Or on what country you'll be in. -- Paul. CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird (Buen mueble de patio) And a pushbike of some sort. BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 OMF #15 UKRMMA #30
I'll almost certainly be over, it clashes with my bosses 50th birthday party and Adie's away somewhere sunny so I've nothing better to do.
Ace wont be going either as he'll be joining me in the sunny place (Lisbon). -- Adie (replace spam with nickname to reply) UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ keeper of the ukrm faq for my sins YZF-R1: ZX9R E1 MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16 BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11
Oh aye, I'd forgooted that. Must remember to book flights before leaving for holiday tomorrow... -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ DS#8 BOTAFOT#3 SbS#2 UKRMMA#13 DFV#8 SKA#2 IBB#10 `\\ | //' `\|/` `
I know that feeling. I keep trying to find out when other folk are booked but they don't seem to know. -- Adie (replace spam with nickname to reply) UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ keeper of the ukrm faq for my sins YZF-R1: ZX9R E1 MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16 BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11
You could pop around for a drink at my place. I live just down the road. By the way, at the moment it's anything but sunny on the penninsular. -- Paul. CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird (Buen mueble de patio) And a pushbike of some sort. BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 OMF #15 UKRMMA #30
Down the road? Must be the best part of 500 miles, no? 28degC and partly cloudy in Lisbon today, according to the interwebby. That'll do for me. I'm much more concerned with what it's gonna be like in the Adriatic off Croatia for the next coupla weeks... -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ DS#8 BOTAFOT#3 SbS#2 UKRMMA#13 DFV#8 SKA#2 IBB#10 `\\ | //' `\|/` `
I've been out there twice in mid-September. Once was hot, 25-30C and sunny every day, with 5 days having a F4-5 Northerly kick in. Another time was 18-22C with a mix of sun, cloud, rain, fantastic thunderstorms, and only 2 days of decent wind. Strangely, the wind appeared to die off during the rainy spells. Kind of like a reverse squall.
What? -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the river cleaned out in a day.
Oooh, ooo - any advice/recommendations please? I gather it's mostly marinas around there, but I'm always up for more remote places and don't mind anchoring off if it's worthwhile... Sounds perfect. Well I'm not so fussed about having strong winds, given my still-not-100% fit state - this is more about cruising around and having a good time in the evenings. Really I just don't want to be cold & wet, although as we're there for 14 days I suspect we'll get a bit of everything at this time of year. Come across that in the Ionian as well, often related to the catabatic effects of all the peaky islands. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ DS#8 BOTAFOT#3 SbS#2 UKRMMA#13 DFV#8 SKA#2 IBB#10 `\\ | //' `\|/` `
Note: I was land locked, and "up North", near Split. There are lots of marinas, and probably every decent village has one. I couldn't tell you how busy they were, except that Split was heaving, as you'd expect for the main town in that area. For peace and quiet, head out to the islands. Brac(h) has a couple of busy-ish towns, but also has a lot of coves inaccessible by land. Hvar is picture perfect, and probably has more coves. I've heard Korc(h)ula is *very* nice, but didn't get down there. Hmmm a good time for me is a quiet meal and bottle of vino. For this, there are plenty of places to choose from, basically in the main towns on the islands. Split was too big for my liking, but about 30 minutes (drive) South, there was a quaint village where they light the mountain cliffs up at night. For partying, then Split is the best place. Of course, there's bound to be places South in Dubrovnik and the Southern islands as well.
Me too, except for 'bottle' singular. Unlee they do ****-off big bottles there. Best avoided then. In any case, although we're flying in and out of Split, we pick up the boat at Murtur, some distance away. I don't think we'll be doing much more than the harbour villages and towns themselves, TBH, and I'm sure they'll be great. Won't get down there, I don't think. We're sort-of with a flotilla who'll be sticking to a more limited area, but in any case you don't really want to be getting much more than 50 miles away from base, otherwise you can leave yourself far too much work to do getting back if the weather turns. Typically, we'd normally only do 15-20 miles a day between ports - more actual sailing distance, of course. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ DS#8 BOTAFOT#3 SbS#2 UKRMMA#13 DFV#8 SKA#2 IBB#10 `\\ | //' `\|/` `
600km. About 5 hours by road. -- Paul. CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird (Buen mueble de patio) And a pushbike of some sort. BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 OMF #15 UKRMMA #30
Ok. It's currently sunny in País Vasco and Galicia. The rest of the penninsular is suffering storms - including down here. My bike, car and patio are all coverd in sand (comes with the rain). -- Paul. CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird (Buen mueble de patio) And a pushbike of some sort. BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 OMF #15 UKRMMA #30
S'wot I was planning to do. I'll probably dump my van at Heysham power station and do the foot passenger bit but it's all dependant on my present job being finished and the inspectors keep finding more shagged pipework and failed welds. The fucking welders are about as much use as a chocolate teapot.
