Goodbye Saga Rose
The following day, the 7th, there had still been no announcement by Saga about Rosie's untimate fate but they certainly weren't hanging around.  She was still down to depart for 'World' at 5pm.  The weather was atrocious still, a really heavy downpour as we waited on the pier train to go down for the 3.15pm ferry.  As we neared the Red Jet terminal the rain became lighter.  The Hythe ferry pontoon was knackered yet again.  ABP are obsessed with wasting money building a container terminal on Dibden Bay (cruise terminals would be better and ease the infrastructure in the city) while not spending a penny maintaining what they already own.  Town Quay is a disgrace with everything falling apart and it's their responsibility.  Anyway, by the time we set foot outside to head to Mayflower Park, it had stopped raining at last!  The puddles were getting like simming pools though.  We noticed, while Rosie's name was intact, she was flying no flags from her mast, not even the Red Ensign.  Black Prince was the same the day she finally left as Prince.  We couldn't see her registry.
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