[Hello To All Here.]

Welcome to the forum and to Broadsedge but beware, there's some rum owd boys (and girls) there 😉

[Ranworth Moorings]

Timbo/Vaughan  - thank you both for the Chris de Burgh earworm.

[Counting To The Days]

2 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

Sigh, what are the yellow posts still doing there though?

I'm sure someone somewhere (maybe Rob at Sutton) said it was on a Windboat ferrocrete hull, maybe some bits got left behind. 

[Counting To The Days]

We'll not be up for a few weeks- Kathy had her first knee replacement on Maundy Thursday so boating is off until she's a bit more mobile. Please keep the trip tales coming!

[Vacuum Storage Bags]

We use them all the time for to-ing and fro-ing boat stuff and for storage at home (Kathy is a crafter and wool-hoarder)🙄. We got a cheap 12v inflatable canoe pump that sucks as well as blows for use on board.

[Shore Power Lead]

Ours came from a caravan shop - half the price of Nearest and Dearest.

[Water Bikes In Wroxham..]

Just saying (and I've not done any sums) but I reckon in the last 12 months our boating has cost a lot more than £25 an hour!

[Norfolk Broads Tea Towels]

Many years ago Adnams did something similar on T and sweatshirts featuring obscure destinations like Swilland and Grundisburgh that featured a tied house - of course it became a route map for the local Triumph owners club on ride outs.

[Fish!]

We were once invited to a VFW post in Upper Michigan (next stop Canada) for an 'English fish n chips night'. The fish was delicious little fillets of Lake Perch with french fries (can't have everything) and they were wrapped in newspaper! Don't think it'll catch on over here though. 

[Mud Weight Dragging]

The second weight is also dead handy if you're ledgering in the middle of a broad to stop the boat swinging. 

[Mooring Ropes]

Hireboat lines are usually hairy blue polypropylene which is a b*gger to undo tight knots from without a fid or spike so they just get left.

[Mud Weight Dragging]

I've always found Salhouse to be poor holding as it's a sand bottom rather than bottomless black mud - tucked up in the corner Wroxham end seems the most sheltered. 

[Road Works 2021]

For folk who use the A140, the new roundabouts at Humprey's (Eye airfield that was) are now up and running  - without road markings yesterday but everyone managed to get through. Still a 30 mph limit though. 

[Monday 29th]

I'll be trundling up the 140 laden with cleaning products, mooring lines and everything crossed the mighty throbbing BMC lurches  into life.

[Identity Cards]

6 hours ago, floydraser said:

Don't worry about cards, the Covid vaccination contains a tiny chip....

Or a tiny submarine with a tiny Donald Pleasance on board. If you start saying, "I can see, I can see perfectly." then fall over, you'll know why. 

Can I have one with Raquel Welch, pretty please?

[Before Tv Became Along]

5 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

Judging by the number of prophylactics that used to wash up on slipways around Oulton Broad, back in the day, holiday makers found plenty to occupy themselves with on a Broads holiday! That was in the days before both pump-out toilets and TVs. 

I still remember my very first mooring on the Broads, it was Commissioners Cut in '69. Two couples in Miss Mystic from Maidencraft. The laydeez were unamused to wake up surrounded by Richards,Andrex and London Rubber Company products. Happy days!

ETA: there is still at least one boat TV hasn't come along to - ours!

[Electricity Cards]

The ranger boats usually have a stash of cards they're happy to sell you, we've also bought them from Sutton Staithe (hotel and Rob), Horning Post Office and the little shop at Coltishall. 

[Grease Is The Word]

I've always used Ramonol on our old school cutlass bearing. 

[Lots Of Questions.....from A Newbie]

I may be a bit biased but our Bounty 27 AC has done us well for 10 years and will continue to do so. You can see all round from the helm, although the bow does disappear under the fore cabin when mooring bows in. Dead easy to single hand with the canopy sides up and bow lines led back along the side decks.

[Dual Duty Tax]

Cat litter takes the red out nicely (I was told)

[One For Those In Or Frequently Visiting France]

Casting my mind back I think 'Larousse.fr' is worth a look - they don't just do cookbooks.

[3 Prosecuted For Navigation Offences]

Sometimes you just have to see the name on a boat to know the owner is a cockwomble. 

[Would You Come On A Boating Holiday If The Pubs Are Closed?]

10 hours ago, Meantime said:

The above sounded just like something MauriceMynah would say, ALMOST 

I confess, part of the reasoning behind the cleaning is so folk don't chug by shouting "Ahoy, Nyx!" - both Bounties y'see 😊

[Would You Come On A Boating Holiday If The Pubs Are Closed?]

We'll be up as soon as we're allowed, the first couple of days will be spent cleaning and praying the mighty throbbing BMC will lurch into life, then away but probably victualling on board.

[Lost Broads Pubs]

Both the Dirty Duck and Stracey Arms were destination pubs for the Ipswich and area Triumph Owners club. The Acle straight was soo tempting 😉