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Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:21 pm
by Clyde_Wanderer
Anyone know what time of day on July 28th is the demolition planned for, or where I would get this info?
C_W
Re: Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:16 am
by Aja
C_W
Full details here. I assume you will be going by sea - roads bound to be gridlocked.
http://www.inverclydenow.com/today/9816 ... -confirmed
Regards
Donald
Re: Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:27 pm
by ash
Aja wrote:. I assume you will be going by sea -
Regards
Donald
I'm sure that I read somewhere that there will no (sea) access in / out of Kip Marina during the event.
I'm planning to be on holiday on the boat for 3 weeks from this Friday, and it will be strange to come home to Kip without the chimney. Might not be able to find my way!
Ash
Re: Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:45 pm
by lady_stormrider
You could throw a line of breadcrumbs over the back of your boat - to find your way back
Re: Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:21 pm
by Clyde_Wanderer
Thanks Donald.
What an unsociable time of night to blow down a structure, 10pm.
It will probably be too dark to see anything by then.
I pity any elderly people just snugging up in bed to be scared wittless by the big bang and/or vibration.
C_W
Re: Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:23 pm
by Clyde_Wanderer
lady_stormrider wrote:You could throw a line of breadcrumbs over the back of your boat - to find your way back
Better still why not use whiskey cake crumbs
C_W
Re: Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:47 am
by aquaplane
We were wondering about spectating but we planned be further West on Sunday.
When I told my crew about the previous demolitions that I had witnessed she summed it up quite well.
"One big bang and it’s all over inside 20 seconds with a lot to clean up afterwards.
Right.
We should go to Port Ellen or Gigha instead."
It's going to be a big event but probably best left to folks who would be there, or don't have far to go to watch.
Re: Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:41 am
by Aja
Clyde_Wanderer wrote:Thanks Donald.
What an unsociable time of night to blow down a structure, 10pm.
It will probably be too dark to see anything by then.
I pity any elderly people just snugging up in bed to be scared wittless by the big bang and/or vibration.
C_W
I think it will still be light enough to see quite a spectacle. You will certainly see the charges detonating more clearly in the dusk!
Donald
Re: Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:20 pm
by Clyde_Wanderer
Can I suggest a wee fote/video computition, the subject been the demolition of the Kip chemny, with a firtule pint for the best entry?
Sadly I wont be there so the rest of you stand a better chance of winning
C_W
Re: Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:45 pm
by mm5aho
I should be about Tiree by then, but passing it on Sunday it looked lonely. The building has almost gone entirely. Looks dog-eared, as if a dog has been chewing it.
No sign of preparation visible from the sea, but then I don't know what to look for.
Re: Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 5:40 pm
by Silkie
Re: Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:10 pm
by ash
I like the 'state of the art' computer! Looks like a BBC? - can't remember the full name. My first computer was a Commodore 64 (spelling?)
Ash, greetings from Port Ellen, Islay
Re: Kip Chimney again.
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:02 am
by cpedw
It's not a BBC. It looks like, but not the same as, a Commodore PET that I used in the early 1980s.
Derek