of Liverpool
May 21 2008
by Staff Reporter, Liverpool Daily Post
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THE first cruise liner of the season was welcomed to the new £17m landing stage at Liverpool docks yesterday.
Former dock workers lined the Pier Head to welcome the German ship Astor as it cruised into the Mersey carrying 600 passengers.
She spent the day docked in Liverpool as passengers shopped in the city and took trips to Chester, and round Liverpool’s Beatles story museum.
Astor, which left the city last night, was the first of 16 vessels already booked for the summer season. Passenger spending in the city is expected to boost the economy by some £3m.
Keith Blundell, head of tourism at Liverpool Culture Company said: “It’s very exciting because it’s our first full year of operation.
“The ship is obviously the attraction, but more and more cruise companies are using destinations and ports of call as selling points and that is what is attracting people to them.”
The ship season will culminate with a visit from the QEII and the Balmoral as well as the Grand Princess, a 2,600 passenger American liner, bumping the total estimate of passengers visiting the city to more than 23,500.
A council spokesman said: “At this rate the terminal could pay for itself within the next seven years.”
Source: Liverpool Daily Post
Fantastic pics, well done for recording the visit.
Good pics once again .
Well done PhilipG:handclap: