Paladin

A very nice picture, I agree, but I think you'll find that it is a stock photo. If you read the story, "The wintery dust fell for just a few minutes towards Thickthorn Roundabout but did not settle" (that's on the A.47 southern bypass, not the city centre). It was cold in Norwich this morning, but there was no snow on the cathedral.

Edited to correct my inaccurate assumption. Having now read the minutes of the Planning Committee, it was originally intended to leave the three sections of piling in position, but when it came to doing the work, it was found they had deteriorated substantially, and the section in Fleet Dyke had been reported, by the BA, to the EA to be a navigational hazard.

Hylander, you wrote to the BA because they are the Planning Authority, however, the applicant for the retrospective permission was the Environment Agency. They had previously applied for, and had been granted, permission for the works to be carried out, but for some reason (human error?) three sections of old piling had been left off the original application. The further application was to enable the work, already agreed, to be completed. Yes, the wild moorings in Fleet Dyke were disrupted for a season or two, but, now the reed has grown back, boaters and anglers have done their 'trampling'. I've 'wild moored' in several locations along the dyke over the past couple of years. It is also possible to go for walks again. The path is regularly (if not too frequently) mown.

The BA has had the lease for many, many years. It expired in 2002 and negotiations have been going on since then. Broadland District Council actually own the quay, not the village. A long time ago (1916), counsel's opinion was sought about fees and the opinion was that, as historically a fee had never been charged, it would not be lawful to impose one. This is before the BA was even a twinkle in anyone's eye. The orginal lease contained a clause which prohibited the BA from charging. BDC now claim to have had legal advice that a fee can be charged. The thinking seems to be that the charge is required, as BDC has now stopped contributing to the cost of providing the ranger service. This is all being arranged secretly. At the point in NavCom meetings at which the matter has been discussed, the public have been excluded and the minutes of the discussions have not been made public. That, in a nutshell, is where we are, at the moment. I won't bore anyone by mentioning this further.

You mean like this...v2 Highlight the number, then use the sixth button from the left above the reply box (shown as x2). Oh, I've just done it again!

No, that's the local yokels trying to get past!

Yes, you're quite right N.O.R.W.I.C.H., they use a field about 1/4 mile north of the bridge , not south (towards Acle) as I said originally. I've just been passed to check.

In Norfolk, most of the roads are single carriageway and the most effective method of speed control is..................a tractor! It is indisputable that a pedestrian hit by a car travelling at 20 mph has a good chance of survival. At 30 mph, it's a bit iffy, and at 40 mph it's probably going to be a fatal.

There's the Acle Model Flying Club, which uses a field within walking distance of Acle bridge moorings (on the right, heading towards Acle itself). It has a web site here. One of my neighbours is a member and he flies fixed wing and hovery types.

The BA also provide a Quay Ranger, to help with mooring, as a safety measure. The Broadland District Council used to contribute to the cost, but, as part of their budget reductions, they stopped contributing at the start of last season, so it appears the £3 charge will go to balance that loss of revenue.

Typical Press ‘spin’. I don’t regard this as a victory for Mr Pooley. He has now had to comply with planning law, and has had conditions and controls imposed upon him (and his successors), in line with the BA’s stated position, which can be found here. “Minor” conditions? I don’t think so.

What is the range of a handheld VHF transmitter?

Yes, in a genuine emergency, the rules do rather go out of the window. Navigation Bye Law 88 expressly allows for this: Bye law 88 (1) Every person contravening any of these Byelaws without reasonable excuse shall on summary conviction for every such breach be liable to pay a penalty not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. (2) In any proceedings for an offence under these Byelaws it shall be a defence for a person charged to prove: (a) that he/she took all reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to avoid the commission of such an offence; ( b ) or that he/she had a reasonable excuse for the act or failure to act. The only problem I have had (so far) has been flat batteries (faulty wire on alternator) while moored at Womack Island. Fortunately, the other occupant of the moorings was kind enough to tow me to the staithe. I got a bus home and popped to Lathams to get a jumpstart pack, which is now an essential part of my boating kit. Incidentally, I just discovered a little glitch. If you try to write ( b ) with no spaces between the parentheses and the letter, you get this (

JTF, I think you hope in vain.

I'm not missing the point at all. At not time did Strowager say that he had been told what the IP of the poster was. Surely, if you have an issue with another forum, the best place to take it up would be on that forum. From your posting history on here, that seems to be the only sort of contribution you wish to make. Attacking one forum by posting on another does the latter no service at all.

According to the Information Commissioner, an IP address in isolation is NOT personal data. Threaten away if you want to waste your time.

Sorry, but I don't see why he should be taking it out on the Police. We haven't got the whole story and the EDP reporting is, as you say, very biased. That they repeated what you said to them three weeks ago was hardly constructive and, for all we know, earlier intervention at the scene by anyone knowing what was going on at the time might, just might, have prevented the crime in the first place. I'm not sure how a crime can be 'virtually' prevented. Either it is prevented or it happens.

I really don't believe some people! The Police made a bad start, recovered from it, deployed resources, found the boat, arrested two alleged perpetrators, apologised to the boat owner and what does he do? Instead of graciously accepting the very public apology he has the audacity to criticise the Police for the amount of resourses they employed. "Just a waste of money", he says. What a ****! ...and I would just like to say, hindsight is a wonderful gift. Foresight is even better.

Here you go - courtesy of broadlandmemories.co.uk

Did Bounty Boats ever run a hire fleet of their own?

candr, I'm not entirely sure that Bounty Boats ever had a pennant as such. They produced boats and hulls for the hire fleets, who had their own pennants. If you take a look at this Bounty Boats site, particularly at the foot of the Boat Brochures pages, you will see a graphic which appears to depict the double B in blue sails. I can't say I've ever seen this in pennant form on any boat, though. I doubt whether many people, even Bounty owners, would recognise it.

littlesprite, i can assure you that no apology is necessary. This isn't the first time my username has been 'cloned', but I am happy to report that I am not, nor do I have, a virus. In fact, I had my 'flu jab just this morning Another coincidence...I ran a full virus and diagnostic scan on my PC last night , as my dvd/cd player has decided not to read discs anymore. The only thing the scan told me was that...my dvd/cd player doesn't read discs. Don't you just love computers!

How about filling a very small fender with sand to the appropriate weight and attaching it to a double-eyed fender, eye-to-eye, so that the regular fender 'sank' to the correct level. No hard surfaces to cause any damage anywhere.

I'm a mild sort of person

goodall_1, the Broads Authority Control can be contacted on 01603 756056 or VHF channel 12. How effective they would be depends on the quality of the information they are given (as well as the location of the patrols). Registration numbers of boats involved, photographs and/or description of the helm etc all make it easier for follow-up action to be taken. There is an Incident Reporting page on the BA website, to report incidents later (click on the 'Contact', then the 'Incident Reporting' links) windmill, the abbreviation of SOB to describe the new patrol vessel was deliberately used by some members of other forums, who are antipathetic towards the BA and who were well aware of the connotation. Unfortunately, it is an example that has been innocently(?) followed by others.