CLASSIC motor vessel (MV) Balmoral made her way up the River Severn on Sunday afternoon.

The ship, built in 1949, was heading from Bristol to Sharpness for her annual dry docking and refit. She re-enters passenger service on May 13 with a programme of cruises  on the Bristol Channel. Balmoral then visits the Thames, the south coast, north Wales and the Irish Sea before returning to the Bristol Channel during July and August.

As in previous years she will be making a number of her popular trips from Lydney.  Balmoral’s full timetable

is available online at www.

whitefunnel.co.uk or ring 0117 325 6200.