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Online Isabelle Prondzynski

Re: QE2's Final "Voyage around the British Isles"
« Reply #15 on: Dec 17, 2010, 10:42 PM »
Having just posted my first picture of the QE2 at Clydebank in a separate thread here is one of my final shots as she left the Tyne just over forty-one years later:


That's a beautiful picture! You got yourself a better position too than the people below... and so, you saw her lovely reflection on the water.

Offline Tyne Turbine

Re: QE2's Final "Voyage around the British Isles"
« Reply #16 on: Dec 17, 2010, 11:01 PM »
Thank you for your kind comment Isabelle, it was a wonderful evening I am sure the people on board did not realise how many  had turned out to see her departure.
« Last Edit: Dec 18, 2010, 12:40 AM by Tyne Turbine »

Offline cunardqueen

Re: QE2's Final "Voyage around the British Isles"
« Reply #17 on: Sep 30, 2011, 05:48 PM »
Three years ago, we were setting of on a never to be forgotten voyage, as QE2 said goodbye.
It really was the start of the end... :'(
From the moment you first glimpsed the Queen,
 you just knew you were in for a very special time ahead.!

Offline cunardqueen

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« Reply #18 on: Mar 10, 2012, 08:58 PM »
A little behind the scenes information... :-X


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« Last Edit: Oct 12, 2018, 03:18 PM by Lynda Bradford »
From the moment you first glimpsed the Queen,
 you just knew you were in for a very special time ahead.!

Offline cunardqueen

Re: QE2's Final "Voyage around the British Isles"
« Reply #19 on: Oct 07, 2024, 06:17 PM »
just going through the memories.. and some 24 years later

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Myles, funnily enough I dug up the details of this Channel hop offer and mailed them to Flagship myself a couple of weeks ago! ;D

I'll let him have the pleasure of posting up a copy of the letter I scanned for him.  All I'll say now is that yes, it was offered but there was an interesting sting in the tail when it came to the fare... ;)
   

What was the sting in the tale re the fare
From the moment you first glimpsed the Queen,
 you just knew you were in for a very special time ahead.!

Online Peter Mugridge

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Re: QE2's Final "Voyage around the British Isles"
« Reply #20 on: Oct 07, 2024, 10:38 PM »
What was the sting in the tale re the fare

I suspect the fare was exactly the same as if they'd done a full TransAtlantic voyage - or in this case, the full Round Britain voyage, but the principle is the same.

That was done in case they couldn't sell the space on to someone for the Cherbourg - New York ( or vice-versa ) leg; Eric Flounders explained that to me once a bit over 40 years ago when I enquired about doing just the Channel hop to "claim" a ride on QE2.
"It is a capital mistake to allow any mechanical object to realise that you are in a hurry!"