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Well done Elton they do a great job - saved many an unlucky/foolhardy angler !

our local rnli is going to get a surprise on monday... i have organised an indoor car boot sale in thurso this weekend and the profit made from the sale of the tables to people wanting to sell i am going to go and take into the lifeboat shed here at scrabster. hope they won't mind

[ 01. December 2004, 08:13 PM: Message edited by: tugmistress ]

well done paula
what about an extra wee sweepstake on your planned outing in Jan.and split first prize and donation to the good 'ol rnli
Am north of border but at total oppostie end from you
usedto take six hours to invergordon never mind therest to scrabster.
you will be used to the winters will the reast ie have emergency kit and supplies in case of driftting and gen. crap white stuff all over the place.
frosty frosty frosty
if yours goes well may look into something down here in warmer weather
Snatcher has mentioned a ? gathrering poss. June time.
Andrew :cool: :cool: :cool:

Paula, I have a tenner from Me/Old Mouldy that has to be donated to the RNLI, through a shirt from Les (Happy Dude), that was donated to charity, If I put it in with the Deposit,would you see it gets to them....Cheers me deers....
Norrie. XXXX
Tack 4, we (being the four going uP to Scrabster) are all experienced anglers,and boat owners/crew, but you cant allow for an emergency ......can you.....
and not to take anything away from Paula, I (at least) have been going to Thurso on holiday since I was 10 years old...and think some others here have too.In fact the first fish I ever caught was on Loch Calder....Brown Trout that was......condecending aint the word........

[ 02. December 2004, 02:23 AM: Message edited by: Norrie ]

tack4,
if it is 6 hours to invergordon then it is only another hour and a half to us...lol. As for the winters, there is very little snow here, it is usually the east coast that suffers and gets blocked, we are lucky if we get a couple of inches of the white stuff . power outages are a rarity where we are even though we are the last house on this particular line, don't have a genny but we do have a caravan sat behind the house that we can use if necessary. We may do something along those lines with an extra sweep for the RNLI / prize, we'll see what happens on the day
Norrie,
No problem, i can take it into the lifeboat shed as it is next door to me at work
Loch calder is only a few minutes away from us (well about 20 actually lol) stuart goes onto the river thurso for trout fishing.

no offence was meant norrie i was only trying to make sure every one took care. i lived in the highlands for fifteen years and am well aware of how quickly things change weather wise in winter with A9 snow gates closing and dreadfull conditions to drive in
January was always a dicey month with high winds always closing ski centers
If I offended anyone i sincerely appologise it was only meant to make folk aware

tack4,
i think everyone knew what you meant, especially if they have been up here.
we find it quite comical that we have maybe a dusting of snow and yet the A9 is closed somewhere or other. I have only been up here for 2 winters, and both of them it has been february that has thrown the worst at us. I think the longest the A9 has been closed for a while now is about 2 days, I am sure thurso angler will be able to tell you better than i
BTW, this is our house and the view
click on the pic for a larger version in a new window.

Tack4, cheers for your mail, I've replied ....
Paula, Isnt that a pic of the Ponderosa....

is that the blues bros (RAWHIDE) camper at your back door
NORRIE YOU HAVE PM