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Old 11-11-08, 09:40
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Default Southampton Sandbanks

Well next time you get stuck, at least you can say "I am not the only one"

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Old 11-11-08, 09:48
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Sticky things sandbanks, especially when they are called Brambles.
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Long and honourable tradition. Didn't the first Queen Elizabeth make a visit to the Bramble Bank, soon after WW2?
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Rumour has it it that Twisterken was navigating using last years tide tables (again)
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Old 11-11-08, 14:55
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Maybe they were hoping for a game of cricket.
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Not my fault mister, I was in Reading. Honest.
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CHIRPS? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Nah! CHIRPS is for near misses, not direct hits!
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