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charlie, chris, Claire, Fran, gedan, Mogwai, regthing, shmeeg
I am not 100% yet, drysuit is still in for repair, however who out of the above is still up for Thursday, meeting about 1830ish??
Hi Chris.
I've all ready commited to the Friday. Doubt I'll be able to do both.
charlie, chris, Claire, Fran, gedan, Mogwai, regthing, shmeeg
I am not 100% yet, drysuit is still in for repair, however who out of the above is still up for Thursday, meeting about 1830ish??
shmeeg and myself should be ok.
The weather looks like it should be ok on Thursday.
http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3651 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3651)
does anyone have a postcode of a building near the dive site for use with satnav, as i've never been here before.
Yup, Thursday is no prob Chris.
W.
does anyone have a postcode of a building near the dive site for use with satnav, as i've never been here before.
Try the Guide and also
55°53'57.07"N 2° 7'52.85"W (approximately from Google earth)
Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to make it now Thursday. I wouldn't have been able to get there for 6.30 anyway. Enjoy your dive!
Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to make it now Thursday. I wouldn't have been able to get there for 6.30 anyway. Enjoy your dive!
Pity, we could all have taken turns doing buddy checks!
Maybe next time.:D
Aaww I was looking forward to purging your octopus and inflating your BCD just as you were about to enter the water too!! :D
so far then
gedan, Mogwai, shmeeg - confirmed
Still to confirm
charlie - Out on friday, will he be allowed out two nights in a row
chris - drysuit in being repaired will it be back in time
Fran - out on friday, so probably not
Aaww I was looking forward to purging your octopus and inflating your BCD just as you were about to enter the water too!! :D
Trying to get to the East Coast for 6.30 is pushing it. Maybe we could all arrange a Sunday dive or two on the East Coast - next Sunday anyone?
^^ guess you guys will just have to HI-5 each other after the dive then...:rolleyes:
Trying to get to the East Coast for 6.30 is pushing it. Maybe we could all arrange a Sunday dive or two on the East Coast - next Sunday anyone?
We could wait for you...what time could you make it?
We could wait for you...what time could you make it?
Yeah we have to come from Hamilton later works for us. Was gonna skip an hour off work.
so far then
gedan, Mogwai, shmeeg - confirmed
Still to confirm
charlie - Out on friday, will he be allowed out two nights in a row
chris - drysuit in being repaired will it be back in time
Fran - out on friday, so probably not
I think that I may come on Thu too: I'll confirm nearer the time :)
Trying to get to the East Coast for 6.30 is pushing it. Maybe we could all arrange a Sunday dive or two on the East Coast - next Sunday anyone?
Sunday 5th august?
Sunday 5th august?
No, this one. 29th July.
No, this one. 29th July.
more than my life is worth.:(
dive granny
23-07-07, 23:36
Think this Sunday would be good Claire, in case I don't make the Friday!! Still hope I can get a lift:D Regthing has offered but I feel it is a bit out of his way
Hi dudes,
yup am just gonna make it on Friday (pending neck seal bein'fixed)
Cant afford the petrol for the two trips, the best price is £93.9 per ltr, nearly
a squid for a litre :mad:
I remember when it was 40p...ok it was a long time ago.
Hi dudes,
yup am just gonna make it on Friday (pending neck seal bein'fixed)
Cant afford the petrol for the two trips, the best price is £93.9 per ltr, nearly
a squid for a litre :mad:
I remember when it was 40p...ok it was a long time ago.
Have you thought of joining that garage out stirling way, 35p a litre, i think you pay 150 or 135 a year and get one full tank a week????
Hi,
i don't stay to far from said garage. It is currently under review by customs and they have had to up their prices. Still a bit cheaper but not what it was. That was last i heard a couple of weeks ago so don't know if the situation has changed again.
Have you thought of joining that garage out stirling way, 35p a litre, i think you pay 150 or 135 a year and get one full tank a week????
Mogwai,
I will be in Edinburgh Friday and picking up my Drysuit (hopefully) at EDC around 1630-1700, would it be sensible for us to meet and chuck all our stuff into one car, you are out sighthill way arent you. possibly at one of the petrol stations round the bypass??
If your in the city centre Chris, if you come out this way to hit the bypass you will drive past where i work. Not sure where the dive centre is or how far away though but no probs to take the one car. Give me call or pm me to arrange.
W.
I will give you a call sometime on Thursday!!
