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Makes my bit of fencing pale into insignificance, but digging those holes for the posts was hard going. I had another flat packed log store delivered on Wednesday, that I assembled yesterday, giving it a good cost of Cuprinol Shed and Fence treatment. Went out this morning to buy the timber to make the gates to finish the fencing off, so I can move on to decorating the living room.
I’m so glad I’m retired!
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4 minutes ago, Lulu said:
Well done Ray! I too became suddenly decided to become green fingered but realise I am not. So far I’ve managed to kill two spider plants, a peace lily and best of all, mint. As I understand it, all those plants are virtually impossible to kill but Ive managed it. I had a brief successful few weeks with some other herbs but they are now giving up and so am I
Sam, please come round to ours and tend to the bloody ivy. I’ve used gallons of fairly potent weed killer on it and still haven’t quite managed to kill it off. Perhaps your magic touch will do the job for me for once and for all! 😁😉
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1 hour ago, Ray said:
I don't know if it is just the current method of drafting such documents but this and others I've read (coastal defence for example) seem to be worded in a way which can so easily end up (and often does) with a result somewhere down the line along the lines of "We would have liked to [fill in the blank with an idea popular to users] however our consultation revealed this to be unfeasible/not cost effective/have a negative impact on the lesser stripped giraffe goose. Therefore as an alternative we shall (do excatly as we planned all along) and (ban engines/access/holidaymakers) as far as we can with this consultation as proof of necessity if there is a pesky complaint/enquiry.
My thoughts exactly, the benefit for them is being able to say that they asked us for our opinions (and will probably chose to ignore anything that doesn’t fit with their agenda).
My God, am I getting cynical?
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4 minutes ago, Ray said:
In a multicultural society there are days of importance other than Sundays for some people. Many years ago when I briefly worked for the railways, there were always people happy to cover someone's "special" day in exchange for their own celebration day off duty.
It really does depend on the industry and the workforce.
I do 100% support the right of workers not to have to compulsorily work "off days" something which has become widespread lately and ironically is widespread in the railway industry. Instead of hiring enough drivers the timetable can only work with rest day working - which is why a work to rule is so effective!
Basically nothing is ever as straightforward as it seems.
EDIT - also of course not all workers have families.!
The trouble is Ray, Sundays have been incorporated into a normal working week for so many people now, that couples seldom get to spend time together, or with their families. Working in the logistics industry, I’ve worked nights for 14 years, weekends, stupid hours, twelve hour shifts, four on, four off shift patterns, started work at 02:00 in the morning etc. Fifteen hour days were frequently worked, not from choice, but necessity.
I’ll never forget having a row with my son when he was about 18 or 19. I can’t remember what started it, but he said to me ‘You’ve never been here for me.’ It was true. I’d worked weekends, long, antisocial hours and hadn't been there to take him to the cinema, or out with the wife, or to his ice skating training and competitions. We get on fine now, but all those times are lost. I missed so much of his growing up, trying to earn a living, that being there at the weekends just took second place.
I did it for the right reasons - to keep a roof over our heads. I have a few regrets in my lifetime, but that is probably the one that hurts the most when I think back on what I missed. Family time is so important, but these days so difficult to achieve.
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4 hours ago, YnysMon said:
When I was young hardly anything was open on a Sunday. Yes, I did grow up in Anglesey, which was probably the last county to allow pubs to open on a Sunday. Although we have restricted opening hours for shops etc. on Sundays nowadays, I feel that commercialism has gone too far. It's fine for those who have weekends off to have the choice to go shopping or whatever on a Sunday, but what about those who have to work every weekend? There are some families who hardly ever have time to get together and do family things.
Agreed. Personally, I see no need for Sunday trading. Supermarkets open early and close late all ruddy week. I do not believe that folk can’t do their shopping from Monday to Saturday and leave Sundays free for families. I can see an excuse for DIY centres, garden centres and one or two other shops to trade on Sundays, but it seems that these days a family day out with the kids is a trip to the shopping mall. Little wonder so many families split up.
