[where is this old picture taken]

hi jill, ive no idea what boat it is,but it looks like an old wooden centre cockpit boat, it looked quite a wide one too,lori

[Broads Authority Notices]

hi goodall thanks, that's very clear, we're coming through breydon hopefully on 28th sept, so will keep an eye out, & will be careful, lori

[The Trial Run]

Just read this blog, & it'd absolutely brilliant, never laughed so much,it put my blogs to shame lol , don't think i'm going to do any more . Lori

[A scam uncovered]

hi all , maybe it was somsone who did'nt want any more visitors visiting, so swiched them all off, just my way of thinking lori

[weekend on a cork]

 hi stranger, that does'nt sound good at all, & it sounded very expensive for a short break,i  hope it has'nt put you off boating for good, sometimes you do get a bad one, but they're not all like that, & you do'nt always have to pay alot of money for them either, lori  

[Dutch Holiday on Sabine]

hi john i was having a look at how far below sea level they were & they're 23ft below, thats really worrying, how often do they flood over there ? Lori

[Dutch Holiday on Sabine]

Oooooh you creep fred hahaha, well i'm having the omes with strawberries & cream john yummeee Lori

[Dutch Holiday on Sabine]

       I bow and scrape........ you assume correctly but who's your translator? Mine is only in my head and though my Dutch vocabulary is reasonable I don't make any claims on my spelling! (and the Dutch do pronounce a 'g' as an 'h', hence my mistake).

hi john, i just used an app on my fone & sort of got the gist as what you were saying, but when i typed it in, it dic'nt recognise the det, & geer came up as yellow lol,lori

[Dutch Holiday on Sabine]

Det is geel goed, Lori! :clap

Goedemorgen john, je gemaakt een lichte kleine spelfout denk ik haha,think you should have said was , dat is heel goed i assume thats what you trying to say lol. Sorry flower ,Lori

[Dutch Holiday on Sabine]

here you go john, just a little something to tickle your tastespuds, for you & mary-jane, & if you find she's suddenly dissapeared just look in the sweet shop lol,

CHOCOLATE HEAVEN

I'm afraid i'm a chocoholic

i just can't resist the taste

it's such a delicious confection

& should'nt be eaten in haste,

as soon as you open thd wrapper

that aroma goes straight to your nose

which stimulates your braincells

into forgetting all your woes,

& there's so many nice flavoured centres

there must be a thousand or more

from pralines to soft centres & caramels

it's whatever your tastebuds Dore,

for me it's those ones that are crunchy

like cinder toffe, thats my little treat

or sometimes it's the dark & creamy ones

that you really fancy to eat ,

& it's that lovely smooth texture i love

when the chocolate melts on your tongue

it's just sooo delicious & creamy

how can something so heavenly be wrong,

eating chocolate is pure delight

the velvet taste is a chocolaholics dream

out of all the confectionaries around

it's chocolate that reigns supreme.

this will make your mouth water lol, lori

[Dutch Holiday on Sabine]

hi john it's a lovely little boat, i love the colour of it,it's chocolate coloured lol,oops there i go again with my addiction, lori

[Dutch Holiday on Sabine]

hi john, you seem to be really getting into this photography thing, great piccies as usual, it's nice to finally see one of mary-jane, she looks very nice ,very summery lol, how on earth did you resist all those lovely cake shops ? i don't think i'd be able to, ive got a very sweet tooth, & i absolutely love chocolate lol, i even wrote a poem about it, how sad is that ? i bet it feels strange being on a hire boat does'nt it ? knowing you can't leave your own stuff on board when you leave, looking forward to next weeks blog john, lori

[Hooray, we are at Richardsons!]

hi june, hope you have a really great hols & i hope the weather stays nice for you , lori

[Loddon]

hi mandy, i'sure you'll be ok, just ask the harbourmaster whats the best time to go through gt yarmouth & they'll tell you , they're very good like that, you may have to wait to get through reedham bridge, but you'll be ok as it's a swing bridge, loddon is a very nice village, & if you go into rosy lees cafe, you'll be sure of a very warm welcome from caroline, she always makes you feel at home, it can get abit narrow in places going down the river so just take it easy, lori

