campbeltown ballycastle ferry

[John S]

Oh ye of little faith

[Ptarmigan]

I have always felt a certain apathy, amongst local folks on the Ballycastle side, anytime the Ferry was mentioned, here.

Unfortunately, I'm afraid it appears to be a typical trait of many of Ballycastle folk, especially when you realise that a huge % of these folk of Ballycastle have never even bothered sailing out to Rathlin Island, & even fewer have ever bothered to climb to the top of Knocklayde.

You just have to look at how long it is taking them to build a visitors centre at the Giant's Causeway, reputed to be the most popular tourist attraction in the whole of Ireland! The old one burned down in 2000 & they're still faffing about!

Ballycastle sits in the middle of the popular tourist route which goes from Belfast up through the Glens of Antrim & along the Causeway Coast, so they appear to be quite happy to just rest back on your laurels.

A great pity.

[£3.73]

Ptarmigan,

Unfortunately, it would appear that the world is marching to a different drum at the moment, and it's not a beat that favours tourism !

[maxmix]

This year will be a good year for Scottish Tourisim, sooner this link to Ayrshire starts the better

Sailing across to Ireland for a few months is not the best way to go.... A more stable and profitable link to 'The mainland; would be better for all....

maxmix

[Govangirl]

Sailing across to Ireland for a few months is not the best way to go.... A more stable and profitable link to 'The mainland; would be better for all....

maxmix

Totally agree with you there Maxmix, totally agree!

[£3.73]

sorry to disagree max & govan.

ferry link to Ayrshire sounds great right ?

but then again, so does half the crap everyone buys on infomercials.


.... try stashing a ferry under your bed or in a cupboard. (after you've used it once, if that)

[Govangirl]

Ach you're just ferry 'sinical' you are £3.73!

[tootsy]

I cant see a cn to ayrshire or cn to ballycastle ferry ever being profitable on its own. however an ayrshire, campbeltown and ballycastle run would stand a chance of lasting.

[£3.73]

I think that about sums it up Tootsy.

It would be great to have the link(s), but would it ever run at a profit ?

Kintyre is so down at the moment, it just seems that any money available could be better spent.

[Davie P]

Kintyre is so down at the moment

Is that a personal view or a representative view of the whole of Kintyre? Last time I looked on the map there is more to Kintyre than Campbeltown and even at that Campbeltown isn't doing too badly.

Not splitting peas here but on the whole Kintyre in this current economic crisis isn't too bad. Ferry or no ferry I think our glass is more than half full.

There you go, even a personal view.

[Bobbie En Tejas]

As a tourist with absolutely no investment but the price of a ticket, I would love to see a ferry between campbeltown and ireland. Seems strange that you could almost spit across to Ireland, but you can't get there.

[£3.73]

Kintyre is so down at the moment

Is that a personal view or a representative view of the whole of Kintyre? Last time I looked on the map there is more to Kintyre than Campbeltown and even at that Campbeltown isn't doing too badly.

Not splitting peas here but on the whole Kintyre in this current economic crisis isn't too bad. Ferry or no ferry I think our glass is more than half full.

There you go, even a personal view.

The ferry idea is a throwback to a time when everywhere was "relatively" better than just now.
(and, for whatever reason, it didn't work then)
In an ideal world, I'm actually all for it.

But in reality, people from wherever, who you'd be looking on to use such a service, are simply not going to be travelling as much.

As for Campbeltown, well, maybe things are on the up (at last), it'll be interesting to see what transpires. (although the Skycon thing seems to have got off to a disappointing start ).

Pessimism isn't my thing. I'm an optimist, and a realist.

[Bobbie En Tejas]

Reminds me of one of my sayings: nothing worse than an optomist facing reality

[maxmix]

@3.73

Whats happened with Skycon ? Have not heard anything here etc....

maxmix