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Ter seems to be the new way to pronounce to.........."I was going ter do something". It makes me cringe!

How could I have left off "reach out"? I've only just remembered this ghastly expression in the last couple of days when the Princess of Wales gave her speech about her cancer diagnosis. In no time at all, all sorts of bods "reached out" to her....including, naturally her brother- and sister- in-law. As though the poor woman doesn't have enough to contend with without all and sundry reaching out like that....uuuggghhhh! If I were her, I'd make sure I am well and truly out of reach! Can't people just approach or even contact someone instead?

Portsmouth has only two ferry operators using the facilities , Brittany Ferries and Condor. They don't have a dedicated freight terminal. Crossing times are long, fuel is expensive, so cost of crossing is high, as BF passengers know only too well. Dover on the other hand has a dedicated freight/cargo terminal. Crossing times are much shorter so much cheaper. Ferry operators using Dover are DFDS Dover>Calais, DFDS Dover >Dunkirk, Irish Ferries Dover >Calais and P & O dover >Calais In addition, the road distance to Calais for fresh food exports from the Netherlands, Belgium, and Northern France is shorter than to Caen, St Malo, Le Havre. Nothing to do with Brexit, a lot to do with crossing times, cost and freight handling facilities.