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VetChugger
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Love this! Best mooring?? decent pegs to tie to, good landing ground and is it near a pub?? I'm not sure, but I think you can walk to one but I seem to recall a bit of a trek!
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Be interested to know what you make of Brundall Gardens?? I was there for a few years and, although far from the cheapest, its location with the railway station, the general setting and the folk there I loved it. Great to be so near two of the best pubs on The Broads as well.
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Seeing as this has morphed somewhat onto cars, I would add that I used to have an Austin 1800, the one that was so popular with taxi fleets. It was a very fine car and served me well. Yes, it had a few body work cosmetic treatments equivalent to hip and knee replace ment posiibly pluys a heart transplant! My dream at the time was to upgrade to the Wolseley 2.2 Vanden Plas! Never quite managed it.
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I'm assuming that this also concerns Jonathan Greenway! When I was looking for work done on "Glenmore", Jonathan was very highly reccomended for working on wooden boats. Unfortunately he did not have any slots available for me which is a shame as it could well have saved me substantial grief from the eventuall "restorers"!!!!!
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I first saw Patrick Stewart as the infamous soviet spy master. Karla, in "Smileys People"!
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I have the very same problem Dave, firstly with Tmobile who were taken over by EE who then ended the PAYG deal where £10 a month got you unlimited free texts and the credit didn't expire. I rarely use it for voice calls so had nearly £100 credit when EE scrapped the PAYG. They talked me into a £10 a month contract with free texts which I fell for, and, lo and behold, they have gobbled up my £100! I too am having problems finding a PAYG sim that suits my use.
PS. I am a neanderthal in that I have a very basic bog standard phone. Not one of those infernal strokey devices that appears to hypnotises folk for hours on end!
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A commendable and progressive viewpoint. I agree with most of what you are saying.
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On 17/01/2020 at 15:03, ChrisB said:
The answer is: boating inland elsewhere, or on the sea when compared, The Broads come out ""As Cheap as Chips""
Folks will say there are no locks to maintain, or major dredging, like say, Poole.etc, but The BA still represent very good value for money. And the mooring facilities are good and very cheap all over.
I like others, but for my own reasons do not wish to contribute to this type of discussion any more. I have always been a champion of boating rights, but can't defend the "Sacred Cow" of polluting ex- hire boats and still in hire boats and privates of a certain age not paying a higher proportion of The Broads budget. Hopefully in years to come The Broads could be an example of sustainable "Eco" boating combining sail, electric, paddle and oar.
Have to disagree with this. The mooring charges on the Broads are substantially more than on the canals. I'd suggest that, overall, they are pretty even. There is also access to a lot more facilities (showers toilets, elsan disposal ect) on the CRT waters than the Broads.
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Seems the BA are in the process of adopting the staithe as 24 hour moorings with a commitment to address the overstaying! Good move by the BA I would venture to say!
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Points raised elsewhere include the fact that there is no real indication that there is a need for further holiday lets in that particular area. Call me cynical if you wish, but it was also pointed out that if the letting idea failed, after 12 months application could be made to change the designation to residential which would hugely inflate the value!
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I really fail to see the need for any such designation as "official gathering"! After all, its just a few folk getting together for a social event. A few folk club together to book some moorings. What is the need to label it??
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I really like "Repair Shop", especially Steve Fletcher the clock maker, Will the carpenter and Dominic, the metal worker. The skills of Steve remind me very much of our own Grendel! I really can't abide Jay Blades though! I've never seen him do anything except rub flesh and order things!! Even dresses up in his craft apron and unrolls a bag of chisels I've yet to see him use!
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Up here in our chippy we get lovely chips 99 times out of a hundred. Ours are cooked in beef dripping though and only fried the once as Mike says. Our chippy only cooks in small batches as well so the chips you get are likely to have only just come out or are being fried as you queue.
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Thanks once again Malcolm. Some real candidates among those photos for any possible calender. I especially like the "portrait" one with the fence. Lovely composition and colour.
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Dare'nt stop taking them Dave!!!!
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2 hours ago, Smoggy said:
If anyone wants to visit they will be disappointed as I'm a miserable git anyway.....
And gps is not that accurate sat inside a house, can easily be half a postcode out, not saying if it is or not though.....
Don't be fooled by Dave's modesty here! He is a very fine and generous host who cannot do enough for guests! Plying them with food and drink and seasonal bonhomie. One would be very foolish to miss out on this rare opportunity! He'll even don a santa suit upon request! A most unusually generous character in that there is also an open tab for all comers at his local! Miss out and regret deeply!!!
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You will also need a few reliable batteries to keep a large inverter going if you are using such appliances as microwaves and kettles plus a suitable alternator/battery management setup and then cruise for sufficient hours to keep this up! Nothing like as simple as it may sound.
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Or Norwich Bitter??
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Suspect you may well find that it was a premium number you accessed by pressing 1. Hope I'm wrong.
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Very good reading Malcolm, thanks for taking the time. What struck me when you mentioned the emersion heater from shore power etc, have you not got an electric kettle on board??
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Dave, maybe you recall quite a kerfuffle was to be had on another forum talking about bubble testers!!
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Well said Paul from yet another aspiring fast bowler who was maybe not quite as fast as he liked to think!
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Sadly I have read that Throwers has been sold and that the new owners will only keep the post office. This is a great shame as I loved the deli there and just wandering around the rest of the shop. Unfortunately typical of the way local trade seems to be heading. Will miss that shop!!
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Possibly so Paul, my thoughts as well.
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Biburybill
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"It's always worth carrying a pair of cheap bike lights on the broads"
I might have amended that to "It's always worth carrying a pair of folding bikes on the broads"! Mind you, not that I have any chance of pedalling, I'd be puffed getting on the beggar!