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Mouldy
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Could be interesting at Ludham Bridge in particular. It’s bad enough with boat traffic on a Saturday and Sunday without a plethora of paddle powered craft all heading down The Ant, in a race.
Wonder if the YouTuber who seems to spend a lot of summer weekends, capturing and posting accidents and mishaps, will be there.
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Just seen this - ideal on The Ant and The Thurne on a Saturday!
https://www.norfolkoutdooradventures.co.uk/the-paddle-skedaddle
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2 hours ago, Hylander said:
They can’t accurately predict the weather for the following day, never mind next ruddy month.
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27 minutes ago, YnysMon said:
Another early start this morning. It's now almost 9.20 and we've just arrived at How Hill.
I believe the Secret Garden has reopened.
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12 minutes ago, YnysMon said:
What's happened to the Horsefen Lane bakery? I hope it hasn't closed down.
Still open, but didn’t get a great hygiene rating from the council, apparently. Read about it on a FB Food on The Broads page.
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45 minutes ago, YnysMon said:
We were only visiting Stokesby for the shop but have had an unexpected bonus breakfast in the pub. Very nice it was too.
Uh-oh! Breakfast in the pub, followed (no doubt) by a large portion of cake and/or other goodies from the shop! On the other hand, you only live once!
Very handily placed to overnight at Upton, too! Sounds like a foodtastic day to me!
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3 minutes ago, grendel said:
I guess its safe to say that what they are gaining in revenue from this is vastly outweighed by the loss of good will amongst the boating community.
Goodwill doesn’t pay inflated salaries for certain staff members of the Blessed Authorities though and I can’t imagine that the good doctor is all that bothered, especially when infighting amongst some members of BRAG appears to be dragging the group into self destruction.
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26 minutes ago, Meantime said:
Too much like hard work or a luxury that the UK supermarkets believe we don't want to pay for? Most of the food choices made for us by the supermarkets are actually about them making extra profit at the expense of their suppliers.
And the fact that British consumers aren’t satisfied with seasonal produce anymore. The expectation now is that we can eat strawberries at Christmas and asparagus in November. Energy costs are now dissuading UK producers from growing some fruit and veg as heating greenhouses is too expensive and a shortage of pickers means that some of what was grown, had to be left in the fields to rot.
They might be part of the reason that when I bought parsley and thyme from the supermarket a few weeks ago and they came from Portugal and Greece respectively.
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1 hour ago, Gracie said:
. . . . . . . . . I even like the sound of bow slap. . . . . . . .
Had to read that twice!!
Are we still able to use the word slap? Have the woke brigade not banned it yet?? 
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16 minutes ago, Graham47 said:
As you say a lot of the bigger yards are now putting their new additions into various categories as you stated above but how many years is it before they are downgraded. I haven’t seen the category, Basic or Downgraded in use anywhere.
Barnes advertise Premium, Mid Range and No Frills whilst Richardson’s have Platinum and Classic ranges. There is some differentiation, but I’m guessing that saying they have a premium range, implies that those that aren’t within that group, are not premium by default. Maybe calling some ‘old tubs overdue retirement’ wouldn’t be seen as good for business.
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3 hours ago, Vaughan said:
Blakes did this sort of thing in the 70s, by branding the newer and more luxurious boats as "Blue Chip". They had a badge on the cabin side to denote this and there were one or two extras on board, such as better linen, and towels.
Most of the larger hire yards are doing this now, surely. Platinum, Premium and Luxury are all terms that feature in their advertising, giving some indication that the craft that feature in those ranges have something extra to offer in terms of luxury. Even Hoseasons offer their Starboard range, with various extras included.
The word charter just seems to indicate that the whole experience is a bit more special. Looking at some of the Broads related FB groups, many regular visitors are being dissuaded from returning due to ever increasing hire (charter) costs, making a week on the Broads too expensive especially when compared to other holiday options.
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On 28/04/2023 at 19:37, YnysMon said:
Bump the boat is obviously just a game to some idiots. As you say…grr. I was thinking of making a bee line for Thurne Dyke next Saturday morning (in search of good TV signal). . . . . .
Stay at the end of the dyke, near the mill. It’s wider there and still close enough to the pub for a post coronation beverage. Ideal!
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Surprised that the issue with the port engine issue wasn’t picked up on the survey.
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Obviously following NYA’s model, although it’s fair to say that the craft that NYA offer for ‘charter’ are all a ‘cut above’ in terms of quality.
I think Ray has hit the nail on the head though. For many years we went to France and Italy with Eurocamp, staying in mobile homes on parcs in some very scenic areas, including the Gorge du Tarn, Ardeche, Gorge du Verdon and the Dordogne. Some were quite basic, others more luxurious with air conditioning, en-suite facilities, decking and gas barbecues all included. Maybe the name Eurocamp gave the impression that it was a tent in a field, but in reality it was far more than that.
Are they trying to oversell the product? With some of Richo’s newer craft, maybe not, but chartering something like their old Ocean 30’s doesn’t quite fit the picture that the branding implies imho.
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2 hours ago, kpnut said:
I know roads in the alps like you describe Chris. Being the driver ‘on the wrong side’ is ok as you can see the drop next to you. For the passenger it’s a bit more scary!
