Fifty People Rescued From Boat Off Scilly Isles

[naomi24]

With boats being very much in the news, rather an alarming headline! It turns out that the boat is a ferry. :o)

http://news.sky.com/story/1696484/50-people-rescued-from-boat-off-scilly-isles

[mikey4444]

You've got to hand it to these horrid refugees....the Scillies are a bloody long way from the coast of Africa.

[Togo]

Might have been from Ireland mikey.

[mikey4444]

Or America !

[retrocop]

I notice since Mikey has learnt bloody escapes the filter he is like a kid let loose in a sweet shop.:-(

[mikey4444]

And you never stray from the straight and narrow, do you Retro !

[retrocop]

Lol. All the time but I swear when I am seriously hacked off. Not using swear words gratuitously cos I can. Akela must be really proud of you. :-)

[mikey4444]

Akela must be bloody dead by now !

[Jackdaw33]

Anyone who can use the word 'gratuitously' in its correct context is worthy of my respect.

[Mamyalynne]

Fifty people rescued, a good news story - Thanks Naomi.

[bookbinder]

I'll bet that most of them are called Ahmed, and they have relatives who live in Birmingham.

[Baldric]

Bloody hell, this site is getting worse by the day.

[retrocop]

I once sailed straight through the Scillies on
A
Might sail having missed Wolf Rock light in the fog.
Got back to St Annes on a RDF signal. We were extremely lucky not to joim the hundreds of other wrecks that foundered on the reefs.

[Togo]

Has anyone yet found where the "ferry" was from and who the "passengers" are. Had a look but info seems very short. None of the main Scilly Isles providers appear to have reported a incident with one of their vessels.

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-36296370

[Zacs-Master]

You soooooo wanted this to be a boat full of refugees didn't you N. So you could jump up and down with glee shouting 'I told you so, I told you so, they re here'. I can see you now donning your land girl outfit and arming yourself with your grammar school hockey stick, standing on beachy head shouting 'away you unwashed....away!'

[naomi24]

^ Oh dear. He's been at the cooking sherry again.

[Togo]

Perhaps he's a bit of an emotion vampire Naomi. Haha.

[naomi24]

He tries. ;o)