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A wonderful few halcyon days in the sun with family, king fisher included! A special treat to greet an old friend on the river at the helm of BA.

I don't think I could have one favourite. To offer to guests I avoid the peaty ones unless I know that they are into whiskey. So Glenmorangie Glenlivet typically. Left to my own vices I am content with the ones above but tend towards the peaty ones like Lagavulin, Ardbeg and Laphroaig. Blends I don't know very well so tend to go for Jamersons.

The lack of mobile data coverage in an area famous for being very very flat for mile after mile is basically an obscenity to anyone living in the 21st century who is not actively engaged in avoiding the 21st century... It is no secret that some people are more keen on boating than their loved ones. Being able to tell said loved ones that they will not need to abandon a significant part of their lives (like access to music etc) is guaranteed to tip the balance of a few more of those arguments.

Teresa May is: Elected Held accountable in the public eye (media) Held accountable in cabinet by other elected individuals Will face a general election in future While that is not as democratic as most of us would prefer it does still put her in a position where she does or will account for her actions to the public. She knows this to be the case and acts accordingly. Quangos obviously have no such concerns either now or in the future of being held accountable for their activities. There is now the clear stench of corruption around the BA where they regularly silence or eject members who have exercised any form of 'off message' free speech no matter how fair minded or sensible. The BA is not a company it is a body charged with acting in the public interest. Yet it is not interested in engaging with public opinions or interests. Instead it clearly acts against their open discussion. Taxation without representation always leads to tyranny, some small, some large but always corrupt.

I have to say that horning sailing club have always proved friendly to me even when I absent mindedly moored next to their windward mark on a Sunday they simply moved it while jovially chivying me to move up a bit. Posting here to give people fair warning of an imminent forest of masts and spars on the navigation should be applauded. Just like warning about heavy weather or other hazards.

Now I have read th OP properly blow the sides up to a higher pressure or; 1. Make sure HWMBO is videoing this with the camera I bought him for the purpose this should also minimise any 'helpful' interventions 2. Put the presumably splinter free plank of whatever you used for the floorboard idea on the deck with about 1/3 overhanging 3. Place the cannoe directly on top of the plank so that the bow points out over the water and the seat is on top of the plank 4. Sit in it, holding the paddle 5. Lean forwards...

General advice as it's not clear what's going on (pictures or better videos would help as well as amuse): 1. Inflate to a high enough pressure that the boat moves as one rather than several bits wobbling in several directions - especially the main side tubes 2. Sit upright or leaning slightly forwards so that your hips can let the boat roll while your torso remains upright 3. If you feel a roll starting; slap the water surface in that direction with the paddle

Not a problem you may be able to see if Royalls have this available to hire

You are clearly forgetting the obvious Norfolk heritage option of the good old punt gun.

As said above it's the Bure downstream, I think it's approaching St. Benedict's church.

I saw a nature (bird) watch special the other day based in Norfolk where they went on at length about how kids can get involved with counting grass snakes and how you can pick them up (without controlling their heads) and that’s ok… Then they added on a bit about how you can attract adders by leaving something out that warms up in the sun and said how you can clearly see the difference between adders and grass snakes and you’d never mistake one for the other. They then completely failed to mention that it might not be such a good idea to pick adders up…

I don't live in a tourist attraction, I do live in a 'nice' village. They don't provide many bins for the passing public. A certain section of the passing public use my hedges as the bin. This section of the passing public are not the type that are particularly good at problem solving so they are well used to others solving their problems. If they are in a situation where nobody has had the foresight to make it really easy for them to solve their problem, then it is not their problem, it is one of those problems other people solve. This is the only deal on offer, so any small minded bureaucratic numpties trying to make things more complicated, difficult or divisive should be seen as responsible for the inevitable mess.

I think the only thing that actually causes me to do a mental rewind is the use of "do you" where meant as an instruction or direction not a question.

I suspect you may have a point as my first suspicion was (or is) keel stalling.

We could look at them as a bargain if we honestly think that were going to be voted out...

Well she's really got good balance when she gets into the blow but I'm looking for some latitude in her lower gear where she gets a bit wayward before getting going.

I prefer to sail as stiff as possible and what you are suggesting would tend to work better in a more tender situation.

That's a long time to be in denial.

Maybe one to think about for the future. You can't be a proper stinky and not know what a cam is! Admit it you're really a saily! I am unlikely to be buying €150 cam cleats but I can dream...

Thanks very much for the links all. I am now looking at €150 bronze cam cleats and €180 halyard cleats I never knew I wanted before...

I suspect that Peter would have mentioned backstays a couple of years ago if he was serious about them I for one am not keen on the idea of messing about with a pair of running stays every time I tack, gybe, decide to go down wind, want to change helm balance or get paranoid. That said I do want to change the overall helm balance more to weather but suspect this is currently more to do with the amount of junk in the trunk than missing stays (which she has never had).

The standards agency should close establishments that fail to comply with hygiene standards. Then decent businesses don't get undercut by bodgers. They should leave handing out stars to Michelin.

If they had kept it as Le Blanc Chris HARRIS and another presenter like Jodie Kidd or Sabine or a compete unknown then people would give it a chance to reboot. They are not going to give the infliction of Evans a chance because they already know full well that they can't stand him or like me know he's completely wrong for the show.

I loved the original although it was clearly getting tired two seasons before the final blow. I thought it needed new presenters before it blew up. I watched the whole show it made me cringe several times. I thought getting the staff from the local takeaway to sit on a car to represent downforce was worse for its tokenism than actual bigotry from Clarkson. I liked Matt Le Blanc I really wish Guy Martin had accepted and I can't believe they have effectively left Chris Harris benched on a pointless iPlayer tag along. But I knew the BBC megalomaniacs had struck the killing blow when I heard they had signed Evans. If they want to save the show they need to let Matt lead it, bring Chris Harris into the main show and then they need to find a good female host (assuming Sabine is too busy racing) - there are plenty out there. Evans while fun on TGI and into his cars etc is not suitable for this show. Then they need to let the hosts lead the show rather than all the special interest committees that have got their claws in.

Currently considering trying Osmo which is natural oil and hard wax Osmo