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Volvo Ocean Race 2012

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  • #332
    Chicken1
    Registered Users Posts: 239 ✭✭Chicken1


    The weather looks very bad next weekend according to Met Eireann today,low pressure system bringing wind and rain then winds go to the North with a drop in temp. :mad:


  • #333
    I_smell_fear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭I_smell_fear


    Chicken1 wrote: »
    The weather looks very bad next weekend according to Met Eireann today,low pressure system bringing wind and rain then winds go to the North with a drop in temp. :mad:

    That would be an improvement from the current weather! ;)


  • #334
    muppetkiller
    Registered Users Posts: 5,199 ✭✭✭muppetkiller


    Chicken1 wrote: »
    The weather looks very bad next weekend according to Met Eireann today,low pressure system bringing wind and rain then winds go to the North with a drop in temp. :mad:

    Every weather forecast I've been looking at has been wrong for the past month.
    Fingers crossed they get this wrong too :)


  • #335
    slimboyfat
    Registered Users Posts: 575 ✭✭✭slimboyfat


    Are there any campsites that are near the venues?

    Other option is somewhere safe to park a van overnight?


  • #336
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    No camp sites close. Try Salthill camping but that's probably booked out since a long time.


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  • #337
    Sappa
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Sappa


    Has Phil Collins been confirmed yet for the welcoming concert,a lot of buzz going round and I hope they can get him.


  • #338
    mikom
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    Sappa wrote: »
    Has Phil Collins been confirmed yet for the welcoming concert,a lot of buzz going round and I hope they can get him.

    Well judging by the weather forecast it'll be more like Marti Pellow and wet, wet, wet.


  • #339
    GekkePrutser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 673 ✭✭✭GekkePrutser


    piscesgirl1 wrote: »
    On another note does anybody know if the air show will be on? In the website it has a programme of events and says red arrows in salthill on the Sunday?

    It was mentioned earlier in this topic (or this forum, at least) that they had cancelled, unfortunately, due to other obligations in the UK. It's also been in the news here. Unless they have found a way around it? But I doubt it.

    I also don't see them mentioned in the latest event schedule on the website, where did you see it mentioned? Maybe I looked in the wrong place.

    There will be an Irish air corps demonstration but I doubt it will be as exciting.


  • #340
    PhoenixParker
    Registered Users Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    mikom wrote: »
    Well judging by the weather forecast it'll be more like Marti Pellow and wet, wet, wet.
    Time to get the sailing gear out.
    Nothing better than sailing gear for wet conditions.

    Be gwand!


  • #341
    Aerohead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 688 ✭✭✭Aerohead


    There will be an Irish air corps demonstration but I doubt it will be as exciting.

    They mentioned similar display to Bray Airshow, I saw the Air Corps display there and exciting it is not, four planes do a few flyovers and a break. nothing can beat the Red Arrows


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  • #342
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 8,407 ✭✭✭squonk


    Sappa wrote: »
    Has Phil Collins been confirmed yet for the welcoming concert,a lot of buzz going round and I hope they can get him.

    Did you not see Yeehaw saying there's a whole Genesis reunion going on? Seeing as Peter Gabriel will be around they thought it'd be a shame not to so the other lads who left are arriving soon as well.

    There's a huge surprise double bill free gig for the closing ceremony too. No details as yet but word on the street is that it's Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson!

    Fair play to Yeehaw!


  • #343
    fergiesfolly
    Registered Users Posts: 3,315 ✭✭✭fergiesfolly


    squonk wrote: »
    Did you not see Yeehaw saying there's a whole Genesis reunion going on? Seeing as Peter Gabriel will be around they thought it'd be a shame not to so the other lads who left are arriving soon as well.

    There's a huge surprise double bill free gig for the closing ceremony too. No details as yet but word on the street is that it's Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson!

    Fair play to Yeehaw!

    Thank God.
    I thought we'd be stuck with U2 or Bruce Springsteen, or some other nobody has beens.


  • #344
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    mikom wrote: »
    Well judging by the weather forecast it'll be more like Marti Pellow and wet, wet, wet.

    Looks like the Atlantic Monsoon is with us... plenty of 'grand soft days' to come. :(

    http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfse_cartes.php?mode=2&ech=6

    (hit '< Anim >' for the next 7 days and 'Suite' '< Anim >' for the following 7 days.)


  • #345
    Storm 10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,870 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Rob A. Bank wrote: »
    Looks like the Atlantic Monsoon is with us... plenty of 'grand soft days' to come. :(

    http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfse_cartes.php?mode=2&ech=6

    (hit '< Anim >' for the next 7 days and 'Suite' '< Anim >' for the following 7 days.)

    That does not look good 14 days of rain there, hopefully it wont happen :mad::mad:


  • #346
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    That does not look good 14 days of rain there, hopefully it wont happen :mad::mad:

    Those weather forecasts are fairly accurate to +/- 5 days... the only hope is that the low systems track about 100 miles further north next week. We would have reasonable weather then for the Volvo week.

    On the bright side... there appears to be a break in the weather for the arrival of the boats on the 3rd of July


  • #347
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeVLg7Weyac


    The boats should be appearing in the bay on this day (Tuesday) next week.

