BLUEMOMENT

I have visited both Shetland and Orkney (and Fair Isle) so I have a good idea where they are. :) (Decent distance from the Clyde- or Norway) Perhaps not everybody should be visiting, they would be over-run, but Bluemoment folk certainly should try to have a trip up there at some point. Yes, Lerwick...

She's looking good. Hopefully the new engine will keep her hind quarters in perfect condition.

marisca wrote:Reminds me of the Nescafè ads. Will they, won't they?

See you there!

Hi Steve, you fairly get about.

Was very impressed when we had a quick chat Dallens Bay in 2016. You deserved a bigger boat.

That's me telt.....

Well, if you're heading west again, I suppose that "Fulmair of Such-and-Such" would be as good a name as any. ITU already has a "Fulmair"

Booby Trapper wrote:Still £20 for a 907 gaz at my local caravan shop. If they can do it for that price we the boaters are being ripped off again.

I think we paid about that in the garage at Stromness during the summer. There seems to be a huge disparity in costs.

Our local cowp has a locker full of empty red propane bottles that have been dumped for recycling. Assuming that they'd be cheaper than entering new contracts with Calor Gas, I offered to buy a couple but was refused as the council couldn't take responsibility for the (very small) safety risk involv...

Well, TBH, I don't think we've ever come out at the end of September, but fewer daylight hours, generally colder conditions have weighed at least as much, if not more, as to what's happening four thousand miles away. However, it seems to me that the Caribbean hurricane season is progressively having...

Should we start planning our future sailing in Scotland by factoring in the Caribbean hurricane seasons?

pagoda wrote:

Aja wrote: Last 2 pairs bought in Tulsa, less than half the cost in Glasgow

That's all very well, but Tulsa must be about, what, 24 hours away?

The retro 501s are a bloody nuisance....

Personally, I always thought the invention of the zip fastener was a giant step for, errmm, mankind.

A virtual pint for Nick; Gruinard Bay with Gruinard House visible.

The clouds were quite spectacular that day.

Nope.

HINT: Scotland, west coast....