Some more scenery described by AR is about to vanish for ever


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Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on December 22, 2005 at 14:45:57 from 213.38.124.194 user ACB.

No, not in the Lakes.

The Minister for Transport, Derek Twigg, is "minded to approve" the Bathside Bay container terminal development.

I quote:

“We are committed to sustainable distribution and this new project would play a large part in securing that aim. That is why I am minded to agree with the inspector’s recommendation that we should approve this project.”

That means that the mouth of the Stour and Orwell, Harwich harbour, will become wall to wall container terminals, and, since the Felixstowe South project is certain to proceed, Felixstowe Dock, which Jim Brading rowed into to get petrol, will vanish too.

The quarantine anchorage, where John and Daddy brought up with the kedge for the Customs launch has already been cemented over.

If you want to get some idea of what the place was like when Ransome was writing, visit sooner rather than later.


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