things to do in a boatyard for week

dylanwinter

dylanwinter

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We were due to be craned in tomorrow

now there is too much wind so the crane in has been postponed until the 18th

a week aboard, aground in a boatyard, in a small boat

sorting the electrics will take two days

I have lekki and web

all suggestions for filling the time gratefully considered

here is where I am

http://www.fcyc.org.uk/

I have a bike

D

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Well thirty year ago it would have been up into Leith / Rose st for a blackun ! But now it's all got a bit posh so get your Ovies on and anti foul your new neighbours boats, £50 a pop and save your liver ta boot !

John

( enjoy Edinburgh its good )
 
"A yard full of perfectly prepared yachts ". DYLAN wake up you've just taken a quantum leap into the future of boating!

John
 
Whatever else you do, take a chance to visit the Royal Sottish Museum on Chambers St. Free entry and a great day out. Other suggestions are Dynamic Earth and the Castle although both charge an entry fee.
 
davewarburton said:
Whatever else you do, take a chance to visit the Royal Sottish Museum on Chambers St. Free entry and a great day out. Other suggestions are Dynamic Earth and the Castle although both charge an entry fee.
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Iircc the castle had quite a lot of info and memorabilia on TE Lawrence oh don't forget to check your watch by the one o'clock gun!

John
 
I like free

I think being free changes your relationship with the material on offer

I love things you stumble across - such as Wick cemetary

I have a hankering to look at Brittania - but not sure what I would learn that I cannot already see in the images

http://www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk/

Leith is a very strange place - cycled there yesterday

wind getting up now

sadly the stern of Katie L faces West
 
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dylanwinter said:
I like free

I think being free changes your relationship with the material on offer

I love things you stumble across - such as Wick cemetary

I have a hankering to look at Brittania - but not sure what I would learn that I cannot already see in the images

http://www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk/

Leith is a very strange place - cycled there yesterday

wind getting up now

sadly the stern of Katie L faces West
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Well free in Edinburgh :

Museum as mentioned above which is excellent
The art galleries are free but dull
Walk up the water of leith and spot the gormley statues
Botanic gardens is nice

And if u are really bored you could come up to the other mecca of boating in Edinburgh at port edgar and help me launch my boat! I have already been cancelled once so hoping it will happen this week!
 
dylanwinter said:
I have a hankering to look at Brittania - but not sure what I would learn that I cannot already see in the images
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My abiding memory of Britannia is of the contrast between the relatively plain living of the royal family and the absurdly convoluted protocol of the crew. On one hand fairly understated 1950s chic and on the other bizarre rules and hierarchies. Who could go into what room when and dressed how, that sort of thing. The daftest bit was when they told us that the bandsmen had 26 (?) different uniforms for different occasions, as if this was somehow admirable.

If you don't mind local travel, I'd strongly recommend the Scottish Mining Museum at Dalkeith, which costs to get in but is well worth it. The Royal Scottish Museum on Chambers St is well worth while, and the newer Museum of Scotland part of the complex is also worth seeing as an object lesson in modern, patronising, architecture-driven museum design.

My favourite museum actually in Edinburgh is the Surgeon's Hall one, but that's closed till the summer. The Museum of Edinburgh on the Royal Mile is good and free. Our Dynamic Earth is preachy and mostly devoid of content. The parliament building tour is said to be very good, though I haven't done it myself. The Bank of Scotland's "Museum of Money" on the Mound is well worth an hour, and also free. The Museum of Fire on Lauriston place is quirky and fun, but as it's run by volunteers you have to check that it's open (http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/about-us/our-heritage.aspx).

Since you have a bike, why not head west along the Union Canal towpath for a bit - maybe as far as the Water of Leith Visitor Centre? If you like planes the Museum of Flight at East Fortune is good - train to North Berwick and then bus, or get off the train at Drew and cycle the rest of the way. Costs.

If you like art there's the National Gallery of Scotland, the National Portrait Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art, all free. An hourly bus links them. From the Museum of Modern Art you can walk down the Water of Leith walkway all the way to Leith Harbour. If you like stars, there are public astronomy evenings at the Royal Observatory on Fridays until 24th April (http://www.roe.ac.uk/vc/public-events/astronomy-evenings).

Finally, how about a ride on our fine and economically built trams system. Only £1.50 each way if you get off at Ingliston Park and Ride, one stop shy of the airport, or you can use a £3.50 day rover ticket on Lothian Buses and trams everywhere except the airport.
 
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dylanwinter said:
I have a hankering to look at Brittania - but not sure what I would learn that I cannot already see in the images
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My abiding memory of Britannia is of the contrast between the relatively plain living of the royal family and the absurdly convoluted protocol of the queue. On one had fairly understate simple 1950s chic and on the other bizarre rules and hierarchies. Who could go into what room when and dressed how, that sort of thing. The daftest bit was when they told us that the bandsmen had 26 (?) different uniforms for different occasions, as if this was somehow admirable.

If you don't mind local travel, I'd strongly recommend the Scottish Mining Museum at Dalkeith, which costs to get in but is well worth it. The Royal Scottish Museum on Chambers St is well worth while, and the newer Museum of Scotland part of the complex is also worth seeing as an object lesson in modern, patronising, architecture-driven museum design.

My favourite museum actually in Edinburgh is the Surgeon's Hall one, but that's closed till the summer. The Museum of Edinburgh on the Royal Mile is good and free. Our Dynamic Earth is preachy and mostly devoid of content. The parliament building tour is said to be very good, though I haven't done it myself. The Bank of Scotland's "Museum of Money" on the Mound is well worth an hour, and also free. The Museum of Fire on Lauriston place is quirky and fun, but as it's run by volunteers you have to check that it's open (http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/about-us/our-heritage.aspx).

Since you have a bike, why not head west along the Union Canal towpath for a bit - maybe as far as the Water of Leith Visitor Centre? If you like planes the Museum of Flight at East Fortune is good - train to North Berwick and then bus, or get off the train at Drew and cycle the rest of the way. Costs.

If you like art there's the National Gallery of Scotland, the National Portrait Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art, all free. An hourly bus links them. From the Museum of Modern Art you can walk down the Water of Leith walkway all the way to Leith Harbour. If you like stars, there are public astronomy evenings at the Royal Observatory on Fridays until 24th April (http://www.roe.ac.uk/vc/public-events/astronomy-evenings).

Finally, how about a ride on our fine and economically built trams system. Only £1.50 each way if you get off at Ingliston Park and Ride, one stop shy of the airport, or you can use a £3.50 day rover ticket on Lothian Buses and trams everywhere except the airport.
 
harstonwood said:
http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk


Take a trip and view this marvel of......well it's fairly new!
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I should take a bike ride along the canal and see the kelpies - you are dead right

Edinburgh is one of the great cities in the world so lots to do

as for things to do in the boatyard... each evening the knots do a display

the best boatyard of the trip so far was Winteringham - warblers, rabbits, all sorts of great things to film

the sun is shining

it was pretty funny yesterday in the morning all was frenzy as old blokes ran around like battery bunnies - then the announcement came that the launch had been postponed and everyone started strolling around, chatting, drinking tea - the pressure was off

D
 
Do a load of those irritating small jobs that you've been putting off for ages. No different to being weatherbound really except you can do underwater jobs too.

Read books, plan your trips, tinker, test everything... There is always something that needs doing even if it is just cleaning.
 
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