Why can we not be like our European neighbours and minimise Sunday trading, instead of wanting to be like the Americans and shop 24/7.
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34 minutes ago, CeePee1952 said:
Is this the bakery being commented on?
Chris
That’s the one.
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12 minutes ago, BrundallNavy said:
The BA have given the bakery at Womack notice it must close due to breaching planning regulations. Such a shame as they make very tasty bread and cakes.
Wouldn’t it be good if the BA addressed matters that impact navigation, like loss of moorings, instead of flexing their muscles over small businesses around The Broads?
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11 minutes ago, YnysMon said:
Not sure you should have posted that on a public forum Malcolm, you’ll probably have the new YouTube Time Team (or similar) descend on your garden.
They can dig away to their hearts content, Helen. We have three yew trees in our back garden that are the subject of TPO’s. If they want to investigate the bricks that I found, two of the trees are in close proximity and I’d hate to see anything happen to jeopardise them. 😉
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Not so much my day, but a few days, if I’m honest. Keen to finish my fencing job in the back garden, I went back to the suppliers to get the rest of the timber I needed to complete it. Back at home, I started digging the holes for the posts. To be fair, none of them were easy, with some fine Norfolk clay and a lot of flint found where I was digging. I’d dug four of the five holes and concreted in one of the posts as a guide before I started the last hole.
I’d also rewarded myself with another run out on my bike on Thursday to Wells Next The Sea, where I’d enjoyed some spectacular fish and chips, with a cup of tea (much to the wife’s chagrin) before riding home. It’s good to have a reminder that retirement has some enjoyable benefits as well as time for odd jobs!
Now, I am aware that our bungalow is built on land that used to belong to the nearby church . . . . . . . . not a graveyard, I hasten to add, but just church owned land and that there used to be a walled cloister separating it from a public footpath behind. I think, digging the last hole, that I found clear evidence of its existence! Let’s just say I wasn’t happy. I ran out of time last week before we headed to the boat for a relaxing weekend, but buoyed by some good weather and a very enjoyable time away, I decided to have a go at it this afternoon, when we got back home.
Not having the correct tools, I found a jemmy and lump hammer. Accompanied by a few choice profanities, which I always find help at times like these, I succeeded in chipping away sufficient of the brickwork to allow the hole to be dug in the right place and deep enough for the fence post to be concreted in. Just the rails to cut to length and fix and a gate to make now!
Oh, joy!
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20 hours ago, TFrench89 said:
Think we spotted Norfolk lady this morning going down the River Chet, she's a lovely boat.
Thanks! She’s not bad for her age and she’s an ex hire boat, too.
Well, we did get to Pyes Mill, where we did not a lot. After some lunch, we walked to Thee Kings Head, using the permissive path across the field. In case anyone fancies that walk into town, long trousers are advised. Talk about overgrown. Nettles and thistles abound, well over waist high in places. It was worth it though, as I was allowed a cheeky pint in the pub, before going to the Co-Op for a few bits before returning to the boat, this time using the path behind the church. It’s worth noting that the other path across the field from the back of the church is now closed, although the public footpath is open as usual.
Due to no phone signal at the moorings, I read for a while, before picking up a crossword book I found on board. Deb did some sewing and we spent a quiet afternoon in perfect weather, watching the comings and goings on the river. I’d bought some minted lamb shoulder steaks for dinner, that I’d intended to cook on the Cobb, but in the end just cooked them in the oven which we enjoyed with some boiled new potatoes and salad.
There was a wonder sunset, so I took a few photos with my phone. I should add that they have been enhanced in Lightroom, but the clouds were reflected beautifully in the calm water of the river, until a boat cruised past! It had been a lovely day and we retired to bed tired and happy.