We went up a hairpinny road between Bergen and Voss in Norway in a Montego estate so loaded up with camping gear that I thought the front wheels were going to lift off the ground. The steering was certainly extremely light. Made worse by all the lorries coming the other way without a care in the world!
In 2010 my wife, mother and father in law and I drove to Provence in my Skoda Octavia vRS. We were staying near Castellane to visit the nearby Gorge du Verdon. I’d done some research on the area and found a tourist route called Route des Cretes (D23), which was supposed to offer magnificent views over the gorge, with various stopping places to get out and take in the scenery. The start and finish are within a few hundred yards of each other and part of the route is one way traffic, so we started at the correct end to drive the entire way round.
It certainly lived up to the description - it was stunning, but my driving ability was slightly impaired by my father in law sitting in the front passenger seat, but was trying to sit on my lap! I’ve had to ‘borrow’ the photo from Google, but here’s the reason:
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15 minutes ago, Gracie said:
You could have had roast duck with your veg and new potatoes the other day. Oh goodness me I am just kidding, you can't eat a little duck
I don’t want to eat a little duck either, Gracie . . . . . . . . . . . A bigger one’s better - more meat to enjoy! 😉😁
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51 minutes ago, LizG said:
What was the weight limit prior to closure?
I wonder whether the repairs had to wait for the new financial year as they hadn't been budgeted for in last financial year?
The only vehicles with a gross weight over 7.5 tonnes allowed over the bridge moving forward are emergency vehicles. Buses are now prohibited.
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Just seen on FB that the bridge has reopened to pedestrian and road traffic with a 7.5 tonne weight limit imposed.
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17 minutes ago, YnysMon said:
Please, where’s Fineway?
New one on me too. Fineway used to be in Hoveton years ago. Their yard was near where Barnes hire out their dayboats now.
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Hippersons in Beccles for fuel and pump out. Pacific Cruisers at Chedgrave for both and water, but not on changeover days. Waveney River Centre are advertising fuel available on their website. Beccles Yacht Station for water.
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22 minutes ago, Wonderwall said:
Head a off banging brick your wall .
're-arrange these words to reveal an apt saying 😋. It may also help with the frustration. 😉
Sadly, HS2 has gone too far to be stopped. Thousands of acres of land have been turned over to develop a railway to speed the journey between London and Birmingham by a few minutes. Maybe, a few years ago, this could have been something for the country to be proud of, but based on current estimates, it won’t be finished into its terminus in central London until 2041. When many other countries already have high speed railways, once again were a bit late to the party.
There are so many better ways that in excess of 100 billion pounds could have been spent to benefit a much larger proportion of the population, it really does grind my gears.
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8 hours ago, Meantime said:
GY has the population density to warrant spending money on the sea defenses, sadly most of the North Norfolk coast is to sparsely populated for what are very expensive works. Take a look at Canvey further South. It is costing 75 million pound and two years just to make good a two mile stretch of sea wall.
Isn’t it amazing that multiple billions of pounds have been spent on building ‘smart’ motorways, that most sensible people could see was a flawed idea in the first place. Far too many billions of pounds have been found to build a massive vanity project, that most of us live too far from to gain any benefit from, in the form of HS2, yet preserving our coastline and saving the homes of folk living in coastal villages, is deemed not worth the cost.
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11 hours ago, Meantime said:
But, you have to realise it is totally different to the Track and Trace app. The emergency alert system is a feature that has been built into the OS by Apple and Android over a number of years. It is available in any country that wishes to take advantage of the technology. It relies on you having a good signal with a 4G or 5G phone mast. It relies on a number of phone network providers and their phone masts. It is a one way broadcast on a best endeavours basis. Our Government has very little input to a system that has been put together by a number of disparate technology companies.
Our Government is basically responsible for about 10% of the whole setup. They rely on the phone networks, using their masts to send the alert. They decide which of the masts the alert should go out from, either localised or National. That is the part the Government has any real control over. The rest of the system is down to the phone manufacturer, the OS developer, the quality of the signal from your local mast, whether you can even get 4G or 5G. Whether your local mast is down at the time the signal is sent etc. etc.
It is not a fail safe communication. It is just ONE of many systems the Government will use to alert you should a real emergency occur. There are way too many factors outside of the Governments direct control to make this the one and only alert system they would use, I guess that's why they wanted to test just how useful it could be.
Hmmm. Given Three’s claimed network coverage, the fact that very few of their customers actually heard the alarm, seems to indicate a massive flaw in the system. Surely, not all of their network was down at the time, nor all of their customers using ‘old tech’ phones?
Are we still able to use the word slap? Have the woke brigade not banned it yet?? 
Paddle Skedaddle - Saturday 13th May
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I’m not against the race, but given that it is a ‘race,’ I doubt whether the more serious competitors will observe too much caution when negotiating Ludham Bridge. If two or three cruisers are trying to hold station waiting for several paddlers to come through, there is surely a risk to all river users there. There are no public moorings downstream of the bridge to allow craft to moor safely and allow the paddlers to pass, should rangers be on hand to hold other river traffic and prioritise the competitors passage.