A Conversation for The 2003 Hampshire Meet Up

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Post 161

Cardinal Noah (is now back!!!)

smiley - wow there are alot of cliff slips at Barton, i'm often found clambering over them precariously in winter ESPECIALLY the ones that have been 'taped' off!


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Post 162

Purple Moose - He comes, he goes. But mainly the latter...

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! *slpooosh!*
smiley - reindeer


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Post 163

Cardinal Noah (is now back!!!)

smiley - laugh

it's so much fun though!


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Post 164

Bluebottle

It's less fun when you're grandfather built a beach hut and then, twenty years later, the cliff falls on top of it.smiley - wah

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Post 165

Purple Moose - He comes, he goes. But mainly the latter...

smiley - laugh
sorry, I just got a mental image of a cliff falling onto a beach hut.
smiley - laugh sorry.
smiley - reindeer


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Post 166

Ming Mang

smiley - yikes

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Post 167

Purple Moose - He comes, he goes. But mainly the latter...

i hope no-one was in the hut at the time!
smiley - reindeer


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Post 168

Bluebottle

Fortunately not - afterall, who wants to be in a beach hut when there are cliffs falling down on top of them. The same cliff fall also took out the inshore rescue lifeboat's storage shed and the boat...

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Post 169

Purple Moose - He comes, he goes. But mainly the latter...

ouch
smiley - reindeer


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Post 170

Bluebottle

Luckily they were able to repair both before long and they weren't needed in the meantime. The lifeboat was just a rib, so repairing it wasn't too hard.

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Post 171

Ming Mang

Oh good.

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Post 172

Bluebottle

And its all fixed now, anyway...

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Post 173

Ming Mang

Even better. smiley - smiley

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Post 174

Cardinal Noah (is now back!!!)

i'm wondering how long the Beachcomber cafe at Barton is going to last smiley - winkeye.....i give it 5 years. place your bets now!


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Post 175

Purple Moose - He comes, he goes. But mainly the latter...

i give Blackgang Chine 5 years aswell, they've already lost most of their dinosaurs haven't they?!
smiley - reindeer


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Post 176

Bluebottle

Only two were stolen - well, one stolen, the other was vandalised and a leg was stolen... They've both been replaced, and the rest are still there if you look in the right place.
Blackgang Chine keeps buying land further inland, and moves everything back. It doesn't lose anything, just relocates it. And since they bought Robin Hill, which is about as central to the Island as possible, there's no chance that they will ever close down as they can just move everything there.

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Post 177

Purple Moose - He comes, he goes. But mainly the latter...

i went to Robin Hill as a kiddy as well, can't remember much except the tobogan ride!
smiley - reindeer


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Post 178

Bluebottle

I don't think I've been since they opened that...

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Post 179

Yeliab {h2g2as}

I'm back form yonder Isle having had 2 weeks as a grockle (however what's a grockle called who works there for a bit?)

It was frantastic, campled at Atherfield campsite run by Mrs. Goddie who is really lovely and everyong must go and camp there! I found 2 bits of back rolled bone, 3 lovely ammonites (one which was cut and polished for me by Isle Geogems) and I also found a rather nice Pterosaur wing bone!! smiley - biggrin (Hoever I will refer to it without the silly silent P as that really gor me confused smiley - silly) Steve Hutt and most of the folks at Dinosaur Farm Museum (where I worked) though it was pretty cool and it will be displayed there when it's been preped (which I helped with). So when your next down there go and have a look.

OK I think 'm plugged out now,
Nick


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Post 180

Purple Moose - He comes, he goes. But mainly the latter...

I've never been proper fossil hunting, I found a couple of imprints in the rock, but nothing else..
smiley - reindeer


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