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This new edition of the history of the ferry services to Orkney and Shetland has been updated by Miles Cowsill and Colin Smith. The book covers the fascinating history of ferry operations between mainland Scotland and the beautiful islands of Orkney and Shetland and includes the development and history of Northlinks involvement with routes since 2002.

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the authors have done an excellent job in tracing the frequent changes of ships from sail to steam, and routes from profitable ones to the loss makers, and changes of company names. - Nautical Magazine August 2010

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Brought up in South Wales, Miles lived in Pembrokeshire for 22 years before moving to the Isle of Man in 2002. He has a life-long interest in ferries and in 1989, with business partner John Hendy, created Ferry Publications now acknowledged as one of Europes leading specialist shipping industry publishers. Miles has followed the progress of Brittany Ferries since those very early days in 1973, having sailed on all of the companys ships and routes and still a devotee and regular passenger today. In the process he has amassed a vast collection of photographs and other memorabilia, and is himself a very accomplished photographer, his work for the travel industry taking him to many parts of the British Isles and Europe.

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