Genuine query
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From: Iceland
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I'm with you... Bloody vikings!
22 DG
I suggest you do as bolkow adviced but add to your phonecall that you heard of a few Faroese and Icelandic trawlers heading their way to Hatton Rockall. Then they will most likely scramble the ship and heli to serve and protect UK fishing grounds and you might get a free trip to the Rock. Howz'at for a plan?
(As I am a man and a pilot, I have not thought this plan throughout :-))
I'm with you... Bloody vikings!
22 DG
I suggest you do as bolkow adviced but add to your phonecall that you heard of a few Faroese and Icelandic trawlers heading their way to Hatton Rockall. Then they will most likely scramble the ship and heli to serve and protect UK fishing grounds and you might get a free trip to the Rock. Howz'at for a plan?
(As I am a man and a pilot, I have not thought this plan throughout :-))
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From: UK
Heli Ice,
I like your thinking ... Greenpeace are another option!! They occupied the island for a bit in 1997 protesting against west coast oil exploration ...
Off course since the Island is blatently closer to Scotland it would be prudent to call our Fisheries Protection out insetad of the Irish who don't really own the place at all
I like your thinking ... Greenpeace are another option!! They occupied the island for a bit in 1997 protesting against west coast oil exploration ...
Off course since the Island is blatently closer to Scotland it would be prudent to call our Fisheries Protection out insetad of the Irish who don't really own the place at all
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From: swansea, wales
blatantly closer to Scotland? I understand there was a court case that proved it was closer to Ireland back in the eighties.? Bernard Mc Cluskey was one lawyer involved in Belfast I believe who established that in court. Bloody Brits, those guys even think they own the Malvinas, even tried to remane the place!
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Closer to the Irish mainland maybe, and if you are willing to omit 1,186 miles square of Scottish islands in the form of The Outer Hebrides then absolutely Sir, it is closer to Ireland 
162 miles from St Kilda - very much Scottish
198 miles from North Uist - in the Outer Hebrides
267 from County Donegal - Ireland
Now I'm just on the wind up and god bless wikipedia for my figures, but I'd say defo Scottish.
We'll be tasking an aircraft carrier to protect it shortly!!
(When I say "Aircraft Carrier" I mean Scottish Aircraft Carrier ... and an island one at that ... ie Think 50 ft trawler with a flock of angry - yet well trained - Sea Gulls on board)
162 miles from St Kilda - very much Scottish
198 miles from North Uist - in the Outer Hebrides
267 from County Donegal - Ireland
Now I'm just on the wind up and god bless wikipedia for my figures, but I'd say defo Scottish.
We'll be tasking an aircraft carrier to protect it shortly!!
(When I say "Aircraft Carrier" I mean Scottish Aircraft Carrier ... and an island one at that ... ie Think 50 ft trawler with a flock of angry - yet well trained - Sea Gulls on board)
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From: swansea, wales
actually when I look at those maps again I get to thinking many of those "Scottish Islands" are probably Irish too in terms of proximity. Its just I cant be arsed to argue the point as probably the other side wont be either due to no oil being present there!
