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Where was it yesterday ? Cheers for the tea and the kingfisher fly by !

Well thanks very much! heres me feeling quite smug that I take my own boat through, and you raise the bar by going through in the dark.

We had a fancy to pop through the bridge for a couple of days, a couple of weeks ago. Left Martham and moored by the fishermen just before the new bridge, no other boats on the mooring as we walked down to the pilots office to check the height, 5ft 7inch, no chance there then! quick wander up to Lathams for teacakes (excellent by the way) and back to the boat. Moored in front of us was Juliette, which ten minutes earlier had been moored on the pilots side, now what sort of magic had occurred here ? one of the Martham boats lads had bought it through, such skill and not a little brave, also perfect timing, end of season and both forward hand rails perfectly sanded and ready for varnish! Ideally I like 6ft 10inch or more to get through, and even then I am a bit outside my comfort zone. If needs must I have done it at 6ft 1inch, not much room for error. If I can see the stone stanchions at the base of the bridge out of the water I am happy to go, if it looks a bit tight I moor up and check the gauge in the pilots office.I never get complacent about the bridge, still scary aiming all that lovely wood and varnish at a small hole, but the feeling the first time you do it for yourself is right up there. I like the challenge of the bridge, wouldn't want to lose it.

Sorry, must try harder! Me too ! I would buy one of those Warrior/Ninja trucks if only they would put the name on the back in bigger letters.

Or wink at you !

ABC Artisan, Brexit, Chillax 3 of the most annoying words on the planet. And whilst I'm at it, why is everybody now a master craftsman or artisan baker ?

This is for a week on Eda Frandsen, beautiful boat, good website, can't remember what but it pops up if you type in the name.

Missing the broads a bit this season, but just about to set of for Falmouth for a weeks sailing on another old boat. Back on the broads next month, can't come soon enough.

Hope this footage inspires somebody to save an old boat, we bought ours because I found about a dozen old photos of a holiday my mum and dad had in 1954 aboard Landamores Vesta 8 , stuck with me until I could do it. Love every minute.

Watched it twice, love it. Surely the bit at Horning is staged, you could moor !

Always a silver lining, my brother in law lives in Switzerland, I like the thought that its raining on him.

Seriously tempting at £20,000, but surely one wooden boat is enough ? but then again! Leave it, walk away, i had good long talks with myself before buying the one we have now, still bought it. Oh, keep thinking about it. No, made my mind up, will keep thinking about it.

My sympathies, just had the Peak District version, 90 minutes of tuneless bell ringing.

If you have got the time, its a crime not to be on the broads !

to separate the riffraff, dear boy !

One of the funniest insult incidents I remember came from my wife, we were out walking the day after my dad died, we got a little lost and took a short cut down a farmers drive, just as the farmers wife drove up, she was not happy and started ranting in a totally over the top fashion. I was in no mood to argue and so ignored her and walked off, she told my wife in no uncertain terms how rude I was. My wife stood listening until she had finished and replied " I apologise for my husbands behaviour, its just that he doesn't tolerate fools" Think she may just have lived with me to long !

Tat, like it, she can't moan at that one when I use it.

What I like about the double t word is the fact that its impossible not to understand when lip read ! Useful in the car .

I often arrive back at my mooring to find a fisherman, usually I explain that I wish to moor and I will wander up river, turn around and come back, giving them plenty of time to move. The usual response is why don't you moor further down, I now have to explain, whilst trying to be polite that I pay a lot of money per year to leave my boat where their tackle is. They either don't grasp the notion of a reserved mooring or can't be bothered to move. I do get a bit fed up of clearing the litter they leave to, usually empty sardine tins ! My wife disapproves of my favourite derogative term for such people, it contains 2 t's and not much else, always makes me feel better to use it under my breath though.

96.5% of statistics are made up !

Not on using the C word, keep it in December I say.

114 till it needs worrying about !

I would happily have broken the rules and tagged my boat on the end ,just for that one off photo. Love it !

I don't think that is an excuse when you are in responsible for fellow crew, and somebody else's substantial investment. I agree we should not name and shame, but if it was a fancy private boat stuck under the bridge, how many would be more than happy to gloat. Tends to focus the mind when your own money and hard labour have gone into a boat.

Apparently its not PC to shoot stupid people ! Probably a good thing really, I would have been put down years ago. Still I can read a tape measure and have a basic fear of trying to get something very expensive (wether it belongs to me or not) beneath a space ,I am not entirely sure it will go, so probably not as stupid as some, so is it stupid to shoot stupid people ? Sorry, stupid idea.