On The High Seas

Since we started a few years ago, one of our first retailer targets were Cork and Dublin airports and thankfully they've been great sales providers to us from day 1. So when the ferry link between Cork and Swansea resumed in the spring, we were keen to get on board and from this week it is now possible to purchase our Original Shortbread and Cranberry & Almond in the ferry shop on the Julia liner, run by Fastnet Line.

Despite their inauspicious start this year, the ferry is successfully making its daily crossing between Ireland and Wales and a few weeks ago during the Clipper food festival in Kinsale, we couldn't get over the volume of tourists either just arrived on the ferry or on their way back. While the crossing takes about 9 hours it usually is overnight so passengers can atleast try and sleep through and then hit the road running at daybreak. Arriving in Cork, the passengers have easy access to the southern region for onward touring so from a practical point of view it makes perfect sense. And with a 9 hour sailing, surely all passengers will browse the food shelves and stock up on our finest - hopefully!.