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jaygee

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Loha
« on: November 22, 2011 »
Hi all,

Been popping in by and reading for a while now and well its a bit rude of me not to join in..

I'm mostly interested in sea kayaking and have been doing this for a few years now. I enjoy both coastal exploring trips, camping trips and mostly playing in the awesome tide races we have around the coast, some of the best and biggest moving water in NI is salty ;D Favorite spot is the Strangford narrows and if there's a wind blowing against the ebb tide I'll be trying to catch a surf at Angus rock or the bar if its not too nuts!

Keep a blog at http://www.johngrant.eu/ about paddling and update it when doing anything a bit different or interesting, been a bit slow on the updates of late.

Do a bit of geocaching too with my wife and have a couple hidden around the place.

Look forward to joining in here and always looking for paddling buddies interested in the more active side of sea kayaking ;)

John
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LennyJ1

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Re: Loha
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2011 »
Welcome to the forum John
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ChuckMcB

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Re: Loha
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2011 »
Welcome John.

Saw this pic on your site.



Interest was peaked  ;D

Never heard of "The Gobbins Path" (Islandmagee nr Larne) before, am thinking it could be worth a visit (but then I watched this def. not an afternoon's toddle).

(a bit of Googleing throws up this image as well



 :o :o :o

(sorry for pushing your 'hello' thread slight off topic)
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Re: Loha
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2011 »
Welcome to the forum, that pic is class, what a place!
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jaygee

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Re: Loha
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2011 »
Quote from: Chuck on November 22, 2011
Welcome John.

(sorry for pushing your 'hello' thread slight off topic)

Hi Chuck,

Nice video, hadn't seen that before, kudos to those guys doing it without the bridges and paths :) If you look closely you can see the remains of the tubular bridge in the postcard you linked to here:

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Re: Loha
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2011 »
Welcome JayGee!

I watched a short documentary piece on the Gobbins Path, think it was part of the BBC TV show Coast. They had some excellent pictures and footage from back in the day.

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Here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/coast/programmes/06-northern-ireland.shtml
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Re: Loha
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2011 »
welcome john, loving the sound of this path
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Re: Loha
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2011 »
Greetings & Welcome but I'm MOUNTAIN only apart from washing !!!!
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Re: Loha
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2011 »
Welcome to the forum, I saw that documentary on the path too. Is it possible to walk on any sections of it now?
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Re: Loha
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2011 »
Hi John.  Cool, a new blog to put lunchtime in.
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Re: Loha
« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2011 »
Welcome John!
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Re: Loha
« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2011 »
Quote from: VMCC on November 25, 2011
Welcome to the forum, I saw that documentary on the path too. Is it possible to walk on any sections of it now?

Not sure, only seen it from the water, imagine it would require a good mix of skills, sort of thing I would have tried as a kid when i was invincible ;) Near drowned doing something like this when i was 10, stupidly decided to swim a headland after got caught out by the tide while out looking for a hidden smugglers tunnel in case my mum shouted at me for being late for tea!

Found another link talking about it here http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=60616, have passed people with lines rigged up in the passing too.

Not my thing though, can provide more details on tide races if anyone's interested :)

Hi all!
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