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Comment on British Warships Found off Estonia by Neil Hambleton

Neil Hambleton — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:13:02 +0000

No, sorry. Works for me.

Comment on Wilson Trail stages 8, 9, 10 by Neil Hambleton

Neil Hambleton — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:11:22 +0000

Yes, they’re pretty tough, probably the 2 toughest consecutive stages. A few weeks later we did the entire trail in 24 hours. Not an earth-shattering time, but we were pleased to complete it. Couldn’t face public transport home so we got a taxi all the way to Hong Kong island. Good job the driver knew where he was going because we were asleep within 60 seconds of getting in.

Sounds like you’re making the most of the holidays – I hope Lantau and the Maclehose went well. I find Maclehose stage 1 boring, but most of the rest is pretty good.

Comment on British Warships Found off Estonia by alfiesaden

alfiesaden — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:55:24 +0000

hello – is it just me !! can any one explain why when i type in the yahoo browser “www.divethoughts.com” i get a different site yet whe i type it in google its ok? could this be a bug in my system or is any one else having same probs ?
alfie saden

Comment on Wilson Trail stages 8, 9, 10 by Angus

Angus — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:37:42 +0000

Hi Neil,

I too was confused about the actual length given the supposed 500m markers. In fact, it is the markers that are wrong and the total distance is 78kms which should, of course, lead to 156 markers.

I don’t know how you did stages 8 and 9 together – they killed me individually. We did 8 and finished at Hok Tau – that was enough for me for one day. We then did Hok Tau to the end. It was December 27 and I still got sunburned, I never learn…

Finishing Lantau on Saturday and doing Macelhose 1 and 2 on Monday…

Comment on Rugby World Cup Opens in Auckland by Neil Hambleton

Neil Hambleton — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:52:14 +0000

I’ve been wearing black shirts for years, and I don’t think it’s made me look slimmer.

It’s a ridiculous idea, perhaps to try and wind up the Kiwis. The sad thing is, that they’d be far better off trying to copy their rugby not their kit! Although they might find that a lot more difficult.

Comment on Wilson Trail stages 3 and 4 by Neil Hambleton

Neil Hambleton — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:53:09 +0000

I’d have to look at a map to remind myself where it is. Anyway good luck with that.

Comment on Wilson Trail stages 3 and 4 by Angus

Angus — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:08:57 +0000

It was hard but worth it – 5,6 and 7 next week. Hoping to try to find the path you took from Mount Butler to Big Wave Bay (via Mount Parker) next weekend. May need your help with the starting point…

Comment on Wilson Trail stages 3 and 4 by Neil Hambleton

Neil Hambleton — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:50:13 +0000

It’s a long drag up Fei Ngo Shan, but good views at the top. You’re doing it in much hotter and more humid weather than us, so I hope it went well. When we walked the whole trail in one go a few months later, we did stage 4 at night and arrived at the top for dawn, which was nice.

Comment on Wilson Trail stages 3 and 4 by Angus

Angus — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:02:40 +0000

Dear Neil, thanks for the commentary. I did Wilson III about 3 weeks ago and could not agree with you more regarding the terrible signposting. We are doing stage IV tomorrow which, according to all the websites, is supposed to be tough, although from your blog, you seemed to take it in your stride… Weather is set for 32 and 85% humidity so starting at 8am.

Comment on Juvenile Whale Shark Killed in Philippines by Dive the Philippines

Dive the Philippines — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:45:51 +0000

Looking at that pictures just makes me infinitely sad, even though it so long ago. I remembered about this, two weeks back, as I was lucky enough to see a baby whaleshark at Apo Island. Here’s hoping they will be left alone!

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Diving Thoughts » Blog Archive » Poseidon Project Trailer — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:22:49 +0000

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