Just seen Ark Royal

[Brian Cawkwell]

Just drove down the coast road and seen the Ark Royal steaming off Souter Point towards Sunderland, not on my shipplotter thou.

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cawky wrote:
Just drove down the coast road and seen the Ark Royal steaming off Souter Point towards Sunderland, not on my shipplotter thou.

Hi Brian

Give her a shout and tell her she is going the wrong way  :lol:

Regards

Steve Ellwood

[Crennis]

When Illustrious arrived she steamed off towards Blyth for a while before turning into the Tyne, the Arks probably waiting for the tide or a pilot

[Brian Cawkwell]

we might be able to spot her on one of these cameras

http://ebgb.net/cams.htm

(Three coal ships due in this week ?)

Or try this one:-

http://www.sandhavenchaletswebcam.co.uk/

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Hi All

If you want to catch the arrival of HMS Ark Royal and cannot be there in person - aim your browser at this web camera - she is due in view at 15.00 today.

http://217.206.230.24:8080/simple.htm?feed=Northumbria

Regards

Steve Ellwood

[Brian Cawkwell]

Just had a look on the shipplotter and the tugs are not moving yet 14.23

Have to go and do some work now. :-?  :-?  :-?

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cawky wrote:
Just had a look on the shipplotter and the tugs are not moving yet 14.23

Have to go and do some work now.    

Hi Brian

Plenty of time yet - I'll probably set off from home when I see the Tugs moving off from their berth  :-)

Steve Ellwood

[Brian Cawkwell]

Ellwood wrote:
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cawky wrote:
Just had a look on the shipplotter and the tugs are not moving yet 14.23

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Hi Brian

Plenty of time yet - I'll probably set off from home when I see the Tugs moving off from their berth  

Steve Ellwood

There on the move steve

[Crennis]

Typical its the weekend I'm in Edinburgh that the Ark is in, does anyone know if theres a movements website for the Forth or Rosyth?

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Crennis wrote:
Typical its the weekend I'm in Edinburgh that the Ark is in, does anyone know if theres a movements website for the Forth or Rosyth?

Hi Crennis

I tried to find one when I was up on the Forth taking photographs last year - couldn't find anything on the Web then   :-x

Regards

Steve Ellwood

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Hi All

Good short video of HMS Ark Royals arrival @ http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Ark-Royal-returns-to-the.3760931.jp

Regards

Steve Ellwood

[Brian Cawkwell]

Ellwood wrote:
Hi All

Good short video of HMS Ark Royals arrival @ http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Ark-Royal-returns-to-the.3760931.jp

Regards

Steve Ellwood

Hi Steve ,

a good qualiy video, not like some of them on you tube,but what I noticed at the end was how big the Queen of Scandanavia looked compared to the Ark Royal

[JonHare]

Just had a look at a story from a couple of days ago on the Gazzette website.

Why can't they open the ship on Sunday when Im off work.

 :cry:

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JonHare wrote:
Just had a look at a story from a couple of days ago on the Gazzette website.

Why can't they open the ship on Sunday when Im off work.

 :cry:  

Hi Jon

Well, I suppose we should be grateful that she is open at all - when HMS Illustrious was last in the Tyne she wasn't open to the public at all ;-)

Regards

Steve Ellwood

[JonHare]

LOL I know that it is grateful that we are allowed aboard to visit. It is also a very good idea as far as recruitment goes. As the young ones (kids-teenagers age group) will be able to have a look around and might help with their choice into which force they want to go in if they join the forces.


But what I was getting at tounge firmly in cheek. ;-)

Is that when something like this happens, it always has a canny knack for open days to be held when Im at work with no way of being able to escape.

I will be having a pop up later this afternoon to see her berthed up. So at least Im glad that I will at least get a chance to see her, before she ends up in Graythorpe (Scrap) Yard. ;-)