Arran live web cams

Our "Off Topic" forum - have a wee blether here.
Forum rules
Please familiarise yourself with our Board Rules and Guidelines
Penny Tray
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 19104
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:46 pm

Re: Arran live web cams

Post by Penny Tray »

Hughie,

I was in Brodick recently and checked these cameras out, and there was not the slightest trace of spiders' webs. The lenses are not the size of an old half-crown and the casing not much bigger - a spiders couldn't live in them. When you looked into the lenses however, they each have silver/dimpled backgrounds and I suspect the supposed webs are simply reflections of light.

If you look at the "Pier View' in daylight you can actually see the 'Goatfell' camera and appreciate just how small it is.

That's my theory anyway :wink: .
Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.
User avatar
Hughie
Administrator
Administrator
Posts: 11138
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:42 am
Location: Australia Formerly Ardrossan
Contact:

Re: Arran live web cams

Post by Hughie »

Penny, I thought Chris found it to be a spider's web, and mentioned it in another topic I searched for. Though I'm unsure if this latest one is a spiders web.

Here's what Chris wrote: http://www.threetowners.net/forum/viewt ... 79#p139079
Penny Tray
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 19104
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:46 pm

Re: Arran live web cams

Post by Penny Tray »

Hughie,

I remember fine what Chris said previously, and think his source were the good folk of Arran. That's why I went to check it out for myself.

I don't believe the folk along the banks of Loch Ness either :lol:
Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.
User avatar
Hughie
Administrator
Administrator
Posts: 11138
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:42 am
Location: Australia Formerly Ardrossan
Contact:

Re: Arran live web cams

Post by Hughie »

Penny Tray wrote:I don't believe the folk along the banks of Loch Ness either :lol:
:shock: //funny
michaelm
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 1623
Joined: Tue May 06, 2014 7:55 pm

Re: Arran live web cams

Post by michaelm »

Here's a pic I took in early June. The webcams are the white dots at either end of the 'Castle Bay Studios' sign.
Although now a Jewellers shop who buy and sell gold/silver etc, it was previously the local Estate Agents. The wee shop next door, Belle's Boutique, is also relatively new. It was formerly the premises of the Arran-Asia Trading Company who I believe are still doing business online. I used to have a wee chuckle to myself every time I passed there as above the shop was ... "Bangkok - Brodick - Delhi - Kathmandu"

Image
michaelm
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 1623
Joined: Tue May 06, 2014 7:55 pm

Re: Arran live web cams

Post by michaelm »

Just had a wee look at the webcams footage there. Looks like it's going to be a scorcher of a day over in Arran.
Much the same here in the threetowns as well.
michaelm
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 1623
Joined: Tue May 06, 2014 7:55 pm

Re: Arran live web cams

Post by michaelm »

From last March.
These folk at the bus stop in Shore rd. Brodick didn't get much of a view of Goat Fell, but they were probably too busy dreaming about a Pot of Gold to be that bothered about it.

Image
User avatar
brian f
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 3606
Joined: Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:25 pm

Re: Arran live web cams

Post by brian f »

Looking at the web cam it looks a lovely day in Arran. It's been pissing doon all day in east unglia :cray:
User avatar
brian f
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 3606
Joined: Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:25 pm

Re: Arran live web cams

Post by brian f »

Missing that wee web cam- been down a while for maintenance.
glenshena
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 1134
Joined: Sun Dec 28, 2014 9:29 pm

Re: Arran live web cams

Post by glenshena »

Last week 29 volonteers from Ardrossans BPO Collections climbed Goatfell in the pouring rain to raise money for the Ayrshire Hospice, in memory of a colleague who died in April of this year. A sum of 1,850 pounds was raised by sponsors. :clap:
michaelm
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 1623
Joined: Tue May 06, 2014 7:55 pm

Re: Arran live web cams

Post by michaelm »

brian f wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:47 pm Missing that wee web cam- been down a while for maintenance.
Aye brianf, me too.
Been wondering what the problem is. Hope it's not sponsorship related, or if it is they get something sorted soon.
Penny Tray
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 19104
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:46 pm

Re: Arran live web cams

Post by Penny Tray »

brian f wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:47 pm Missing that wee web cam- been down a while for maintenance.
Me too, It was a compulsive look for me every morning :( !
Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.
Post Reply