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But they throw a mean geyser.
In fact they're a bunch of mean geysers.
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Lord Pitsligo
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Iceland's pretty high on my list of places I want to visit. I wonder if it just got a lot cheaper?
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| Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| i'm pretty sure that 1 or 2 will be or at least have terrorist sympathies. |
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| linoleum wrote: | | i'm pretty sure that 1 or 2 will be or at least have terrorist sympathies. |
They will now!
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| Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:09 am Post subject: |
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| Lord Pitsligo wrote: | | Iceland's pretty high on my list of places I want to visit. I wonder if it just got a lot cheaper? |
Definitely worth visiting. Went there last Feb and would go back again, worth 3 or 4 nights anyway in Reykvavik, but make sure you get out and about and see the countryside.
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Lord Pitsligo
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| azzuri wrote: | | Lord Pitsligo wrote: | | Iceland's pretty high on my list of places I want to visit. I wonder if it just got a lot cheaper? |
Definitely worth visiting. Went there last Feb and would go back again, worth 3 or 4 nights anyway in Reykvavik, but make sure you get out and about and see the countryside. |
Its the landscape I'm after. I studied geology at university and we looked at Iceland a lot.
Did you see the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
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| Lord Pitsligo wrote: | | Did you see the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? |
Okay, so maybe there is a particular point at which you can actually see it developing, but surely, in one sense, the whole of Iceland is part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? The biggest bit that sticks up out of the ocean? |
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Lord Pitsligo
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| Dave Coull wrote: | | Lord Pitsligo wrote: | | Did you see the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? |
Okay, so maybe there is a particular point at which you can actually see it developing, but surely, in one sense, the whole of Iceland is part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? The biggest bit that sticks up out of the ocean? |
There's the actual plate boundary like a big tear in the crust running through the middle of the country. That's the bit I want to see!
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| Lord Pitsligo wrote: | | There's the actual plate boundary like a big tear in the crust running through the middle of the country. That's the bit I want to see! |
I like the sound of that myself.
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| agentmancuso wrote: | | Lord Pitsligo wrote: | | There's the actual plate boundary like a big tear in the crust running through the middle of the country. That's the bit I want to see! |
I like the sound of that myself. |
In that case, if you're even near Ullapool, pay a visit to the Knockan Crag a short drive to the north. You can see another amazing geological structure - The Moine Thrust. There's even a little visitors centre built into the side of the cliff 
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Been there!
I don't know anything about geology - an 'O' grade biology is my only scientific qualification - but it does interest me a great deal. I like hillwalking and generally exploring the landscape. An understanding of the formative process always helps present what's in front of the eyes in a different light.
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azzuri
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| Lord Pitsligo wrote: | | Dave Coull wrote: | | Lord Pitsligo wrote: | | Did you see the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? |
Okay, so maybe there is a particular point at which you can actually see it developing, but surely, in one sense, the whole of Iceland is part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? The biggest bit that sticks up out of the ocean? |
There's the actual plate boundary like a big tear in the crust running through the middle of the country. That's the bit I want to see! |
IIRC, that's exactly where the very first Icelandic parliament sat. Or am I mixing up my history again? Either way, we visited there and it was very odd standing between 2 tectonic plates knowing that they were slowly but surely moving apart.
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Is Iceland cheap to visit at the moment?
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| agentmancuso wrote: | Been there!
I don't know anything about geology - an 'O' grade biology is my only scientific qualification - but it does interest me a great deal. I like hillwalking and generally exploring the landscape. An understanding of the formative process always helps present what's in front of the eyes in a different light. |
There's a book called "Hostile Habitats" that's a great read for the Scottish hillwalker who wants to know more about the geology & biology of the highlands.
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I think I read a review of it in The Angry Corrie.
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Whale killers.
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| Bravehand wrote: | | Whale killers. |
The Bonnie Ship the Diamond
The Diamond is a ship me lads,
For the Davis Straits she's bound
And the Quay it is all garnished
With bonnie lassies round
Captain Thompson gives the order
To sail the ocean wide
Where the sun it never sets me lads
Nor darkness dims the sky.
And it's cheer up, me lads
Let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship The Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale!
Along the quay at PETERHEAD
The lassies stand around
Wi' their shawls all pulled about them
And the salt tears runnin' down
Oh don't you weep, my bonnie lass,
Though you be left behind
For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice
Before we change our mind.
And it's cheer up, me lads
Let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship The Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale!
Here's a health to The Resolution,
Likewise the Eliza Swan
Here's a health to the Battler of MONTROSE
And The Diamond ship of fame
We wear the trousers of the white
And the jackets of the blue
When we return to Peterhead,
We'll hae sweethearts enoo.
And it's cheer up, me lads
Let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship The Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale!
It;ll be bright both day and night
When the Greenland lads come hame
Wi' a ship that's fu' o' oil me lads
And money to our name
We'll make the cradles for to rock
And the blankets for to tear
And every lass in Peterhead
Sing hushabye my dear!
And it's cheer up, me lads
Let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship The Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale!
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