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    Salty Bottoms Easter

    in The Norfolk and Suffolk Coast

    Posted

    My 2 will be up for that. They love an Easter egg hunt :dance We did one on Ranworth Staithe the year before last and lots of the kids from other boats joined in. Connor and Jay were very generous, I thought. :lol:

    We will bring some chocolate eggs.

    On another note, have we got a rough itinerary for the weekend??? Is it some where on this thread and has it changed???

    Lou xx

    Salty Bottoms Easter

    in The Norfolk and Suffolk Coast

    Posted

    Hi Trev,

    Last year we were moored at Oulton Broad YS and were invited through Mutford lock to Lowestoft and, as a river cruiser and a Mutford lock virgin, it was all very apprehensive stuff, :(

    but actually, thanks to the YS guys, it all went very smoothly. :bow and we are looking forward to doing it again ice slice

    Oh, I still just can't wait.

    Lou xx

    P.s Ian, stop ignoring us :lol:

    Salty Bottoms Easter

    in The Norfolk and Suffolk Coast

    Posted

    ok guys, no comments about this post please :lol:

    But I dreamt about this trip last night :o

    Like all dreams, I don't remenber much but this I do remember.

    Adam and Suzanne's boat was HUGE. It had a cabin where the fly bridge is, a monster front cabin and side cabin and an even HUGER cellar type cabin underneath??, I kept waking round it saying "the one we looked at wasn't as big as this, must've have been because it was an older model?" over and over again. :mrgreen::mrgreen:

    Mark (mbird) showed me all the food he had brooght along to cook for us all, and he had a massive box, about 2 ft by 3 foot and about a ft deep filled with jumbo prawns, lobsters and different joints of meat like lamb and beef. He was going to cook it all up for us at Oulton Broard YS.

    And all the salty bottom boats kept going out on to the broad and racing each other, even Crackerjack. and the funniest sight of all was Trev (Criscraft) going along with his front pointy bit plowing into the water so he looked sort of like a submarine :bow

    Now, do you think I'm looking forward to this trip or what :lol::lol:

    Lou xx

    Our New Year Adventure

    in Holiday Tales & Blogs

    Posted

    It was Great! :grin:

    Set off reasonably early afternoon Tuesday 29th December (Col had to work the morning) and arrived at the boat with some day light left :party: . Made up all the cabins and settled downed with a drink or two. However, as it was still fairly early, Col and I decided to leave the boys watching a DVD and wander over to the Wayford Bridge Inn for a night cap or two. Which was a very pleasant indeed start to our trip.

    On the Wednesday, we had arranged to meet our friends Terry and Sheila at the Wroxham Hotel for an afternoon and evening meal. So, after Col had cleaned Happy Jax II (To his exacting standards) we left the yard at Wayford at 11 o’clock for our usual meander down the Ant. Weather wasn’t great (raining :shock: ) and as a lot of you know, we have to drop the canopy to get through Ludham which made for a really great start to our break :( . Still, we weathered through and made our way onto Wroxham. Whilst passing through Horning we spotted Friday Girl moored outside the New Inn (no sign of life though, possibly in the pub :lol: ) and Sue, hank (EvenStar) and Pete (Petremela) moored on the Horning Staithe (no sign of life though, possibly in the pub :lol::lol: ).

    On arriving in Wroxham, we wandered over to the Brinks Moorings (Old Moores yard) and moored up next to Terry and Sheila whilst they prepped their Boat for the long trip over the river to the Wroxham Hotel :? . About an hour later everyone was ready for the arduous 20 meter trip across the river, so off we set, to be immediately caught by a ferocious side wind which shoved us (at quite a speed) into the corner of quay heading opposite. This obviously resulted in lots of swearing and pontificating

    as to whose fault this may have been ;) . So a stiff drink was needed once we had safely arrived at the hotel. Still, we had it easy, Terry had to come over on just one of his 7.4 litre petrol engines as the other one refused to start :o .

    Settled in and happily supping away, when we were joined by Mark (MBird), who had spotted HJII from the bridge (On his way back from Serenity). Anyway, as usual, we had an enjoyable afternoon and evening was spent at the Hotel.

    The following day (NYE) we set off for Horning (after Terry and Col got the other one of Terry's engine going) and passed John and Mary-Jane (heading for Wroxham) in the new Friday Girl (and very lovely she is too :clap ). We planned to stop at Horning staithe to walk the dogs and then go onto the New Inn for the party but on arrival at Horning, the staithe was full so we moored outside Swan Inn with the intention of having a light lunch. Col phoned Rod (Flying Fortress) to let him know where we were and he and Shirley came down from the New Inn, with Treacle, to walk the dogs. Various menfolk (and Shirley), 3 golden retrievers, one Jack Russell and one black Lab set off for a long walk.

