The islands on a Sunday

[Mugshot]

Sunday involved a great trip round Skokholm and Skomer looking at the puffins and the seals. Conditions were fantastic and it was my mums first trip on the rib and for someone who get sick on every ferry trip she had a great time, even when we gave it some welly through Jack Sound. Sorry about the quality of some of the pics they were taking with my phone. The first three are all Skokholm, unfortunately what you cant see are the hundreds of puffins here.

[Mugshot]

This next lot are from Skomer,

[Mugshot]

And these last few are of some of the Skomer seals, again I'm sorry about the quality they do look more like shakey rocks don't they, I'm too ashamed to post the pics of the puffins the camera is shaking that much I must have been terrified of them!! *note to self: Buy a proper bleeding camera*

[vince]

Some nice pics Mugshot! How did you get weather to order? We did a Hartlepool to Whitby and back again this weekend. Did it on friday and again on sunday. Friday was perfect, did it in about 45mins, but Sunday was baaad! Blowing an f4/5, with a fast following sea to Whitby, (in which,yes, i managed a very spectacular stuff!), then a head sea on the way back, with troughs you could hide a house in! All good fun though, and best of all, my good lady has now realised that i do NEED a gecko on this side of our fair isle!

[Mugshot]

Originally Posted by vince

How did you get weather to order?

I put it down to good living and lots of prayer
The breeze was a bit stiffer than it said on the forecast and there was a bit of a chop on the way back with the wind over tide but nothing too exciting, just a little bouncy. One of the most exciting parts of the trip was catching up to this big tug thing which was throwing up a massive wake and though I'm not one to blow my own trumpet I surfed it magnificently .
Near death experiences are always handy to convince unbelieving other halves, slick move Vince

[vince]

This is the only pic i managed to get the whole weekend. I need a new camera as well, preferably waterproof, and er, bought by the missus as well!

[Mugshot]

Are they socks drying out on the tubes? If they are I bet you were popular!

[vince]

Yeah they are, notice we`re the only rib in the `rib section` of the pontoons! I know i should have worn a drysuit instead of the float suit! Thats my float suit jacket drying over the console as well!

[Alex Brown]

Originally Posted by Mugshot

Sunday involved a great trip round Skokholm and Skomer looking at the puffins and the seals. Conditions were fantastic and it was my mums first trip on the rib and for someone who get sick on every ferry trip she had a great time, even when we gave it some welly through Jack Sound. Sorry about the quality of some of the pics they were taking with my phone. The first three are all Skokholm, unfortunately what you cant see are the hundreds of puffins here.

Did you go out there on Sunday morning? - if so, was it you I was parallel with on the way out to skomer for about 3 or 4 miles at around 1140hrs?!

-Alex

[Mugshot]

Hiya Alex, I went out in the afternoon, I launched at around 1pm from Neyland then had a picnic on the pontoon in the middle of Dale basin first. So I didn't get out to the islands 'til about 2.30pm I would guess. There were a lot fewer people out than I had expected considering the weather, the only boats in North Haven were one gin palace and the Martins Haven cruise boat was chugging back and forth.

[peter 24/7]

The Puffins were there, Sunday and Monday.

[codprawn]

Great photos from all of you - will get out there this year for look. Any dolphins around at the moment?

[Mugshot]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Any dolphins around at the moment?

To the best of my knowledge, although I would happily be corrected, I think the best chance you have of seeing dolphins is to go out from from Fishguard up to Cardigan bay, you're pretty much guaranteed then as there is a resident pod. They tend to stay a little further off shore here although its only a little further south, more towards Grassholm than Skomer and Skokholm although they will follow the mackerel in dependant on the feeding conditions.

[Tony]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Great photos from all of you - will get out there this year for look. Any dolphins around at the moment?

Yep saw one off Sark...

[Mugshot]

Was out again on Thursday with a couple of friends from away who very rarely get the opportunity to get out on a boat. Took them for a picnic round to Skomer and as they both have cameras which are vastly better than my phone I thought I'd post some of their pics. One of the lads wanted a few shots of Nenya in action too which was great as I'd never actually seen her on the move before.

[Mugshot]

My rib. The last one was taken with a cheapy digital, he didn't fancy hanging his very expensive camera over the edge which I thought was very selfish of him.

[Alex Brown]

Think I'll probably go out for a blast tomorrow after lunch sometime.

Now I know what your boat looks like, I shall keep an eye out for you in the future

Would have been out on Thursday as well, but unfortunately, my credit card got skimmed the week before last and I don't have anything to buy "go-juice" with right now.... I'm hoping to see an envelope with a bit of plastic in it come through the letterbox today....

-Alex

[Mugshot]

I may see you out there then Alex, I'm hoping to get a trip in tomorrow afternoon too.
I could do with someone doing something to my card at the moment, I swear that anybody dodgy would be spending less so as not to appear suspicious. Damn this beautiful weather and the price of fuel, the kids will just have to have bread and water again!

[Jizm]

Originally Posted by Mugshot

My rib. The last one was taken with a cheapy digital, he didn't fancy hanging his very expensive camera over the edge which I thought was very selfish of him.

nice pics

[The Jackeens]

cool photo stories

Like the wildlife

Kathleen & Paul