Bon Voyage World Cruisers 2010 ( thats better )

[MMDown Under]

Here is the link, hope this works too. Webcam now updating they are just going past the oil refinery at Farley. Am enjoying reliving saling up the solent did it on Adonia in 2004 in daylight as we were late in.

http://http://www.ais-live.co.uk/aismap/AIS%20Maps/solentcam.html

 

Are we following the actual ship or a dot. I have found the dot, Dawn Princess.

[Gaznjo]

you can just see her on southampton vts site

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Arriving...........

 

 

[Gaznjo]

gosh they don't up date it often, she will be gone by the time it updates

[thied]

 

nearly home

[AdelaideCruisers]

vts southampton webcam

[Gaznjo]

better than nothing lol

 

 

[MMDown Under]

I can see the ship!!! Yippee!!

 

Don't ask me to take a photo though!

[MMDown Under]

Yes, that is what I saw - LOL!

[thied]

next cruise she is off too New York

[Kiwi Kruzer]

next cruise she is off too New York

 

Sure is.....

from the very spot the Mayflower left,

all those years ago.

[Kiwi_cruiser]

next cruise she is off too New York

 

Sorry thied, that’s wrong!, there next port of call is Dublin, Ireland, then they have about a week at sea, before arriving in Boston – USA then Newport (Rhode Island), and THEN they get to New York / USA on the 25/07/10 from here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=24512395&postcount=9

[Kiwi Kruzer]

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Wonder if thats the new terminal at Southampton?

[thied]

Sure is.....

from the very spot the Mayflower left,

all those years ago.

Thats interesting to know as I would'nt have known, that thank you for the info.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Thats interesting to know as I would'nt have known, that thank you for the info.

 

Here is an image of the memorial to the pilgrim fathers who set out in the Mayflower.

It stands on the waterfront in Southampton.

 

[MMDown Under]

The map says it is moored now.

 

Will be a busy day in port with so many disimbarking and so many embarking.

[AdelaideCruisers]

Found this 2009 video on the then new cruise terminal.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/puffbox/hyperpuff/audiovideo/england/hampshire_dorset/8040195.stm

 

John

AdelaideCruisers. :)

[thied]

Here is an image of the memorial to the pilgrim fathers who set out in the Mayflower.

It stands on the waterfront in Southampton.

 

 

Its very big and it would have been a huge thing for the mayflower in its day,The vessel left England on September 6, 1620, after a grueling 66-day journey marked by disease, which claimed two lives, the ship dropped anchor inside the hook tip of Cape Cod,

The Mayflower was originally destined for the mouth of the Hudson River, near present-day New York City, at the northern edge of England's Virginia colony, which itself was established with the 1607 Jamestown Settlement.[3] However, the Mayflower went off course as the winter approached, and remained in Cape Cod Bay. On March 21/31, 1621, all surviving passengers, who had inhabited the ship during the winter, moved ashore at Plymouth, and on April 5/15, the Mayflower, a privately commissioned vessel, returned to England.[1] In 1623, a year after the death of captain Christopher Jones, the Mayflower was most likely dismantled for scrap lumber in Rotherhithe, London.[4]

 

The Mayflower has a famous place in American history as a symbol of early European colonization of the future US. With their religion oppressed by the English Church and government,[5] the small party of religious Puritan separatists who comprised about half of the passengers on the ship desired a life where they could practice their religion freely. This symbol of religious freedom resonates in US society and the story of the Mayflower is a staple of any American history textbook. Americans whose roots are traceable back to New England often believe themselves to be descended from Mayflower passengers.

 

The full link is at,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower

[Kiwi Kruzer]

There's heaps of history in Southampton Thied.

 

Wonder how many of us have links

to the boat train

that ended up at the wharves,

boarded a ship,

then off to a new life Downunder?

 

In some ways,

Southampton

is our Heritage.

[Gaznjo]

we don't go to southampton next year, we go to dover.... the only downside for us is that Garry's sister lives near salisbury which is much closer to southampton than it is to dover...( 3 hours I think...)

[thied]

There's heaps of history in Southampton Thied.

 

Wonder how many of us have links

to the boat train

that ended up at the wharves,

boarded a ship,

then off to a new life Downunder?

 

In some ways,

Southampton

is our Heritage.

l yes but which one? this is one of them ex-SR Battle of Britain Class 34072 257

[MMDown Under]

Just discovered there is a model of P&O’s 1950 built RMS Chusan on the Dawn. This is the ship I returned home from the UK on, on my first overseas trip.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Underway again ,on the second half of their journey....

 

 

 

[Gaznjo]

Underway again ,on the second half of their journey....

 

it is all down hill from here so they should go faster LOL....

[MMDown Under]

I now have a much greater appreciation of how clever all you "followers" are, as well as your levels of patience. :)