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ChrisB last won the day on June 21 2023

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    North Norfolk (one mile inland, 40 metres Above Chart Datum).
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    Competitive Sailing (retired), walking, Country pursuits, Gardening, Motoring and art from impressionism to date (1860-2020)

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  1. On long light summer evenings, my late wife and I have walked to The Fur and Feather. However even in Summer you could need your seaboots or wellies for the first stretch.
  2. Closing the footpath between Cockshoot and the bottom of Ferry Road could not have helped.
  3. Maybe we should look to a merger between youselves and ourselves " The Ind Coope Double Diamond Club" our membership is actually falling as members fall off their branch. The Gate in Northwood during Summer 1966 could not be bettered for a pint of lovely DD.
  4. From the local BBC news this morning it appears that there is a sad end to this tale with a body being recovered from Candle Dyke.
  5. ChrisB

    Flooding

    When we first married we rented a semi in Sudbury Town. On a nice evening after work we would drive to Old Redding and have a few jars in The Case is Altered. Happy days. I have not been there since 1973. Or Horsenden Hill, but The Ballot Box was not so nice a pub.
  6. Thanks Oldgregg, it is good to have someone confirm what I to thought. Another consideration was a couple of years ago or so my son and I went flighting at the start of the season on St Davids Peninsula. Every day we travelled over 3 miles on an old quarry road which was in appalling condition. At the next MOT the car had 3 failures for cut tyres so I told them to fit 5 x new Michelin Cross Climates (not cheap) the four have done about 6000 and are like new, the spare zero.
  7. MDL Marinas spring to my mind, but then so do one or two other big operators.
  8. Precisely, hence the reason for unloading. Brooms was a venture capital purchase by people from a property background who's plan was always a major residential leisure redevelopment. If that now looks doubtful, why hang on.
  9. I forgot to say that I bought the picnic car to feel the wind on my bald head.
  10. I don't know what the answer is either, but I am in the same boat. I used to buy new, every three years, then along came covid so I put it off as my mileage was low and bought my "Picnic Car" for summer pottering up to Blakeney, Morston, Wells Brancaster and the odd few days away in Summer. So I now have a six year old Ford with 24000 on the clock, worth about £9K on trade in. I would have to put at least £25K to replace with a similar high spec Puma. To do 2500 miles per annum, the economics just don't work. In fact this last year I have done more miles in the Fiat running about in Summer (3500). But that car with 6000 on the clock will be three in Sept. So I am going to do the same, Nothing. Like Grendel I do three or four long journeys per year and electric just would not suit me as I am widowed and live alone with my only relatives 180 and 11000 miles away, in an emergency I can fill either car in 5 minutes from empty and have a genuine 400 mile range.
  11. Maybe the name is a Jonah. The much loved QE2, now in retirement in Dubai was plagued with problems during her first 10 years or so:- And in 1983, after running down to The Falklands at full chat the previous year she failed to keep about 50% of her commitments.
  12. Wind and oared powered boats were around for ever before steam and I.C. And will probably be around for leisure after I.C. gets banned.
  13. I seem to remember!! There again I might have been told!! That some years ago, probably 10 or more, that the BA decided to engage via Broads Social Media, rather like Tom does, today, here. However in a somewhat different format, a sort of :- " Dr John Packman answers your questions" and members were invited to put forward their concerns and views. It was at this point the forum was labelled " Official" due to a pathway development opening to the CEO of the Governing body. Let us just say that that certain members responded in extremely poor taste and manners, a few I have been told had personal axes to grind and a golden opportunity was wasted and the engagement never happened again. Likewise I wish Richard all the very best.
  14. Urban myth, I am afraid. China has no need to buy Australian coal. It has it's own. The biggest user of Australian coal I think is still Japan. The rest of their exported coal goes to South Korea, Tiawan and India
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