On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:11:17 +0530, "William Black"
wrote:
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>"Martin" wrote in message
>news:5to9n318b99bgen0329657en2u02j9a6t4@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:49:47 +0000, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
>
> The P&O Hull R'dam staff have a habit of clearing away all the trays of
>bacon
>> eggs sausages etc. when the boat docks, although it is at least 30 minutes
>> before anybody can disembark, and whilst there are still queues for
>> breakfast.
>> In the good old days you could park your car at the back of the rows on
>> the car
>> deck and have a leisurely breakfast whilst others queued at passport and
>> illegal
>> immigrant controls.
>
>My experience is that they stop serving when they announce that drivers
>should report to their cars.
>
>As foot passengers can't get off for at least another forty minutes or so it
>can be a touch disconcerting.
>
>Especially if the ship docks an hour or so early and they send the call at
>about 7:00am...
>
>On the other hand I've never managed to miss breakfast on that particular
>journey.
We have given up having breakfast on the ferry because on every trip this year
they stopped serving as soon as the boat docked. Maybe we use the ferry a lot
more than you?
--
Martin
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