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Unfortunately, now that the lockdown has eased (officially), all the idiots believe that there is nothing to worry about and the virus has gone away. SHOCK HORROR. It will be back very soon to a neighbourhood near you but even worse than before.

They're back, with Arcadia joining them and HMS Albion passing by, as at 0945 hrs, 04/07/2020. Ref:- https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-3.4/centery:50.4/zoom:10

3 Jul 2020

@leatash . I know. I was being sarcastic as someone above was under the impression that they were full of passengers.

2 Jul 2020

According to AIS, they have both gone now. Wow, 8000 passengers spending nearly 2 weeks in Torbay spending all that money.

@ Leatash " we need to fly the flag especially now," Why? I thought that all you brexiteers said that countries were queueing up to do trade with us as soon as we left the EU so there should be no need to fly the flag! WLM

What a mess.
24 Jun 2020

Who owns it? There is a game being played called "Pass the Buck." Someone owns it but no one wants to admit it.

@DEEDOODLE Yes, I know that there are planes still flying, but when was the last time you saw a passenger plane taking off from Exeter? What about the planes on the tarmac at Bournemouth, Gatwick, and other airports that are mothballed? When was the last TUI flight that left this country? As for 40 flights arriving at Heathrow today, WOW, they usually have that amount in less than ...

15 Jun 2020

@DEEDOODLE Not sure if you have heard, but there is a global pandemic known as Corvid-19 aka Coronavirus, where all holidays, including cruises,  have halted, and ships (as well as aeroplanes) have to find somewhere to hold up until they are called back into service.

14 Jun 2020

I don't think that there are any passengers on board, just a skeleton crew, same as the cruise ships off Weymouth. It's just somewhere to anchor until it is called back into service.

D DAY JUNE 6TH 1944
7 Jun 2020

@DEEDOODLE The government won't do anything as it might upset the BLM movement, and any other immigrant who opposes it. WLM.