The vessel reaches a top speed of five knots and chimes Rod Stewart’s classic We Are Sailing as it ploughs through the water.
The ‘HMS Flake 99’ was specially commissioned by Frederick’s, makers of Cadbury’s ice cream, to mark National Ice Cream Week (30 May-5 June).
The ice cream van brought a smile to commuters’ faces who lined London’s river banks to catch a glimpse. After a nationwide tour of Britain’s beaches, there are plans to take the vehicle across the English Channel and on to the canals of Venice next year.
Early morning bathers and boating enthusiasts enjoyed scoops by the surf in Blackpool on Monday when the customised craft completed a successful, secret maiden voyage. Organisers are now planning a tour of UK beaches.
A growing number of councils ban vans from housing estates, parks and outside schools because of concerns about noise pollution. Others have created ice cream selling ‘exclusion zones’ in town centres, hiked the cost of a van operator’s licence and limited how long vans can sound their chimes.
Source: Frederick’s Dairies
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