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From The Sunday Times January 24, 2010

SPT runs up £2.4m ‘advice’ bill
Details of high spending emerge as ferry service is scrapped

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7000114.ece

hi all to comemorate the end of the renfrew ferry I have made a short film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Oh5dhl4Hs
enjoy

Ferry from 2007



The Wharf Pub



Old Ticket

Just received confirmation, that 8 parties have shown an interest in taking over the Renfrew/Yoker ferry from SPT, discussions are at a very early stage.

yoker brian wrote:Just received confirmation, that 8 parties have shown an interest in taking over the Renfrew/Yoker ferry from SPT, discussions are at a very early stage.

Have any of them indicated how they're going to avoid losing the sort of money SPT is losing?

it's early days yet Autolycus - can't say much more than I already have, other than things won't be concluded for a few more weeks yet .

Autolycus wrote:

yoker brian wrote:Just received confirmation, that 8 parties have shown an interest in taking over the Renfrew/Yoker ferry from SPT, discussions are at a very early stage.

Have any of them indicated how they're going to avoid losing the sort of money SPT is losing?

By not using the existing two boats which were designed to take emergency vehicles and have never sailed with anything larger than a tandem

Dexter St. Clair wrote:

Autolycus wrote:

yoker brian wrote:Just received confirmation, that 8 parties have shown an interest in taking over the Renfrew/Yoker ferry from SPT, discussions are at a very early stage.

Have any of them indicated how they're going to avoid losing the sort of money SPT is losing?

By not using the existing two boats which were designed to take emergency vehicles and have never sailed with anything larger than a tandem

Seems my suggestion of using a row boat isn't so far off the mark then

to the best of my knowledge the onlycar to have crossed the clyde on that ferry is the one driven by robbie coltraine in the tv show b road britain.

banjo wrote:to the best of my knowledge the onlycar to have crossed the clyde on that ferry is the one driven by robbie coltraine in the tv show b road britain.

Not so much as crossed the Clyde, but a journey up the water to Bells Bridge and back to the slipway

couple of videos from the last day of the old ferry taken from Scotland today
part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttk_kWtr78s
part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtShqqlMHAE
Spot the young version of someone on this forum being interviewed in part 2 I can tell im going to regret pointing that out

darrel wrote:couple of videos from the last day of the old ferry taken from Scotland today
part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttk_kWtr78s
part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtShqqlMHAE
Spot the young version of someone on this forum being interviewed in part 2 I can tell im going to regret pointing that out

Awwwwwwwwwww you were the product of that first date

Nice shorts BTW

scotland on sunday had some superb comments from ferry users this week as they were interviewing the regular commuters.check it out online.

How bizarre!


http://www.scotsman.com/scotland/Stagec ... 6043061.jp

sunnysider wrote:How bizarre!


http://www.scotsman.com/scotland/Stagec ... 6043061.jp

Brilliant ! ! !