Things to do on a rainy day

[johnalison]

It's beautifully sunny here in Essex. I'm digesting the bill from the engineers for the annual service. I might change down to a coracle.

 

[Saguday]

It's beautifully sunny here in Essex

Noooo.....

 

[johnalison]

Oh dear. Did I say something wrong?

 

[sailorman]

on a rainy day service yer own engine then leave the coracle in Wales

 

[johnalison]

I've serviced my engine for over thirty years but they have moved outside my range of competence and my wife doesn't like to hear me swearing.

 

[Saguday]

Oh dear. Did I say something wrong?

It brightened up enough here to turn the lights off a couple of hours ago, but it's gone orl dim and dismal again

 

[sailorman]

have a look at the rugger, plenty of action there

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

I was intrigued by the talk of Rummikub, and went to wiki. Do you all play with tiles or two packs of cards? It would appear to be much like 'Rummy' As for wet weekends... Fitted a 5 volt supply to accommodate USB technology, cleaned the boat below (or downstairs as my good lady prefers, washboards are hatches to her, not to mention the front bedroom... no nautical terms on Cygnet (its easier to give in))

jeez 37 knots of breeze at the masthead here in N Fambridge

Can't speak for others, but we play with tiles.... and yes, it has a strong resemblance to rummy as a game.

 

[Gargleblaster]

It tells the story of the RNLI from it's beginnings up to the present day, performed as a series of short acts at significant points in their history. It's funny in places and also quite moving and I thought the amateur group did a very good job of the whole thing. Only problem for me was the lighting was a bit on the low side to create the atmosphere they wanted so I'll see what it looks like.

Not an East Coast subject I know, although it is the East Coast of Land's End. Does the play mention the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster? I was unable to weather the Lizard returning from the Atlantic in as Easterly gale earlier in the year and through the rain and spray I went past Mousehole to take refuge in Newlyn. I found it very moving to see the old lifeboat station through the spray and rain and think of the men that lost their lives. Just chatting to people around the harbour I found many of them lived in Mousehole and knew or were related to people that had lost their lives.

 

[ex-Gladys]

Not an East Coast subject I know, although it is the East Coast of Land's End. Does the play mention the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster? I was unable to weather the Lizard returning from the Atlantic in as Easterly gale earlier in the year and through the rain and spray I went past Mousehole to take refuge in Newlyn. I found it very moving to see the old lifeboat station through the spray and rain and think of the men that lost their lives. Just chatting to people around the harbour I found many of them lived in Mousehole and knew or were related to people that had lost their lives.

I went to school with some of the Penlee crew who were killed on that night, the recording of the radio conversation with Falmouth CG is awful, brings more than a lump to my throat every time I hear it.

 

[Saguday]

The story starts at Bamburgh and the north east coast, goes to the Isle of Man, various ships and has Penlee as the penultimate act of the play. It was very moving, perhaps more so because most can remember it. I hadn't realised it was the last time the RNLI lost a life at sea.