We were up quite early and hit the breakfast room before anybody else and left the Hotel around 0800 for Birkenhead to catch the ferry to Belfast.
We arrived in ample time at the ferry terminal at around 0845 which was in plenty of time fot the 0930 cut off and waited in line on a cool and damp morning on the Mersey. There was about 15 cars, which is not a lot really, but there must have been loads of trucks hiding somewhere as later when on board the truck area seemed very busy.
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| Never ever travel on this Ferry |
The website of Norfolk Line talked Club Class and we asked about this and the lady shook her head and gave us a piece of paper which said that Norfolk Lines which is owned by DFDS have now sold this ferry route to Stena Lines including all vessels and staff and on this ship the Mersey Seaway there was no Club Class. Oh well we looked for the lounge, there was no lounge and comfortable seats to talk of in fact I can safely say it was the worst ferry we have been on for as many years as we can remember. The food was appalling and expensive and the seating for an eight hour journey was not what we expected, I would have preferred to sat in my cars comfortable seats. On top of that the ship was cold and we had to wear coats all the time and try to get warm. Never ever again will we travel on this route. In the meantime once we get home I will write a letter of complaint to Norfolk Lines , DFDS and Stena Lines, we don’t care who is responsible but for a ship of 5 years old this is not cricket.
So eight hours later we arrived at Belfast Docks and we finally got off the ship and headed North towards Coleraine and then on to Anticlave where Jerry and Mura live. We arrived around 8pm and had a nice meal and some wine and even tested some whisky before hitting the bed at around midnight after a good evening catching up on events since we last met.
