TAM3 location suggestions

[jj]

jj- The Ardnamurchan peninsula is the most westerly point of the British mainland, despite all the nonsense about Land's End. The photo shows basically a section through a triple intrusive centre, part of the N.Atlantic opening "Hebridean" volcanic province including Skye, Rum, Mull, The Antrim lavas in Ireland, and of course (somewhat later) Iceland.

Any caldera would have been a kilometre or several above the ground level in the photo. Great place. I spent 8 weeks there in 1976 mapping rocks and drinking beer.

I'll be looking at a map tonight. Glad I wasn't there when it was live

 

[ceptimus]

I visited Ardnamurchan point on my motorbike. I also went to the most southerly (Lizard) easterly (Lowestoft) and northerly (Dunnet Head) points on the British mainland.

(I was bored that weekend, and it seemed like a good idea at the time.)

 

[jj]

I visited Ardnamurchan point on my motorbike. I also went to the most southerly (Lizard) easterly (Lowestoft) and northerly (Dunnet Head) points on the British mainland.

(I was bored that weekend, and it seemed like a good idea at the time.)

If the weather was good, it sounds like a nice way to spend a weekend.

If it was raining, that would be another story altogether. How many hours of driving did it take? I have no idea where Lizard and Lowestoft are, I fear.
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Ok, now I know where Lizard and Lowestoft are. I would suspect that Lizard was the odd one out, yes? You had to somehow get past London?

 

[Matabiri]

I visited Ardnamurchan point on my motorbike. I also went to the most southerly (Lizard) easterly (Lowestoft) and northerly (Dunnet Head) points on the British mainland.

(I was bored that weekend, and it seemed like a good idea at the time.)

That reminds me of an old question:

What are the northernmost, southernmost, easternmost and westernmost states of the US?

 

[Rat]

What are the northernmost, southernmost, easternmost and westernmost states of the US?

As a non-American with a shaky-to-moderate grasp of geography, I'd guess Alaska, Hawaii, Hawaii, and Maine-or-somewhere-else-in-New England.

Cheers,
Rat.

 

[ceptimus]

I think you got east and west mixed up, but other than that, I would guess the same.

What about Newfoundland? Is that in the USA? What state?

 

[Shaun from Scotland]

We do have a few cool (literally!) extinct ones though:

Why, that one is just down the road from... Fort William

Wht not have TAM3 in a castle on top of an extinct volcano?

 

[SRW]

I think you got east and west mixed up, but other than that, I would guess the same.

What about Newfoundland? Is that in the USA? What state?

Newfoundland is part of Canada. Maine would be the eastern most.

 

[ceptimus]

If the weather was good, it sounds like a nice way to spend a weekend.

If it was raining, that would be another story altogether. How many hours of driving did it take? I have no idea where Lizard and Lowestoft are, I fear.
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Ok, now I know where Lizard and Lowestoft are. I would suspect that Lizard was the odd one out, yes? You had to somehow get past London?

I started at Lowestoft on Saturday morning. I had ridden to Great Yarmouth, and camped there, after work on Friday.

I rode up to Inverness, John 'o' Groats and Dunnet Head, then back to Fort William, where I camped.

On the Sunday, I rode to Ardanamurchan point,and back (which took ages, as the road is very narrow and winding) and then all the way down to the Lizard, and I took in Land's End on the way. Then back to near Exeter, where I camped again. Monday morning, I was back at work (in Warwick then).

I did about 2000 miles, (including Friday and Monday). I rode for about 12 hours on both Saturday and Sunday. I had a fast bike then (I still do now, but a different one). I'd rather not say how fast I went at times.

 

[DVFinn]

The motto of bourbon street as related to me by some old dunken bastard who seemed to live there.

Anything you want. Anything you don't want. Anything you need, Anything you don't need.

I'm going to keep plugging New Orleans year after year until it happens or I can afford to fly elsewhere.

