End of job im coming home woop woop

[cannondale king]

i got some greatish news the job im on in greenland has now finished woop woop and the ship is now in nuuk where we are kicking off some crew and survey personel who will be home friday but for me on friday im going to peterhead with the ship and kit so will be home in 7 /8days from friday so if im really lucky il be home for the cannock meet i cant wait iv'e been in the frozen artic since the 27th of december :shock: :shock:


and last night i brought my orange prestiage frame and forks back hoot hoot my life is good at the mo

 

[tintin40]

Great. Nice picture Come home to the warm UK

 

[orange71]

brrrrr :shock:

 

[Augustus]

and last night i brought my orange prestiage frame and forks back hoot hoot my life is good at the mo

what were they doing in Greenland?

 

[hesdownagain]

Greenland... WTF.. :shock: Was the guy would named it colour blind. Had to put my jumper on just looking at the photo.. safe trip..

 

[grahame]

Greenland... WTF.. :shock: Was the guy would named it colour blind. Had to put my jumper on just looking at the photo.. safe trip..

Not quite. The story I've heard is that the person who named it was one of the early marketing/branding criminals, and wanted to encourage people to move there rather than Iceland.

 

[orange71]

from wikipedia

The name Greenland comes from the early Scandinavian settlers. In the Icelandic sagas, it is said that Norwegian-born Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for murder. He, along with his extended family and thralls, set out in ships to find a land rumoured to lie to the northwest. After settling there, he named the land Grœnland ("Greenland"), supposedly in the hope that the pleasant name would attract settlers.[7][8]

Greenland was also called Gruntland ("Ground-land") and Engronelant (or Engroneland) on early maps. Whether green is an erroneous transcription of grunt ("ground"), which refers to shallow bays, or vice versa, is not known. The southern portion of Greenland (not covered by glaciers) is green in the summer.

 

[Ernie]

it is nice to come home after working abroad..longest stint i did was 11 weeks before i saw Mrs Ernie and my "angel maids"

A "pre welcome" home bud

Ernie

 

[Lewisthewhippet]

Great news Dan. Looks rather chilly there This must mean you'll be here for the next race All the best Lewis

 

[cannondale king]

cheers guys the coldest its been was -21 degrees with a wind chill of -49degree's now that was epic cold its only about -10/-12 out at mo and im still 3hrs behind seems weird typing at 9pm her 12pm back home but ha ho greenland is nice during the summer by all accounts


lewis im gonna be so out of shape when i get home the next race is gonna make me suffer so badly thank god for long rides with the time off im gonna get back home ps anyone fancy a ride when i get home the first weekend at thetford.

tony cheers mate

gus im now in the offshore survey buisness working as a freelance equipment tech and ROV remote operater and deck chief not a bad day rate for that either earnt more this trip in 40 days than i could in 6 months back home as they say on board lets hope for foul weather days as its day rate

more pics me looking happy at -17 degrees plus windchill some random bottlenose whales (they eat them in greenland) my back turned on the camera in the office