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We seem to have gone off piste!
This must be a classic!
Let's hear it for the bridge, no.......all bridges.
Norfolk and Suffolk has an ambarresment of bridges. From Beccles, to Norwich. From Norwich to Great Yarmouth. From Great Yarmouth to Wroxham, to Stalham, to Potter, to Coltishall.
It is what it is. Rivers and bridges.
If an issue. Buy a caravan. Hire a riverside cottage.
Old Wussername.
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22 minutes ago, ChrisB said:
You would enjoy the Van de Hum. Not often you can beat a French offering but Grand Marnier and Cointreau are not up to Van de Hum.
Not so easy to find nowadays though.
You could of course try Amarula. Elephants like it. Not many people know that.
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MM. I know that this is a stressful time mate. Gin with no ice, like a soft boiled egg with no salt, a banana with no custard.
A new fridge. However did we manage without one. But...we did.
Now me old mate, me old mucker. All is not lost. Fear ye not.
In days of yore our ancestors would sup a warm gin by a log fire, a mulled gin fired with a red hot poker, fortified with berries and herbs and cloves.
Do not be easily led by armchair fireside boaters. Resist temptation, do you really need a fridge. The fruits of the forest await you, the River Ant ice I am led to believe (upstream) is very wholesome.
Old Wussername
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1 hour ago, Andrewcook said:
Hi Ian I don't know how many of us forum Members have had Cancer in our lives but you've done very well coming through these Two Treatments I've had chemo Therapy as I've come through it. I now continue to come on the Broads every Year I do hope Ian will do the same to have a well-earned break as you really deserve it
They say that one in two of us will get cancer in our lifetime. Some will live with it without knowing. Some will know and it will not effect them whatsoever. Some of course will have to make the journey.
It is a journey which is all embracing, family, friends, nurses, surgeon's, consultants and of course your local doctor.
You will not walk alone.
Old Wussername
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What a wonderful picture. Thank you Howard for posting it.
Andrew
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8 minutes ago, floydraser said:
Reminds me of the coffee morning I take my 91 year old mother in law to on a Wednesday... At 66 I'm the baby on a table of blokes.
Your time will come mate. Trust me.
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5 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
Yes, that ticks all the boxes!
The sports car was a Triumph TR2.
Ah! Wet arm motoring. My MGB, wire wheels, convertible, all the gear, would have given you a run for your money through the bends, Ketts Hill, Mousehole, Salhouse Road. However, I suspect you would have had the edge!
Forgive us both in reminiscing. It was a long time ago.
Andrew
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Here we go! Here we go!
A couple of geriatric roughnecks chewing the fat! I bet you both had sports cars, went to the Washington Club. Tropical Lynda? Ranworth Country Club.
All our yesteryear's. Black Anna, Ber Street. StudioFour, Jazz.
Norfolk was an isolated place,it really was. In some respects a place of mystery in the day.
Stories to be told.
My brother now lives in Australia, he refers to it as our Glorious Sarah Titch.
Our Glorious Heritage.
I really do hope, that at least, for that, we will be remembered.
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4 hours ago, Bytheriver said:
The edges of the two accounts are bound to become a little blurred if staff duties switch between the two but with care & tech should not be difficult if properly & openly explained? Hopefully with pressure from the other National Parks ( and following their proven popularity during Covid) HM Treasury may be persuaded to up the funding for 2024-5 Help from MPs appreciated
MPs will run with the fox, if it suits them they will hunt with the hounds.
Old Wussername.
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Thank you Vaughan.
There were two very influential ladies in Broadland who I was privileged to know personally.
Jenney Simpson, Jill Thwaites.
Both magistrates. They were close friends.They both owned boat yards together with thier partners. Well, their partners did, there is always a power beyond the throne. Together they both made an enourmous contribution to the Broads.
It went beyond hiring boats. They supported the disadvantaged, Children with learning difficulties. Taught them how to sail. Adults in wheel chairs, sailing a boat, how cool is that.
Never, ever, did they mention. They just did it.
A great loss.
Andrew.
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A great loss to Broadland. To the hire industry. To the community. To us all. In particular to my family. William Granville Jenner and our extended family loved and respected you.
A sad day for me a very sad day.
Andrew
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2 hours ago, Smoggy said:
Last time I saw reedham ferry close up there was a few bits of wood fendering hanging off and long bolts hanging out ready to take out your grp.
Well spotted. I try to keep well clear of it.
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Well there you go.
Advice from Norfolk. The Broads finest forum.
From me, a norfolk boatman.
Pitch up. Relax. Look up. The night sky. You might be in a magical place. Devoid of light pollution. Have you ever been in such a place?.
