JennyMorgan

The 'Shaven Broad' always reminds me of a 1960's works canteen and I reckon the only way to cure that is to knock it down and start again. BH is classic 1970s/80s Broads and well past its sell by date. Personally I thinks that Potter has set out its stall with the chippy & Latham's/Q.D and that Horning or Wroxham it ain't! My wife & I used to regularly visit & enjoy Potter, when Lathams really was Lathams, just as was the one time excellent fishing tackle department. Potter Heigham RIP?

Rick, don't take a 52 week season for granted when you do your costings. 20 weeks is more realistic.

If you really want to confuse their till then buy your rope by the fathom!

I couldn't get past the first question!

Nooooooo! That'll put him two ahead! Since Norwich has recently been promoted as being the only city in an English national park then I would have guessed that Mousehold Heath was the highest point.

Wrong again, I'm loosing my touch! Good news about the bream.

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/quiz_how_well_do_you_know_the_norfolk_broads_1_4531024

Go with Keith on this one, is it the flooded dredging besides the Dutch Tea Gardens 24hr mooring in Oulton Dyke. The sun is setting in the right place too.

The proprietor is famously miserable but despite that the locals fondly refer to his shop as Nearest & Dearest and the staff are not afraid to offer good discounts. Personally I would have asked for 1.24m of pipe. I've always been treated well there.

For those who don't know what 'buffs' are, here's a load of 'em:

What worries me is the insular attitude of many on the Broads. I also sail, although not often now, at sea and whilst 'land-lubbers' boarding boats would be regarded by most as a capital offence, punishable by keel-hauling, there are times when boaters expect to be able to board and to be boarded, namely when coming alongside another boat or when moored two abreast for example. Granted that etiquette plays its part, e,g, cross your neighbour via the foredeck rather than the cockpit. I was in the Yacht Station at Oulton Broad a year or two back, aboard a friend's boat, when a big hire boat attempted to go alongside our immediate neighbour and got into problems with the wind and blew across our bows. My friend and I jumped on to the neighbouring boat and rushed to help the one in trouble, you'd think that we had buggered the pope judging by the uproar from the indignant owner! Not only had we helped the struggling hire boat but also saved our unhelpful neigbour's gelcoat. There are times in boating when privacy goes by the board, especially in a communal mooring such as a yacht station.

But one of us is one up on t'other!

More likely when stowing the buffs in the forepeak!

Marsh, just curious, what is that string thingummy called that you control that flappy whatsit on a wherry's big stick with called?

Just done a spot of googling, breast ropes are not normally a part of Broads boating, breast lines or warps are the norm.

Spot on, Speed. To that you could add down-hauls, up-hauls, lanyards, bunt-lines, various strops, tiller lines and probably quite a few others plus, strangely enough, breast ropes or have I got that last one wrong?

On the peak and foot too. I have an old cotton jib stashed away somewhere that even has the leech partially roped.

We have had a number of motor boat owners come and watch when we raise or lower our mast, always expressing surprise as to how easy it is, especially when I do it single handedly, show off! Have only ever had one person want to see aboard Spray, 108 years old Broads classic. On the other hand, on Jenny Morgan, a mere juvenile in comparison, have had individuals invite themselves aboard for a sail on more than one occasion.

It could now be likened to blaming Richardsons or Herbert Woods for boats grounding through lack of dredging...... Naaa, that wouldn't be right! Who on earth could we blame for that???????

It is also the responsibility of the train company to offer an alternative mode of transport, which clearly they didn't. Not a good place to leave passengers stranded, especially as the pub is closed. Hope that the train company makes a suitable contribution to the lifeboat.

I can relate to that one! Sadly I have a redundant orchard right besides a footpath. Shouldn't be a problem but every summer I have folk climbing over the gate, exploring then knocking on my door offering to buy it. No, it's nor for sale either! As for climbing over the gate, daft buggers, there is no lock on it, it's not hard to open!

Living beside the river, or on a boat, can at times be akin to living in a goldfish bowl. Privacy along the river bank is somewhat delusional at the best of times. I have probably related this tale before but one night,cruising through Potter, we spied two hefty porkers, both in yellow baby-doll nighties, disciplining each other. What were we supposed to do, look straight ahead, pretending we hadn't seen their shenanigans, or give them a rousing cheers? An invasion of their privacy, most certainly, but that comes with leaving the curtains open. No different to living in a house built against the street.

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/why_this_family_needed_a_lifeboat_rescue_when_their_train_didn_t_show_up_at_the_berney_arms_1_4527189 Ask anyone who commutes from Norwich to London, or Lowestoft to London, what they think of Abellendio. Not a company that you can rely upon, that's for sure.

Never ever?

I don't have an immediate use for 60' of bungee so best take it out, it could prove useful on Brilliant. Are you doing the 3RR this year?