Me and the wife are going on this!
The Grand Turk set to sail from Folkestone Harbour!
The Grand Turk is probably best-known in Britain for her role in the 'Hornblower' and other films and television series. The ship has been a regular visitor to ports in Kent in the past, but this visit to Folkestone will offer one of very few occasions when people can get frist-hand experience by going out ot sea aboard this replica of am eighteenth century Royal Navy frigate.
A choice of morning or afternoon sailings will be offered on each of three days, Morning sailings will depart at 10:30 and afternoon sailings will depart at 2:30
Ticket prices for a three hour trip from Folkestone Harbour will be 45.00 for adults and 25.00 for children, or 120.00 for a family ticket family (2adults and 2children), and must be booked in advance through the Folkestone Visitor Centre on tel: 01303 258594 or email discoverfolkestone@btconnect.com
UPDATE: Don't email, they can't do anything online. You must collect the tickets from the visitor centre between 10am and 5pm today or Saturday (and I suspect they close for lunch) but they were very helpful to me and dropped them round my house because I couldn't make it, bless!
Looking forward to this a lot.
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This is my website The 'Gerald that I built in a fury of excitement when we first moved here in approximately 2004. I'd been a frequent visitor for a while before that so I am technically one of those Down From Londons you get nowadays. The site was updated more frequently with a gig calendar + voting for favourite venues + things, and I know it was a useful resource for those who were thinking of moving to the area. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though only to Hythe) it doesn't get as much love as it used to. Ironic really as The town is now becoming the exciting place we always thought it was just about to. I am not Gerald BTW, this comes from a pretend newspaper in an episode of Brasseye or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, and how there is a local paper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are great aren't they? Do get in touch if you have anything to contribute, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on the twitter.