    On their return we all went into the Swan for our snack before the big party, only to find that they had no chips (Ohmigod, no chips :o ) and as 6 bowls of chips was the intended snack this was NO GOOD. Now the time was 13:30 NYE so a quick call was made to the New Inn and “yes†they were serving until 14:30. So we sent the boys (Jay and Connor) by road to the New Inn, whilst we all jumped onto the boats for a quick dash up the river.

    Once we arrived at the New Inn (moored next to Rod and Shirley) and sorted out the leckie, we finally managed to order our food and settle in for a drink. Oh the relief!

    Now we had bought and paid for 10 tickets but unfortunately two of our party couldn’t make it, so we handed back the two tickets to the pub (thinking they would pass them on, as there was a waiting list, but they decided that, this late in the day, they wouldn’t bother). Whilst we were sat there (outstaying our welcome as usual cheersbar ) Roy and Diane (Boaters) turned up (they had spotted HJII from the road) and popped into say hello. It turned out that they were at loose end (their NYE celebration having been cancelled) so with a quick bit of negotiating, our spare tickets were returned/recovered and Roy and Diane joined our party :party: .

    And what a great Party it was! :bow A really good evening (I think) was had by all. (Col will be posting piccies soon).

    On Friday (New Years Day) we set off for Ranworth (Hoping not for a repeat of last year) and settled in on the staithe and this turned into a mini reunion with Tobi (from Salhouse Broad), Bob and Sandy (Happy Days), Griff and Co (Broads Ambition) and Rod and shirley (and various dogs, Buddy, Hobbit, Treacle, Macie and Honey) all mooring at the staithe. An evening spent in the Maltsters (Rod was fire monitor :roll: ) with very pleasant company made for a great last night, for a very enjoyable boating break (one of our best yet).

    Woke up this morning to find the broad HAD frozen over again two gunstwo guns (but not nearly as bad as last year) and enjoyed a morning with our friends before heading home.

    Lou xx

    Question for the "Windies" !!

    in Technical Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Thanks for the vote of confidence guys :clap

    I have gained in confidence and this year have been pestering Col for some manoevering lessons on Barton Broad but as we always seem to be off meeting people :dance (sort of on a schedule) this year, it hasn't happened yet, however, as we are getting into the quiet season I may be lucky ;)

    Lou xx

    Question for the "Windies" !!

    in Technical Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Good Thread this!

    As a (not vey experienced) Mobo second mate (or is that cabin boy), sometimes I have to (or am allowed to) take the helm. As alot of you know, my other half is Col (Happy Jax II) who is very experienced and completely fanatical about his/our boat :lol: . I find the approach of/or our approach to tacking sailies quite daunting :? and I like it when they indicate what they want me to do and, in my experience, it usually is what they want me to do.

    Sometimes I panic completely (especially up the Ant where space is at a premium) and Col has to take over but I have found (and probably some other partners may relate to this, although they may not admit it :lol: ) that I am alot calmer and more sure of myself if Col is not around (no offence Col) when I have to make the choices and decisions myself. If Col is around, I often feel that he is watching my every move (which he is) and judging me (which he probably isn't) and this makes me indecisive and more prone to mistakes :oops:

    But I will say that, as my experience grows, I am getting more comfortable when sailies are about and Col now leaves me alone more often :dance

    Now I've just got to learn to moor her up :lol::lol:

    Lou xx

    Busmans Holiday

    in Holiday Tales & Blogs

    Posted

    Nice tale :grin:

    Have to say, I think I'm getting withdrawal symptons, having not been up for a few weeks. Actually the NBN birthday bash was my last trip although Col has been up a couple of times.

    I love this time of year and it was nice to be reminded why ;)

    Lou xx

    Teak the deck.......

    in Technical Questions and Answers

    Posted

    We are quite interested in any info on this aswell.

    We are going to view a very scruffy vessell this weekend, which could be a described as a bargain (depending on the work involved) where she will need a lot of TLC but Col maybe able to work his magic again and turn a piece of coal into diamond ;). Athough this one will need much more work and money spent on or thrown at her to get her to HJII standard. :(

    You'll probably be able to hear me running away screaming :o after we view her.

    Then again we may not bother to make the appointment at all

    Lou xx

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