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Old 03 February 2012, 22:18   #1
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The sea is freezing!!!
Yep it is with ice and all that!!

In the way to work this evening by boat we had to push through the ice.... Thames estuary near whitstable....
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Old 03 February 2012, 22:26   #2
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That's great ! .. I'm going out in Whitstable and Herne Bay this weekend ... it sounds bloomin cold !
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Old 03 February 2012, 23:06   #4
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That's great ! .. I'm going out in Whitstable and Herne Bay this weekend ... it sounds bloomin cold !
Watch out west of whitstable, for the cable laying taking place in the swale channel
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Old 04 February 2012, 06:47   #5
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ahhh thanks for the tip hobbit555 havent been up the Swale or around the Island in years in a Rib, only a Canoe which has different issues!
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