Yes, but some is on the west and some on the east.  Obviously.

Yes, but some is on the west and some on the east.  Obviously.

 

I think I have sailed around most of the 6,500 mile coast of Scotland on drugs patrol.

 

Parked off the coast of Jura, in August, and having a hail storm, make me respect Scottish weather and doing my Navy Officer Character training on Ben Nevis and Skye in winter climb in a couple of thousand feet in snow, respect it.  

Lots of people cruise around Scotland while on drugs.

Also moving it in hire vans up the A9 while HMRC are having jollies on boats off the coast.

 

OT but the story of Operation Klondyke is interesting, as were the people involved.

http://scotsman.com/lifestyle/reading-between-the-lines-1-495002

 

Edited 18 March, 201610 yr by GoneOffSKi

Lots of people cruise around Scotland while on drugs.   Also moving it in hire vans up the A9 while HMRC are having jollies on boats off the coast.

OT but the story of Operation Klondyke is interesting, as were the people involved.   http://scotsman.com/lifestyle/reading-between-the-lines-1-495002

 

Remember Klondyke as I was on Preventive duties then.   I seem to recall we were on standby if she came to the SW to do here drop off.

 

Much of the real stories are even more elaborate than the TV shows but, as you probably know, we are barred from telling much of the stories via the Official Secrets Act.

 

About the same time the MV Altea was seized with 17 tonnes of wacky backy on it....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Altea

 

Or the one one an Officer sadly lost his life during the boarding procedure...

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12123078.Operation_that_cost_Customs_officer_his_life_had_been_going_on_at_international_level_for_months_Nine_charged_after_sea_drama/

 

Our Customs (incorrectly names UK Border Force due to where they are) now have some of their/our vessels in the Greek/Turkish waters as the focus of UKBF is now immigration and not so much drugs etc.  Met up with a load of my old Plymouth Customs/UKBF mates a few weeks ago for one of numbers retirement do.

 

Nicer weather in the Med than the South West Approaches, North Sea etc and not helping restrict the availability and price of Class A, B and C drug on our streets.  

Edited 18 March, 201610 yr by lol-lol

Official Secrets act does not cover me though.

(The only people it is ever secret from seems to be the Authorities & bosses in authority, or the ones that are not paid to be 3 Monkeys. None as blind as those that will not see. 'even at Sea!')

I can tell you about the Hire Van from Forfar and the Customs and Excise balls up trying to follow vehicles around

Whitfield In Dundee, & then Angus / Tayside and then North.  

Edited 18 March, 201610 yr by GoneOffSKi

Official Secrets act does not cover me though.

(The only people it is ever secret from seems to be the Authorities & bosses in authority, or the ones that are not paid to be 3 Monkeys. None as blind as those that will not see. 'even at Sea!')

I can tell you about the Hire Van from Forfar and the Customs and Excise balls up trying to follow vehicles around

Whitfield In Dundee, & then Angus / Tayside and then North.  

 

Of all the wins, often because the perps got unlucky, stupid or both, there are many times more who actually get through hence drug prices so low according to stats.

 

Talking of of Ben Nevis I gather it is a metre taller than previously thought, big shout to the Big Country. (SE England is sinking in to North Sea which is a bonus).

Official Secrets act does not cover me though.

(The only people it is ever secret from seems to be the Authorities & bosses in authority, or the ones that are not paid to be 3 Monkeys. None as blind as those that will not see. 'even at Sea!')

I can tell you about the Hire Van from Forfar and the Customs and Excise balls up trying to follow vehicles around

Whitfield In Dundee, & then Angus / Tayside and then North.

I am STILL bound Her Majesty s Official Secret Act - all I did was a short stint in Her Majesty s Stationary Office which no longer exists ....

I am STILL bound Her Majesty s Official Secret Act - all I did was a short stint in Her Majesty s Stationary Office which no longer exists ....

 

 

Because you were sending stationary to the secret office that only the select few are suppose to know about.   

 

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (c. 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repeals and replaces section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911, thereby removing the public interest defence created by that section.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Secrets_Act_1989#Section_7_-_Authorised_disclosures

 

  8Safeguarding of information.

(1)Where a Crown servant or government contractor, by virtue of his position as such, has in his possession or under his control any document or other article which it would be an offence under any of the foregoing provisions of this Act for him to disclose without lawful authority he is guilty of an offence if—

(a)being a Crown servant, he retains the document or article contrary to his official duty; or

( being a government contractor, he fails to comply with an official direction for the return or disposal of the document or article,

or if he fails to take such care to prevent the unauthorised disclosure of the document or article as a person in his position may reasonably be expected to take.

