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It was great to have you onboard!!!! In my defence i did say bring your own mugs!! I think getting Chris to do a thesis on how saltwater affects metallic material would be good!!

'Well his boats on fire and he's only got an 8" landing net.......and look at the state of his coffee mug!!' were my first words to Chris (my son) when stepping on board Loobie IIII. Luckily the smoke turned out to be the cabin heating firing up for the first time this autumn and the landing net turned out to be for the live bait tank (what do we know!! 😂). A kind invite from Jerry saw us on C pontoon for 7am Saturday. A glorious morning with much lighter winds than forecast.....t shirt weather by about 11am. What a boat! I had to keep checking we were actually doing 20knots as it felt so smooth and quiet. We headed out for a drift for bass in swanage bay but things weren't happening and what wind there was was over tide making it lumpy. So plan B and anchoring on a bank for the morning. Once the tide turned we had a steady flow of species......8 in total. The best being bream to 2lb 1oz and smoothhound to 6lb 2oz. A move after lunch took us to another bank and Jerry taught us the fine art of uptiding which produced a number of rays, not weighed but the best probably around 10lb. It was probably an average day for you Jerry but it was a great one for us so thank you very much for the invite. If you'll have us back I promise Chris won't wash your reels down with the salt water hose or spill coffee granules everywhere 🤣

From the BCP website Poole Bridge will lift first regardless of the time of day. Bridge lifting After the first bridge lifts, the second bridge will open as soon as possible. The first bridge will open again, if required, for returning vessels. Until further notice, the lifting schedule of Poole Bridge and Twin Sails will be as per the schedule below. Poole Bridge 5:30am Poole Bridge 6:30am Poole Bridge 7:30am Poole Bridge 8:30am* Poole Bridge 9:30am Poole Bridge 10:30am Poole Bridge 11:30am Poole Bridge 12:30pm Poole Bridge 1:30pm* Poole Bridge 2:30pm Poole Bridge 3:30pm Poole Bridge 4:30pm Poole Bridge 5:30pm* Poole Bridge 6:30pm Poole Bridge 7:30pm Poole Bridge 8:30pm* Poole Bridge 9:30pm Poole Bridge 10:30pm Poole Bridge 11:30pm * Weekends and bank holidays only *Poole Bridge will lift first for all lifting cycles, Twin Sails opens immediately afterwards.

Wales Rugby fans have just witnessed an historic win 40-6 over the Aussies. I don't think I've seen such a polished 80 minute performance from the team in all my years of following them. So this is how true enjoyment feels. Eddie Jones on the other hand has picked up a team at a very low ebb, I wonder if he will be used as the scape goat.

What a shower of the brown stuff that bridge is! R

You've got it right, It's the way it used to be from 13:30 onwards. It's to spare the Twin Sails the stress of 2 lifts.

Hang on a minute, let me try and understand this:- Reading the above, if I was coming out of cobbs for the 07.30 bridges, Poole Old Town bridge will lift for incoming traffic at 07.30, then close and soon after the Twin Sales will lift. I then go into the basin and then the Twin Sales Bridge closes. Then soon after this Poole Old Town Bridge will Open to let me out...... Have I got this right????? Can anyone help me out here 😬