Faith; a good comment but don't you get fed up with the same old blocks of flats passing the island? There are times during the height of the season when the cruise ship schedule starts to look like a bus service!
As Allan mentioned, wouldn't it be nice to see something different?
Bob; Leave it out (to use a typical Gravesend phrase)! When was the last time you actually visited Liverpool? For a cruise ship to drop people off for a sight-seeing trip to London, surely there would be a rather long road or rail trip to the city?
At Liverpool, you get off the ship and walk up the road. There it is! Or, if you are as lazy as me, take a bus the half mile up the road to where it all begins. (Missing out, I admit, the exotic locations of Dagenham, Bromley etc).
As for Gravesend, I spent many a happy month there, in the Three Daws (or Three Crows as we knew it) and it seemed back then (early 70s) the only traffic that used to pass was the Everard tankers with decks awash.
PS Allan is not a bad bloke really; just a little 'controversial' at times! OK, he is a Wolves supporter but don't hold that against him!
Kelvin