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Snow in the west


Snow  in  the  west

Canal frozen  solid



    a quiet day on the canal then
    great  weather  when  no  longer  fishing ???
    better get you skates on, your teas on the table!! ???
    got to be better than swinging like a pendelum on the grampian harrier ???
    Aye  yer  richt  there,,Thon  trip  afore  we  had  20  days  withoot  heating  and  sh*te  water fer  drinking,had  t5o  gang  ti'  doctors  wie  mi'  hands  they  had  started  to  turn  black. Onywye  there  wiz  nae  wye  a  wiz  gan  back  as  te  only  mate,I'd  deen  fower  trips  as  that.The  twelve  on / aff  wiz  nae  my  wye  o'  workin'  Bastards  still  blackballed  me. ??? O0 :P
    you had a lucky escape willie i done 2 year in her till she was laid up , then the last one in the grampian rose before she was laid up the end of 91. from a ferry to a whaler mind for all that the rose was a bonny seaship. the good old days .
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    Just for you pair o Harrier crewmen a photo of Jim Pottingers featured on Ships Nostalgia before she became the Harrier
    She  wiz  still  a  CATTLE FLOAT.
    her  sistership  Compass Ross  wiz  lost  wie  all  hands  40  miles  East  o  the  Broch. ??? O0 :P
    cheers willie she looks better in those colours but as your old man says she was a piece of shit that arse end was way too low. it was an adventure coming back up to deck in the rescue boat on a shitty day especially if the guy on the davit didnt give that clutch an extra kick before raising the boat.  ???