    They seem to be looking forward to it... hope the pubs are well stocked up !

    ;)


  • #348
    Sappa
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Sappa


    Rob A. Bank wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeVLg7Weyac


    The boats should be appearing in the bay on this day (Tuesday) next week.

    They seem to be looking forward to it... hope the pubs are well stocked up !

    ;)
    They are stocked up and the hotels have jacked their rates as a sign of good will.


  • #349
    foxy_19-89
    Registered Users Posts: 489 ✭✭foxy_19-89


    Few more pics from yesterday posted on my blog, more to come soon!

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    more on http://cillianfox.blogspot.ie

    Also, according to met.ie

    "Sunday : At this stage, it looks as if a band of heavy showers will cross the country, from the northwest in the morning or early afternoon, with the prospect of much brighter weather developing thereafter, with better sunshine and very few showers. Winds moderate to fresh northwesterly. Temperatures still below normal - ranging just 13 to 16 C."

    .....dont loose all hope guys!! :)


  • #350
    barry181091
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭barry181091


    Was goning to post a new thread but no point once I found this.

    Recently, whats been bugging me is the whole idea of 'volunteering' for the Volvo Ocean Race. I saw today on FB that some the reserves guys were pictured vounteering, there have been many emails sent out to NUIG students to volunteer for it.

    The thing that is bothering me is, why are they getting people to volunteer for a purely commercial event/'festival'?

    Everyone will be making bucket loads through these, obviously except for the volunteers :rolleyes:


  • #351
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,653 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    barry181091 wrote: »
    Recently, whats been bugging me is the whole idea of 'volunteering' for the Volvo Ocean Race. I saw today on FB that some the reserves guys were pictured vounteering, there have been many emails sent out to NUIG students to volunteer for it.

    The thing that is bothering me is, why are they getting people to volunteer for a purely commercial event/'festival'?

    Yeah, I'm kinda with you on that.

    Except that for students etc wanting to get into event or arts management, having experience on an event like that can be good on the CV.

    And in fact Mr justMary has volunteered for it. His argument:
    • He's self-employed and expects to be quiet during the festival - people will be partying not getting jobs done.
    • It's good craic to be involved, and you sometimes meet useful people and get the inside story on stuff (he's done it for the Arts Festival before)
    • He's put himself as available for night time shifts, so is available in the daytime for paying jobs that come up.

    Wouldn't be my cup of tea - unless I was unemployed and bored, or needed to get some experience on my CV.


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  • #352
    barry181091
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭barry181091


    JustMary wrote: »
    Yeah, I'm kinda with you on that.

    Except that for students etc wanting to get into event or arts management, having experience on an event like that can be good on the CV.

    And in fact Mr justMary has volunteered for it. His argument:
    • He's self-employed and expects to be quiet during the festival - people will be partying not getting jobs done.
    • It's good craic to be involved, and you sometimes meet useful people and get the inside story on stuff (he's done it for the Arts Festival before)
    • He's put himself as available for night time shifts, so is available in the daytime for paying jobs that come up.

    Wouldn't be my cup of tea - unless I was unemployed and bored, or needed to get some experience on my CV.

    The annoying thing is, for basically every other event that the college is involved in, they will pay students to work for them, like Open days. But not for this.

    Somehow I doubt any NUIG reps that will be at their stand for the volvo will be unpaid...


  • #353
    the keen edge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭the keen edge


    barry181091 wrote: »
    Was goning to post a new thread but no point once I found this.

    Recently, whats been bugging me is the whole idea of 'volunteering' for the Volvo Ocean Race. I saw today on FB that some the reserves guys were pictured vounteering, there have been many emails sent out to NUIG students to volunteer for it.

    There haven't been any, let alone many, emails sent out to students of NUIG asking them to volunteer; certainly not in a general call to all students sense anyway.


  • #354
    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Well, someone clearly hasn't been reading their weekly SU emails :P


  • #355
    the keen edge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭the keen edge


    Apologies to barry181091 I stand corrected.

    As Ficheall rightly suggested someone wasn't reading their SU emails! :o


  • #356
    barry181091
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭barry181091


    It's okay edge :P

    Usually these kind of things don't bother me, i'm usually like "Pfft, don't care :p" but once I saw that picture with the army guys volunteering, it really was annoying.


  • #357
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    What's the scéal with all the South African flags on the Newcastle Road/University Road junction?


  • #358
    foxy_19-89
    Registered Users Posts: 489 ✭✭foxy_19-89


    Big Wheel on Nimmos Pier
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    Huge 3D Cinema
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    Abu Dhabi truck
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    As usual, more pics to come, and more can be seen on my blog :)

    http://cillianfox.blogspot.ie/


  • #359
    SantaRita
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭SantaRita


    First post!! Your update photos are great Foxy. Really excited about the Volvo Ocean Race and the the buzz it's already creating around town. Noticed today that the Council saw fit to put double yellow lines on the road at the back of the aquarium wondering will their next move be to put Pay and Display at both carparks in Salthill?


  • #360
    mikom
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    No discrimination I see........

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  • #361
    foxy_19-89
    Registered Users Posts: 489 ✭✭foxy_19-89


    mikom wrote: »
    No discrimination I see........

    I knew someone would spot it!


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