I'm not going to be able to come on Thu I'm afraid. :o
Hope you have some good diving - just don't go finding angler/wolffish without me. :eek:
Ok definately going looking for the Anglerfish, however I wont have a camera with me, so you will just have to believe me when I tell you we saw 5 wolffish and two anglerfish, with dolphins swimming through the arch and a turtle resting in the top arch, oh and dont forget about the John Dory and sunfish that will be following us during the dive :D :D
Ok definately going looking for the Anglerfish, however I wont have a camera with me, so you will just have to believe me when I tell you we saw 5 wolffish and two anglerfish, with dolphins swimming through the arch and a turtle resting in the top arch, oh and dont forget about the John Dory and sunfish that will be following us during the dive :D :D
Let me know if you see an orca chasing the dolphins through the arch. :cool:
Looks like its:
Chris
Mogwai
gedan
shmeeg
For Thursday to see all the life and hide them for the Friday night mob. Slack low water is around 1900hrs so if we are meeting between 1800 and 1830 that should be perfect for a splash at 1845, swim through the arch at slack then nice drift back in to find the anglerfish.
Gedan, Shmeeg I will PM you my mobile, Mogwai and I are trying to arrange to meet up somewhere to share travel.
Looks like its:
Chris
Mogwai
gedan
shmeeg
For Thursday to see all the life and hide them for the Friday night mob. Slack low water is around 1900hrs so if we are meeting between 1800 and 1830 that should be perfect for a splash at 1845, swim through the arch at slack then nice drift back in to find the anglerfish.
Gedan, Shmeeg I will PM you my mobile, Mogwai and I are trying to arrange to meet up somewhere to share travel.
Great, looking forward to it.
OO er missus, stop teasing!!!:eek:
Ok definately going looking for the Anglerfish, however I wont have a camera with me, so you will just have to believe me when I tell you we saw 5 wolffish and two anglerfish, with dolphins swimming through the arch and a turtle resting in the top arch, oh and dont forget about the John Dory and sunfish that will be following us during the dive :D :D
I'll look forward to reading the report of your expedition along with some stunning photos of course. :cool: :eek: :rolleyes:
Hmmf Huff, Peter has our camera in the states at the moment, so unless Shmeeg or Gedan have a camera you wont see any pics, just have to believe us
shmeeg will bring her camera, be warned, mucho faffing!!:rolleyes:
I've just been trying to figure out where we are going - I have placed a blue dot on this map where I think the Harbour is (not very clear on the map). Let me know if I'm way off the mark. Where is the best place to park when we arrive?
http://http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=55.898922,-2.13094&spn=0.005293,0.014462&z=16&om=1&msid=103181572689375366051.0004361bb3a7f47269a0a (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=55.898922,-2.13094&spn=0.005293,0.014462&z=16&om=1&msid=103181572689375366051.0004361bb3a7f47269a0a)
PS - the faffing will be worth it when we post the perfect anglerfish pics.
In this picture you want to be parked in the bottom RH corner were the blue car is opposite the two sheds.
http://www.finstrokes.com/divelinks/forth/images/stabbs1.jpg
The flag on the map is right.
Take the B6439 from the A1 then keep going until you hit the water.
If you miss the turn off you can take the next one (A1107)
Better map (http://www.finstrokes.com/divelinks/forth/images/stabbs1.jpg)
Yep, Scott is spot on. I should be there with Mogwai in my silver and rust coloured nissan primera :)
Glad you have a camera, coz Charlie and co wont believe us when we find the anglerfish!!
Well the four of us met on time and dived CA, report to come later, too tired.
NO anglerfish though :( but we did see an octopus. Hopefully Shmeeg got some nice pictures to show us all.
sounds good: looking forward to the report :)
was the viz good?
much swell?
The vis was excellent 8-10m in the Arch. The swell was virtually non-existant but I still managed to make an arse of myself getting out of the water:o
Some of the pics turned out quite well and even managed to get one of the octopus caught in a lobster pot.
excellent: looking forward to our trip tomorrow night :D
Have a good one Charlie (&co), there was little swell as said before but there was a bit of surge under the water, certainly felt it in the arch and the return swim.
We also went a shortcut to the arch and we were at it very quickly, gave us lots of time to play about and investigate it more. We were under for over an hour which may have played a part in the surge developing with the tide changing.
Take some food for the wrasse, they were all ganging up on us in the arch and there was a very big pollack stalking us too!