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grendel
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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.
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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.
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Working on the internals now, pine cladding and insulation on the wall behind the hot tub, workbench nearly done, built for strength not looks, the top is 2 layers of 3/4inch plywood.
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Nothing I know about, but it could have been during a server update which they always seem to assume that midnight us time is a good time to do, so usually ends up first thing in the morning for us.
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cant see the issue mooring at GY, never had a problem there, even when solo cruising and arriving after the rangers have finished for the night.
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its my theory that the salt incursions are made worse by the water not being able to recede as fast as it comes in,
tide 1 the salt makes its way upriver.
tide 1 goes out, the salt recedes to half its incursion
tide 2, the fresh influx of water pushes the previous salt incursion further into the system
tide 2 goes out, the salt recedes back to the extent of the initial incursion.
tide 3 comes in, pushing the salt incursion yet further upstream.
now if the lower bure was dredged, the salt incursion would come in on tide 1 and recede, then on tide 2 it would get to the same extent as tide 1 and recede, then tide 3 it might get to the extent of tide 1, but by then the salt incursion is probably over, and the salt incursion has got no further than its initial extent.
now this is just me looking at it logically, but then I wont be the agency having to find the funding to do all the dredging, which I am sure sways their opinions.
the reason the amount needing dredging is huge is because they havent been doing it, plus by saying that they are acknowledging that there is a problem with the lower bure silting as we have been saying, the extent having been masked somewhat by the rising water levels, because if the water was 5 foot deep and its now 4 foot deep but in the meantime the water level has risen a foot, then that means 2 foot of silt has landed on the bottom of the river.
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I would check the bus routes and timetables of both to see where the best place would be, you may even find there is a bus stop at stracy arms.
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16 minutes ago, JanetAnne said:
You paid the van insurance, paid HMRC and still had money left for boots?
actually I believe he ended up with a pair of timothy whites
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I think its funny that they advertise the lack of facilities as a good feature- well I suppose if there are none thats the only way to do it, though to most a lack of facilities would be seen as a disadvantage, not a selling point.
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oxbow lakes and all that stuff
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not the easiest web page to navigate as the next section scrolls up when you try and continue reading, but certainly a welcome outcome.
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Shed roof is now felted, bitumen paint under the felt, still to tack down around the edges
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1 minute ago, batrabill said:
That does seem to be the case. However, it is because the fundamentals have changed. Weather and tide.
although I do see that as part of the problem, the lack of dredging / silting in the lower Bure does also seem to be a contributory factor, at least that is how I see it, so that is just my personal opinion.
having run aground once on the lower bure last year a good 30 foot from the bank (well my keel stuck in the mud and took a few seconds of work to free myself), and having seen less than 2 foot under the depth sounder on another occasion mid river and mid tide. anecdotal maybe, but as I personally experienced it, it seems real enough for me.
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Ah, I see- so what they are saying is that the river system can no longer be relied upon to remove the water from their catchment areas and that regular dredging is required to improve the outflow of this water.
QuoteMoreover, maintaining and improving the water flow and defences is crucial. This includes ensuring that channels and waterways are kept clear to facilitate smooth water flow. When the sea levels permit drainage, it is imperative that this process is as efficient as possible to maximize the removal of excess water. This requires well-maintained and strategically designed defences that can cope with both the volume and speed of water flow
at least that is what the quote from the article above seems to indicate to me.
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22 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
Taking this suggestion a little further, if you are therefore slowing down the flow of the ebb on the Bure - which is an alluvial river - it will be dropping more of its silt in suspension, especially around the bends in the area of the "Bure hump" and Scaregap farm.
which will necessitate the resumption of the dredging that used to happen and has stopped under the current management.
I would encourage anyone who does touch the bottom while midriver in this area to report it to the Broads authority to start generating a pattern that will be impossible to dismiss as a one off occurrence, and hopefully initiate some dredging action.
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On 26/01/2024 at 16:14, marshman said:
Grendel - presumably your comments equally apply to the underlying issue purporting to be the cause of this flooding!!!
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3 hours ago, marshman said:
The world these days is just too full of experts and people believing they are right, and everyone else is wrong!
all the more reason not to accept the anecdotal evidence in the face of the inconsistencies
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The last time I was in a dinghy, the rudder fell off, the last time I was aboard a sailing yacht one of the pins for the boom dropped off and fell into the water- so I dont have a great record in sailing boats.
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the only part I find strange is the use of metric depths everywhere until we get to herring bridge, then all of a sudden the depth is 20 feet was the sudden change in measurement system a deliberate attempt to confuse the issue or a genuine mistake.
it just struck me as an incongruous way of presenting the data.
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surely they will be around- as the price of diesel rises more people will be wanting to use the free wind, and as for only 2 places to use them, well you see them all over the broads, so no, plenty of places to use them.
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5 hours ago, Smoggy said:
Tried but couldn't find a decent stretch of downhill water to get enough speed up.
how about niagra falls, thats got a fair downhill slope.
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what a change in the weather, I woke up yesterday to 7 degrees and it got into double figures by the end of the day, and by the looks off it is still in double figures this morning.
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there used to be a nice wild mooring just water rail sized on the chet, right on a wide bend, sadly it hasnt been kept clear, theres some nice quay heading at the entrance to rockland dyke (furthest from brundall), but it needs some of the vegetation clearing. I am sure there are more spots you could wild moor, but I have yet to try them. plenty of spots above beccles on the waveney, some dont really have good access to land.
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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.