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I really fancy the helicopter trip. I have never been in one before and I cant do the Papa Westray flight.
is it a flight or a ferry job angel?quote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
It's a bloody long way tho Shep
a weeks camping on mull is as close as i'm gonna get to orkney this year
Hi Daz xxx
We are going up to Inverness and staying over then getting the ferry from Scrabster, and stopping at Inverness on way back as well else it's a hell of a drive!
We were going to go from Aberdeen but the ferry doesnt get in to Orkney till midnight which is a fat load of use!
We were going to go from Aberdeen but the ferry doesnt get in to Orkney till midnight which is a fat load of use!
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I am not climbing no rocks
I am going to see unparalleled archaeology and get drunk
, I thought wrong then lmao. That sounds fun, hope you have a fun time 
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And I am going to buy a kite!
quote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
We are going up to Inverness and staying over then getting the ferry from Scrabster, and stopping at Inverness on way back as well else it's a hell of a drive!
We were going to go from Aberdeen but the ferry doesnt get in to Orkney till midnight which is a fat load of use!
even inverness is a hike! i've never been any further up that side than st andrews, we usually go west, oban, lochaber way on. it's where o/h always went when he was a wee'un and we're continuing the tradition, love it there.
quote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
And I am going to buy a kite!
there's one thing i do know about orkney and that is it's quite windy
MIL has a friend there and nothing grows higher than her garden wall.
I went to Oban a few years ago and I loved it. That was where we were going to go again but I managed to persuade him that Orkney was a much better idea
We stayed a place called Croabh Haven in a Hoeseasons house called Loch Shuna...it was fabulous.
We had planned to go to Ganavan Sands this year, which is just north if Oban, but Orkney won (so it's on hold till 2011).
Inverness isnt that bad a drive, it's a long way but the roads are ok. It's after there than the roads get problematic.
We stayed a place called Croabh Haven in a Hoeseasons house called Loch Shuna...it was fabulous.
We had planned to go to Ganavan Sands this year, which is just north if Oban, but Orkney won (so it's on hold till 2011).
Inverness isnt that bad a drive, it's a long way but the roads are ok. It's after there than the roads get problematic.
Yeah Shep ded windy, with highs of 12 degrees in August
I thought the kites were a good idea (I bet there is nowt else to do)
I thought the kites were a good idea (I bet there is nowt else to do
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Don't buy one too big 
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quote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
We had planned to go to Ganavan Sands this year, which is just north if Oban, but Orkney won (so it's on hold till 2011).
i've got some great pictures of sproggy in shorts and t-shirt rockpooling on the beach there, we go october week and stay in a cabin near benderloch and sometimes it's unbelievably mild.
it has been known to piss down all week too.
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Don't buy one too big
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It might get me to Westray if I do
lawks yes! what's the next stop after orkney?quote:Originally posted by Zaphod:
Don't buy one too big
When we went to Oban it rained the first day and it was really miserable....we were there for a fortnight and feeling a bit grim, all went and bought wellies for those who werent equipped etc...and so it was glorious the rest of the time, apart from the last day (when you dont care coz it's easier to leave).
We were at the Lakes last 2 years and the weather was bad last year.
We were at the Lakes last 2 years and the weather was bad last year.
and there's always the chance of the aurora! we got to see it up west one year, amazing, i kept having to ask o/h if he was seeing it too, it was sooo unreal.
Where might one buy a kite?
I just looked on Toys R Us and I dont fancy one that is shaped like Buzz Lightyear.
I just looked on Toys R Us and I dont fancy one that is shaped like Buzz Lightyear.
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and there's always the chance of the aurora! we got to see it up west one year, amazing, i kept having to ask o/h if he was seeing it too, it was sooo unreal.
I would love to see that but we are going at the wrong time of year I think.
Apparently it wont even hardly get dark.
Well there's something to look forward to
sods law ehquote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
When we went to Oban it rained the first day and it was really miserable....we were there for a fortnight and feeling a bit grim, all went and bought wellies for those who werent equipped etc...and so it was glorious the rest of the time, apart from the last day (when you dont care coz it's easier to leave).
quote:We were at the Lakes last 2 years and the weather was bad last year.
we got a good week there in june last year, i don't know how. i'm hoping we can get the odd weekends camping over there this summer. it'll be a weather permitting, spur of the moment type thing.
I keep threatening to buy a tent
I think the clue is in the name ... Lake District
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quote:Originally posted by Zaphod:
All you ever needed to know about Orkney's weather...
http://www.orkneyjar.com/orkney/climate.htm
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"[Orkney's] one outstanding characteristic is wind. No other region in Great Britain can compare with it for the violence and frequency of its winds"
Magnus Spence. "The Climate of Orkney" 1908
^^^that phrase could be applied to my o/h.
It's too fricking hot I wish I was on Orkney atm!
just had to nip off and do tea there...
yup, it's far too hot and the clippers are coming tomorrow, it's going to be even hotter and i'll have 300 fleeces to wrap
yup, it's far too hot and the clippers are coming tomorrow, it's going to be even hotter and i'll have 300 fleeces to wrap
That sounds...erm...fun
Are you using British shearers shep?
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Alan is still looking for a job maybe 
I see Owen is off
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If anyone will have him 
Did I mention it's ded hot
quote:Originally posted by Angel of the North:
Did I mention it's ded hot
Is this Giles related?
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Not yet
It's only going to get worse!
It's only going to get worse!
some local blokes zaph the place i worked before used sunkissed, semi-naked, glistening kiwis... *sighs*
when i first started at the farm i'm at, me and the boss did them all with hand shears it was gruelling, boss has decided she's too old for all that now so we get spud off trainspotting and his spotty pal 
the place i worked before used sunkissed, semi-naked, glistening kiwis... *sighs*when i first started at the farm i'm at, me and the boss did them all with hand shears
it was gruelling, boss has decided she's too old for all that now so we get spud off trainspotting and his spotty pal
That made me laugh out loud
Ooh I better rush to the bathroom before Giles
*fills bucket with iced water and strolls over to the Supersizers thread....*
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