[tissues for the pesky one]

27-23

[a gin palace for J M]

iain has it, abbey st dublin

[a gin palace for J M]

[Tis a tad windy]

over here in the emerald  isle we have had high winds and heavy rain every night this week, driving to belfast from kildare today we had snow then sleet then a bit of sun, approaching belfast we met gritters then snow on the roads being sorted by snowploughs,good job traffic was light

[uphellyaa ...... be quick]

some years ago they led the viking procession in york at the end of the viking week,then tossed thier toches into a reeplica lngboat and cast it adrift,

 

nowadays the boat burning is done on dry  land at the knavesmire, not the same effect

 

[Just for fun]

went down winnats fully loaded dave brake fluid boiled ,brake fade, very dodgy

 

[a little ditty for grace]

 

"I made myself a snowball as perfect as can be.
I thought I'd keep it as a pet and let it sleep with me.

I made it some pajamas and a pillow for its head.

Then last night it ran away, but first it wet the bed!"

[35 boatyards and then there were . . .]

having said that its always out on hire, mostly repeat business

[35 boatyards and then there were . . .]

 i agree, it is listed as bittern not holiday see photo

[35 boatyards and then there were . . .]

you missed bittern at whispering reeds andy either day or longer hire

[35 boatyards and then there were . . .]

that would be john williams

 

[35 boatyards and then there were . . .]

was it stalham yacht services? later became rivercraft

[I think we have moored on a tip!]

just to throw another spanner in the works,

if i carry trade rrubbish in my vehicle i have to have a waste carriers licence,found this out when fitting windows, all brick   rubble etc we created had to be returned to base to put in our skips, but ,we had to have a licence to carry it back to base.

if this has changed dave will no doubt point it out

[Winter Storms......]

[Winter Storms......]

gt hockham

 

[Winter Storms......]

thats ok then

 

[Winter Storms......]

dont forget mate if plod is in a bad mood you are wrongly parked, facing traffic

[Winter Storms......]

hope you turn the car round before it gets dark iain

 

[New Year challenge - famous boatyards and their boats]

If you got rain for two weeks, you came off walking around like an orang-utan!

 

thats what happened to you we did wonder

[New Year challenge - famous boatyards and their boats]

outside bridge stores acle,before the quay heading was renovated

[New Year challenge - famous boatyards and their boats]

Don't forget Dawncraft of Wroxham. Myself and 2 friends hired this one, September Dawn, in 1965(I think) taken at Coltishall Lock and just the year before we hired 'Dawn Huntress' as a family shown here at Potter.

 

how could I bill , hired silver dawn 1970

[New Year challenge - famous boatyards and their boats]

 old shot of constellation 1 taken in1973

 

 

[New Year challenge - famous boatyards and their boats]

mr toad was constellation 1, s644 which i hired in1973 from chumley and hawke

[New Year challenge - famous boatyards and their boats]

VetChugger, is that the shed on the opposite side of the lane from Landamores main yard - the shed where the Vestellas were located in their hiring days.

 

 I can answer that  yes, that was where my boat used to  live and where i bought it from

[New Year challenge - famous boatyards and their boats]

vetchugger, was your pic taken at landamores? looks like chameleon behind mr toad