Colonel Mitch
4th July 2011, 04:34 PM
Today I went on an escapade with my trusty aides Ki and Jenny to the Blue Reef Aquariu...... I mean Pokemon Gym in Tynemouth!
After a long battle to photograph every interesting fish and animal, the final duel with the seals commenced....
How did I fare I hear you ask?.... You'll have to read on to find out ;)
First up we have the WINturtles :)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140814.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140823.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140833.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140839.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140848.jpg
Then after defeating these with ease, we moved on to "Capture" the large Piranha!
This one even had a massive light shining out of the top of it!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140930.jpg
And here is stealth Piranha
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140944.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140949.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140959.jpg
Then we had the mini-catfish things. Jenny liked these :)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141032.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141042.jpg
Next, somebody went under a dock.... and there they saw a rock..... it wasnt a rock.... it was a ROCK LOBSTER!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141230.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141240.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141252.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141311.jpg
In this one it was summoning an amazing Solar Beam attack.... pretty surprising for a water pokemon!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141330.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141341.jpg
Then! in the same tank, Staryu popped out and tried to use flail (it failed)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141257.jpg
After braving Staryu and the Solarbeam which we skillfully dodged, we found some Flatfish or something
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141350.jpg
Oh, and a blue lobster too.
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141419.jpg
In the next tank we approached our first mini boss, haven't spent a few minutes assessing tactics we moved in. We found it to be somewhat related to Steve Irwin ;)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141446.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141536.jpg
Swimming with this mass were some small fish
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141506.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141621.jpg
and then there was.....
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141528.jpg
SINISTER FISH!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141601.jpg
After defeating the likes of the Ray and SINISTER FISH, we moved on to find STEALTH FISH!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141657.jpg
So sneaky I almost didnt notice!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141707.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141721.jpg
After the trauma of the pipe we moved to a less scary tank, we were met by several miniature Horsea!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141826.jpg
This one tried to hide from me
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141854.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141858.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141904.jpg
In the neighboring tank was LASER EYE!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141921.jpg
Followed by 2 old, long laser eyes :P
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141934.jpg
And suddenly staryu came back to have some!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141947.jpg
Next we found some little pipe fish things
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142013.jpg
At this point we realised we had cleared Phase 1.... but what was next in Phase2!?!
OTTERS!!!!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142137.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142200.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142205.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142326.jpg
This encounter required alot of stamina to survive the smell attack they unleashed but again we prevailed.
We moved on back into the depths of the world of Disney Pixar...
Oh look, theres Dory
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142445.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142513.jpg
AND I FOUND NEMO!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142451.jpg
And here are his friends
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142541.jpg
Suddenly the mood shifted to the rainforest and we had stealth frogs which we failed to find and some locusts (which Jenny loved ;))
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142703.jpg
Also we found a WIN Chameleon
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142833.jpg
And a wasp striped lizard
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142846.jpg
Suddenly there was a giant silver fish attack!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142905.jpg
Then there were a few little monkeys :)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142926.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142933.jpg
And then there was another angry fish :P
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143031.jpg
And sneaky puffer fish came out to play
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143050.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143102.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143110.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143120.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143134.jpg
Then the giant ray came in for a dive bomb attack on Ki!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143200.jpg
Then some long thin fish came in :D
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143405.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143410.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143415.jpg
Oh and there were some shrimpy things...
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-144406.jpg
And mini-shark
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-144635.jpg
We then got to the final encounter......
What is it.....
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143513.jpg
Somethings swimming this way!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143710.jpg
SEALS!?!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143715.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143909.jpg
Happy seal was happy that we won the battle to photograph them (as they were bloody hard)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-144023.jpg
After completing the gym and defeating the Seals Jenny Burbeck awarded me with a Turtle badge!
Which I obviously had to celebrate in true Pokemon manner :) (see full size for more lolz)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/TynesideGymbadge.jpg
After a long battle to photograph every interesting fish and animal, the final duel with the seals commenced....
How did I fare I hear you ask?.... You'll have to read on to find out ;)
First up we have the WINturtles :)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140814.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140823.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140833.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140839.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140848.jpg
Then after defeating these with ease, we moved on to "Capture" the large Piranha!
This one even had a massive light shining out of the top of it!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140930.jpg
And here is stealth Piranha
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140944.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140949.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-140959.jpg
Then we had the mini-catfish things. Jenny liked these :)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141032.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141042.jpg
Next, somebody went under a dock.... and there they saw a rock..... it wasnt a rock.... it was a ROCK LOBSTER!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141230.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141240.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141252.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141311.jpg
In this one it was summoning an amazing Solar Beam attack.... pretty surprising for a water pokemon!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141330.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141341.jpg
Then! in the same tank, Staryu popped out and tried to use flail (it failed)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141257.jpg
After braving Staryu and the Solarbeam which we skillfully dodged, we found some Flatfish or something
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141350.jpg
Oh, and a blue lobster too.
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141419.jpg
In the next tank we approached our first mini boss, haven't spent a few minutes assessing tactics we moved in. We found it to be somewhat related to Steve Irwin ;)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141446.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141536.jpg
Swimming with this mass were some small fish
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141506.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141621.jpg
and then there was.....
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141528.jpg
SINISTER FISH!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141601.jpg
After defeating the likes of the Ray and SINISTER FISH, we moved on to find STEALTH FISH!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141657.jpg
So sneaky I almost didnt notice!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141707.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141721.jpg
After the trauma of the pipe we moved to a less scary tank, we were met by several miniature Horsea!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141826.jpg
This one tried to hide from me
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141854.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141858.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141904.jpg
In the neighboring tank was LASER EYE!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141921.jpg
Followed by 2 old, long laser eyes :P
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141934.jpg
And suddenly staryu came back to have some!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-141947.jpg
Next we found some little pipe fish things
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142013.jpg
At this point we realised we had cleared Phase 1.... but what was next in Phase2!?!
OTTERS!!!!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142137.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142200.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142205.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142326.jpg
This encounter required alot of stamina to survive the smell attack they unleashed but again we prevailed.
We moved on back into the depths of the world of Disney Pixar...
Oh look, theres Dory
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142445.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142513.jpg
AND I FOUND NEMO!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142451.jpg
And here are his friends
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142541.jpg
Suddenly the mood shifted to the rainforest and we had stealth frogs which we failed to find and some locusts (which Jenny loved ;))
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142703.jpg
Also we found a WIN Chameleon
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142833.jpg
And a wasp striped lizard
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142846.jpg
Suddenly there was a giant silver fish attack!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142905.jpg
Then there were a few little monkeys :)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142926.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-142933.jpg
And then there was another angry fish :P
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143031.jpg
And sneaky puffer fish came out to play
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143050.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143102.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143110.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143120.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143134.jpg
Then the giant ray came in for a dive bomb attack on Ki!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143200.jpg
Then some long thin fish came in :D
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143405.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143410.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143415.jpg
Oh and there were some shrimpy things...
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-144406.jpg
And mini-shark
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-144635.jpg
We then got to the final encounter......
What is it.....
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143513.jpg
Somethings swimming this way!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143710.jpg
SEALS!?!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143715.jpg
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-143909.jpg
Happy seal was happy that we won the battle to photograph them (as they were bloody hard)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/2011-07-04-144023.jpg
After completing the gym and defeating the Seals Jenny Burbeck awarded me with a Turtle badge!
Which I obviously had to celebrate in true Pokemon manner :) (see full size for more lolz)
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t333/piers1989/TynesideGymbadge.jpg