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According to The Times Online Little Cumbrae is now to be called Gie's Peace Island. Well. Whatever next.
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Little Cumbrae - No More!
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Re: Little Cumbrae - No More!
The chart I use calls it "South Coombe Island". Only those who have studied assiduously will understand this!
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Re: Little Cumbrae - No More!
When I first read Donalds post I thought it said 'Gie's a pie' island
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Re: Little Cumbrae - No More!
Good job it's no' Dundee, or it would be a peh!
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Re: Little Cumbrae - No More!
Would that be a "mince peh an' a ingin' een an ah?"Rowana wrote:Good job it's no' Dundee, or it would be a peh!
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Re: Little Cumbrae - No More!
Hmmm RYA Mock-ups?marisca wrote:The chart I use calls it "South Coombe Island". Only those who have studied assiduously will understand this!
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Re: Little Cumbrae - No More!
Indeed. They've set the Cumbraes down in a resized English Channel IIRC. "Not to be used for navigation."Aja wrote:Hmmm RYA Mock-ups?
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Re: Little Cumbrae - No More!
Damn, so it's back to the AA road map book, then.Silkie wrote: "Not to be used for navigation."