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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:11 pm
by Martin Thoene
Leicester to Peterborough is spitting distance along the A47. You HAVE to go visit, but be prepared to view every other shop as inferior afterwards. The price you pay
Oakham is half-way between Leicester and Peterborough so you'll be even CLOSER
Oakham left center, Crowland right center.
As an idea of scale, Rutland water itself (on left) is around 4.5 miles long. Note Tinwell, SW of Stamford
Martin.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:29 pm
by Emma Turner
Cool, yes you
have to come and visit and meet the crazy British LOL contingent, Tinman!
Oakham is indeed quite near to us, in fact, the nearest M/A branch to us is in Oakham, Rutland. Rutland Water itself is very popular with birdwatchers:
http://www.rutlandwater.org.uk/
Emma
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:17 pm
by Graeme Robson
Sounds good Tinman!
I'm sure we can arrange a meet up.
BTW Emma, do you have any wellingtons?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:24 pm
by Emma Turner
Graeme Robson wrote: BTW Emma, do you have any wellingtons?
Save your fetishes for the O/T forum, Mr R!
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:32 pm
by Graeme Robson
I do, but this matter must be asked here...
Next spring i wants us to meet up for a UK loach hunt. Camping for a couple of days with catching loaches from the local little rivers around your area. Sounds good?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:39 pm
by Emma Turner
Sounds excellent, but only if you
promise to be on bug eviction patrol. Can't be doing with any bugs of any description in the my tent! Not that I've actually got a tent.
....
What you hoping for, some
Barbatula barbatula?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:52 pm
by Graeme Robson
Don't worry about the bugs, modern tents are now well sealed to stop those critters. Plus i'll carry a spare can of ultra hold!
Yeah and also the
Cobitus taenia. I read reports of these chaps living in your local waters. We will have to study which river system first but still worth it.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:53 pm
by Tinman
I Goggle Earthed it and looked up were the store is myself after posting that. Thank You, Yes I will go by there for sure. I have no more room for fish in my system so being able to go shopping and not buy is actually a treat. I would love to meet up and see real live fish geeks other than myself in person
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:18 pm
by Emma Turner
Graeme, you know I live just yards from the River Welland:
http://www.jncc.gov.uk/protectedsites/S ... Code=S1149
That pub we went to virtually overlooks it.
.....
but I reckon you're after the LOL Camping Trip anyway!
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:30 am
by Graeme Robson
Cool!!
You can be our local guide and be the translator for us. You know them locals don't understand us foreigners.
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:24 am
by helen nightingale
Tinman it would be great to meet you. would you let us know the dates you are in Oakham, and we can get something worked out? meeting other fish geeks in person can make you feel a lot more normal
an indoor loach meet combined with book launch party in november followed by loachy camping in spring sounds great. we could probably find some interesting water critters to photograph too. it would be good to find a site with not too many nettles so that we could go swimming too.
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:34 am
by Tinman
Thank You Helen,You say NORMAL like thats a good thing
. I will get exact dates and post them .
I only mean Fish Geeks with the utmost respect
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:33 am
by helen nightingale
well if there are 10 people in a fish shop and they are all fish geeks, then the person that walks in that isnt a fish geek is the odd one out, so we must be normal
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:59 am
by Martin Thoene
How many fish geeks does it take to change a flourescent tube?
Martin.
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:18 pm
by helen nightingale
or argue about what is best tube to buy in the first place
