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Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:03 pm
by aquaplane
I'm taking Mum to Tarbert on Friday to check Seminole over and start pre season jobs.
Since the boat was left in a bit of a rush without any real end of season jobs beeing done I don't know what to expect but I'm sure it'll be a busy W/E.
Fingers crossed for some decent weather and clear roads.

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:44 am
by lady_stormrider
Annoyingly - the weather in Yorkshire is really sunny and dry - Ash should have been been up this weekend for a trip to Pugneys. :sailing:

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:10 pm
by ash
lady_stormrider wrote:Annoyingly - the weather in Yorkshire is really sunny and dry - Ash should have been been up this weekend for a trip to Pugneys. :sailing:
Is it a nice day out there?

I've been stuck in a control room at the SECC since 07.30. I'm babysitting the lighting desk at the SNP conference.

Have a look on the web feeds, either multiple BBC cameras on the BBC website or a single camera shot on the SNP website.

Ash

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:05 am
by lady_stormrider
Oh dear - I'd forgotten you were doing that this weekend. Well - I'll get outdoor chores done now that it's sunny - including opening the front hatch on Carousel. That frees up time later for sailing. Aquaplane is working like a busy thing, bashing cushions & pressure washing.

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:31 pm
by ash
I'm glad to hear that your skipper is working hard.

I'm now in Shepton Mallet,near Bristol.

By Tuesday night I'll be in Aberdeen on a different job. (then the work dries up for a while)

Ash

Today, a 75 minute flight from Edinburgh to Bristol was 60 minutes late in boarding - tis madness.

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:30 pm
by Rowana
ash wrote:
By Tuesday night I'll be in Aberdeen on a different job.

Ash

If ever you need an extra pair of hands in the Aberdeen area, give me a shout. Dab hand with electric string!

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:40 am
by ash
Rowana wrote:
ash wrote:
By Tuesday night I'll be in Aberdeen on a different job.

Ash

If ever you need an extra pair of hands in the Aberdeen area, give me a shout. Dab hand with electric string!
Will keep that in mind. I'm not up there that often. I used to sometimes get some work at the AECC, but not for a while now.

I'm taking an 18T truck up to Ardoe House - I haven't worked there before.

http://www.mercure.com/gb/hotel-6626-me ... ndex.shtml

Cheers

Ash

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:28 pm
by Rowana
ash wrote:
Rowana wrote:
ash wrote:
By Tuesday night I'll be in Aberdeen on a different job.

Ash

If ever you need an extra pair of hands in the Aberdeen area, give me a shout. Dab hand with electric string!
Will keep that in mind. I'm not up there that often. I used to sometimes get some work at the AECC, but not for a while now.

I'm taking an 18T truck up to Ardoe House - I haven't worked there before.

http://www.mercure.com/gb/hotel-6626-me ... ndex.shtml

Cheers

Ash

Been at a couple of company "Away days" there. Lovely place.

The road getting there from Aberdeen is a bit narrow and twisty, so have fun with your 18T truck!

Jim

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:56 pm
by ash
Rowana wrote:
The road getting there from Aberdeen is a bit narrow and twisty, so have fun with your 18T truck!

Jim
Will do - I'm told that the best bet is to stay on the A90 right to the r/about just before the Brig o' Dee, and then turn south on the B9077.

It's strange - I can find a picture of the building on their website, but can't find it on google maps / google street view, and the post code always points to a small cottage which I think is nearby.

Should be fine - I'm now driving up Tuesday afternoon for a Wednesday 7am access, rather than driving from the very early hours of Wed start so less time pressure.

Ash

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:45 pm
by claymore
Today, a 75 minute flight from Edinburgh to Bristol was 60 minutes late in boarding - tis madness.
So were you 15 minutes late overall.....?

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:08 am
by ash
claymore wrote:Today, a 75 minute flight from Edinburgh to Bristol was 60 minutes late in boarding - tis madness.
So were you 15 minutes late overall.....?
Noooooo.

The flight still took the expected 75 minutes but started ( and finished ) 60 minutes later than scheduled / expected so I was an hour late on site.

Ash

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:48 am
by Rowana
ash wrote:
Rowana wrote:
The road getting there from Aberdeen is a bit narrow and twisty, so have fun with your 18T truck!

Jim
Will do - I'm told that the best bet is to stay on the A90 right to the r/about just before the Brig o' Dee, and then turn south on the B9077.

It's strange - I can find a picture of the building on their website, but can't find it on google maps / google street view, and the post code always points to a small cottage which I think is nearby.

Should be fine - I'm now driving up Tuesday afternoon for a Wednesday 7am access, rather than driving from the very early hours of Wed start so less time pressure.

Ash

That's definately the way to go.

When you get there, go up the dive in the photo, which is one way so you won't meet anything coming down.

Image

Have fun!

Jim

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:09 am
by ash
Rowana wrote: That's definately the way to go.

When you get there, go up the drive in the photo, which is one way so you won't meet anything coming down.

Have fun!

Jim
Thanks for that.

Cheers

Ash

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:22 am
by Pete Cooper
Rowana wrote:When you get there, go up the dive in the photo, which is one way so you won't meet anything coming down.

Image

Have fun!

Jim
Doesn't look like a dive to me - in fact it looks quite nice! :mrgreen:

Re: Quick trip to Tarbert.

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:01 pm
by ash
Rowana wrote:
The road getting there from Aberdeen is a bit narrow and twisty, so have fun with your 18T truck!

When you get there, go up the drive in the photo, which is one way so you won't meet anything coming down.

Image

Have fun!

Jim
Found it, and I've managed to leave the truck in the top carpark.

I'm staying in one of these http://www.townandcountryapartments.co. ... stone.html

Very nice, though the taxi driver tells me that you can't hold a big party cos the floors ain't up to it - urban myth?

Ash