January 2020 CRUISING Volume 57 Number 1 issn 0142-1492 The Journal of the Coastal MONTHLY Cruising Association Focusing on Ferries, Excursion Ships and Visit our Facebook Page or Web Site at Trip Boats around the coasts and on the www.coastalcruisingassociation.co.uk Rivers and Canals of the United Kingdom, Ireland and beyond. Editorial Team Editor Adrian Sweeney 7 Wood Lane, Prescot, Merseyside L34 1LN e-mail:
[email protected] Sub-Editor (West) B Kennedy, 9 Porthcaul Close, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 4FE Sub-Editor (Europe) Paddle Steamer WAVERLEY at her berth at the A Deayton, Science Centre, Glasgow in November 2019. 2/3, 3 Barrhead Road, Paisley, PA2 7EA Photo taken by Iain Quinn from QUEEN MARY. Press Dates News for inclusion in Cruising Monthly is always welcome, and should be sent to the editor by Tuesday Jan 28 for the February Issue. Views of contributors to Cruising Monthly are not necessarily those of the CCA. Readers planning to use services referred to in Cruising Monthly are advised to confirm details with operators. Standard notes used in Cruising Monthly: M = Mondays, T = Tuesdays, W = Wednesdays, Th = Thursdays, F = Fridays, S = Saturdays, Su = Sundays, plus O = only or X = excepted. The expression "weekdays" excludes Sundays but “daily” includes every day of the week. BHO = Bank Holidays only. At Caernarfon on July 2 2017, BALMORAL rests for a while whilst on a Round Anglesey cruise. (Adrian Sweeney) Cruising Monthly January 2020 EDITORIAL hopes that you support the subscription increase when it is voted upon at the AGM. Chairman’s Message Ian McCrorie I would like to start by wishing every An Appreciation by Iain Quinn member a very Happy New Year, and some good coastal cruising in the first summer of It is with great sadness that the CCA records the new decade.