27/10/2009
FYI the font is "Radiostars". The stern has a few more details but can't get a photo of it right now. SEE THE PIX HERE
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14/10/2009
Diomedea came out of the shed with most of her paint work complete. The topsides are Spindle Blue with an Aristo Blue boot stripe. Coachhouse and deck are in Chevy White. The anti fouling clearly clashes so we will swap it to black.
The deck fittings are going back on. The new hatches are in and look terrific.
Overall Diomedea is looking terrific.
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12/10/2009
A collection of Diomedea sailing and hardstand photos.
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24/09/2009, Sydney
A combination of intense cold front activity associated with a moderately deep low over Victoria brought this monumental duststorm to much of NSW and some of Qld. The photos are not taken through a filter and are not retouched in any way. They were taken at 7.30am when it is normally bright sunshine. See the photo gallery for the pix.
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07/09/2009, Sinzig, Germany
We travelled from Glasgow to Bonn via South Africa I think. It took 12 hours door to door. Don't ask. Luggage arrived two days later. Schiesse. We have not been near a single boat although we observed them travelling up and down the Rhine of course. We have been walking in the Ahrtal and sampled the local produce naturally. A bike ride was in order and so we hired bikes seemingly made of Californium 252, one of the heaviest elements in the periodic table. Fortunately they came equipped with granny gears which were needed for every hill. After spending all morning trying to find our way to Altenahr we finally dropped in and then spent the afternoon riding back down valley in pouring rain.
Our tour has also included kitschy Limburg and the Moselle valley. A big family do on Sunday was pleasant. Leaving tomorrow for home.
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01/09/2009, Glasgow
Slàinte mhath - pron. slan jee var - means cheers in Gaelic
muckle - large or big
flugga - steep sided island
suffix -ey or -ay is an island e.g. Orkney is literally the island of the pigs/salmon/or something else depending on what your translation of ork is.
brough - pron. brock - an old stone fortress
quoy - marsh or wasteland enclosed to become farmland
bairn - an infant in Glasgow
wean - an infant in Edinburgh 40 miles to the east
tarbert - a narrow isthmus of land between two bodies of water
kyle - a narrow body of water between two bits of land
howe - a mound of soil
hoosse - pron. like "mousse" the animal, house in Orcadian
firm - farm in Orcadian
mash tun - large wooden tub to hold early stages of whiskey production
skerry - low rocky outcrop in the water, can be quite small and awash or even a small island
ness - a point or promontory of land
firth - a river estuary
loch - large body of fully or partly enclosed water, either fresh i.e. a lake, or salt like a long bay or sound.
henge - a mound and ditch around a stone fortress
inver - a river mouth
bothy - a very small one room dwelling or even shack, cognate with bivvie?
bothy bar - a type of public bar in a hotel, possibly with booths for 4 people to sit in.
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