Noise, at night, there is none. Perhaps the screech of the barn owl, the hoot of the brown.
In the morning, geese, a skein of geese, screeching , demanding., perhaps, just perhaps, the boom of the elusive bittern.
Enjoy.
Old Wussername
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https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23267237.norfolk-broads-boat-owners-raise-toll-price-hike-concerns/
There you go me old mate, me old mucker
Old Wussername
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3 minutes ago, Bytheriver said:
Daytime £5
Where did that come from?
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33 minutes ago, rightsaidfred said:
And that is the one we are discussing.
Fred
Indeed. Is it not relative, or in isolation?
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42 minutes ago, rightsaidfred said:
Only if you break a law, no byelaw exists authorising a charge regarding historical free moorings already funded from tolls paid by the same people they are trying to charge again, magistrates courts only act on breaches of law not civil matters.
Fred
You may be correct in some instances and you have quoted a unique circumstance.
Fact has determined a somewhat different conclusion on a number of situations and will continue to do so.
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2 hours ago, Smoggy said:
It will be interesting to see what they can actually do if you just say no to the mooring fees at ranworth and reedham, does the bylaws give them the power to issue fines for non payment? I can't imagine it would be anything a magistrates court would be interested in as there's no actual law broken so small claims court would be the only option for them, a lot of hassle to get their tenner.
There are many organisations that are unable to issue fines. The MAIB, The BA, the Coroners Court, the RSPB, a whole raft of organisations, one could carry on infinitum.
However they all have one thing in common.
They "know a man who does"⁹
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The parish meeting agenda and minutes for Ranworth and Woodbastwick are posted on the notice board of the post office at Ranworth. A few years past, four or five, a parishioner raised the very question as to if he had the right to moor his boat on the parish staithe free of charge. If I remember correctly, begrudgingly the answer was yes. In reality nobody wanted too. Would you moor your boat there, all year? Month in, month out? I think not.
Oh! I nearly forgot. On tidal waters, you are allowed to anchor, on the bank, for one full turn of the tide, not moor in the true sense of the word but anchor, one rope to the shore. You would not be entitled to enter the land other than to tend to your anchor.
Thus when the tide turned, the wind changed, in your favor, your wherry, of which was an integral part of Broadland life or your modest rowing barge carrying local haulage was able to carry on its modest way.
William Bramwell Jenner, me dear granddad told me this when I was a young boy.
He was a fisherman, a trawler skipper, deep sea, and a true Broadsman. A boatyard owner. Long since past.
I honestly believe that there is an element of truth, of common sense in his belief, if such a belief existed has it ever been rescinded. Why would it.
If I have to moor at Reedham or Great Yarmouth for social reasons I will happily pay, that is my choice. However, if adverse weather conditions, fog, high wind over tide, high wind, difficult tides, I will as the skipper, for the safety of my boat, my crew, myself and family I will not conform to the wishes of an autocratic quango and have to pay for my historical right for a safe and protected mooring.
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If you require to stop at Reedham for water only, and many do, will you have to pay?
If so, in view of the limited number of water stops available on the southern waters, does the Navigation Committee consider this mooring fee appropriate?
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42 minutes ago, BroadAmbition said:
Really? Experienced skippers / crews can and do manage just fine at both those locations with or without assistance both private and hirers alike just as they do the world over if no attendants are in evidence
Griff
Yes, absolutely correct.
However, some do not and require assistance.
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11 minutes ago, kpnut said:
You recommended it to me a while ago Jean and I still haven’t been in. When in the car I’m always either on my way to or from the boat. So Helen’s idea of mooring at Wayford Bridge would make a trip of it.
What was the bridge height board saying Helen?The Bridge height is never ever important if you can get under it. It is when you have to get back under to get home which is so very critical.
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1 hour ago, SwanR said:
Vera’s is indeed very popular. We’ve stopped in there a few times now and there’s always tables reserved. I think they have probably got regular locals.
Enjoy Neatishead. It’s definitely a blustery grey day.
I find "Blustery" on a boat a bit of a challenge. Concentrates the mind. Potter, Ludham Bridge, Reedham, come to mind.
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16 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
Is it being sold with a mooring?
Might be. On the Taxi Rank at Ranworth two days ago. A well sort after mooring. All mod cons. Toilets on site. Nice pub across the road. Electricity. Water. Post Office. Cafe. General stores, and gift shop. Art Gallery. Boat trips round the broad. Manicured grass area courtesy Steve and his sit on mower.
Interested parties must love ducks, an Egyptian goose that thinks its a duck, BA quay wardens and boring old visitors (me).
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Potter Bridge Closed To Road Traffic
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The thing is, you mustn't blame the bridge.