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9 Mar 2014
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Hi Dom,
Thank you so much for replying, extremely helpful advice which has definitely helped us make a decision!
The event in August is the Adventure Travel Film Festival and Ed's film is being premiered there. It would have been great to have made it but we've both decided after reading this and several others wise words that it's not worth spoiling the first part of our trip! I definitely don't want to be rushing through, I've been saving and planning to do this for too long to rush it! I'd hate to leave later and then be faced with terrible weather and the prospect of not being able to get up to Prudhoe, we'd only kick ourselves for it so end of July it is!
It would be great to get to a HUBB meet over there if we could make it in time. I went to the one at Donnington last year and loved it, looking forward to going again this year!
I'm always eager for more adventure related reading material, I see you're going to be at the Ace Café on the 23rd so I'll pick up a copy in person then
Thanks again you've been really helpful it's very much appreciated.
Look forward to meeting you
Rach
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9 Mar 2014
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Rach
Please make yourself know to me at the Ace cafe and we can have a long chat. (I'll also be a Donnington)
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3 Apr 2014
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By mid to late August the days at that latitude have become noticeably shorter. Less daylight and chillier evenings, clear air though and fewer mosquitoes.
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5 Apr 2014
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Hi Rach and Ed...although I don't have personal experience in that part of the world at that time of the year, I tend to agree with all of the above...definitely shoulder season that far north. You might want to check out this site: Intellicast - Local Weather Forecast, Reports and Maps
which will give you some stats on average temps, record temps, etc. I picked Fairbanks as a bit of an in-between spot. Here's a cool site for Deadhorse as well ( https://weatherspark.com/averages/33...-United-States). If you're on Vancouver Island anytime during your travels, give me a shout if you need a place to stay!
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