June 16Jun 16 Opened fire with "warning shots" towards British yacht.British and French vessels responding together with a helicopter. Russia typically given a bullshit reason for it, but this is a heck of an escalation.
June 16Jun 16 Author If it does it again, then it's next mission should be sightseeing for wrecks on the bottom. 😀
June 16Jun 16 Maybe they could take a few dinghies out If they're pissing around out there for a bit.
June 16Jun 16 32 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:If it does it again, then it's next mission should be sightseeing for wrecks on the bottom. 😀Alice Roberts on the TV in the corner of the room just said there are 40,000 shipwrecks around the British coast... 40,001 soon if those Ivans don't watch out
June 16Jun 16 7 minutes ago, Sweep said:Have we sent it top sailor, @Spider down to sort it out?We don't know it wasn't him they were firing at
June 16Jun 16 Author 1 minute ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:We don't know it wasn't him they were firing atExactly!
June 16Jun 16 1 hour ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:We don't know it wasn't him they were firing atfingers crossed.
June 16Jun 16 The boats in La Rochelle at the minute so it would take about 4 days to get back to the Solent.This is clearly just some posturing by bored Russian sailors
June 17Jun 17 10 hours ago, Spider said:The boats in La Rochelle at the minute so it would take about 4 days to get back to the Solent.This is clearly just some posturing by bored Russian sailorsPissed off at losing one of the tankers they were supposed to be escorting ☹️
June 17Jun 17 10 hours ago, Spider said:The boats in La Rochelle at the minute so it would take about 4 days to get back to the Solent.An hour and a bit up the road from us.If you ever sail it up the estuary to Bordeaux you'll pass our house.
June 17Jun 17 6 hours ago, wakey said:An hour and a bit up the road from us.If you ever sail it up the estuary to Bordeaux you'll pass our house.Plan was to go to Bordeaux but the tidal changes are really dramatic down there and it’s a bit of a bastard on a spring tide, gets really choppy.Might give it a go but will depend on timings.Might be best if I don’t because if I head off to St Emilion I might never return 🍷
Wednesday at 17:345 days Just hope you don’t get a low pressure system combined with a spring tide. I’ll keep an eye out for you from the Bembridge Coast Guard station as you return to the Solent. 🫡
Wednesday at 22:215 days 7 hours ago, Spider said:Plan was to go to Bordeaux but the tidal changes are really dramatic down there and it’s a bit of a bastard on a spring tide, gets really choppy.Might give it a go but will depend on timings.Might be best if I don’t because if I head off to St Emilion I might never return 🍷Not been to St Emilion yet (and don't do wine!) but Bordeaux is a fantastic city for a day or two stopover.Some nice little ports on the way down too.
Thursday at 06:305 days Author Don't do wine?Shocker; such a huge variety, there's something for everyone.
Thursday at 07:355 days 13 hours ago, White on Tyne said:Just hope you don’t get a low pressure system combined with a spring tide. I’ll keep an eye out for you from the Bembridge Coast Guard station as you return to the Solent. 🫡Posh round there….
Thursday at 16:305 days On 17/06/2026 at 15:45, Spider said:Plan was to go to Bordeaux but the tidal changes are really dramatic down there and it’s a bit of a bastard on a spring tide, gets really choppy.Might give it a go but will depend on timings.Might be best if I don’t because if I head off to St Emilion I might never return 🍷You still bringing Afghans in at 5k a pop?
Thursday at 19:234 days 2 hours ago, Traf said:You still bringing Afghans in at 5k a pop?It’s £10k now, Farage is properly flush these days and he needs more of them here in time for the election
Thursday at 19:394 days Author 14 minutes ago, Spider said:It’s £10k now, Farage is properly flush these days and he needs more of them here in time for the electionNot sure about that.KS will be looking at ways to give them the vote beforehand.
Thursday at 21:564 days 23 hours ago, wakey said:Not been to St Emilion yet (and don't do wine!) but Bordeaux is a fantastic city for a day or two stopover.Some nice little ports on the way down too.You must visit, I was "stranded" in St Emilion for a full week.. I remember wine cellars in tunnels deep into the escarpment with big steel doors as this was where the Resistance used to hide out.Then there was the Bordeaux ring road ...
Friday at 07:194 days 11 hours ago, Spider said:It’s £10k now, Farage is properly flush these days and he needs more of them here in time for the election710 arrived on Monday. You have been quiet recently and moving house as well! 🤔😉
Friday at 07:584 days 9 hours ago, Dimron said:You must visit, I was "stranded" in St Emilion for a full week.. I remember wine cellars in tunnels deep into the escarpment with big steel doors as this was where the Resistance used to hide out.Then there was the Bordeaux ring road ...We will at some point. Our lass is keen to go there and Libourne for a nosey round. About an hour and a half away, so save it for a day we've nowt planned and fancy a bit of a drive.
Friday at 08:254 days 1 hour ago, BobyBrno said:710 arrived on Monday. You have been quiet recently and moving house as well! 🤔😉Moving house is somewhat time consuming I will admit.I did see the emphatic mullering for reform over the border last night.
Friday at 19:013 days 10 hours ago, Spider said:Moving house is somewhat time consuming I will admit.I did see the emphatic mullering for reform over the border last night.Moving house is fucking shite. So much stress and fucking about then weeks of sorting shit out.You left htown then?
Opened fire with "warning shots" towards British yacht.
British and French vessels responding together with a helicopter.
Russia typically given a bullshit reason for it, but this is a heck of an escalation.