Aside from having to get up during the night for my customary old man wee, I slept like the proverbial log and woke at about 06:45 this morning, which is late for me. We had a leisurely breakfast before returning to the marina, where we cleaned NL through, ready for our return next weekend.
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Happy to report that we’re back on board for the weekend. We should have been up a couple of weeks ago, but torrential rain stopped play and last weekend we were looking after our son’s stupid dog. There’s just not room for him on our boat!
Not deterred by the threat of an overnight thunderstorm, we headed to the marina where we loaded our things on board before casting off. With the non availability of Langley Dyke now, Hardley Mill was the planned overnight mooring and there was only one other private craft there when we arrived. We had been passed by Smoggy on the way and it was no surprise to have seen him moored at Cantley!
They said it would rain overnight and it didn’t disappoint. It was so bad, it woke me up. There were a few flashes of lightning, but I didn’t hear any thunder. I was soon back in the land of slumber and woke to a glorious morning.
Were now on our way to Pyes Mill, where the intention is just to relax and enjoy a day of doing not a lot!
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21 hours ago, LondonRascal said:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What has also become increasingly popular is someone to just sit and film boats at a bridge then post it, without any commentary for people to watch and make their own commentary up. It creates good view amounts because those who get hooked, literally do so keen to see what the next incident a new hirer may get themselves into. I think that is a bit distasteful, it is akin to setting up a camera at a popular mooring and filming people who might not have moored more than a couple of times before on their holiday get things wrong, but many seem to like watching another's miss-fortune.
Sadly, people only seem interested in watching other folk’s misfortunes. Clickbait titles encourage scores of armchair admirals to watch mishaps to drive up the YouTube metrics where money can be earned by the owner of the channel and make stupid comments like ‘it’s only a boat. A dab of paint and it’ll soon be as good as new!’. As Robin said, there was one such YouTuber originally, but the format is clearly popular and it now appears that more have joined the party.
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8 hours ago, dom said:
I'm still constantly trawling the secondhand market for a boat to buy, including a couple of days driving around anywhere I can think to try, but not really finding much which catches my attention. Just wondering if there are any brokers on the broads who don't have much presence online which I might be overlooking. I've tried:
NYA Brundall and Horning
Waterside Potter Heigham
NBS Brundall and Wroxham
Norfolk Boats at Horning
Considering how many boats there are on the broads, and how many sit there neglected slowly going green, there seem to be very few actively for sale. Can anyone recommend anywhere else? Just wondering if there's anywhere Trowse/Norwich area, Beccles, or elsewhere on the southern broads I might not know about.
Have a look on other waterways. Boats are frequently cheaper on maybe The Great Ouse or The Thames. One of the Forum sponsors specialises in boat transport and will quote for transfer to The Broads. There does appear to be a ‘Broads premium’ for craft on the Broadland waterways.
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Just park near there Jean. There are plenty of spaces between Flavours and Ferry Marine’s yard.
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Just be good if they stopped pontificating about finishing the NDR. The people living in Weston Longville must be really hacked off with their village being used as a rat run between the A47 and the A1067.
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Cross Keys, Dilham,
The Lion, Thurne,
The White Horse, Neatishead,
The White Horse, Upton,
The Bridge Inn, Acle,
The Kings Arms, Ludham (especially their carvery on Sundays and Wednesdays).
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11 hours ago, kpnut said:
You’ll be as fit as a fiddle Mouldy. A proper workout as you say.
Dunno about fit as a fiddle, Kate. Definitely feeling my age . . . . . . . every ruddy minute of it!
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When were you in The Heron, Ray? I read on FB that they’ve introduced a new menu, which does sound a bit more than basic ‘pub grub,’ not unless it’s the same stuff and they’ve just translated it all into French!