[Aldeby]

hi mandy , i'm from chessy lol, & yes it is a small world, i too am hiring a high boat, ours will be 8ft 6in too, we're hiring distant horizon, but we're not going til sept ,oh by the way them mooring prong things are called rhond anchors lol, we've used them a few times, you just ave to make the ground is solid when you bang them in, lori

[Aldeby]

hi mandy, we've moored there a few times ourselves, but usually stick to the middle if possible as there was alot of midges next to the trees, we've never ever grounded there, & it is a very peaceful place, as you say, not for teenagers lol, i'm sure you'll all  have a lovely holiday, lori   who lives in the next town from you lol,

[Dutch Holiday on Sabine]

hi john, loved your piccies, it seems hard to believe you've been there 2 weeks already, i strikes me you're enjoying yourself alittle tooo much over there lol, i can see you not wanting to come back home again . How does that boat compare to yours regarding comfort ? & if you had a choice which one would you have , that one or yours ? Lori

[Our summer week on Broadlander]

oh my god galleyali ive never seen so many yachts lol, if my hubby had been driving on the river then he'd have gone into panic mode , he hates yachts, even a couple of them i think you'd have to be very very patient, if you wanted to get through that lot, which i'm not lol, i think i would ave given up & gone to the pub, great story, lori

[Trambos Symphony afloat]

  hi trambo, really great blog, & lovely piccies too, love that piccie of broadlander, it almost looks like a limo lol, but my favourite's got to be the old wooden broads boats, it's nice to see them still around, & nice to see that people take pride in them,  lori 

[Newbie from Manchester]

  hi choco, welcome to our forum, & welcome from me lori, if you can, you want to take a trip up to coltishall, it's a really peaceful place, i'm sure you'll have a great holiday, once you've been once you'll get hooked  lol, lori

[Dutch Holiday on Sabine]

  hi john it sounds like you are really enjoying your hols, it's a really lovely boat, lovely colour too, would.nt mind one like that over here lol, I love all your piccies, they're brilliant, can't believe the size of that barge coming through that bridge, very tight indeed,   what's the speciality over there john with food ? & what's your favourite ?  lori

[Dutch Holiday on Sabine]

 

 

hi Maurice, yes I also have heard of people losing their lives, there was one time that I heard about some young cadets losing their lives on there, apparently they were drunk & decided to try to jump the weir, but were drowned, very sad indeed.          lori  

[New Owners, The Reedcutter Inn, Cantley]

hi kerry look forward to meeting when we come south end september, looking forward to sampling your meals, lori

[Dutch Holiday on Sabine]

hi john i was only about 14 years old, & it terrified me, & my dad was fuming, ive heard him swear so much, apart from when i nearly sunk us, & that Was at cromwell lock too, i think that locks jinxt, what happened was, my dad went up the long ladder to the top just outside the lock, & left me holding the ropes but we'd been waiting awhile for the other boat to come out, & i decided to tie the rope to the ladder rung, but when the water came out of the lock it rose at the other side & my dad saw what i'd done & shouted at me to undo the ropes as we were starting to list & the was coming up to the ropes, so i was frantically trying to undo the ropes, it was very worrying, but i did'nt know ,i was only young,:-(. it was one of my worst pet hates that lock, & quite a few hire companies lost their boats over that weir too lori

[Dutch Holiday on Sabine]

hi john just read your story, it sounds great,reading about the large barges reminded me of one time when we had gone on our hols with dad when i was a youngster, & we were going on the trent up to cromwell lock, & Dad had a hangover & got his head down in the front cabin & left me to drive & i came across these two big barges full of gravel going at some speed & the tide was down & i was in the middle of these barges when all of sudden the boat went down & i felt a large thud,because they'd taken all the water away from us we hit the bottom of the river & came to a near stop & it just about threw my dad out of the bunk, we managed to pull in to a bank & my dad wound the prop shaft up, it was something called a zdrive prop shaft, & we found that we'd lost part of a blade off of the prop, & my dad was not a happy bunny, we managed to crawl so far up then got a tow the rest of the way up to the lock, anyway, looking forwards to reading more of your story,lori