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charlie
17-07-07, 01:07
Seeing chris, regthing, mogwai, Airmonster, T2T, shog69 & others have expressed an interest... is anyone up for an evening dive at St Abbs next week?

Here are the tide times:

Monday, 23 July 2007

02:59 2.1m
09:14 4.0m
15:39 1.9m
22:01 3.8m

Tuesday, 24 July 2007

04:00 2.2m
10:17 3.9m
16:43 2.0m
23:08 3.8m

Wednesday, 25 July 2007

05:13 2.2m
11:32 3.9m
17:53 2.0m

Thursday, 26 July 2007

00:15 3.9m
06:24 2.0m
12:43 4.0m
18:54 1.9m

Friday, 27 July 2007

01:11 4.1m
07:23 1.7m
13:42 4.2m
19:46 1.7m

If wanting to do Cathedral Rock, slack water is best. To tour around Broad Craig & the Green Carrs, the state of tide is less critical. Shore access is possible at any tide height but is easier at HW as we can all testify.

Obviously, as with any North Sea diving, the weather will be the ultimate judge.

Any thoughts?

regthing
17-07-07, 01:19
Thursday looks good if we can arrange to meet about 5.30 - 6 and in the water sharpish.

Failing that Friday night would be good.

tomy2tums
17-07-07, 01:20
Seeing chris, regthing, mogwai, Airmonster, T2T, shog69 & others have expressed an interest... is anyone up for an evening dive at St Abbs next week?


I can only make Friday 27th (I get home on the Thursday)

Fran
17-07-07, 01:57
Hey Charlie, can you count me in?

fran

charlie
17-07-07, 02:06
the more the merrier...


looks like Fri 27th is popular :)

Airmonster
17-07-07, 07:27
Seeing chris, regthing, mogwai, Airmonster, T2T, shog69 & others have expressed an interest... is anyone up for an evening dive at St Abbs next week?

Sorry Charlie,

I'll need to pass on that just now, well until the toe heals a bit anyway!

Maybe in a few weeks time.

Thanks,

/Colin. :D

gedan
17-07-07, 07:44
what time are you planning, we have to get across from Glasgow?

Mogwai
17-07-07, 07:59
Yup i'm in. Just let me know what night suits.

W.

chris
17-07-07, 09:05
I would prefer wednesday or thursday, as I can arrange to be Edinburgh one day, Cant do Friday at all!

regthing
17-07-07, 10:32
what time are you planning, we have to get across from Glasgow?

If it was Friday I'd want to be in the water by 1920, should hit Catherdal Rock on the slack quite nicely.

So I would say meet at 1830-1900 depending on how quickly you want to set up.

charlie
17-07-07, 15:27
If you're interested in diving St Abbs next week could you please vote for those evenings that suit you so we can see if we can get some sort of consensus? Vote for as many as you're available for please.

stew
17-07-07, 20:39
Friday is best for me as i finish work at 15:30.
every other night of the week i get drunk..

regthing
18-07-07, 12:23
Friday would be nice because I beleive it will be T2Ts last Scottish dive before he heads south.

We can give him a fond smell ye from CA

chris
18-07-07, 13:04
suppose theres nothing to stop us doing 2 or 3 trips between us all!!

charlie
18-07-07, 14:08
suppose theres nothing to stop us doing 2 or 3 trips between us all!!
absolutely :)

we'll have to wait & see what the weather is like anyway next week :o

Mogwai
18-07-07, 15:46
In that case can i do 2 or 3 as should be available on any of those nights, whoo hoo :)

stew
18-07-07, 18:42
what say we all just pick a day, phone in sick & go diving. :D

regthing
18-07-07, 20:30
cough cough :eek:

charlie
18-07-07, 20:55
In that case can i do 2 or 3 as should be available on any of those nights, whoo hoo :)
cool :cool:

