grendel

at the moment I am using both to heat the house, a small 650W ceramic fan heater and a 500W oil filled radiator downstairs, the fan heater has a thermostat that is set to 19 deg C and comes on a few times an hour, the oil filled radiator also has a thermostat, but seems to be on longer (so the thermostat may be set slightly higher, either way between the 2 of them they are keeping my house warm, upstairs i have a 1500W oil filled radiator, set on the 500W setting at 20 degrees, and that is keeping upstairs nice and warm, this cuts in and out around every 10 minutes.

well the timber has arrived and been dropped off at the front of the house, later I need to move it to the back garden, then it looks like this weekend will see the start of building the new 'shed'. the driver assisted with the unloading, and my neighbour stood at his front door and gawped at the timber arriving (he is very good at gawping as he was hanging out of the window gawping as i removed the remains of the old gazebo.)

I suppose if they are no longer devoting time and space to building new boats, then they dont need as much space as before just to haul out and maintain those boats they do have, if the new build work is farmed out then some of the original space becomes redundant (though they will surely lose the skill sets that building boats gains). Anyway thats their plan, so they must think its the right thing for them, whereas Horning Pleasure craft under Clive seem to have a different plan, which seems to work well for them.

possibly stokesby ferry?

would they not require a planning application for change of use- the current application clearly states free 24 hour moorings (at the acle site), so it would be a change of use to start charging for them if the current application was accepted.

I did see there is a smallish wet shed/workshop planned at Acle, as well as a note on the visitor moorings diesel and pumpout, plus a sign for a diesel tank. but suppose those 12 day boats were all electric?

at acle I dont see any additional hire boat moorings - https://planning.broads-authority.gov.uk/PublicAccessDocs/planningDocs.aspx?doc=/sites/planning/2023/Documents/Development Control/BA20230444FUL/8407 P.02B Proposed Site Block Plan.pdf 48 new private moorings, 12 day boat moorings and 12 visitor moorings in the old basin, well I suppose if they are selling off half their fleet it makes sense to provide new private moorings for the new owners. on a good note it does say 10 free side on moorings on rising pontoons along the bank, now that makes sense, as the wear and tear on the pilings will be less and floating pontoons are easier to maintain. plus moving the entrance further from the bridge makes sense in a safety aspect.

only because where did you get that picture of me in the hot tub, unless it was just as the roof blew off?

no, this is the shed for the hot tub, the man shed(s) will be extended off of this at a later date.

And the year is gong out with a Bang, last nights hooligan level winds have dismantled the remains of my gazebo, damaged in one of the previous storms, then cobbled back together in the hope of lasting until better weather, so a couple of hours of careful deconstruction this morning, the thin tube frame is dead as are the plastic joining pieces. so I have been online to my local timber merchant and for £266 I have ordered the wood necessary to rebuild the structure, 10 times stronger. ( a heavy duty Gazebo in a similar size was £299), plus with a solid structure i can mount the solar panels on top. exterior treated construction grade timber and osb sheeting will be delivered in the new year (later i can install insulation and clad the inside too.)

to start the year off here are the topics postponed from this Friday to give everyone a chance to brush up their knowledge i present the topics for this coming fridays quiz -- January 5th 2024 1. Cryptic Cathedrals 2. Christmas 3. Christmas Music Break to recover and refresh your glasses 4. 12 days 5. Youtube Boats 6. Christmas Leftovers Start 8,30 ish in the chatroom http://www.nbnchat.com/chat Enter your User Name but leave password blank

A new quiz thread for 2024 in remembrance of UncleMike

Due to lack of participants we have postponed the quiz until next Friday.

bump - starting shortly

clearly in the past the northern waters would have dropped just as fast as the southern ones are, so this clearly highlights the fact that something is slowing down the natural drainage from the northern side I do wonder about the depths on the lower Bure at low tide, its a shame as if it had been high season with the normal numbers of boats, then dozen of boats running aground would have bolstered the argument that it was due to a lack of dredging, but since we are in the winter season, not many will be travelling the lower bure. boats running aground would have highlighted the lack of dredging by the Broads Authority (enough to maintain the navigation) it would be interesting to note the speed of the ebb at Great Yarmouth. this does however tend to point the finger away from the new bridge at Great Yarmouth as if that was holding the water back then the southern side would not have seen such low tides.

for any other thread you are interested in, just clock the follow button and you should get notifications.

in places this lack of trimming back is affecting the boaters too, a large portion of the quay heading along rockland dyke wasnt trimmed last year rendering a few hundred yards of mooring as unavailable because of nettles right to the quay heading making it impossible to get off to attach the ropes - some people are taking measures such as carrying cheap cordless strimmers and clearing sections for themselves which benefits both fishermen and boaters.

I have just checked and its very similar from the mobile view, just start by clicking on the 3 bars then proceed to the account settings from there.

there is a section for notifications in your account settings where you can fine tune your notification settings thats the view from a pc, then if you want notifications you probably want automatically follow new content I post

as I quite unfathomably managed to win by a long head last friday, it falls upon me to present the last quiz of the year this coming friday. to give everyone a chance to brush up their knowledge i present the topics for this coming fridays quiz 1. Cryptic Cathedrals 2. Christmas 3. Christmas Music Break to recover and refresh your glasses 4. 12 days 5. Youtube Boats 6. Christmas Leftovers Start 8,30 ish in the chatroom http://www.nbnchat.com/chat Enter your User Name but leave password blank

I have seen both the anglers with a huge trolley full of gear dragging them great distances along the banks of the Yare, and similarly I have seen fishermen walking along a river with just a rod and a bag, occasionally flicking a line into the water, then moving on. I did wonder at the sheer quantity of gear that some anglers seem to need (ok one time there must have been a match on as there were dozens of anglers with the trolleys of gear), but as a non fisher I dont really understand I guess. also the one that seems strange to me are those that turn up with huge long poles that seem to reach almost to the opposite bank, who then when a boat comes along have to retract the poles to allow passage- its really amusing though when there are fishermen both sides seeming preferring the opposite side to where they are seated. My only ask as a boater is that fishermen make themselves visible more, I try and move more to the middle when there are fishermen, but some seem to delight in wearing camoflage and using rods that are invisible against the bank, so my apologies if I havent moved to the centre of the river in every instance as its more than probable I didnt see you.

not really as while it would hold the tides out, it would also restrict water leaving the system during times of flood even worse than we have already recently seen, and there are concerns that the water would just make its way under the spit of land containing a large portion of Great Yarmouth and wash out under there causing the land to erode into the sea.

https://www.thekingsginger.com/discover

An interesting side note, my daughter found me a ginger liqueur, the kings ginger- 29.9% and its lovely.

third glass raised (hic)