(2)It is a defence for a Crown servant charged with an offence under subsection (1)(a) above to prove that at the time of the alleged offence he believed that he was acting in accordance with his official duty and had no reasonable cause to believe otherwise.

(3)In subsections (1) and (2) above references to a Crown servant include any person, not being a Crown servant or government contractor, in whose case a notification for the purposes of section 1(1) above is in force.

(4)Where a person has in his possession or under his control any document or other article which it would be an offence under section 5 above for him to disclose without lawful authority, he is guilty of an offence if—

(a)he fails to comply with an official direction for its return or disposal; or

( where he obtained it from a Crown servant or government contractor on terms requiring it to be held in confidence or in circumstances in which that servant or contractor could reasonably expect that it would be so held, he fails to take such care to prevent its unauthorised disclosure as a person in his position may reasonably be expected to take.

(5)Where a person has in his possession or under his control any document or other article which it would be an offence under section 6 above for him to disclose without lawful authority, he is guilty of an offence if he fails to comply with an official direction for its return or disposal.

(6)A person is guilty of an offence if he discloses any official information, document or other article which can be used for the purpose of obtaining access to any information, document or other article protected against disclosure by the foregoing provisions of this Act and the circumstances in which it is disclosed are such that it would be reasonable to expect that it might be used for that purpose without authority.

(7)For the purposes of subsection (6) above a person discloses information or a document or article which is official if—

(a)he has or has had it in his possession by virtue of his position as a Crown servant or government contractor; or

( he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a Crown servant or government contractor has or has had it in his possession by virtue of his position as such.

(8)Subsection (5) of section 5 above applies for the purposes of subsection (6) above as it applies for the purposes of that section.

 

(9)In this section “official direction” means a direction duly given by a Crown servant or government contractor or by or on behalf of a prescribed body or a body of a prescribed class.

 

 

Frost on the car this morning.  Holding off another weekend until summer tyres go on.

Edited 18 March, 201610 yr by lol-lol

Did I just read someone misappropriate the word 'perps', by not quoting a cheesey 80's Cop Show?

 

And you have more chance of finding pink Unicorn droppings on that course, than you would have of finding a Naval Officer with 'character'.

 

The only 'character'istic they have is the ability of self preservation and agreeing with whatever a Senior Officer says, in the hope it will improve their chances of promotion.

Did I just read someone misappropriate the word 'perps', by not quoting a cheesey 80's Cop Show? And you have more chance of finding pink Unicorn droppings on that course, than you would have of finding a Naval Officer with 'character'. The only 'character'istic they have is the ability of self preservation and agreeing with whatever a Senior Officer says, in the hope it will improve their chances of promotion.

Perp, short for perpetrator of course, presumed guilty unless they get off on a technicality. There are two Naval traditions ie Merchant and Royal, one sails around in little boats pretending Britannia waives the Rules and the other brings us Christmas in a container from China. Met characters from both and then you have the SBS guys whoa re about the scariest people I have ever meant and that include the scroats, opps another 80s terminology.

Edited 18 March, 201610 yr by lol-lol

I'm ex-RNP having completed 22 years Service and a qualified CSI/SOCO having served in Operational Support in Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq.  Never heard of the Mob referred to as a 'tradition'' before.

 

Nor did I ever hear of any of my ex-colleagues refer to a suspect as a 'perp', not if they ever wanted to be taken seriously ever again. I would think hearing, "the 'perp' is wearing a suicide vest" would put you off your aim, as you tried not to p!$$ yourself!

I'm ex-RNP having completed 22 years Service and a qualified CSI/SOCO having served in Operational Support in Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq. Never heard of the Mob referred to as a 'tradition'' before. Nor did I ever hear of any of my ex-colleagues refer to a suspect as a 'perp', not if they ever wanted to be taken seriously ever again. I would think hearing, "the 'perp' is wearing a suicide vest" would put you off your aim, as you tried not to p!$$ yourself!

Red Ensign - Merchant Navy, White Ensign Royal Navy. Then you in-betweeners like the RFA, Merch working with RN.

RN "only" came around in the 18th century of course. Many earlier English naval battle, like the Armada, Drake was actually a privateer though granted English navy rank for the campaign.

