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I thought the wood panelling at the back of bar looked familiar

Is it the Lord Nelson at Reedham ?

Note to self - make appointment with optician urgently

Hi Simon Beautiful shots from a P&S and great skies. How do you know from the boat they were agents of the state or are you pulling our leggies Good to see RBS head office

Hi all.... "stupider mist" here again. We have a big white blob on top of our radar arch, which I believe to be a Raymarine 2kw dome connected to a C80 plotter. The chart plotter/gps works fine, but since having the boat, the radar has never worked. When I flick onto the radar mode it says no signal. I have done the obvious and checked the connection into the C80, but beyond that...where would I start to trace the fault???? One very helpful gentleman we met last year at Lowestoft Marina suggested that it might be the drive belt in the dome itself (as he had a similar problem). Does anyone know who stocks raymarine spares? yours mistily.... adam and suzanne

well thankyou all for that... and the general consensus is aluminium! And even speaking to volvo today. they would recommend the same.....the chap at Lowestoft Northgate marine was brilliant and spent over an hour on how I should service the engines... so i thoroughly recommend! kind regards adam and suzanne x

Hi all again... Thanks for your help with oil change! I want to replace the anodes on my stern drives. I know that I should use Zinc for saltwater and Magnesium for fresh but just exactly where do we sit? The boat will spend most of its time on the southern broads, so the area from Goodchilds where we are moored, Burgh Castle, with frequent trips to Brundall, Reedham, Oulton broad and Beccles. I would like to do the odd sea trip, but suspect that this is not enough in its own right to warrant zinc. So can anyone tell me whether the water in the area is more fresh than salt??? What do you guys recommend? kind regards adam and suzanne

Thanks guys...I will try the Pela pump...next question on its way... adam and suzanne

Hi The engines are Volvo AD31P's. Suzanne replying who has not got a clue what this means

Hi Jill Those photos are awesome.

Hi guys....virgin here! The SWMBO has finally got me on line!!! Our first boat...as you know, and just about to take her out of the water and going to attempt to perform most of the servicing myself.... So you will all get lots of silly questions over the coming weeks!! hmmm so where exactly do i put this anode??? So.....the oil change looks quite easy for my first task...but....any good ideas of how to collect and safely dispose of the oil. are those electric suck out pumps any good that suck the oil through the dipstick thingy and what should I pump the old oil into? adam....

We did Ian, however I was really suffering by this stage, so we didn't stay long.

Thanks Perry. We are settling in very well. She comes out of the water this week for servicing, etc.

Hi all Just starting to come back to reality. We were lucky enough to spend Christmas and New Year on the boat - 23 Dec to 1 Jan. It was also our first ever Christmas alone... no kids, MIL's, extended family, etc. We unfortunately both developed the flu virus, hubbie getting 'man flu' on Christmas Day , and then myself catching a far more virulent, clearly mutated and much more worser strain of said 'man flu', just in time for New Year which is lingering on . So what did we do, where did we go... We purposely didn't have an itinerary, apart from Christmas Day, as what we wanted was plenty of slobby time to relax, which mainly involved good food, good booze and pretty good Christmas TV and lots of films with shortish cruises between. We spent the 23rd and 24th at the marina. Christmas Day, having opened our pressies (dog included), we set off for Somerleyton mid-morning, to have Christmas Lunch at the Duke's Head with our eldest son, who joined us there. This was a real treat, particularly for me, having cooked more Christmas lunches than I would admit to . I have to say, I was very impressed that the food and the service was as excellent as always. I had half expected to find far more tables crammed in, not enough waiters, etc but it was the same number of tables as always with the same staff. The food was superb, mulled wine on arrival (which I have never liked) but was good and 2 glasses later.... Between the three of us, Winter Veg Broth and Game terrine as starters, all lovely. Norfolk Black Turkey to die for with Roasties, Pigs in Blankets and roasted veggies and the best turkey gravy I have ever tasted. Pudding, coffee and gorgeous hot home made mince pies.... I'm drooling writing this . We came back to the boat to find the puppy can now jump on the cushions, reach the table and the storage areas behind the sofa and had taken the fur ball from one of snowmen santas hat, and had chewed the berries of one of the candle holders but hadn't managed to uncork his daddy's XO .... phew . We then left our eldest son (who was working over Christmas) and motored up to Reedham for the night. Reedham looked very pretty with houses Christmas lights and no surprises we were the only boat moored. We hooked up to the broads point to allow us to sit on deck with an electric heater and watch the Christmas Day tv, walked the dog, and enjoyed cheese, pate, biscuits, etc later on. Enough for now.

Really enjoying your recount Howard, please keep going.

Pretty, pretty Probably best you can't see it Rammy

Hi Pete I missed seeing the snow. Can you put it on so I can decide please.

That was going to be my second guess too!!

Whitlingham?? You cannot see anything as it is all coloured out. I need more help please.

Thank you Carol. I have just spent the last hour looking at stuff I didn't expect to find interesting and it was fascinating....especially the lanes stuff on Gt Yarmouth. Suzanne

Enjoyed your posts Gandalf. Sorry I haven't contributed to finding the songs, etc. Bit braindead after work and useless at these sorts of things anyway. Congrats on your award. I think your sentiments above are lovely and clearly demonstrate why you won the best holiday tale - said from the heart

The boats look beautiful Terry. Have to agree that wood is timeless.

Hi Jim Thanks. How old is yours?

Thanks Ian I shall pass this on to hubbie for his dissection. Much appreciated. Suzanne

Fascinating.... love an unsolved mystery....