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b0ogaloo

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Re: Salt Island clean up July 2012
« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2012 »
Hi

The damage and rubbish  was nowhere near as bad as it was last year ... so maybe the message is getting through slowly . People seem to think that aluminium burns ...  it doesnt... well it does if you powder it and mix it with rust Al2O3(s) + 2Fe(s) :D . but i dont think theres much need for thermite welding on Salt island

If all goes to plan I'll be out there from Fri-Fri doing a bit more work and a bit of r&r

Andy


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Re: Salt Island clean up July 2012
« Reply #16 on: August 01, 2012 »
Wee Gaz: I'm glad someone agrees with me sometimes!

What would the fishing be like out there? Would be class if you could get a few mackerel or pollack and bbq them. Purely academic question as I don't have a canoe/boat.

Also what are the woods like? Natural and/or broadleaved or conifer plantation?
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Re: Salt Island clean up July 2012
« Reply #17 on: August 01, 2012 »
Excellent work.

Karma well justified.
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Re: Salt Island clean up July 2012
« Reply #18 on: August 01, 2012 »
Quote from: sjh1 on August 01, 2012
Wee Gaz: I'm glad someone agrees with me sometimes!

What would the fishing be like out there? Would be class if you could get a few mackerel or pollack and bbq them. Purely academic question as I don't have a canoe/boat.

Also what are the woods like? Natural and/or broadleaved or conifer plantation?

Mackerel and sea trout ,,, the lough was decimated by  trawlers dredging the bottom , and even now after a twenty odd year ban on commercial fishing with nets  much of the lough still resembles a lunar landscape

The forest is a mix of broadleaved and coniferous trees,  its only a few acres  , there is talk of planting more trees  and coppicing in the future

Andy
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Re: Salt Island clean up July 2012
« Reply #19 on: August 02, 2012 »
Interesting Andy, thanks.
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Re: Salt Island clean up July 2012
« Reply #20 on: August 06, 2012 »
Excellent work Andy. Hats off to you.
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