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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      And time to get back home....

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      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • GilesG
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        said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

        So necessity being the mother of invention, I got the zip ties out and bodged a temporary solution with the help of the gangway which we will not use on this trip...

        Did a proper job this week....

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        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        • goosehdG
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          With it being so hot and dry, do you two find yourself spending more time on the boat and/or around the water?

          There was a picture yesterday of a jeans release where the football pitch look extremely dry. Is it that bad all over Gosport/Portsmouth?

          “our policy of no discussions regarding politics, religion, asparagus, and other controversial issues.” - Andrew

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          • AdamJA
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            here is a shot of the beach last week, v dry

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            The devil is in the detail..

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            • goosehdG
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              @AdamJ wow…not what I picture when I think of the English countryside.

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                @goosehd Less green and pleasant land and more beige and pleasant.

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                • GilesG
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                  Time to get the superstructure gleaming again.

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                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • GilesG
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                    Ramsgate bound.....124nm trip. We'll do it in one hit, so early departure......

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                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • endoE
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                      Bon voyage @Giles and Paula

                      si tacuisses

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                      • AetasA
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                        @Giles Ramsgate is short distance to the Maunsell Forts and Project Red Sands. ?!

                        DAT VIDEO

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                        • GilesG
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                          Yep, not far..

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • GilesG
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                            Beachy Head....

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                            Dungeness...

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                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • GilesG
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                              Brilliant Channel 16 broadcast a few mins ago....

                              "Unknown Fishing Vessel, unknown fishing vessel crossing Rye Bay from West to East, please turn west immediately, you are entering a live military firing area, I repeat, you are entering a live military firing area"

                              Whoops

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • Tago MagoT
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                                Any distress signals, possibly from an unknown fishing vessel?

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                                • goosehdG
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                                  @Tago-Mago it’s known now…

                                  “our policy of no discussions regarding politics, religion, asparagus, and other controversial issues.” - Andrew

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    As I just said to Goose offline, that guys arse aint going to pucker again......

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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