ChrisB

I have lost count of how many time I say to myself " how did I end up living in one of the bunch"

Weybridge, Peter. On the river Wey. However you are very nearly correct but my river ran into the north bank of the Thames not the south. I lived 700 ft above the original source of the river Wye. But it only flows there now after exceptional rainfall, source is now quoted as West Wycombe.

It all delibrat, u, c, weez like it as it iz. If weez make enuf of it no wonz will come. Gud, weez no wont grockles leev uz lone. Ands orf Norfolk. This is ome only fofr MBAs like me iz, buugger orf res yuz.

Well they seem to spend so much time in court and money on lawyers send it back as not fit for purpose and buy a Nelson or an inboard large Orkney.

Was it an "off the shelf" workboat or a one off

In the last forty years countless industries have shaken out and unit numbers contracted. Shipyards, coal, machine tools, cars, garages, retail clothing, electronics, motorcycles, food retailing etc, etc ,etc. And pubs are no different. Everyone had a pint at lunchtime forty years ago now a No No. They absorb too much money to use on a regular basis for the average family. Good ones will survive, they rest are not viable. As an industry with changing attitutes to drinking there were thousands too many.

The trouble with the place is Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. And Mar. To be honest many years April as well. Many years with our infamous NEers there is no warm weather in exposed Norfolk until May. Who will venture out on the marshes in mid winter? Other out of the way pubs like Tan Hill have roads and the Pennine Way to help out but everything is against the Berney. What it needs is a very wealthy, balmy fellow who fancies his own pub. Maybe a relusive aged ex rock star who does not care if it turns a profit or not, can ride out the winters and be a Bon Vivant in high summer.

With change of useage to a house the price is about right considering the amount of work needed. If you have to run it as a pub £80K top wack. It would need to be cash. If anyone is idiot enough to loan on the place the borrower would be dead before they pulled the first pint.

Please read "Isles of the West" by Ian Mitchell. A most enlightening insight into the RSPB. It is available from Amazon as book or Kindle. A fair bit of sailing as well as the author travels the Isles in his Corribee. It was recommended by a correspondent on the other site who has interests in two sporting estates. It is an eye opener by a respected journalist.

With respect Grace I think getting a mooring mid August is a problem over the whole of the Northern rivers. If you have to visit during the school holiday period you must be prepared to start looking just after lunch if you are to secure a place on a free 24 hour mooring. Not really gauge of attractiveness. ( Malthouse accepted)

I unwittingly say warp if it has a lid and painter if it is open. I think most dinghy sailors and those now too old still do.

I think it's primary use is as a tender. With super yachts getting so much bigger and having to lie further off especially in the newer fashionable spots in the Adriatic a rib gives a greater degree of safety in the short steep seas that a katabatic will kick up. Close to mountains the Med can go from flat calm to very dangerous in a few minutes. As I know only too well.

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www.ocean398.com Sadly the designer of many beautiful craft and a contemporary of Andrew Wolstenholme at Southampton, Ed Dubois, passed away on March 24.

Good old EDP. The storm surge was 2013 not 2012! I would describe her as a Ketch Rigged Trader not a barge.

Like an idiot I tried a key in an antique ladies bureau we inherited. It locked it. Permanently! I borrowed a huge tin of keys from the antique shop in Stalham and after about an hour found one that not only fit but unlocked it.

That is acceptable.

An iron! A rice cooker! hells teeth about as much use on a boat as a Naval Officer, an umbrella and a suitcase.

Not really convinced that it is a good idea to sell an arc welder to the public via a supermarket.

The younger generation have no idea just how slow average speeds were before the Motorway was born and roads were dualled. We lived in Bucks and Swanage was 5 hours when I was young and my father did not hang about. By the time I was in my mid thirties with a boat moored at Wareham I had better than halfed that time.

Know it well. By coincidence my father also had Jaguars a MK VII, MKV111 and then he changed to MK II from about 1960 his last was a G reg so 68. The XKs were beautiful, I love the badge on the rear listing all the Le Mans victories.

Yes, they back right onto the beach. You walk through them in many places to reach the beach. Next time you are in the area travel past Wells for about a mile and a half, opp. The entrance to Holkham Hall and the Victoria Inn turn right down Lady Anne Drive. I think it could be where you used to go.

Being serious for just a moment. I would lay money on it being a Chinese Water Deer. If you don't see the full animal their faces are similar. They are also prone to getting up on their hind legs to browse. We have seen CWD when walking from West Somerton to Martham Broad.

We had quite a few in the Chilterns some years back. The small Wallaby type. They jumped ship from Whipsnade apparently.

Be careful if visiting Carcassone. The marina is also a Autoroute Services. Unfortunately it should be a delight BUT. I am now told you must not leave your car or boat unattended! Easy pickings for certain types who are not normally French. Damn shame we used to love it as a stop before reaching what feels like the true Med. But have not been there for twenty five years come July, and as we all know things change.