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30 minutes ago, grendel said:
Today's cheese and bacon wraps got 2 minutes less and turned out perfect, I left norwich at 8.30, and took it really easy 4 mph downriver just after low tide, arriving at Rockland dyke 3 hours later, and mooring right on the end over the ladder there, then I got my long ropes and put the rhond anchors in the path (there was a cleared path from the ladder) this meant I could drop back a bit, but also meant I need to climb on and off at the bow, a couple of minutes thrashing around with a boathook did nothing to clear the nettles between the pat and waters edge, I seem to recall someone contacted them and they said the key heading was cleared too, not a chance, the nettles are hanging right over the water in places.
Even a clear path cut through every 50 feet or so would help make these moorings useable again.
This was about the only accessible spot clear down to the next boat you can see in the picture below.
Only the BA moorings were due to be cleared. The remainder of the quay heading doesn’t fall within the BA’s remit, so doesn’t receive any attention. Over the past couple of years, the number of visitors has guaranteed that most of the overgrowth along the remaining length of the quay heading been ‘trampled down,’ but this year, being so much quieter, it hasn’t received the same treatment.
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Well, that’s one side finished.
I managed to dig out the hole for the gate post on the other side today and with the wife’s help, when she’d finished work, the post is now concreted in.
I wanted to dig the post hole 600mm deep, but was into a mixture of clay and flints, so gave up at 500mm. Four more holes to dig for the remaining posts and the hard work will be finished. Just rails to fix then and a gate to make.
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1 hour ago, AndyTBoater said:
VAT is not payable on foreign holidays either. Another reason why holidays abroad seem quite cheap in comparison
Didn’t realise that. That automatically puts UK holiday destinations at a disadvantage.
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56 minutes ago, jeffbroadslover said:
If all the yards charged a sensible price in the first place they would not have to offer huge discounts to get their boats out of the yard
It seems to me that following Covid they are still trying to recoup what they missed out and so increase the prices for those who cloud not hire a boat at that time.
Jeff
It might seem easy to hire a fleet out at low prices, but will that guarantee the yard’s existence in the future. Let’s take a holiday costing £2000, over £300 of that will be VAT, which is not kept but paid to the revenue. There may be booking agents fees, there will be tolls, insurance, servicing costs, staff wages, fuel costs for the yard (heating, lighting etc), rates, turnaround cleaning costs plus a whole load of other things that we may not be aware of. New builds have to be financed, loans paid and we all know how much interest rates have risen over the last year.
Costs to businesses have increased massively over the past eighteen months, just as they have for us. It’s easy pointing a finger and saying that they’re profiteering, but are they?
If times were better for the majority of us, would we be questioning the cost of holidays. When foreign travel wasn’t available to us, no one cared. We were grateful to get a holiday anywhere, whatever the cost. It’ll be interesting to see how folk deal with the anticipated EU visas and whether the inevitable resulting delays deter sun seeking, all inclusive foreign holiday makers to return to UK based breaks.
These extraordinary times have certainly generated a lot of social media discussion. It might be worth remembering how lucky we are to even be thinking about a holiday in a World where so many folk won’t have that opportunity.
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28 minutes ago, SwanR said:
I agree that Richardson’s are the one you can usually trust that the price you pay won’t be discounted. Most of the other yards seem to put offers out. Although I’m not sure what Horning Pleasure Craft do. But I do see the offers from Barnes, HW, and Ferry Marina regularly on Facebook.
I’m fairly certain that Clive doesn’t engage in the discounting shenanigans at Horning Pleasurecraft. As Simon (CC) said in an earlier post, it’s a sure fire way to impact early bookings for the following year.
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5 minutes ago, NeilB said:
The Barnes / Ex Moores one has been on the market for a couple of years now...... I would say it's a tad overpriced!
I’m fairly certain that was on the market when we bought Norfolk Lady in 2019. Given how much two privately owned Pearl 38’s have been advertised for recently, I’d agree that it’s overpriced, possibly by a tad and a bit.
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One of these would have been cheaper! 😉
https://www.diy.com/departments/bosch-truvo-multi-detector/1518921_BQ.prd
Glad it’s only your wallet that’s been damaged though mate!