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I occasionally see odd spearing/diving/fishing/coast related news items...feel free to add you own...

Deadly Tombstoning Craze Claims New Victim |Sky News|UK News
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Chef Serves Deep-Fried Twitching Fish |Sky News|World News

Police Hunt Swordfish Snout Attackers |Sky News|World News

Tons Of Dead Fish Found In Thai River |Sky News|World News

Have A Clever Kid - Eat Lots Of Fish |Sky News|World News

Massive Rescue Op Under Way In Channel |Sky News|Home
 
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Do you know the outcome of the lifegaurd and girlfriend that went missing in cornwall. It was thought that they had entered a cave.

I watched the search n rescure on the news but never did learn of the outcome.
 
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Do you know the outcome of the lifegaurd and girlfriend that went missing in cornwall. It was thought that they had entered a cave.

I watched the search n rescure on the news but never did learn of the outcome.
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They got out apparently, read it in the paper. He ended up swimming out the cave to get help as she was getting really cold. It wasnt his girlfriend that he was in the cave with and apparently his good lady is not too happy as they took their wetsuits off to share heat and keep warm! Good excuse though!
 
Unbelievable that sensible people would do something like tombstoning. I thought it was normally done be teenagers who may not be aware of how dangerous it is, but middle-aged men with families? :confused: :head

As for the deep-fried live fish, it seems that cruelty to animals knows no bounds. :vangry :waterwork
 
I didn't realise it was called tombstoning but it was popular in the US. Saw some youngsters doing it into a pool in a cold mountain stream from a bridge in Boulder Canyon, Colorado, near some roadside climbs. It's also on TV there from time to time. Also saw youngsters in the UK doing it at Easter, this year from the nearest sea stack at Landram Bay, E. Devon (I'd prefer them not to - as no doubt I would have had to fish them out if something went wrong).

'Sausages And Burgers Could Cause Cancer' |Sky News|Home

They've been trying to re-float the Napoli at Branscombe, E. Devon this week:

Attempt To Float Stricken Tanker Napoli |Sky News|UK News

Napoli Cargo Appears On EBay |Sky News|Home

Heard the 2 got rescued from the cave, didn't hear about sharing body heat, seems strange to take your wetsuit off to increase warmth...then again...;)
 
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You heard it on DeeperBlue first - "Gordon's an effing fake"

Just heard this on Radio 4. Broke in the Sunday Times today (better late than never?!).

Gordon’s TV fish catch was an effing fake - Times Online

(Forum members suspected this earlier on...and got a suspicious refusal to admit or deny from those involved).

Actually, a couple of names in the article look awfully familiar...

...“I have got three stunning sea bass,” he boasted as he returned to shore gripping the 2ft-long, freshly speared fish. “I have never caught a fish from a spear and it’s not bad for first time out.”
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“I went in 20 minutes before everyone else to make sure we had fish to put on the barbecue,” said Dave O’Callaghan, a member of the British spearfishing squad with more than 20 years’ experience.

“I caught about four and then Gordon got in and we spent about an hour in the water. When we came back in we threaded the fish onto a stringer and he carried them.

“Put it like this: Gordon Ramsay caught f*** all.”

Dave Thomasson, a spearfish-erman from Bodmin in Cornwall who arranged Ramsay’s trip, admitted: “There was an element of the magic of television in that clip. It looks like he speared some fish. It would have been amazing if he had actually caught something, so we had it all planned. I took him to a particularly good spot and I took someone else along to actually shoot some fish.”
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Last year Ramsay successfully sued the Evening Standard for libel over a report that alleged he had manipulated scenes in Kitchen Nightmares.

“We have never done anything in a cynical fake way,” he said at the time.
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Re: You heard it on DeeperBlue first - "Gordon's an effing fake"

Mr. X said:
Just heard this on Radio 4. Broke in the Sunday Times today (better late than never?!).

Gordon’s TV fish catch was an effing fake - Times Online

(Forum members suspected this earlier on...and got a suspicious refusal to admit or deny from those involved).

Actually, a couple of names in the article look awfully familiar...
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i saw that this morning in the Sunday Times (we have delivered in Dubai now!) rofl i had to laugh... i can just imagine Gordon Ramsay saying "you should see the one that got away..."
 
What I don't understand is how that is possible without swallowing loads of water? :confused: :blackeye
 
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