Norwegian Blue

I work on a dive support vessel in the North Sea. We build the infrastructure out here to enable the oil companies to pump oil and gas to shore. I normally park my ship up using DGPS and then we use a computer to control the ships thrusters to keep us in the same position (Dynamic Positioning) to allow us to deploy divers and other equipment onto the sea bed. It's interesting work and pays the mortgage. An accuracy rule of thumb for us is 1 metre but, sometimes it's better than that. (possibly even 20cm)

Alistair, Please pm me. Now I am back in the game after a forced absence I may be able to help. I wasn't dead..... just restin'

This only really applies to marine users but may effect the signal on land in the vicinity. No one wants to see any "slaves to the arrow" wandering over a cliff. ........................................................................................................................................................ The MoD has informed Ofcom of the following GPS jamming exercises: Dates: 31 March to 4 April 2008 Times: between 08:00 and 18:00 hrs Location: To sea from Bridlington - N54° 06.842’ W000° 05.045’ Contact: Trial Manager - 07766 134758 Dates: 20-21 April 2008 (26 April 2008 reserve day) Times: between 09:00 and 17:00 hrs Location: To sea from The Hebrides - N57° 14.4’ W007° 26.7’ Contact (during jamming exercise only) 07766 134520

Me too

I'm a seafarer. It sure beats using a sextant and almanac!

Sticking me mit in the air to bag Tyne & Wear. Love the BIG [anything] name as well!!

MYSTERY SOLVED Just received an email from "Lost it"; seems the cache was going to be the Blind Miller but he moved it to Whitburn and then lost the coordinates in any case. It's a great hidey hole and will be the site of the next Sand Dancer cache. Watch this space!!

It's definately not Grist to the Mill. I'd found that one. Grist to the Mill went missing shortly after that lad got murdered up there last March. I suspect it may have been removed during the police/forensic search. I've spoken to one of the officers who was involved and he said that although they searched exactly the area where Grist to the Mill was located (they were looking for the weapon and they suspected that the attacker had escaped across the golf course) he can't remember anyone discovering the cache.

Not far from the mill.

This is really a post for all Sand dancer cachers. Anyone left a small box up on Cleadon Hill???? I was up there today scouting around for a decent cache hidey hole and found a cache that isn't listed. It's obviously a cache as it contains a signal the frog toy. Guess I'll have to find somewhere else to place my new Sand dancers cache. By the way. TNLNSL!!!!

I'll be ordering two again Mandy.

That's a big DING for you Simply Paul Marathon = 42195 metres Circum of helideck = 22xpi=69.11metres 42195/69.11 = 610.5

O.k. Now for a maths one. My ship has a helideck with a diameter of 22 metres. Assuming, I stick right to the edges, how many laps would I need to jog around it to complete a marathon?

I once memorised a list of these thinkng that it would give me an edge during pub quizzes. CATS.

I'm trying to learn Tagalog as I work with a lot of Filipinos so that's the one for me. But it's John Cleese if I don't know where I'm going. Mrs NB insists on Sharon Osborne but I find her voice so infuriating that I switch back to plain Jane whenever I can.

Great effort Mandy - Well Done! What with all the caching you do PLUS organising event caches PLUS printing calendars. I think it's great that you've even found the time to manage your 1000th post!!

One of my workmates has just bought his first GPS after I showed him what it was all about. He and his wife will be hunting for their first cache shortly. Welcome to the obsession "Millracers"

Where have the wing mirrors gone from the green Jeep? (see icon) Must be the narrow country lanes down in that part of the country. Must have been driven by a grockle.

Mine arrived at last. It was obvious to my wife that it was not the item from ebay that she wasn't allowed to open. It has to go to English Bazar in India. I was just googling the place when my second officer walked past and said, "why are you looking up the place where I was born?" It's a small, small world It will be released into the wilds of County Durham in the next few weeks.

Thanks for the info Mandy. I'll check with Mrs NB later today. BTW what are you doing up this early in the morning? At least I've got an excuse as I'm... er... working

Spare a thought for those of us that have had to work away over the christmas period out here in the north sea. I'll be keeping my christmas avatar until I've opened my pressies and had my turkey on January 12th 2007.

Can someone please describe the packaging that the tag arrived in? I'm away at sea and have ordered a geocoin on ebay as a christmas pressie for mrs Norwegian Blue and I don't want her to open it thinking that it may be a diabetes tag. BTW Christmas day in the Norwegian Blue household will fall on January 12th 2007!

That's a big, geordie DING to you Carlos. Fire Away!

Right then, My question... The movie GET CARTER, starring Micheal Caine was set in the North East of England and is the subject of a number of themed caches which take you to the various places around the city where the film was shot. I would like to know what are the christian names of the two Carter brothers?

Yup. Keeps happening to me too, adding to my frustration of using a really slow satellite uplinky thingy to go on-line from the middle of the sea.