That must’ve been epic seeing that!
M'off in the morning ... CT125 'Adventure Cub'
- Thread starter Micky
- Start date
My brother is the meteorologist and reports every couple off hours with all the information to the Met Office whereby PredictWind and others, access his information. He has the MBE for services to the Met Office and BBC ... I went to London with him to collect it
We’ve been tracking the storms, up past inverness but they’re running out of steam now near Kirkwall. Sumburgh not expecting them.
Nothing like a family catch up; especially with the hard work you've put into it; enjoy;Yup .... brother living on Fairisle, I’m there now
Taken a few days to get here, fraught at times, but it all came together eventually
The rides south down to Grutness Pier in lovely sunshine was joyous, lovely. It takes you across the main runway of Sumburgh airport ...
Grutness ...
Nothing there ... ready and waiting
There’s a boat coming in ... there’s a song in there somewhere
Passenger lounge ...
A familiar landmark when you fly or sail to Fairisle... Sheep Rock
Unloaded ... Adventure Cub relatively unscathed, mit Bro Dave
Once at his Croft we got the priorities sorted
But we need to change a gas cylinder before we can cook dinner .... how the hell Dave survived here for over forty years with not knowing the difference between a left hand thread and a right hand thread I don’t know
Also on our boat, delivered by young Amie (Fairisle Posty) shortly after we got back to Daves ... Belgium bier and whisky ...
The Adventure Cub has a new abode for a few days
I will be riding her round the island, up the hills. A WWII German Bomber (Heinkel 111) crash site. I can’t take you to the place where the Spanish Flag Ship El Gran Griffon foundered just outside the harbour entrance. There is much to see and do on Fairisle. More anon folks .... I’m knackered
Dave opens one of the parcels delivered yesterday, upside down note 
Blowing a hooly now, can hardly stand up. Walk down to the road before the rain comes ...
Dave’s Weather Station
His Croft ‘Field'
Fairisles ‘main road’ looking towards the airstrip (he’s Airport Manager) and the North Haven
Sheep Rock from his back yard
Blowing a hooly now, can hardly stand up. Walk down to the road before the rain comes ...
Dave’s Weather Station
His Croft ‘Field'
Fairisles ‘main road’ looking towards the airstrip (he’s Airport Manager) and the North Haven
Sheep Rock from his back yard
Fab Micky. When you and your brother went to London to get his award did you get a photo of yourselves with HRH ......SteptoeDave opens one of the parcels delivered yesterday, upside down note
Blowing a hooly now, can hardly stand up. Walk down to the road before the rain comes ...
Dave’s Weather Station
His Croft ‘Field'
Fairisles ‘main road’ looking towards the airstrip (he’s Airport Manager) and the North Haven
Sheep Rock from his back yard
It was a long time ago (2002) ... two smart fellasFab Micky. When you and your brother went to London to get his award did you get a photo of yourselves with HRH ......Steptoe
No photo with HRH though
Watch out for the met office warnings of storms, if that bottle gets finished, they may be a little 'off' !
Matching eyebrowsIt was a long time ago (2002) ... two smart fellas
No photo with HRH though
Unmistakable
Great picture
They certainly weren’t running out of steam when I rode from Stromness to Kirkwall earlier! I was wearing down my chicken strips trying to go straight!My brother is the meteorologist and reports every couple off hours with all the information to the Met Office whereby PredictWind and others, access his information. He has the MBE for services to the Met Office and BBC ... I went to London with him to collect it
We’ve been tracking the storms, up past inverness but they’re running out of steam now near Kirkwall. Sumburgh not expecting them.
Ha ha yes it hit Kirkwall all right, but missed us. But hit Sumburgh and went straight up Shetland. Sumburgh was closed for forty minutes because of electrical interference with the ILS
The electrical interference could well be caused by a huge Solar flare presently on the Sun; on the plus side if it’s clear tonight you could be treated to some exciting Aurora Borealis where you are..
The electrical interference could well be caused by a huge Solar flare presently on the Sun; on the plus side if it’s clear tonight you could be treated to some exciting Aurora Borealis where you are..Ha ha yes it hit Kirkwall all right, but missed us. But hit Sumburgh and went straight up Shetland. Sumburgh was closed for forty minutes because of electrical interference with the ILS
I’ll make sure I look twice
It was a minor solar flare, but there has been some CME`s that have caused interference....The minor solar flares now present as huge because of the compromised geomagnetic field of the planet, the field is weak, very weak.The electrical interference could well be caused by a huge Solar flare presently on the Sun; on the plus side if it’s clear tonight you could be treated to some exciting Aurora Borealis where you are..
The Sun also charges the plates of the Earth, so we see increased earthquake activity and volcanic...It is going to get interesting, the pretty lights at this time are a warning!
Gosh!
Make sure you do Perseids Meteor shower is peaking tonight also..
I’ll take a hip flask, might be a while
Did you ever ask him why he tied his kangaroo down?
That’ll do
