Estonia Kit List - Comments Please

[ex-member BareThrills]

That is good news Jaan. Maybe we will be able to hike over to pedassaaar on the ice

 

[jacko1066]

2 weeks today chaps!!!

We will be at the airport, shattered after a crap nights sleep because of Bare thrills snooring, our taste buds and sense of smell will be gone because of Teepee's weapons of mass destruction!!

And poor little old me will be ready to come home lol!!

BRING IT!!!!!

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

You might be at the airport mate. Ill be in the air 1 hour from Tallinn

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Now got my fishing kit sorted chaps

6ft 7 piece spinning rod up to 25g casting weight

daiwa reel

box of lures and forceps

Hopefully we can find an auger and a small ice rod if there is no free flowing water.

 

[jacko1066]

Damn!!!!!!

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Ive been watching a great webcam. There are eggs in the nest and the camera has sound. It gets quite vocal when both prospective parents are at the nest. Superb beasties

http://www.looduskalender.ee/en/node/15887

 

[Teepee]

Nice link Paul [h=3]24[/h] Very cold with low cloud 24° Lo 16° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A	[h=3]25[/h] Cloudy and cold; p.m. snow 26° Lo 17° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A	[h=3]26[/h] Abundant sunshine, but cold 30° Lo 20° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A	[h=3]27[/h] Rather cloudy 37° Lo 34° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A	[h=3]28[/h] Rain and snow shower 44° Lo 39° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A	[h=3]29[/h] Cloudy with isolated showers 47° Lo 40° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A	[h=3]30[/h] Overcast 49° Lo 39° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A
[h=3]31[/h] Sunny 37° Lo 25° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A	[h=3]Apr 1[/h] Sunny 38° Lo 26° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A	[h=3]2[/h] Mostly cloudy 39° Lo 26° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A	[h=3]3[/h] Sunny periods 39° Lo 30° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A	[h=3]4[/h] Mostly cloudy 43° Lo 31° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A	[h=3]5[/h] Thickening cloud 43° Lo 36° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A	[h=3]6[/h] Cloudy with a shower 43° Lo 37° [h=4]Hist. Avg.[/h] N/A Lo N/A

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[h=3]Temperature Graph March 2013[/h]
Noooo! Its looking a bit damp and cloudy.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Yep, everything pointing to a thaw while we are there. Packing on hold still

Still praying to jack frost every night

 

[jacko1066]

That graph doesnt really mean alot to me tbh, are those temp Deg F?
I hope it doesnt thaw, thats gonna be a ruddy nightmare if it does!!!

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

lol. I hope the temps are F or i need desert cam

 

[jacko1066]

Cool, when I looked the graph again that was a pretty stupid question lol!!!

Balaclava turned up today, still waiting on a couple of bits, my packing list wont change whether its freezing or warmer tbh so thats not really a problem to me!!

 

[Jaan]

The winter just doesn't want to go here. The days are so warm now, puddles appear within hours in the morning and the sun is very very warm. But at night it's still so cold. I can't imagine it turning to a full on thaw in two weeks.
They're saying it's because there's still ice on the sea and the sun can't store warmth there. If the ice melts and days are still sunny then spring will come very fast.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

As with all weather it depends where you get it

This one shows continued cold

http://www.meteoprog.co.uk/en/weather/Tallinn/11_15/

Being British, I take heart from the fact that the majority of my time in the woods is generally at near zero temps with plenty of mud and rain so nothing to fear on that front lol.

 

[jacko1066]

Do you think its still gonna be neccessary for me to take 2 pairs of boots now chaps?? Its now hard to figure out what the prioritys are for feet, cold or wet lol!!

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Im not, I already need to take something to drive in so i will have to hope my sorel pac boots cope with it all.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Purekkari Cape. Do hope the road is open

 

[Teepee]

Do you think its still gonna be neccessary for me to take 2 pairs of boots now chaps?? Its now hard to figure out what the prioritys are for feet, cold or wet lol!!

I'm not decided yet.

The priority though is not getting frostbite/frostnip and enjoying the trip

 

[Jaan]

Purekkari Cape. Do hope the road is open

The roads will definitely be open. That's a nice beach over at the top left corner. We sometimes go swimming there in the summer.

There's a vilalge nearby and if you can't get any further by car then it's only a 2km walk to the cape.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Thanks Jaan, It does look very nice and i think offers the best site for camping near the sea. 2k is not so bad if the snow prevents access beyond Parispea.

 

[jacko1066]

1 week today gentlemen (and Pete) we will be swaning our way down the A1 on route to the little foxes hotel ready for our mini expedition to Estonia!!

Saying I am a little excited is somewhat of an under statement!!!

So which one of you boys are gonna predict the correct weather?? Iv not even looked as you 2 seem to have it down!! lol