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| P&O Ferries Special Offer on Foot Passenger FaresI am pleased to announce that P&O Ferries have launched a special Summer promotion on foot passenger fares. Up until the 30th of September foot passengers can travel from Dover to Calais for as little as £2!! Plus when you check in you will receive a buy one get one free on Costa Coffee.
Customers simply have to enter the promotional code SUMMERFOOTPASSENGER during the online booking process.
The full details of this excellent offer are as follows:
• Depart Dover between 08.25 and 19.35
• Depart Calais between 06.30 and 21.55
• Monday - Thursday only £2 per person
• Friday-Saturday £6 per person
• Sunday £4 per person
• Customers will receive a buy one get one free Costa Coffee (voucher issued at check in)
• Bookings from 15th July to 29th September, travel from 16th July to 30th September
• Promotion code 'summerfootpassenger'
If you are interested in taking up this excellent offer from P&O Ferries and would like to book please click here (this will take you straight to the online booking page at POFerries.com) or alternatively click the advert opposite.All the best Ray Goodfellow |
| August 2010 | | | | | 12th August 2010 | Spirit of Britain - A brand new Past and Present (well that should be future) file featuring the first of P&O Ferries new vessels, the Spirit of Britain.Dunkerque Seaways - information updated and new photographs from Ed Connell. Dover Seaways - information updated and new photographs from Ed Connell. Delft Seaways - information updated and new photographs from Ed Connell. European Endeavour - information updated and new photographs from Bob Smith. |
| 7th August 2010 | Recent Photography - another brief update today featuring some more of my photography taken from the Prince of Wales pier on the 7th August 2010. The main subject of this update are the departures of Fred Olsen's `Balmoral' and Princess Cruises `Ocean Princess'. |
| July 2010 | | | | | 30th July 2010 | Recent Photography - a short trip to the Prince of Wales pier to witness the final call of Disney Cruise Lines `Disney Magic' plus a few of the usual port movements. |
| 23rd July 2010 | Recent Photography - another brief update today featuring some more of my photography taken on the 21st July from Langdon Cliffs. Due to the fact that it's my Birthday there won't be any further updates today but I may post some more on Saturday the 24th July. |
| 21st July 2010 | Recent Photography - just a brief update today featuring some of my photographs from the last couple of weeks. Vessels featured are Gaverland, Sarah Grey (Spanish Prince wreck removal), Clipper Bordeaux, David Church, Dunkerque Seaways, Maersk Delft, Seafrance Rodin, Seafrance Moiliere, Pride of Dover, European Seaway, Norman Trader, Saga Pearl II and Regatta. |
| 18th July 2010 | Dunkerque Seaways - information updated and new photographs from Ed ConnellDover Seaways - new photographs from Andreas Wörteler. Delft Seaways - new photographs from Andreas Wörteler. Panther/St Sunniva - a new photograph from Ken Larwood. Argo - new photographs from Marconista and Ken Larwood. Saint Eloi/King Orry - new photographs from Ken Larwood and the Roy Thornton Collection. Horsa - additional information and new photographs from Ken Larwood and Ken Lubi. Marine Evangeline - Complete new Past and Present file featuring full history and photographs from Nicolas Levy, Alan Geddes, Andy Gilbert, Ken Larwood, Aleksi Lindström, Frank Lose and Andreas Wörteler. Ulidia - Complete new Past and Present file featuring full history and photographs from Gerolf Drebes, Ted Ingham, Dirk Jankowsky, Ken Larwood, Ivan Meshkov, Matt Murtland, Marko Stampehl, Jürgen Stein and Andreas Wörteler. Stena Londoner/Seafrance Monet - additional information and new photographs from Marconista and Ken Larwood. Stena Nautica/Reine Astrid - new photograph from Ken Larwood. Princesse Marie Christine/Primrose - new photographs from Ken Larwood and Michael Van Bosch. European Endeavour/Gardenia - additional information and new photographs from Ken Larwood, Robert Fournier and Nigel Thornton. Stena Fantasia/PO Canterbury - additional information and new photographs from Terry Conybeare. Dovorian - a brief history of one of the often over looked vessels within the Port of Dover and that's the Patrol Launch/Pilot vessel `Dovorian'. |
