This is one way to get to France - take a HUGE ferry. They have the normal cruise-ship shaped ferry that takes cars, and the super cat thingie (sorry Matt, not up with the technical terms) that looks like a supersize Quicksilver boat.
Basically they head out of Poole Quay, past the Isle of Wight (visible from Brownsea Island), and on towards France.
A few other random features of Poole Quay:
* It has a massive horizontal drill happening for oil. The rig is located on an island owned by BP, which they estimate to be using for a few more years yet. It's quite possible that the rig holds the record for the longest horizontal drill, yet it's also just as possible that I made that up.
* Poole Quay is also home to the Sunseeker factory, makers of luxury cruise boats/ships/whatever. Their starting price per metre is more than I will make in a year, before tax. Sorry Matt, no photos!
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