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    A Magical Week

    in Holiday Tales & Blogs

    Posted

    Hello Villan,

    Looking forward to day 2.

    People can be very helpful on the Broads, make use of their offers to help.

    Regards

    Alan

    The helpfulness of other boaters on the broads was the very first thing that made me properly relax and begin to enjoy it properly! 

    We learn loads each time we come - 10 days to go before we're back - bring on part two, you're making me positively salivate for the broads!

     

    cheersbar

     

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    Get's on your nerves! Sciatica.

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    I used to get awful sciatica, which would keep me awake at night. Tried diclofenac (sp?) from the doc.. Limited success.. Then I started to get arthritis too and I really thought it was all over!

    Then one night I was awake and googling my problems and I noticed lots of yanks were  getting some good results from an enzyme called Serrapeptase. I found some for sale through Amazon and thought I'd gamble a fiver and give it a go!

    Two years later im pain and drug free, apart from a combo of Serrapeptase and 80pu vitamin D supplement daily. No nasty side effects and combined with swimming as many times per week as I can, I'm now fitter and more pain-free than I've been in about 15 years! 

    I really never thought I'd be this pain-free again.. cheers

     

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    Thorpe Island

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    Hi Branden,

    I do hope all this gets sorted favourably for you, I really do. Roger seems to be pretty persistent and also quite respected locally - so that's a good start! As an ex-traveller myself, it's my experience that the best and quickest solution always comes from compromise. It's not very hip or very revolutionary but it can work. There have been posts before about how the island looks a bit tatty; maybe do a bit to tackle that? Try and get some locals onside, a petition maybe?

    I wish the BA (and navigation authorities in general actually) would stop being so snobby about liveaboards generally.. Most yards, IMHO given the choice would like to have a couple around at least, for security, they'd like to be able to offer it to staff sometimes too.. And why not? Council tax could be paid, pp granted.. Then maybe folks wouldn't have to all be in the one spot so much...

    All I'm saying is that I wish some sensible compromise could happen BEFORE it gets silly and the only winners are the lawyers..

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    windows 10 or not to windows 10

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    Windows Live Mail 2011.

    Hit send and i get the annoying;

     

    "Unable to send or receive messages for the Gmail (janestrutt) account. Header download for the 'Inbox' folder did not complete. Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity.
     
    Server Response: Your IMAP command could not be sent to the server, due to non-network errors. This could, for example, indicate a lack of memory on your system.
    Server: 'imap.gmail.com'
    Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC0E
    Protocol: IMAP
    Port: 993
    Secure(SSL): Yes"
     
     
     
    It was fine on "7" :pcwhack:  :pcwhack:  :pcwhack:  :pcwhack:  :pcwhack:
     
    (plz forgive over-use of above rather comforting emoticon!)

    It's a full moon again

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    We used to run a nightclub in London (a nice fluffy, non-gangstery nightclub!) but over the years we did notice that when the full moon coincided with a club night we would always need more security on.. i swear it does affect folks!

     

    ETA

     

    Howoooooooooooollllll!

    windows 10 or not to windows 10

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    T'was the shutdown before that where it froze!

     

    S'ok (for now...!)

     

    I have a progress wheel... progressing

     

    (phew)

     

    It's quite a powerful machine; bought to operate lighting control software..

     

    I shall go into the sun and do some gardening whilst it finds it's trousers....

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    The Adventures of Orca

    in Holiday Tales & Blogs

    Posted

    You prolly couldn't afford one of those pretty little cottages - my uncle used to live in Holt and still has mates in Blakeny - the prices have gone up a crazy amount in the last 10 years....

     

    Loved the dawn/dusk photos... cant wait to do this on our OWN BOTE next year! Not allowed to motor in the dark on hireboats on the canals either.... 

     

    So very glad you had a brilliant time... think i'd like to do the northern broads in the winter/spring/out of season.. magical....

     

    cheers..

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    The Adventures of Orca

    in Holiday Tales & Blogs

    Posted

    Sorry you had this aggro Orca, has made me v glad we're down south after much of the summer mayhem is over... I always find this stuff quite upsetting, more so as i get older - prolly why we're getting out of London! 

     

    Went to go swimming the other day; it was closed due to "blood in the pool after a fight"!!  :shocked

     

    Is nowhere sacred?! IMHO these crazy speeders are entirely missing the point of the broads..... Relaxation!

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    The Adventures of Orca

    in Holiday Tales & Blogs

    Posted

     

     

    Also Robin.. I think there's a gap for some basic video based training.. Things like "How to moor up", "How to tie mooring ropes", "How to moor stern on", "How to mudweight", "How to overtake", "How to deal with sailing boats", "How to pass through yarmouth".. etc etc I couldn't do it. but I think you would be brilliant and now you aren't quite hiring.. perhaps something for you?? Seriously I think lots of newbies would seriously benefit.. Please think about it ;)cheers

     

    +1 for this idea - don't want to put too much pressure on you Robin, but this is a case of you being the "victim of your own success" here i'm afraid! You're a brilliant communicator and i've already learned loads from the bits and bobs on the videos.. 

     

    If i were the Broads Authority i'd PAY you to do tutorial vids!

     

    Camera looks pretty good btw....

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    The Adventures of Orca

    in Holiday Tales & Blogs

    Posted

     

    Hi Jane,

    It sounds just like going through Manchester, by far the worst city we have been through, they even mention on the Nicholson guides not to risk stopping through Manchester let alone spending the night moored up.

    Regards

    Alan

     

    Alan, i have of late heard that the canal trip through Manchester is much improved of late - but i'd still avoid school hols and try to get through in the morning when the little darlings are still in the land of nod! Oh and have my patent "self-defense-is-no-offence" super-soaker with its potent mix of chilli and tobasco water in at the ready just in case! 

     

    (later to be swapped for tequila - but that's another story!)  :wasted:

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    The Adventures of Orca

    in Holiday Tales & Blogs

    Posted

    :) You might want to stop reading in a couple of days.. sadly the trip goes down hill very quickly and it won't be a good advertisment for the broads (Iain has the mod buttons at the ready!!). But I'm going to tell it as it happened.. but hasten to add, I've never experienced a trip as bad so this really is a rare occurrence... It should be nice and calm in September though although I understand both Steve and Debs and my parents are out at some point so you may want to keep a close look out ;)

     

    Nope - wanna hear it all - warts and all! 

     

    Anyhoo - we are well-hard, us..... We have boated through London on a SATURDAY NIGHT! Brushing the stoners off the lock-beams at Camden like dopey flies... one even gave me a hand..! So we're well-ard, us.........

     

     

     

    NOT!!!!!  :liar  :arms:  :eek:

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    Ex Lifeboat

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    I have no idea what requirements are under rcd are or if even required

    Just Saying there are shed loads of these boats just lying around all over the uk

    They are a very strong hull will need extensive modernisation and usually because they are designed for a multiple passenger evacuation will require significant extra ballast added to make it a a viable useeable hull

    But why not give it a go

    cheers

    Ray

     

     

    Hey Ray... you wouldn't believe the amount of these orange blobby jobs are scattered around the canals of london - Bizarre - or typically London! In a short towpath yomp from Haggerston to Mile End i saw four! 

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