grendel

dont forget the essential cooking implement- a good non stick frying pan for cooking the bacon.

have you tried asking at the hampton safari club- they have some information about sourcing the mk1 and mk 2 rollers here - https://hamptonsafaribc.org/answers.html#Canopyrollers

many years ago I had a trip on the medway queen, a truly wonderful experience

I can remember when we rewired Royal Tudor, I managed to obtain a section of busbar from a 400A MCCB, this was then cut in half for positive and negative busbars, so at least one boat has a set of brass busbars that are 3/4" square cross section, I dont think that will fail any time soon.

I think we should be reporting groundings along this stretch to the Broads Authority, especially if you are nowhere near the banks, if we build up enough reports then they can no longer ignore the situation and say dredging isnt necessary.

if you hire a Marthams boat, their staff take you through Potter Heigham, any other bridge you have to do yourself, they are one of the few hire companies that dont stipulate a pilot for wroxham.

and wroxhams a doddle

or this - (6'1") to be honest I cant see what all the fuss is, every time I hired a boat from Marthams I got through in both directions without a fuss.

Heres how it should be done (at 5'10")

like a lot of places now the first few posts have to be authorised by the moderators (sorry I cant remember just how many its set for), I have just approved the above 2 , but hadnt seen any others until now. eventually you will get enough good posts under your belt and will be able to post freely

water rail has a rewireable ceramic house fues in the most inaccessible place behind the rest of the electrical panel, hopefully its not still wired in (there is a fusebox inside the heads too- behind the bulkhead for the main switches.)

or a tricycle

Now MM I see where you made your mistake, I use an electric bike so pedal gently while the motor does the hard work, this means I get fit slowly, and gradually as I progress start lowering the pedal assist level (generally I cycle out on assist level 4 and back on assist level 3, meaning I warm up on the easier level then have the harder work as I am heading the right direction - home. I have heard of swytch, they seem fairly reputable and can cater for the size of a replacement wheel to match what is on your bike (they have even fitted one in a penny farthing (though I doubt your bike is that old.)

while I am on faceache, I would not even consider looking up information on the pub there- to start with that would mean remembering the pub name, and B would require I was actually using facebook at that time, its not something I have open and readily available at all times. in fact I rarely have a phone or tablet handy when on the boat, they both usually sit forlornly in the cabin waiting for me to remember their presence. recently I posted a comment about how most youngsters nowadays would be lost if they lost their phone, i was challenged with the comment what would i do if i lost mine- my answer was I would manage without it, then checked my phone to find a missed call from 2 days prior- thats how frequently I use my phone. (oh and two messages reminding me I have an upcoming appointment- click the link to find out when- of course as my phone is not smart, I cant click the link, so will be attending on the date and time from the letter I was sent.)

the beginning of this week was a bit hectic, I had a training course arranged for me early tuesday, so monday 6am set off for a 4 hour drive to Coventry, on arrival I then proceeded to work from our head office there. by 4pm I was flagging and made the decision to book into my hotel. once there I snoozed for an hour, prior to going down to the restaurant and having my evening meal. after that an early night was called for, so by 8.30 I was asleep. I must have been tired because I woke at 6am just in time to leisurely get ready and head down for a slow breakfast. After breakfast I got ready and was in the office by 8am, where I settled in to record a training video (twice - because I had shared the wrong screen) then it was team meeting time (where the shared inbox and workloads were discussed) after that it was time for my training. after a busy morning training, we finished about 12.30 and I got back into the car for the drive home. This was a nightmare of hold ups and delays, so it was just before 5pm when I arrived at the pharmacy for my warfarin blood test, just enough time to get it done on the correct day. then it was home, and time to cook my evening meal (followed up by some pancakes) and then another early night.

Moving in the tools and lighting, one of my 3 pillar drills at the end, plus one of my big vices, going to play with positions before finally fixing them down. Battery charging under the sockets, and tool storage in cases above on the shelf . Just need six mire pack of pine cladding for the ceiling.

well just as I was completing the panelling on the second wall, my nailer /stapler started making a hissing sound as air was bypassing the trigger mechanism, today the offending thing was disassembled in the hope of finding the broken part, which I did, it was the piston valve, the one part not available as a spare for this model (actually its all 3 parts of this that are not available) so this afternoon after work it was a guick trip to my local quality tool supplier (nobody really local having the beast I wanted- and shortly after forking out 100 smackers I was headed home with a new toy. this one is labelled professional though so it had better not break down on me.

its two smidgens

yes electronic aids are a good thing but when you drop your phone overboard, or it gets wet and stops working, most modern kids would be totally lost without their phone, they have grown to rely on it to the extent they cant even buy food without the phone. in the past I have killed 2 phones by water ingress, and one holiday I forgot it and left it at home, and yet still managed to enjoy myself for a whole week on the water. As for data, no, I wont get embroiled in the financial scam that is the modern phone contract, for me its pay as you go, even with data on my wifi dongle, I will buy a 12Gb data package with a 1 year expiry, and maybe it runs out after 11 months, so yes data use by apps would be an issue, for me. but then I am an admitted luddite when it comes to certain technology, get a smart phone and keep in touch with everyone- the issue there is do I really want to be available, probably not.

for position I use the gps on my tablet with OS mapping on a downloaded map, and for speed I use a gps tool, neither of these need an internet connection to work so my tablet does not need to be connected to wifi, aweigh needs an internet connection, and i dont think its ever been correct for the tides at great yarmouth for me, and nothing has ever seemed to get the direction of tides on the new cut.

true, but it doesnt show the depth anyway

I am still using an old jarrolds map, the rivers havent changed much

yes, i still dont / wont have a smart phone, yes its caused issues both at work and with service providers- at work now every meeting we are supposed to log in via qr code to confirm our attendance and ask questions via some app, I just sit there and stick my hand up when I want to ask a question, with our service providers, they want me to use an app to log into microsoft to access the data I need, so I forced them to reconsider that everyone had to use the app. it seems that those in IT make the assumption that everyone has a smart phone, my parents are struggling as the banks etc want them to use certain apps to access things- my dad steadfastly refuses and insists on going in the branch to do business- even if it involves getting the branch manager out of his office to verify his identity.

my thoughts are that with the fact that Internal combustion cars will be difficult to buy new soon, that the value of older cars will suddenly go up, as people try and avoid getting an EV thats not fit for their purposes- take me for example, I probably need to visit the office about 6 times a year, but the office is a 4 hour drive from home (200 odd miles), when I go on holiday, its to norfolk, also about a 4 hour drive (180 miles) usually setting out in the dark, and usually on a timescale where I wont really want to stop en route (getting to the office at 10am means leaving home at 6 and praying for good traffic, would I really expect to stop for an hour or two to recharge en route? I would be worn out before I even started working. so for some people internal combustion (or at least hybrid) is still needed, so if you have a n internal combustion car, then its either a case of replacing very soon, with something a lot newer, or keeping it on the road, where its value will be increased as EV's take a hold at least for those like me that do drive long distances when I drive.

when i bought my v50 i asked when the timing belt had been done last, as we couldnt find any evidence we assumed that it hadnt been done, so I asked them to do that as part of the pre sale inspection, it was under £300, so they lived up to their name affordable autos.