Remember fondly my time at Devonport as one of the few occasions I had to get fullly dressed up in uniform with the executive curls. Never too sure whether my salutes were quite what they should be, saluting fellow Officers etc, the ensign, Navy salute different to RAF, Fleet Air Arm etc if I need to go to Culdrose. Interesting work dealing with SIB with on-board issues as well as the Dockyard police.

Customs go back to about the year 1200 and I still have copy of my Commission. Also remember the convoy training if WW3 kicked off. Cannot imagine that ever working but the enemies have changed from Cold War days.

UKBF and RN working together in the Med over immigration issues now, how times have changed.

Did part of my merchant navy officer training in Glasgow. Could have done with winter tyres for much of the time then but do not remember them existing in the 80s.

Edited 18 March, 201610 yr by lol-lol

So literally with mobile in hand, about to book the Scout in for its annual 4 wheel alignment check including swapping over from Cold Weather to Summer wheels and it has begun to snow!

I had read earlier that they are predicting snow until the middle of MayMay, and had thought, "Aye, right!"

Never mind 'casting a clout', more like

"Don't swap your wheels,

Until you see how May feels!"

Will maybe hold swapping over until May!

Swapped mine on Saturday.

 

Sat in the office an half an hour ago and it was snowing, in Durham!

 

30 seconds later it was bright sunshine again!

Lovely April weather Sunshine & Showers (Snow, Sleet, Rain.)  and Wind!

Long days and shorter nights to go out for a slip sliding drive.

 

Just think of some overtime if any Gritter or Plough drivers need to head out.

 

Anyone seen a Gritter out spreading about yet south of Perth other than putting down sand when there is a diesel spill?

Let it snow or sleet or hail...again!

Lovely April weather Sunshine & Showers (Snow, Sleet, Rain.)  and Wind!

Long days and shorter nights to go out for a slip sliding drive.

 

Just think of some overtime if any Gritter or Plough drivers need to head out.

 

Anyone seen a Gritter out spreading about yet south of Perth other than putting down sand when there is a diesel spill?

 

yep - they were out last night round us here in Sheffield...

Yup. Loads of grit on the roads here. 

 

It snowed today. Gritters were out all day. Its thick! 

Glad I ONLY got my All Seasons (Michelins) on then

This is so backwards.

Usually Im the one "enjoying" snow and sleet while beeing extremly jealous on you Lucky b@st@rds living down South.

Now Im sitting here, way north of the arctic circle, in the sun and 16 degrees.

The summers are on the car, the panoroof is open on every trip.

Glad I ONLY got my All Seasons (Michelins) on then

 

2 inches on the ground this morning. But melted quickly.

 

Missed my winters but didn't struggle in the slightest.

Thats not snow wayne ive seen dandruff thicker than that Mine this morning

Brilliant sunshine now in lots of the West Coast of Scotland which is rather different from what the North East had earlier with Snow & Ice.

Sunny South Ayrshire is just glorious.

 

First big Music Festival of the year on Skye this weekend.

Forecast for over the Snow Fields tonight of minus 7*oC or so.

 

Summer well and truly here.

Edited 29 April, 201610 yr by GoneOffSKi

Interesting article on tyre tread depth 

http://www.carshowroom.com.au/news/michelin-knocks-minimum-tread-depth-increase/?utm_source=Carshowroom.com.au+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b142521195-CSR+Weekly+Wrap+-+26th+May+2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bcb1d28852-b142521195-68448181

1 hour ago, Ryeman said:

Interesting article on tyre tread depth 

http://www.carshowroom.com.au/news/michelin-knocks-minimum-tread-depth-increase/?utm_source=Carshowroom.com.au+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b142521195-CSR+Weekly+Wrap+-+26th+May+2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bcb1d28852-b142521195-68448181

 

I wish tyres/rims could  be changed quicker, perhaps I  should invest in an air gun and better trolley jack?

 

Working for a French company they are obsessed with CO2 and have to account for every part of their operation in what the CO2 hit is on that task.  There are other factors I would surmise ie how old is the tyre, if more 5 years old perhaps it is time to change, 7 years at most for a winter tyre if not expose to the same degree of UV light as a Summer tyre.  Regular inspection, across the whole tyre and not just the inch or two sticking out from the wheel arch and reading the all the sidewall info to know if it is OK to still use in those prevailing conditions.