a trip to a testament of british engineering

Daniel TD5 · 29 January 2005, 20:04

after my return from holiday to walt disney world the first weekend back
i wanted to take my rib out again i must be mad. but off i go to herne bay today to meet mr bilge rat for a after noon trip around sheppy and the forts and what a nice day it was two but i hope the following pics capture
the vast world war two fort at red sands that have stood the test of time for so long and i wonder how long they have left we do build things well
have a look at this http://www.radomes.org/museum/documents/TexasTower.html

we stopped at queenborough for hot choc drink provided by richard

don,t leave your flask in the car like i did

then past the richard montgomary yes its still full of bombs

then to red sands forts which to day for sum strange reason look breath taking

then to the new wind farm that being build which was allso vast

then back to herne bay

well pleased now with my rib its going well with 41 nm to one tank of 25 litres
of fuel

Dan TD5

Daniel TD5 · 29 January 2005, 20:05

the rest

Wayne Rogers · 29 January 2005, 20:18

Great photo's Dan,did you buy a new camera whilst on holiday?? your picture quality looks even better than previous photos.

Daniel TD5 · 29 January 2005, 20:28

wayne

to be fair we did by a new sony p120 cybershot for the holiday but i am well band from useing it any were near the boat so it the old samsung with only
2.0 mega pixels its all ways been good i tryed the fine setting as well to day
but most on the water were crap

the pics of the boats are set on fine the rest standard

to day the forts just seemed strange with the light

see you soon dan

Zippy · 30 January 2005, 11:27

Great Pictures!

Ide love to get over there to see that myself. my uncle used to sail his little Hillier round them when he was a kid and always used to say how amazing there were.

As for the sunken explosives ship, the would be pretty cool too. we load our exploives ships round there as there are higher berth limits than Southampton and Tilbury!

Early days but i can see a long drive and bank holiday weekend over there this summer!

Scotty · 30 January 2005, 12:09

Any news on Mike getting his new rib ? I bought his old one and met him in Herne bay. So thats what the forts look like.

Daniel TD5 · 30 January 2005, 12:10

your welcome zippy we will be doing some trips this summer

sub five thames
knock john fort which i am yet to see

and back down the medway again

will post details when we go

dan

Wayne Rogers · 30 January 2005, 13:00

Hi Dan

Will I be able to join you guy's on a Thames cruise?? I want to do it myself this year,but it's always better with a few others.
I am also planning to go to Ribex and go round the Island on the same week-end,thinking of making it a four day break.What do you think.

Wayne

The Jackeens · 30 January 2005, 14:03

Nice pictures.

Striking-looking structures.

missus

Action Man · 30 January 2005, 16:59

I have seen a few pics of these before. id love to see them for myself but I also think I'd be far to temted to climb one of them lol

Swifty · 30 January 2005, 19:26

Yo guys,
Sorry couldnt join you this we. Maybe another time. Nice pictures, but it still looks bloody cold. But 41 miles on 25 litres, wow. I could just about get 30 miles on 25 lires if I kept the speed below 20kn.

Tim'mers.

Bilge Rat · 30 January 2005, 20:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swifty

Yo guys,
Sorry couldnt join you this we. Maybe another time. Nice pictures, but it still looks bloody cold. But 41 miles on 25 litres, wow. I could just about get 30 miles on 25 lires if I kept the speed below 20kn.

Tim'mers.

You guys crack me up with your 2 strokes

i got around the 41.7 NM on about £10 worth of petrol

Tim yes it was very cold, i had on so many layers i could hardly move.

Attached a pic of a very nice Merc with a nice orange bag

Bilge Rat · 30 January 2005, 20:09

In fact it was so nice Sunday morning we decided to go out for a family cruise, though it did get a little cold for my Son so we only went out for about an hour ish.

Swifty · 31 January 2005, 08:16

Re orange bag- DOOHHH....

Congratulations 1st order Muppetry.

Daniel TD5 · 31 January 2005, 11:22

it was protecting my new refurb prop from that nasty cold water

never mind

Dan

Bilge Rat · 31 January 2005, 12:16

If you think that was funny you should have seen Dan trying to get it off

shame i'd put the camera away at that point

We up to anything this weekend, weather permitting, maybe Margate or Ramsgate instead of fantasy island

Daniel TD5 · 31 January 2005, 12:52

NO PICS OF MY FAT ARSE HANGING OVER THE BACK OF MY RIB PLEASE

CAN,T DO ANY THINK THIS WEEKEND PARTY TO GO TO

DAN

Bilge Rat · 31 January 2005, 14:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel TD5

NO PICS OF MY FAT ARSE HANGING OVER THE BACK OF MY RIB PLEASE

CAN,T DO ANY THINK THIS WEEKEND PARTY TO GO TO

DAN

tides are pretty rubbish so no problems

Swifty · 31 January 2005, 21:23

I may try and arrange for a recce trip soon. Upto Burnham, onto Bradwell and back. Need to check out the pubs and facilities.

Will see if Centaurus is free (nice big console to hide behind) if you fancy a trip.
Tim.

Bilge Rat · 01 February 2005, 07:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swifty

I may try and arrange for a recce trip soon. Upto Burnham, onto Bradwell and back. Need to check out the pubs and facilities.

Will see if Centaurus is free (nice big console to hide behind) if you fancy a trip.
Tim.

Yep i'll be up for that one, just let me know when your planning to go and i'll come along to crew and share the costs etc, maybe see if you can drag Neill out too, though may be difficult as he doesn't do wet anymore