News Archive 2006
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Ever wondered what Shell Island looks
like in the winter?
There have been so many of you that
have been nipping off to Shell Island during the winter season of 2006/2007
and have been sending in some wonderful photos. I've uploaded everyone's
photos into their relevant gallery section and I've now also added a
Shell Island at Winter section that just lists all these photos.
Thanks to everyone for these great
photos
Shell Island at winter
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You found what on the beach ? - August 2006
Lucky Mellissa Cathcart found a lump of 'Whale Sick' on the beach at Shell Island whilst out beach coming with her parents. To find out more about this very expensive find read this news article.
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Shell Island
Want YOUR photos |
Shell Island
are designing a new visitor
brochure.
They would like your photos for next years brochure. |
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Click here for more
information
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Halloween and Fireworks Weekend 2006
Click
here for a
few random photos of this years end of camping and Halloween and fireworks
party
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Weekend of October 27/28 2006
Bonfire and Halloween Weekend
End of camping Season The biggest firework display in North Wales This
years theme is "Harry Potter" Come along for the BBQ Live
Entertainment on both Nights
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| The Guestbook and Chat room
The
Guestbook and
chat room are
back as promised but in a new style. You will have to log into this one.
This does though mean that the board will not be constantly spammed.
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Tide Times for the
Bonfire Weekend
Friday 27 - Sunday 29 October 2006
OPEN - All Weekend |
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B R E A K I N
G N E W S
Prices for July and August
£6.00 per night per adult,
£35.00 per week
£2.50 per night per child, £15.00 per week
All other prices are still the same.
Shell Island have decided as a thank you to all the campers they will not be
changing their prices for the summer holidays
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Are you aware that there is no first aid centre at Shell
Island ? This does not mean any of the staff at Shell Island are not qualified
First-Aiders and hold a current certificate.
If you are a registered First-Aider
and hold a current First Aid Certificate would you be prepared to have your name
and mobile phone contact details listed in a secure area at Shell Island during
your stay, so in the case of an emergency you could be called upon to help with any emergency.
| It's Official - Shell Island is the
bestest campsite in Wales |
According to a recent news item by
Jonathon Knight who published Cool Camping, Shell Island was voted the 4th
best campsite in the UK. It was also the highest ranking welsh campsite.
Therefore making it the best campsite in Wales... Cool or what. The entire
text can be found here.
The official text reads....
4 - Shell Island, Gwynedd, Wales
A whole Island, well actually a peninsula, devoted to campers, with
the freedom to pitch anywhere you fancy, as long as you don't break the golden rule that tents shouldn't be sited within 20 yards of anyone
else's. A beautiful location at quieter times - with sandy beaches and views up to Snowdonia - but beware the lack of facilities when it gets busy.
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Shell Island in Paint
Why not take a look at
Wagner Art. Debra has two
wonderful paintings of Shell Island
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In respect of George and Edith Workman.
I'd just like to add my comments to Richards in the total and utter condemnation
of some total arse holes who decided to destroy the memorial Chair dedicated to
the memory of both George and Edith on the weekend on 20 August.
As most of you know, the entire Shell Island concept was born by George and
Edith in the 1950's and its with thanks to them that we are able to enjoy and
relax in this incredible part of North Wales. If anyone knows who was
responsible for the destruction of this chair please have a conscience and phone
01341-241-453 and ask for reception and pass on any details.
I very much doubt that who ever it was that destroyed the chair is reading this
as they probably aren't capable of reading. In my opinion these people are not
welcome at Shell Island and the revenue that was made by these pratts can be
easily recovered by people who have respect for others and want to visit and
enjoy Shell Island. Both my parents and I knew George and Edith enjoyed their
company and conversations
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A day in the life of a Barmouth
Webcam
On Thursday 8 August 2006 I captured all the
images from one of the Barmouth WebCams to set up a daily snapshot of life
by the harbour. The images run from 9AM to 4PM. If you'd like to
watch this click on the WinZip icon below. The file has been zipped with WinZip
and is a Microsoft Windows AVI file
that will play in most players. The file size is 20MB |
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One year old
Well, what a year.
ShellIslandCampers is now officially 1 year old. The site started out as hobby,
something for me to do in the dark nights. A good friend of mine Geoff was in
need of some students to learn PHP so I thought I would tag along and join his
course, I drag Geoff up and down mountains so I thought it was a fair deal.
I would learn some PHP and the basics and fundamentals of web design, we were
also redesigning our public facing website at work and I was included in the
working group and wanted to understand more of the concepts.
The idea for the site was
to give me something to aim at and keep my interest in the course and have a
real life website at the end of the course. Shell Island Campers was an obvious
web site for me to work on as I have been visiting Shell Island since the early
1970s and enjoy every minute there, including the rain, the storms, the
sheep, no, not the sheep.
One year on, over 17,000
(seventeen thousand) hits on the site, over 300 emails via the site. More
wonderful photos than I can shake a damn big stick at that have been emailed to
me and are in the Photo Gallery. Lots of new friends made who constantly and consistently email me with
thoughts, comments, photos and ideas for the website. Yes I will be bringing back the chat room and guest book soon, in a new incarnation.
It has to be with thanks
to everyone who has visited and supported this website that this website has
continued to run, if the hits and emails had been so few I would have quickly
given up the site and the interest in learning more about PHP and web design.
It must be said though,
that if wasn't for that wonderful piece of North Wales we all know and love so much, along with the wonderful staff this
website would not be here.
Shell Island For Ever
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Have you ever wondered what those
guys used to do at the Llanbedr Airfield? Do you remember the
Hercules transporters flying in over Shell at around 100 ft? Did you
ever find any strange looking missile shaped objects on the beaches or
remember the Jindivik flying overhead ? Have a look at this book
from Wendy
Mills, or get it on Amazon
(you can also get this from the Post Office in Harlech)
Andy Evans has also put a website
together detailing the equipment at RAE
Llanbedr
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This is the Sea, not a fresh water river
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Am I missing something ? Every year we all go down to the causeway
when the tide covers the road. Yes the tide, that big sea shaped thing, that big bit of water that contains
loads of salt, to watch the late arrivals attempt to drive their nice new cars through the tide. Why do
they do this? Why don't they read the tide times from either Shell Islands website or get them from this site ? Why don't they set off earlier ?
And why do we always clap them thru, as though its something to be proud of now they have prematurely aged the metal work on their car ?
Isn't it a well known fact that metal is corrided faster and more efficiently by sea water ? Answers on a
postcard please to the usual addrress
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Please report any bugs, faults, dead
links or comments about this website to
steve@shellislandcampers.co.uk
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ShellIslandCampers.co.uk
is a just for fun website. It is neither a registered company or
charity. Nor is it directly connected with Shellisland.co.uk
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Shell Island Campers
Bonfire Weekend - June 2006
