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We caught the sunset too! A lovely end to a lovely day.

Actually, we were stalking you for longer 😂, from not long after Thurne Mouth, except there was another boat between thee and me.

Love that sunset. Hope you're both enjoying this trip. Tony is certainly getting some variety.

We had a very peaceful night at Womack staithe. The day dawned quite bright, but cold. Then it clouded over and looked a bit drizzly. By the time we cast off it was ok again. And that’s how it’s been all day really; can’t quite make its mind up! Moonlight Shadow was behind us for part of the journey and they turned into HPC as the Southern Comfort past us both on her first trip of the day. First option - Horning staithe Second option - Horning church Third option - Fleet dyke No space at the staithe (well there was plenty of space but split in two by a boat!) so I thought I’d motor on to show Tony all the houses on the way out of the village, then turn round and try Horning church (that had one boat on when we’d been past and room for us too). Coming round Swan corner I spotted the boat taking up all the room just leaving, so I made my intentions very clear to the boat that was approaching from the other direction by whizzing over the river (he was further away than me anyway and theoretically should have needed to turn round to moor against the incoming tide) and I shoved myself right up just overlapping the little dyke outside the closed Staithe and Willow cafe. That gave room for the other boat to also fit and I helped him in. So two boats moored where one boat had been! Good. I don’t know why, but I’ve felt very sleepy today. I could easily have just cosied down with a book but the dogs needed walking and we had a few jobs to do. So the day passed. I took the dogs out on my own; past the radar museum and over the fields towards the new radio mast on the Ludham road. On the lane of the way back, I even managed to have both dogs attached to just one hand, with loose leads - almost unheard of for spaniels, the hundreds and hundreds of hours are paying off very occasionally. I bought some pears in Tidings newsagent to go with the last of the rhubarb from home in a crumble. Other than that, an unremarkable day, just very relaxing. My new TV aerial sitting nice and snug under the grp canopy in the front well. I’ve been trialling it for the last few months and It’s picking up signals extremely well I just need to tidy up the cabling when I have the right bits. It’s a Moonraker 1000 Digi Pro, popular on the canals. Someone I know also bought one and it didn’t work though, so not a complete 100% recommendation. And a nice Horning sunset.

I spotted you in my new wing mirror on the big bend where the wild moorings used to be under the trees between Ant mouth and Ranworth Dam. Glad you’ve had a productive day.

Ah yes, the famous orange juice. A navel legend is our Griff.

So there were a few tell tell signs that perhaps going to the Lion might not be such a good idea,when after a really good breakfast at the Rainbow cafe we were then supposed to go to Tescos for some shopping........No,Griff forgot and drove us back to the wet shed,looking back now had he already started drinking?? When we moored up at Thurne,i was on the bow rope,Griff on the stern rope complaining that he couldnt pull the stern in cos i was pulling the bow in....had he been drinking to much orange juice?? If only i had thought about it i would have realised what trouble was to be fall me. After a very pleasant couple of pints in the Lion{ i had Tom Cat very good] Griff had a couple of pints of some more orange.He left me talking to a Broads ranger and we watched him tacking his way up the staithe to BA,if only id seen him trip over thr blade of grass i would have rushed to his rescue.When i got back to BA,nobody had told ne the side doors needed a very firm push,so not wanting to damage the boat, and stern doors were locked,what was one to do??? On peering through the saloon window,what a sight! Griff asleep on the settee.or was he? lots of banging on the windows,shouting,ringing his phone,Purdy barking,How much orange had he drunk? After about 20 minutes of trying to wake the dead,getting colder and wet an idea,open the canopy and shout....no repsonse.......hit him with a sausage,eventually,yes he livesAll joking apart,i had agreat time.BA is just WOW,and Griff well considering he related to God,hes not a bad bloke either.

Back on the subject, once fully off 10-30 seconds should do, probably better that just a restart. Other trick is to open settings-> Apps-> your browser-> clear cache (under storage setting on my samsung) Assuming android, know nowt about anything begining with an i.

We returned to Horning this morning, following Springer’s Retreat up the Bure from Ant Mouth, then we drove to Great Yarmouth where we had a super excellent meal in The White Swan (the fish restaurant that’s near the yacht station). Then we went to check out the historic quarter along the South Quay. All in all, we had a very pleasant afternoon.

I'll ask my mate how long he reckons it'll take him. If a job's worth doing, it's worth paying somebody else to do it.

There are places in and around London where that has already been reached if not exceeded, I am familiar with one particular stretch in East London where for 3/4 mile or more the towpath is nose to tail with boats of every description and in some cases double moored and there is nothing to stop others joining on. While many feel aggrieved with the situation on the Broads it pales into insignificances with some areas. Fred

Just long enough to wash and polish the boat should do it.

That's the point right there. Who's to say how many is enough? when that cut off point is reached how are you going to stop more?

I agree OG,but how long do you reckon to leave it turned off?

Dare I say it, but often it's a good idea to restart your device completely every so often.

Hi It would still be a good thing to change terminals along with leads. John

Tks. We have both solar and shore power. Rarely do we disconnect the batteries, we do have a master breaker switch though Griff

Hi Grif While you are changing the leads it would be a good idea to change the terminal connectors for the ones with a vertical stud these dont stress the posts unlike the ones you have, plus its easer to disconnect the individual batteries for when the boat is laid up unless you have soler or shore power to run a battery maintainer, this also help to extend the life of a battery. John

Hi Grif if you leave them connected like that you will wear out the first battery as the others wont be fully worked. I guess the person that took your old battery's away has got himself two or three batteries with a couple of years life still in them. best rewire as below for all battery's to work in harmony and fail together. John

Yes he will have and I hope they give him years of service Having three batteries in each bank I’m going for option one of your two diagrams I’m going to have to get hold of two longer lengths of multi strand ground cable. I’m on it. Tks Griff

Hi Grif if you leave them connected like that you will wear out the first battery as the others wont be fully worked. I guess the person that took your old battery's away has got himself two or three batteries with a couple of years life still in them. best rewire as below for all battery's to work in harmony and fail together. John

I sometimes find a misbehaving app is cured by forcing it to stop so next time you open it it has to reload. Settings > Apps > (name of app) > Force Stop This is Android, I'm not familiar with iphones.

MM, I took have an issue usually when running an older browser on my Linux machine ( the one I run in the background while working) this shows me the forum, but doesn't allow me to post, so your issue may be an out of date browser on your phone. I just live with it as I have 3 other machines I could post an answer with, all easily to hand.

I'm glad all's well that ends well, but this is a timely reminder, especially for those returning to boats alone, whilst slightly inebriated. You can never be too careful. I'm reminded that not too far from there a very experienced Broadsman, a pilot non the less, lost his life in similar circumstances. Whenever we visited The Berney Arms, we were normally the last to leave and stagger back to the boat, but Tracy always made it her responsibility to see us back to the boat and safely back onboard. If you are planning on returning to your boat alone after a few, please consider taking your lifejacket with you if possible.