JennyMorgan

Chocofluff, perhaps a spot of camping? Waveney River Centre at Burgh is a pretty good site and it's a smashing part of the Broads.

Hi Geoff, I know of Carol's prodigious output, but thanks for reminding us all. What Carol has amassed over the last ten years or so is outstanding. Her collection is many thousands of images, mine is several hundred. I am sticking to Oulton Broad and the Waveney and whilst Carol is on her sabbatical thought I'd have a bash in my own small way.

Re that dream Wherry, the Dutch build luxury replicas of their traditional craft so why not a Wherry super yacht? It's one way of legally overcoming 45' size limit on the Broads and what a super live-aboard it would make!

Been at the back of my mind for a year or two to locate the viewpoints of the various Oulton Broad postcards that I have. Nice day, set off on my bike with just one card in mind and camera with what I thought would be the obvious lens to use. The equivalent of a 35mm on a 35mm 'film' camera, a moderate wide angle lens. The card that I have has a half-penny green on it, posted on August 14th @7 p.m. but no year on the post mark. Nevertheless, it's Edwardian, I think, & I suspect predates the fire at the Oulton Broad maltings which suggests, to me anyway, pre WWI. But did photographers have super wide angle lenses back then? Ones with no apparent distortion? Obviously they did so you'll have to excuse my cropped 'how it is' shot. Interestingly the 'How it was' shot shows some smart, apparently new boat-sheds on the later to be Richardsons boatyard site.

John, have you ever heard of spider cracks in wooden boats? Probably not, but I suspect that you have in plastic ones. The web is full of advice on mending them in tupperware boats, but not in timber ones: http://www.diy-fiberglass-boat-repair.com/spider-cracks.html

Attached Thumbnails, that's comforting, something to chew on! Utterly harmless on wooden boats but lethal on plastic. The humble polyestermite can be devastating but those things are grp's worst enemy.

There has been a great debate elsewhere on this subject, and it eventually became somewhat grubby, but of course we are well above that sort of thing! Unless a boat has been designed and built specifically for the Broads I suspect it will be at least capable of estuary cruising. I say that because most builders want the widest possible market for their product. At least that was especially so with older boats. Is your boat up to it? Probably, but are you? Most boats can take far more than the crew can. I recently took one of my son-in-laws out in my Drascombe. To me it seemed to be less than a doddle, bit of a popple outside of Lowestoft harbour, part of the fun of it. But my daughter tells me that he has admitted to being scared stiff and won't be coming out with me again. A simple cruise in company from Yarmouth to Lowestoft might well be the confidence builder that you need but I wouldn't advise a first time trip without an experienced eye being nearby or onboard.

John, I'm no professional but I used to deliver yachts during the winter & I wouldn't have hesitated to go to sea in yours. However, being an old boat I would have been geared up to cope with sediment in the fuel system.

Mick's sentiment, in my opinion, is exactly right. There are times exactly relevant to his point of view. Just means getting up in the morning!

A relevant point of view that reflects on the Broads. We all know that the Broads is better though! Just that more of us need to appreciate it as clearly Mick Freakley does his waterway. Thanks for bringing it to our attention, a treat for all lovers of our inland waterways.

I am enjoying it but I wonder if it wouldn't have been more relevant had it been created using a motor boat as the platform. Don't get me wrong, canoeing the Broads is wonderful, I love it to bits and recommend it to all my friends, but a six foot high platform might have reflected the 'wider' view. Just a thought!

Outside of the Authority's executive area! That aside, looks good.

Mrs Polly going off outboards!

She didn't have one in the Three Rivers Race either. That was a long paddle!

At 5'3" I thought that Pauline was already pretty short. Brilliant sailor!

http://www.motorboatsmonthly.co.uk/news/537023/broadsview-to-bring-google-streetview-to-norfolk-and-suffolk-broads Just hope that they'll let me know when they'll be down on Oulton Broad so I can cut the grass, scrub the boot topping and draw the curtains!

Be good to see another Press boat on the Waveney, would be Brilliant!!

Hi Warp, fancy meeting you here!

Richard H, you might find some handy leads on this link: You'll see that a Robinson family member has been posting on the forum,

I think that it's a tenner, so much refundable in the restaurant. Re business, 'tis the holiday season & the Southern Rivers have had a bit of a sales campaign over the last twelve months. People are discovering the charms of The Waveney.

Don't think that she was a Broads boat: http://www.oystersmack.org.uk/

Just one tip = when looking at the houses, try not to use binoculars as this often offends, as witnessed by a hireboat last weekend ! Tell us more!

I never made it to Norfolk, I'm about a mile the wrong side of the border! As I sit in my front room I can look out of the window and see the house that I was born in, right next door. I moved from one side of the fence to the other. Albion & Ardea, the so called Norfolk Wherries, were also born besides Oulton Broad, which I reckon makes them Suffolk Wherries, and me a Suffolk bloke.

Clive, I take it that you mean the handsome bloke with the five o'clock shadow, seen below. Your old fella is probably right, I just assumed it was Wally Hoseason, Jimmy's dad. The second snap is an enlargement showing my old fellows name on the shop so it's certainly post WWll

Re the Hall Road chippy, 'tis my nearest but my wife & I prefer the one near the Spar shop in Oulton Broad itself. Another favourite is the chippy in Gresham Avenue, still in Oulton Broad but a long walk from the yacht-station. Re depth, not a problem unless you really go in close. I have a feeling that Lucky/Luke's boat is stuck on the bottom, probably all the empty gin bottles, never seems to go anywhere!