I like your new avatar, mogwai: it looks vaguely familiar ;)

charlie
18-07-07, 20:56
what say we all just pick a day, phone in sick & go diving. :D

that's OK as long as it's not the day that your body decides to get bent... then it gets embarrassing :o

shog69
21-07-07, 00:44
Friday next week is good for me and if anyone needs a lift then PM.:D

stew
21-07-07, 00:51
that's OK as long as it's not the day that your body decides to get bent... then it gets embarrassing :o
the only way your gonna get bent at st. abbs is if yur in a gay bar :eek:

shog69
21-07-07, 01:01
There are no gay abrs in St Abbs Stewart but if you forget to bring your suit then ..................:D :D

stew
21-07-07, 01:03
There are no gay abrs in St Abbs Stewart
i'll take your word for that ;)

shog69
21-07-07, 01:05
Well as long as Lody is there to rush home :D

charlie
21-07-07, 01:35
at the moment, the weather forecast looks OK for diving St Abbs next week.

there are some easterlies until Mon but then it's all westerlies

if it remains like this then it should be good towards the end of the week :D

from the poll, we obviously have a healthy amount of interest (thanks to you all for participating :))

to take it forward, it might be best for folk to start committing to which night(s) they'll dive.

e.g. I've replied to the poll that I'd be available Tue-Fri but I'll not be diving all of those nights (much as I would like to). I'm thinking that I'll dive Friday & I'm happy enough to organise that trip. If others want to commit to another day & take the initiative of spearheading it then that would be great. e.g. chris could take charge of Thu & sort out who's up for that trip.

the weather may well change between now & then meaning that the whole plan may have to alter.

If the east is swelled out, I'd be keen to head west. It's up to others what they want to do.


So, to start the ball rolling, who else wants to dive on Fri?

stew
21-07-07, 01:59
im in for friday

shog69
21-07-07, 02:02
Remember your suit then.:D

stew
21-07-07, 02:08
Remember your suit then.:D
think im gonna hear them words in my sleep tonight...

tomy2tums
21-07-07, 02:14
Just a thought, a very nice thought.

on the way to St. Abbs on Friday, I'll pop into Costco and pick up a tray of iced Danish Pastrys, mmmmmm

I know Loudy likes them....

gedan
21-07-07, 07:47
could someome explain to me the logic behind closing the poll on Fri 27th? all the earlier days will have past. Would it not be better to close it on Sunday the 22nd?

charlie
21-07-07, 10:03
could someome explain to me the logic behind closing the poll on Fri 27th? all the earlier days will have past. Would it not be better to close it on Sunday the 22nd?

The idea of the poll was to gauge the availability of people for evening diving next week: not necessarily their particular preference. Hence, I put myself down for Tue-Fri as I could dive any of those days... not all of them! That's why the poll allows multiple selections. It was a declaration of interest rather than a firm commitment: sorry if that wasn't clear.

That was stage one of the plan: to see what days were possibilities. Stage 2 is now underway for people to commit to the day that they would prefer to dive.

gedan
21-07-07, 16:58
My point was you can hardly vote on the 27th to dive on the 24th, just being pedantic, sitting here with nothing better to do!:confused:

regthing
21-07-07, 19:43
Just a thought, a very nice thought.

on the way to St. Abbs on Friday, I'll pop into Costco and pick up a tray of iced Danish Pastrys, mmmmmm

I know Loudy likes them....

You're a gentleman :)

dive granny
21-07-07, 22:32
Is anyone going from Glasgow? I quite fancy St Abbs. Not done it for ages, but I have no transport.

regthing
22-07-07, 15:07
Is anyone going from Glasgow? I quite fancy St Abbs. Not done it for ages, but I have no transport.

I could, but I'd need to pick you up about 8 in the morning and you would need to pass the day in Dunfermlne.

Either that or pick your gear up then you could get the bus through later. There is one every half hour to Dunny, I'd pick you up there then head to St Abbs. I could then drop you off on my way back to Greenock.

stew
22-07-07, 23:00
There is one every half hour to Dunny,
you have a bus that takes you to the toilet :rolleyes:

regthing
23-07-07, 09:52
you have a bus that takes you to the toilet :rolleyes:

Aye. And you should see the scafolding I need to hold it when I get there :D :D