British LOL meeting - 17/08/2007

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:11 pm

Leicester to Peterborough is spitting distance along the A47. You HAVE to go visit, but be prepared to view every other shop as inferior afterwards. The price you pay

Oakham is half-way between Leicester and Peterborough so you'll be even CLOSER

Oakham left center, Crowland right center.

As an idea of scale, Rutland water itself (on left) is around 4.5 miles long. Note Tinwell, SW of Stamford

Martin.

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:29 pm

Cool, yes you have to come and visit and meet the crazy British LOL contingent, Tinman!

Oakham is indeed quite near to us, in fact, the nearest M/A branch to us is in Oakham, Rutland. Rutland Water itself is very popular with birdwatchers: http://www.rutlandwater.org.uk/

Emma

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:17 pm

Sounds good Tinman!

I'm sure we can arrange a meet up.

BTW Emma, do you have any wellingtons?

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:24 pm

Graeme Robson wrote: BTW Emma, do you have any wellingtons?

Save your fetishes for the O/T forum, Mr R!

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:32 pm

I do, but this matter must be asked here...

Next spring i wants us to meet up for a UK loach hunt. Camping for a couple of days with catching loaches from the local little rivers around your area. Sounds good?

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:39 pm

Sounds excellent, but only if you promise to be on bug eviction patrol. Can't be doing with any bugs of any description in the my tent! Not that I've actually got a tent.

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What you hoping for, some Barbatula barbatula?

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:52 pm

Don't worry about the bugs, modern tents are now well sealed to stop those critters. Plus i'll carry a spare can of ultra hold!

Yeah and also the Cobitus taenia. I read reports of these chaps living in your local waters. We will have to study which river system first but still worth it.

Tinman · Post by **Tinman** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:53 pm

I Goggle Earthed it and looked up were the store is myself after posting that. Thank You, Yes I will go by there for sure. I have no more room for fish in my system so being able to go shopping and not buy is actually a treat. I would love to meet up and see real live fish geeks other than myself in person

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:18 pm

Graeme, you know I live just yards from the River Welland:

http://www.jncc.gov.uk/protectedsites/S ... Code=S1149

That pub we went to virtually overlooks it.

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but I reckon you're after the LOL Camping Trip anyway!

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:30 am

Cool!!

You can be our local guide and be the translator for us. You know them locals don't understand us foreigners.

helen nightingale · Post by **helen nightingale** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:24 am

Tinman it would be great to meet you. would you let us know the dates you are in Oakham, and we can get something worked out? meeting other fish geeks in person can make you feel a lot more normal

an indoor loach meet combined with book launch party in november followed by loachy camping in spring sounds great. we could probably find some interesting water critters to photograph too. it would be good to find a site with not too many nettles so that we could go swimming too.

Tinman · Post by **Tinman** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:34 am

Thank You Helen,You say NORMAL like thats a good thing

. I will get exact dates and post them .

I only mean Fish Geeks with the utmost respect

helen nightingale · Post by **helen nightingale** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:33 am

well if there are 10 people in a fish shop and they are all fish geeks, then the person that walks in that isnt a fish geek is the odd one out, so we must be normal

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:59 am

How many fish geeks does it take to change a flourescent tube?

Martin.

helen nightingale · Post by **helen nightingale** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:18 pm

or argue about what is best tube to buy in the first place

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