I actually managed to get out for a walk this morning, only a quick stroll down to the waterfront. I was just going to visitor and then come straight back, except there were two tugs loitering. I checked Marine Traffic and there was a Brittany Ferry coming in. The tugs wouldn’t be for the ferry, all the masters have a ticket that allows them to navigate without escorts through the channel and in the harbour.
It was the Columbia Star. Unfortunately, she was too far out for me to wait for her, but I could wait for the Pont Aven which was only just outside the harbour, and I felt as though I had enough time to get to the end of the Haslar Marina Pier Wall, arriving at the end just as the Pont Aven came in.
It’s interesting at the moment half way down the high street efforts are well underway to turn a pedestrian area into a road suitable for vehicles, buses? Or busses and cars. What used to be the taxi rank and ferry drop off now looks like the lunar landscape as it is being turned into the new bus stop, and the bus station looks more dilapidated every day.
Even at 8AM, the high street looks sad.
Bills Posts 