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  1. This is a screen print of my post from this time last year. The damage is done for me. Still having cancer frozen, scraped and cut off.

     

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    Get and wear a Wide Brimmed UV proof Hat.   I find Tilleys are best and the way they last are not so expensive.

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  2. I like the picture of St Benets very much, that area has really changed.

    Those pictures give me the impression that The Broads were, back then a real "Exploration Destination" I can imagine travelling across Norfolk by car on empty roads or Steam Train,a real adventure!

    And no Berghaus, Rab, Musto etc clothes and shoes against inclement weather.

    I know times have changed, but it is sad, that for many, just living, travelling and sleeping onboard is not the adventure it once was.

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  3. The Atlantic 85 of RNLI Yarmouth and Gorleston is capable of 35knots, about 40mph so is the option for Breydon and lower Bure, Yare and Waverney but it is the upper reaches where Hemsby's smaller craft excels.

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  4. Mind you, those old 4WD ex forces  Bedfords would be hard pushed to break any speed limits. By the time you were approaching 30mph you invariablely need to stand on the anchor because very early deployment was needed.

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  5. The legislation needs urgently changing. Many, many years ago I drove an inland rescue ex army equipment 4 tonner. But was told traffic lights, speed limits etc were all to be obeyed. I don't think it had a siren though.

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  6. I think they are in the correct order, but it is pretty self-explanatory.

    I always thought that rescue trucks, say for want of better Mountain Rescue could use blue lights and that it was only when exceeding speed limits ie Police, Ambulance, Coast Guard, Fire special training was required.

    I am sure there must be loads of trucks with blue lights who should not use them.

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  7. Majorcan new potatoes are a good substitute to go with a nice Welsh leg of lamb and seem to be plentiful at the moment. But a substitute nothing compares to a newly dug Jersey.

    I am reminded that the butcher in Sudbury Town, where we rented a house when first married in 1971, would do us a leg of lamb for around £1.00, I expect my Coronation Dinner leg will be very close to £40.00.

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