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I have always used minus 2hrs 23 mins as my constant so I would say we concur.

If you feel nostalgic for home you could hire "Little Gem". Or Happy Days.. 5 bedrooms 2 bathrooms and a Spa on the upper deck

Google the bit you need and put USA after it. Spares in The States are a fraction of the cost here and most good suppliers DHL world wide. The Z3 was BMW first car never to be built in Germany, they were built in South Carolina, it was designed for The States and loads were sold there. Americans will not be ripped off on parts. I know quite a few owners who shop Stateside for parts of models that sold there well MGA/B, TRs. Spitfire etc.

Congratulations Ray, lovely boat.

Sorry, I did not realise you were referring to 2024. Tides in the UK are based on a time difference on Dover. I am sure for commercial users, tides for next year would be available for Dover. You would then need to make two time adjustments Gorleston on Dover & GYYS on Gorleston.

Buy a set of tide tables. I can vouch for Bittern Books which I use. Take the tides at Gorleston and adjust as follows for The Broads.

You may well have it planned, but try to visit the Eureka Tower viewing area. I have some great photos from the top but don't wish to hijack your story. I think it is publicised as Melbourne Skydeck. If you have time a tour of The Yarra Valley vineyards is well worth it. Your last photos where the Yarra Cruises start, opposite the rowing club bring back happy memories for me. The waterside Riverland Bar is a favourite of mine for lunchtimes .

Flinders Chase Jan 2020 and recovery in Jan 2022

Pancakes with the left over brown meat from the Turkey was a Christmas thing in our household. Sage and onion or red currant usually but turkey gravy would have been lovely.

Don't wear Calvin Klein Obsession in SE Asia, India etc. Tigers love it. Not many know that. It is actually used if an old rogue man-eater has to be shot.

Sounds nice for a pancake. But to drink I can't get on with cream liqueurs.

You would enjoy the Van de Hum. Not often you can beat a French offering but Grand Marnier and Cointreau are not up to Van de Hum. Not so easy to find nowadays though.

I will in future stick to the really thin style Crêpes, À la Française. Sugar and lemon or a little clotted cream and a spash of Van de Hum. I went down the American blueberry route this year , and whilst pleasant, not a patch on the above.

The good Old Fred Hollows on her way to Manly. Love Sydney. As my Avatar hopefully testifies.

I understand that a lot of vessels of this general type including RML497 the Fairlmile B at the National Museum of the Royal Navy were fitted with Hall-Scott Defender petrol engines. Many of these engines were stripped out by the RN prior to sale and returned to the US under the terms of WWII Lease-Lend agreement. I regularly travelled on the above when she was Western Lady III on the Torquay to Brixham service. Later under the name Fairmile she did cruises to Dartmouth and onwards to Greenway Agatha Christies estate. I have also been told that many war time petrol marine engines were not viable for civilian use, not just because of their eye watering consumption but because they were designed to run on fuel with such a high octane level not available for peacetime marine use.

The 2008 quake near Market Rasen was clearly felt in North Norfolk.

Oh Joy! E-mail from my supplier:-

The Real Life Drama. We kept our boat at Cobbs Quay, Poole. Back then Sadlers were based there but moved into bigger premises as Martin and his father David somehow got swept into the national hype surrounding Howard's Way. I knew Martin quite well and his friend Rodney Patterson the double Gold Medalist. Sadlers were riding the crest of a wave with their 25 to 34 footers. The punters lined up for a demo sail with an Olympic Champion. Trusting in the publicity the up-market kitchen sink drama created Martin became involved and produced the very advanced, for the time Barracuda 45 for the show. That 12 foot leap cost them a fortune, less than 20 Sadler Barracudas were built and Sadlers as conceived by father and son passed from their hands.

As were Oysters in this Country.

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Take a drive along the North Coast Road. Cromer, Sheringham, Blakeney, Morston, Wells, Brancaster etc all good. Nearer to The Broads I enjoy Caister Motor Museum at the Castle. A really good private collecton of most interest to us who started driving in the sixties.

As an aside. Those of us that cruise or used to cruise as in my case along the South Coast have never expected free overnight mooring. Premier Marinas overnight charges start at £4 per metre so my Berwick would be £40 per night on nights when we could not swing to the hook. For that you do get a pristine berth not covered in goose and duck droppings, free Wifi, your first £5 of electricity and toilet, shower and laundry facilities. I don't think £10 is bad. For one of the most popular spots on The Broads. There is still plenty of free moorings.

Built around the same time, Crowland's Trinity Bridge crossed the Welland and a tributary. But the drainage projects and redirection of rivers during the mid 1600s left it high and dry.

The Thames has it's own "Potter" namely Osney Bridge in Oxford. At 7'6" it stops the higher airdraft boats from the top 32 miles of river.

The road bridge is a fraction over one foot higher so if the old bridge is 6'8" the road bridge will be about 7'9".