...floating above a red, desolate world; red rocks, red sand in a tideless red sea. As we sank down towards the surface of this world we... We stood upon that red rock shore and looked upon the water, tideless, deadly, with red scum upon it, stinking scum. As we watched,...tired and dispirited, and reaching the red sand, it flopped down by the side of the tideless s

...and not simply because Heathrow-Woking-Weymouth lets the competitors avoid the transport nightmare that London will become. No idea what a "dual-aspect slipway" is (water at both ends?). ... Bah. It's probably because it's too hard for all these continentals, raised on the tideless Med. What's wrong with the Welsh Harp - the Firefly has an Olympic pedigree, after all! Henry

... or the Medway estuary, or even the Thames (yes, i know, ships)? We've got some of the best sailing water in the country on the east coast! Bah. It's probably because it's too hard for all these continentals, raised on the tideless Med. They should send them on a course up the Ore, that'd learn 'em. tom -- this news group concentrate the debil of usenet -- uk.local.london motto