anybody who uses or has used this ferry it is closing its service down from september 2010

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8461624.stm

its a shame this realy i used this service to visit Bilbao last year and it was great, i know it was only a ferry, but there was plenty to do on board and its also the last link to the Spanish mainland for lorrys and carsto visit Spain by vehicles

That is a true shame - but I can't say I'm surprised. "The Crisis" has affected so many things and this, no doubt, is one of them.

Is there really no other ferry service to/from Spain from/to the U.K.? Not even to/from the Costa del Sol???? If not, I'd be surprised.

Saludos, MadridMan

my apologize
they have a Brittany ferries from Plymouth to Santander (which i assume will now be very busy,but i think that is the only ferry service to at least the north of Spain