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Largest Cruise Ship For Holyhead

by liamssoft | July 6, 2007 at 02:04 am

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Bad weather prevented passengers on a cruise ship carrying more than 2,500 passengers from going ashore for more than four hours at Holyhead the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the northwest of Wales on Friday.

The Grand Princess, said to be the largest cruise ship to visit the port, had been due to arrive at 0800 BST.

But passengers had to wait until after midday before any could disembark as the ship anchored off port.

The Grand Princess, which also carries 900 crew, was set to stay in Holyhead until 1800 BST as part of a 12-day tour of the British Isles and Ireland.

Tourism managers on Anglesey had hoped the visit would help develop Holyhead as a major cruise port.

Street entertainment, choir singing at St Cybi's Church and craft stalls have been organised to welcome the passengers, who were also due to be given the chance to visit other parts of Anglesey, as well as Llandudno and Snowdonia.

Eleven cruise ships are due to be visiting Holyhead this year, nearly double the six visits in 2006.

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Nicole Billard

at 08:46 on July 6th, 2007

This is a good story, but can you be more specific on the locations? I'm not sure where in the world Holyhead and Anglesey are.

infomatique

at 09:55 on July 6th, 2007

Holyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the northwest of Wales. Holyhead is perhaps best known for its busy ferry port and freight harbour. Stena Line, Europe's biggest ferry company, operates from the port as do Irish Ferries. Ferries sail to Dublin and Dún Laoghaire in Ireland and this forms the principal link for surface transport from central and northern England and Wales to Ireland.

liamssoft

at 11:33 on July 6th, 2007

Thank you for answering

infomatique

I have added your location to the story line.

I am not getting email notification when someone leaves a message and great difficulty leaving my own message, as keeps saying

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infomatique

at 10:00 on July 6th, 2007

Crash

infomatique

at 10:04 on July 6th, 2007

System crash

infomatique

at 10:06 on July 6th, 2007

Again a system problem
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Nicole Billard

at 09:58 on July 6th, 2007

Thanks... I just thought that some broader location info should be added to the title. I appreciate the information, Infomatique!

liamssoft

at 11:53 on July 6th, 2007

I am sorry I could not reply sooner. I have added Informatives location to the story. I am not getting email notification when someone leaves a message which is a problem, and also great difficulty leaving my own message, as keeps saying

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/usr/local/apache2.d5/htdocs/sites/all/modules/subscriptions/subscriptions.module

on line 524

This is happening on all my listings!