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[sparkey]

  This weekend is one of those where whatever your plans you simply will not get to the lake,family commitments, weather and the fact that the lake is closed for sailing for a couple weeks,still I can go into the shed and play with my new radio,that is if the grandkids will let me,still we have the summer to look forward to,Ray.    

[triumphjon]

so far its looking good down here , turned down a job that would have meant the weekend in glasgow , been sailing at our club yesterday , might try the latest purchase this afternoon if the drizzle lets up , then we have the chichester canal cruise tommorrow , so its almost been a whole weekend of model boating !

[dougal99]

Weekend visitors keeping me from the lake, but then its cold and rainy so staying in not too bad. No creeping off to do some modelling though 

[SunnyBob]

This weekend is one of those where whatever your plans you simply will not get to the lake,family commitments, weather and the fact that the lake is closed for sailing for a couple weeks,still I can go into the shed and play with my new radio,that is if the grandkids will let me,still we have the summer to look forward to,Ray.    

Any weekend in wandsworth is tough to get through    I was born there well over a half century ago, dont suppose its improved much. Wheres your nearest sailing lake?

[Netleyned]

Just got back from the lake.


NE wind straight off the North Sea.
Darn Cold.
Only three yachts and 6 Club members.


Gloves and woolly hats on Easter Sunday 


Two hours good sailing though.


Ned

[sparkey]

  The trouble with Wandsworth is that it has been gentryfied,I live up by the common and houses go for £1-2million not many of us working class people left,my neighbours if you can call them that refuse to say good morning just ignore us sad really,still that's the way the world is today,I was taught to be polite to people,I have to go to surrey to sail at silvermere lake about 30 mile round trip still not bad on a sunday morning,nice bunch of lads from all walks of life,both sail and scale I have a go at both,sadly not much good at the sailing bit still learning,Ray      

[SunnyBob]

The trouble with Wandsworth is that it has been gentryfied,I live up by the common and houses go for £1-2million not many of us working class people left,my neighbours if you can call them that refuse to say good morning just ignore us sad really,still that's the way the world is today,I was taught to be polite to people,I have to go to surrey to sail at silvermere lake about 30 mile round trip still not bad on a sunday morning,nice bunch of lads from all walks of life,both sail and scale I have a go at both,sadly not much good at the sailing bit still learning,Ray    

Dont tell me, the clapham lake is out of bounds? What about wimbledon? surely one of them allows boaters? My brother still lives in putney, I'm pretty sure he sails his boats in the pond behind hampton court.


I know all about the house prices.   I was born just off the wandsworth end of putney bridge road in a coronation street style of terraces. in the late 50's they were condemned for flats to be built. the flats didnt get built, and my dad was offered the rented house for £500 in 1960. he turned it down (didnt want to his own maintenance). When my mum finally left that house in 2005, it was worth over a half million, and theres at least one lord and lady living in the street now.

[sparkey]

  The pond on Clapham common is dry and any case rather small,I have used other ponds but parking is a problem with a lot of them, I would like to find another for when I can't use Silvermere, a lot of the lads use Woking clubs waters which the club has kindly allowed us to use but is a lot further away,so if any of you guy's have any ideas I be very grateful,Ray.      

[SunnyBob]

I've just checked my brothers website. he used clapham long pond, but the pics are 3 years old. Also one on cockle pond, haslar (wherever that is.
Have a look at his scratch built boat here http://www.pbase.com/john_cooper/baby_bootlegger Go to the last pic first, and they are a history of the build and testing.

[Netleyned]

The Cockle pond is in Gosport near to RN Hospital Haslar.
Reputed to be the largest model boat pond in Europe.
I assume this means man made as opposed to natural
lakes etc.

Ned

[SunnyBob]

wow, just read this article on cockle lake. very impressive
http://www.modelboats.co.uk/news/article/gosport-myc/592

[Liverbudgie2]

Lots of lakes/lochs to play on in the boarders but not many, if any, people do,  nice on sunny but not terribly warm, so far nice walk on the Mull of Galloway yesterday observing and photographing the tidal race in the area. Today, as all the shops on the English side of the boarder are closed, the Jocks are doing roaring trade, so the car was washed.

LB