Bad weather forces cross-channel ferry operators to cancel sailings
Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferries have cancelled or revised services today and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday August 9 and 10) because of bad weather.
Brittany Ferries has cancelled services to and from Cherbourg today and tomorrow, blaming ‘adverse weather conditions’. Its Plymouth-Roscoff service has also been affected.
The operator’s 15:30 Cherbourg to Poole service and the Poole to Cherbourg sailing at 21:15 on Friday, August 9, will not operate.
On Saturday, August 10, the Portsmouth to Cherbourg sailings at 07:30 and 15:30 and the Cherbourg to Portsmouth services at 12:30 and 20:30 are all cancelled.
The company has apologised and says customers should call +44 (0)1752 648637 for advice and assistance.
Brittany Ferries sailings to all other routes are operating as normal.
Meanwhile, Condor Ferries has cancelled its St Malo to Guernsey and return sailing on Friday afternoon as well as its Jersey and return sailing for Friday evening on board Condor Rapide as a result of forecast weather conditions this evening.
Condor Liberation’s service from Poole to Guernsey and Jersey on Saturday August 10 has been cancelled ‘as a result of forecast weather conditions cross channel’, and an ‘amended service’ on the route will operate today (Friday August 9).
Passengers due to travel should contact Brittany Ferries on 0345 609 1026 and check the operator’s website for more details.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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