JennyMorgan

"Wine, women and the mad pleasures of the hunt owned his soul", as it says in the article. He wasn't all bad then!

"Wine, women and the mad pleasures of the hunt owned his soul." If that's the case then he wasn't all bad then!!

Could he be one of us? https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/weird-norfolk-ranworth-broad-ghost-1-6441916

I wonder just how much of Acle as a town is actually within the Authority's executive area? It seems wrong to me that the Authority should be able to declare/decree that areas outside that boundary are within the BNP, an area that the BA professes to take care of. Perhaps BA Tom will be able to tell us where the mythical BNP boundaries actually are and how the BA can regulate outside of that area?

It would appears that Acle is now a member of the mythical Broads National Park! House prices will now rise, affordable housing will be a thing of the past and planning for the entire village will be under the auspice of the delusional Authority thus becoming an area that is under a planning blight, unless it is immediately upstream of Acle Bridge .

Why not for boats too? Chicken wire slung across the river, as used for dodgem cars but in this case boats, would be highly suitable especially at Horning & Wroxham. Might cause a problem with carbon fibre masts though!

It's post marked 1935!

An interesting question. As far as the Broads are concerned I understand that several launches were built. I do know of one, 1930's, built at Lowestoft (Brooks) for an Oulton Broad owner. The charging gear & switchboard still exists within a boatshed besides the Broad. This picture shows other electric boats at Lowestoft, they worked for over thirty years before being replaced and subsequently destroyed.

I thought that they did that whilst under way, acrid clouds of the stuff!

Or one of Brundall's finest has a dirty great gouge in its gel-coat!

In years long gone by, when the Broads really froze, it was not uncommon for the resultant ice flows to take posts out to sea. The other great remover of posts were the coasters that used to trade up to Cantley and Norwich, especially if there was a dense mist!

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/caister-lifeboat-shipping-hazard-1-6442189

I wonder if these good people could make a traditional tapered wherry halyard for Albion that wouldn't need splicing? https://www.insider.com/how-traditional-rope-is-made-chatham-dockyard-ships-ropewalk-2018-11

Ace bloke, time and place to suit yourself, thank you.

The fridge would be much appreciated, PLEASE!

It was lovely first thing but when the sea breeze came in at midday it brought with it the the rain, we were walking out on the marsh with nowhere to shelter, nothing a hot toddy and mulled wine couldn't cure though!

As MM has alluded, what would have been available must have been a factor. Norwich for coal tar, Lowestoft for fish oil and coal dust, both byproducts of the fishing industry. Good post Marsh, more of the same please, even if it does upset the balance!

Not a cloud in the sky today, hardly a breath of wind either!

More Christmas greetings to you all and thanks for the many greetings posted.

Boats on opposing courses both relatively close hauled! Good piece of design work though! Seasons greetings to you and Susie.

Just taken some of the heat out of the picture, don't know if that helps. Perhaps a worthwhile project being to redo this picture myself, bigger though.

For those of you who like this picture this is my original downloaded file. Not big but feel free to download it.

I know the feeling! At least one more summer for me but when us ancient mariners become a liability then it is time to consider dropping the mud weight for one last time. Both my wife and I are crocks now! Maybe the warmth of spring on old bones will trigger a change of heart!

You would have been welcome, just as is your additional information. Never knew about the sail dressings, an interesting detail.

Why I like this picture, not just that it is my beloved Broads, is because it tells a meaningful story. It's Breydon Water, always a must do adventure, the mud flats are uncovered meaning that it is low water. The flow around the red post on the right shows that the tide is flooding so I suspect that the tide hasn't long turned. There is a mass of majestic sail meaning that the fleet has caught the first of the flood, that they are working the tide as sensible folk do, the flood will probably be with them all the way to Norwich or Beccles, maybe Oulton Broad. The picture has a warmth which suggests an early start, best time to be out on the Broads. The wherry on the extreme left is running before the wind, the skipper was probably hoping to have arrived at Yarmouth at the turn of the tide so that it would carry him through the bridges but maybe he left it it a little late but hopefully he still made it. No motor boats, either there were non about, around about 1900/1910, or their slowful crews were sleeping it off after the night before, nothing much changed there! The Broads at its best, love it!