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Quote: Originally posted by panagah on 19/3/2008

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Well firstly not meaning to be rude but there is no such thing as bad weather just badly dressed people. I have had as much fun in -10 as I have had in 80+ temps.

I am all packed and tomorrow head for the Isle of Skye. WHen there the bike will come off the back, walking boots will get some use and I shall enjoy some quality family time with my kids and wife. All Brits do is moan about the weather. Lifes to short.to moan about the weather.

As for Easter? Im no expert on the subject but you cant regulate the days it;'s after all a religious festival that is controlled by the church as to when it happens. Although I nearly ran out of holiday having two easters in one holiday year. And remember last year when Easter fell in one of the hhottest Aprils in record. function SWGuardianWindowOpen(){return(null);}

Post last edited on 19/03/2008 14:29:22

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Hi Ourozzy,

Ahoy shipmate, I too have been up the artic,and when going to Arhus Denmark , the North sea frooze and we cut ice for a ferry to get into port and im afraid its too cold/stormy for me to go camping!

Just for info. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon following the Spring Equinox.

This year is the earliest Easter can occur.

Hiya derekc, You ol' sea-dog. I missed the "ant" on my last post? I should have typed antarctic.

Tierra-del-Fuego was that bloody cold, the Penguins were wearing overcoats

We couldn't go alongside down there, because it was the hurricane season, (don't want to get caught alongside in those conditions) so we had to anchor out in the bay & barges (lighters) were used to ferry cargo to & fro. Wireless operators on watch 24hrs listening for weather warnings, giving the deck crew time to up-anchor, so we could leave the bay for open sea to ride out the storms. Us engineers were on constant sea watches, 4on 8off with main engines & auxilaries ready at a moments notice. Winches breaking down on deck were a nightmare. The steam blasting out of the glands used to freeze within seconds of it getting to atmosphere.

bloody cold, very dangerous, exciting, wouldn't have missed it for for the world.

Stories aplenty for my Grand-kids.

BeeJay

& normannbelson, salt of the earth mate.

Just got back from our Easter jaunt and it was cold and wet and snowy and muddy and our Motorhome played up as usual but all in all a good time was had by all!

Just wondering how Panagah got on in the Isle of Skye?

Bet that was cold!

We encountered snow storms,sand storms,hail stones,rain and a teeny weeny bit of sunshine.

Suffolk was fine,moving on to Norfolk was some what of a shock..........the nearest pub was 7miles away,no wonder they bother with turkeys round there!

Val