Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 05:47:41PM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote: >> I would love to help, but am off to see a long-lost uncle who >> lives in far-away Orkney to show him the bride ;-) > > Are you trying to go by boat again are you will you do something > safer for a change? Riding on a shark perhaps?
They do strange things in them northern lands they do. Last time I was up, on New Years Day several years ago, the air was so cold that the moisture was crytalising out. They call it a 'hoar frost'. My ears were so cold they fell off. Scapa Flow (the huge natural harbour that you lot managed to sink all our battleships in in WW I) was fairly calm, but the swell outside in the North Atlantic proper was 3-4 metres, peak-to-trough. Would you go wind surfing on the ocean-proper in such conditions? The locals would --- and did. Nutters!!! This time around, it should be spectacular. The sun has just let off the largest ever recorded solar fart and the Aurora Borealis are fantastic apparently. Lars is presumably enjoying the show too. -- Angus
