Is your berth on Google earth?

I was in a shed being re-engined around that time so boat is not in either previous of current berth. She does appear on calendars, mugs & postcards at her old berth & I am waiting to appear in a few in the new berth.
 
We were out sailing as was our neighbour
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?t=h&h...51.731826,0.884456&spn=0.000401,0.000862&z=20
it was also the one time we took the red sports car up to the boat
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?t=h&h...51.731596,0.885537&spn=0.000401,0.000862&z=20

Cant find us on the Blackwater though

This picture of home is a bit older though, at least 3 years, judging by the other two boats either side of the barge.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...7806,-0.524195&spn=0.000802,0.001725&t=k&z=19
That red sports car is there again.
 
DogWatch said:
Is the a floating sign at 50.351795,-4.197852 saying

No Half-Boats past this point

Dirty mud-dwelling catamangue owners only, by order!
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or here at 50.349463,-4.209494 The next tide ball will be at....

Also note, to the left (east) of this pile of dinghies the sand patterns of the swinging moorings, are there weird currents around that area, the boats seem to settle all over the shop, rather unusual I think, I say I think as it may happen on many swingers, but I have never noted it before. I have laid many myself, but never looked at a birds eye view like this before..

Oh yeah, guess I should add mine, this is a year or so before we took a mooring, we don't get the aryplane as often as you softie southerners
 
photodog said:
hahahah... and here are some of my friends pigs!!!

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...8493,-0.968328&spn=0.000409,0.001121&t=k&z=20
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Slight Fred D. Rift here, but I was listening to a radio program a few weeks back talking about organic pork production and how we drive past nodding approvingly at sparse fields of happy pigs, when really pigs should be shuffling about in the woods and not open land. When you think of hogs and the like, they are forest creatures. Not a criticism in any way of your mates farm, though the expert went on to say how pigs don't cope very well in unshaded sunshine due to their pale skin. I just thought it interesting, has your pal ever had problems with pigs in the open like this, the guy on the radio may have been peta or the like who often go off on ridiculous crusades; I only happened to catch a tail-end of something..?
 
DogWatch said:
but I was listening to a radio program a few weeks back talking about organic pork production and how we drive past nodding approvingly at sparse fields of happy pigs, when really pigs should be shuffling about in the woods and not open land. ..?
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H has now given up on the pigs.... he was raising a fairry small number (Circa 40) of rare breed pigs, main Gloucesters and some other brown ones... as free range organics... Piggies however need feeding... and this he had to buy in... so he figured he lost around 12k in three years on them... We used to purchase his pork from our local butchers.... but since the collapse no one is willing to pay the price he needs to even break even.... in effect he is haveing to compete with the big producers... and there is a new pig farm going in near Cropwell Bishop that will be all indoors and have 1400 rearing mummy pigs.... so he now has 3 pigs which are sponsored by the local school... and more rare breed sheep.. some geese and turkeys...

I think that piccie must have been taken 2/3 years ago... he made quite a few improvments... more little huts.. etc etc.... in the past 2 years..
 
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