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Originally Posted by flyflicker
...but now snug & warm at home I can’t wait for another go at those flatties… ho hum  |
That's the spirit
. I was planning to come down today but got a better offer last night (beating, duck shooting, drinks
& Phil Lynott special on Radio 2).
The clincher was the tides. I got really confused about the tides at Portland.
. New Years day the water was high at Newton's Cove when I entered around noon and then went down through 3pm-ish .. exposing rocks, etc.. So, I was expecting the the opposite tides this week (
normally tides reverse same day of following week ... or so I thought). According to the
internet sites -- high tide was around noon this weekend with low tide around 6pm -- the exact opposite of what I expected (and, to me, seems the same as last week). Was it really high tide around noon today? [I saw the half moon (up at about 60 degree & south) at 5pm and thought that might suggest a high tide??]. Or did I just catch one of those discontinuities in the tide that occur near the solent?
[e.g. Here are the tide times this weekend:
Sat 7th Jan 2006
04:16 0.72m 11:59 1.88m
17:12 0.64m
Sun 8th Jan 2006
00:38 1.62m 05:08 0.84m
12:55 1.70m 18:10 0.71m ]