Here's a suggestion. New Orleans first, then we'll try some of these other great suggestions. The advantage is clear, it's convenient for ME damn it. And isn't that what it's really all about? Lets keep our focus people.


Strippers and jugglers and beer. Oh my! Strippers and jugglers and beer. Oh My! Follow follow follow follow follow the neon lit road.

 

[jj]

I started at Lowestoft on Saturday morning. I had ridden to Great Yarmouth, and camped there, after work on Friday.

I rode up to Inverness, John 'o' Groats and Dunnet Head, then back to Fort William, where I camped.

On the Sunday, I rode to Ardanamurchan point,and back (which took ages, as the road is very narrow and winding) and then all the way down to the Lizard, and I took in Land's End on the way. Then back to near Exeter, where I camped again. Monday morning, I was back at work (in Warwick then).

I did about 2000 miles, (including Friday and Monday). I rode for about 12 hours on both Saturday and Sunday. I had a fast bike then (I still do now, but a different one). I'd rather not say how fast I went at times.

That sounds like a blast, although somewhat of an exhausting one. I won't ask how fast you went.

If the road to Ardnamurchan point is anything like some of the 'b' roads up in the highlands, I'm surprised it didn't take all day for that.

 

[69dodge]

Originally posted by jj
I won't ask how fast you went.

Well, I will.

How fast did you go?

(If you ask me what's the fastest I've gone, I can honestly say I don't know. My speedometer doesn't go that high. )

 

[Matabiri]

I think you got east and west mixed up, but other than that, I would guess the same.

What about Newfoundland? Is that in the USA? What state?

Turns out that Alaska is the most northerly, westerly, and easterly (some of the islands are over the 180th meridian).

Southernmost is Hawaii.

 

[richardm]

If the road to Ardnamurchan point is anything like some of the 'b' roads up in the highlands, I'm surprised it didn't take all day for that.

It's a bit heavy going, right enough. Part of the problem isn't so much the road as the fish wagons coming from Kilchoan at 60 m.p.h., with wing mirrors hanging off them

 

[Soapy Sam]

That and the fact that the tourists are too busy looking at the view to watch the road. And aye, jj, there are a few stretches with passing places. It's that narrow. Worth it though.

But that's an astonishing run for a weekend, ceptimus. Your backside must have been numb by the time you got home.

 

[Zep]

Turns out that Alaska is the most northerly, westerly, and easterly (some of the islands are over the 180th meridian).

I thought they bent the dateline to keep all the US islands of Alaska on the same date, and the Siberian ones the day before...or something like that.

Southernmost is Hawaii.

Do any of the US Protectorates count? What about the US South Pole base? (Which, incidentally, is another bit of US hegemony - no-one actually ceded the South Pole to the USA (it belongs to many nations), but it plonked a base there all the same and jealously guards it from all uninvited people - but that's another thread, though.)

 

[Matabiri]

The dateline isn't the meridian.

 

[Michael Redman]

Shiner Bock beer.

You can get Shiner in Minnesota now. Sorry, Dallas doesn't do it for me.

I would vote for New Orleans, and I would probably go.

Also, New York, Washington, Toronto, or Chicago. Glacier National Park would be great, but it's too impractical logisticly. Not everyone can take off enough time to travel that far, or spend that kind of money.

How about Reykjavik? Air Iceland is very cheap from Europe or North America.

We're making plans to go to Ireland and the UK next year, so having the meeting over there would be great for me.

Hawaii? It would be a lot closer for the Australians.

 

[tamiO]

It seems to me that Amazing Meet-ups are in order throughout the year and around the world.

There really should be more skeptic events and "we the forum" can make that happen! New Orleans in the Fall! New York City in the Spring? Athens someday...

Maybe with a little organization we can create more events. Randi can't attend all of them, but he may be able to make some of them?

 

[Crossbow]

I suggest a TAM 2.1 at my house say about a month from now right around payday week-end.

However, owing to the small size of my house I will only invite Girl 6, Luciana Inery, tami0, Lisa, Electrix, and maybe five or six others of the female persuasion.