| 17th July 2010 | SpeedOne/Condor Rapide - information updated and new photographs from Nicolas Levy.Seafrance Renoir - information updated. St Anselm/Stena Cambria/Bari - information updated and a new photograph from Manuel Hernández Lafuente. Maid of Kent (III) - additional information and new photographs from Ken Larwood, Tony Garner and Peter Lockhurst. Villandry - new photograph from AG Jones. Stena Challenger - new photographs from Chris Wells, Marconista and Ken Larwood. Pride of Free Enterprise/Oleander - additional information updated and more photographs from Nigel Thornton. Dunkerque Seaways - additional information added plus photographs from Nigel Thornton and Robert Fournier. Delft Seaways - additional information added plus photographs from Robert Fournier and Andreas Wörteler. Dover Seaways - additional information added and a new photograph from Robert Fournier. European Clearway/Via Mare - additional information added and new photographs from Ken Larwood and Frank Lose. Stena Scandinavia/Cesme - additional information added and a new photograph from Ken Larwood. Sally Star/Rostock - additional information added and a new photograph from Daniel Ferro. Sally Sky/Larkspur - additional information added. Free Enterprise VI/Pride of Sandwich - additional photographs from Ken Larwood and the Roy Thornton collection. |
| 16th July 2010 | Ferry Timetable Guide Summer 2010 - information updated.Prins Albert/Eurovoyger - information updated. Princess Marie Christine/Primrose - information updated and new photographs from Arne Pyson and Mark Leiper. Pride of Free Enterprise/Oleander - information updated and new photographs from Ken Larwood, Robert Fournier and Nigel Thornton. Seafrance Manet/Stena Navigator - information updated and a new photograph from Gordon Hislip. Pride of Dover - information updated and new photographs from Neil McBride and Ed Connell. Pride of Calais - information updated. Pride of Canterbury - information updated. Pride of Kent - information updated and new photographs from Kevin Blair. Pride of Burgundy - information updated. Ostend Spirit - information updated and new photographs from Andreas Wörteler. Seafrance Rodin - information updated. Seafrance Moliere - information updated. Seafrance Nord Pas de Calais - information updated. |
| 15th July 2010 | Norman Bridge - information updated and new photographs from Marconista and Andreas Wörteler.Norman Trader - information updated and new photographs from Marconista, Andreas Wörteler, Gordon Hislip and Ed Connell. Maersk Delft, Maersk Dover and Maersk Dunkerque - information updated and new photographs from Ed Connell. European Endeavour - Information updated. |
| April 2010 | | | 18th April 2010 | Important Announcement Owing to my dad being gravely ill in the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, I have to sadly inform you all that I am going to be unavailable until further notice.
Additionally as I have stated on our Twitter Feed this evening, all website updates are suspended until further notice as well.
As I am sure you can all understand, neither the website or the forum is my priority at this present moment, my dad and my family are my main focus.
During my absence Paul Bilbrough will be taking over new account activations on the forum as well as offering forum technical support and please don't forget your excellent Admin/Moderator team of DoverT, Aqui_Fan and Paul Cloke who are there to assist you with any queries you may have during this time.
I would like to take this opportunity of thanking the forum staff for there additional support and I would like to thank you, my website visitors/forum members for your continued patronage of our website and forums during this difficult time.
Many Kind Regards
Ray Goodfellow
Dover, United Kingdom 18th April 2010 |
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| February 2010 | | | 9th February 2010 | Prins Filip/Norman Spirit/Ostend Spirit Past and Present - updated to reflect yesterdays announcement by LD Lines that the vessel is to transfer to the Ramsgate to Ostend route. Recent Photography - page updated with my first photography of 2010. Brave Merchant/Ave Leipaja Past and Present |
| January 2010 | | | 23rd January 2010 | European Seaway Past and Present - updated and additional photographs from Ken Larwood, "France", Robert Fournier, Jean-Guy Hagelstein and Francois Longuet.Seafrance Renoir Past and Present - updated and additional photographs from Robert Fournier. |
| 22nd January 2010 | Cruise Ship Times 2010 - As published by the Dover Harbour Board. I believe that the published list currently only contains cruises originating from the Port of Dover and does not include vessels using Dover as a port of call. I will contact the DHB in the near future and ascertain if this is the case. Internet Links - Additional Links have been added. Seafrance Manet Past and Present updated to Stena Navigator Past and Present with new photographs from Robert Fournier, Alan Geddes and Trevor Kidd. Prins Filip/Norman Spirit Past and Present updated with photographs from Ken Larwood, Jean Guy Hagelstein, Nicolas Levy and Nigel Thornton. |
| 13th January 2010 | Important Announcement As some of you may or may not be aware I have had some issues in my personal life recently and as a consequence this website has suffered greatly with no updates since June 2009.
This website itself has been around in some form since 2002 and with everything that has been going on with me recently I have been very tempted to throw in the towel and put the site to bed, permanently.
Having seen John Luxton's message the other week with regards to the closing of Irish Sea Shipping I completely understand and support John's decision to quit. The amount of time and money involved in running a complex site such as this and the want for some free time, especially when there are other more important things to focus on is certainly fresh in my mind.
This is a hobby and sometimes there is a hazy line between a hobby and what feels like a job. When things start becoming a chore they are no longer fun and that causes problems and that's exactly how I have felt for the last 6 months.
So what to do?
Well I could have departed quiet easily to be honest but I think what we have here, what we have built up is an important reference to the enthusiast and hobbyist alike. It's not just about me either, other people have put a lot of work into producing material, researching and of course managing the forums and just because I have my own issues doesn't mean should suffer as a consequence.
Another obvious consideration is of course yourselves, the community, the rather large community that has built up through this site and our forum. I would feel like I am betraying you all by leaving without a goodbye or a thank you. Your the very community that inspired me to start a website in the first place!
I know there are a few members of our community that feel like they have been wronged in the past few months and all I can do is apologise, I never intended to upset anybody.
Well It's a New Year and as you have probably guessed from the new look I have decided to stay as a part of our community. It's a new start, not just for me but for the website to.
I am on a weeks leave and have spent the last 4 days re-designing the website (yes I am as regular with my `refits' as the local ferry operators   ) and I have added some improved functionality to the site to make it a little easier to navigate your way around the site.
The design is all new and all pages have been re-coded from scratch.
A new quick access menu bar has been incorporated to the top right of each page that gives you instant access to the forum, AIS and communication options.
Quick access menu bar
The use of pop out boxes, known as Lyteboxes (as used on the old site for displaying images) have been incorporated into the quick access menu bar and have been extended to display pages as well as images.
For instance when you click on `Forum' from the quick access menu bar the forum will load in a Lytebox, thus not taking you away from the main site. You only have to click on the background to return to the main site at anytime.
This functionality has also been extended to display AIS data from MarineTraffic.com directly from the quick access menu bar without having to navigate through the menu system.
The use of pop out Lyteboxes on the new site has been tested on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari web browsers without any issues, hopefully giving us cross browser compatibility which is something we didn't have before. The site has been primarily designed for Internet Explorer and uses the `Lao UI' font but should display in other browsers with the Arial font.
Social Networks
The new site will also encompass social networking. There are many services out there now and I have decided to use Twitter.
Twitter gives me the option of sending information out to a large audience without having to use a PC. It would also seem that Twitter is far more popular than RSS, with very few people subscribing to my own RSS feed.
Our Twitter Feed
You can follow our Twitter Feed at http://twitter.com/DoverFerryPhoto or by clicking on the Twitter link in the top right hand corner of your screen.
I did consider using Facebook to promote the site but with our own forum and it's extensive functionality this isn't necessary. Additionally I find Facebook to be more of a personal form of communication. I am sure a lot of you don't wish to know how I am feeling or what I am doing every 5 mins .
Site Content
Content wise there have also been some major changes with some of the older material having been removed or will be condensed into other sections.
For instance we had an `Articles and Features' page, this will be merged into `Past and Present' as a lot of these articles and features deal with our shipping past. Features posted to the forum will also be linked and will be accessible from the Past and Present section (a forum account will be required to access these features)
The Past and Present files themselves are the sites backbone and any relevant updates will be applied as and where required, for example, the Seafrance Manet's change to Stena Navigator, Norman Spirit in Boulogne etc. These updates will be posted on a rolling basis as time allows.
I would like to take this opportunity of thanking all our contributors out there who have sent me photographs over the last few months, these will be included in the updates as much as possible and I apologise for the delay in posting your material.
I hope that with these changes I will be able to provide the enthusiast and professional communities with a site that is not only fresh in design and functionality but also in up to date content.
Our internet links section has also been completely overhauled with a host of new links. If there are any webmasters who wish to be included in this section please feel free to drop me an email with the URL and a brief (about 2 lines) description of your website and if your site is appropriate it will be added.
Once again I would like to thank you all for your continued support and enthusiasm for the site. Please feel free to leave any comments with regards to the new look site at http://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=740 or to me direct via email (the link is in the top right hand corner of this page).
Best Regards
Ray Goodfellow
Dover, United Kingdom
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