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Not sure that Hunsett Mill is an Air B&B, but it is a holiday rental and has its own website, http://www.hunsettmill.co.uk Be warned, it’s not cheap!

If only that were the case. In 2007 I had a Subaru Legacy 3 litre and was involved in an accident which necessitated replacement of the n/s/f strut amongst other components. The car was sent to the local approved repairers and when it was returned, I noticed a knocking from the near side front area when on full lock in either direction. The car was returned to them for checking and it was pronounced to be all okay. Not satisfied, I booked it into the nearest Subaru dealer who stripped the n/s/f suspension and found that the strut had been replaced the wrong way round. They gave me a written report, which I sent to the insurers who reimbursed the cost of the inspection by Subaru. From a customer’s perspective, one would hope that an ‘approved’ repairer was at least competent and able to repair a vehicle to the correct standard.

I wouldn’t complain Kate. If you blew your whistle at our belligerent, eleven year old staffie, I doubt if she’d even raise an eyebrow!

Don't start me . . . . . . . . . no, really, please don’t start me. The soapbox will be out! Noooooooo! Too late. If we’re on about pet hates, where has this habit of making a statement, but emphasising the end of a sentence to make it sound like a question come from? Grinds my gears. And when written, the use of ‘of’ instead of have - he shouldn’t of done, for example Just wrong. It doesn’t make grammatical sense. Another one that I see more of now is the use of the word ‘are’ instead of our - that’s are house, for example. What is being taught at school these days? We say we’re proud to be British, but have no pride of our language. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I think that Sam’s thread has drifted far too far and tend to agree! Sorry @Lulu!

Our neighbour’s son has a YouTube channel and is doing very well from it. At the age of 19, he has a Porsche Cayman, a BMW 325 and a heavily modified Volkswagen Golf. He bought his dad a Rolex Oyster Submariner as a gift. He doesn’t work, simply makes content for his channel. I wouldn’t like to say that what he makes is a modest amount. He clearly has far more subscribers and achieves many more views than the people we are talking about here, but you only need 1000 subscribers to monetise content. However small their income is, there is the potential to make some money from the antics at Ludham Bridge. My main issue is the fact that many people will be give the impression that navigating The Broads is like playing dodgems on the water. I realise that on a weekend particularly at that location, it frequently is, but doesn’t represent the area well overall.

Are there not ways of showing videos of The Broads, without the clickbait titles? Robin’s video were always popular, as are the likes of Dave Whitworth, who vlogs his travels on his two syndicate boats. The problem, to me, is the location that these videos are generally shot and the almost inevitable bridge strike that attracts all sorts of idiotic comments from armchair admirals, who all know better. It’s strange that we seem to have a predilection towards watching accidents, whether they’re on the rivers or on our roads. Who hasn’t sat in a queue on a motorway, caused by rubberneckers eyeballing an accident on the opposing carriageway, with little thought for those who may have been injured (or worse). In my view, they portray the worst of behaviour and create an image that these antics are prevalent across the network. Those of us familiar with the location obviously know better and can filter out the stupidity, but for folk who maybe would like to sample a holiday afloat, what sort of impression is being generated? For the people who film there regularly, clickbait titles benefit their metrics with YouTube and enhance potential income from their channel.

Hmmm. Like a certain Water Authority, recently in the news, who are pleading for a 40% increase in charges to their customers to put right the neglect of an antiquated system that is no longer fit for purpose, whilst paying dividends to shareholders and inflated bonuses to their directors? Not all private companies are run properly, sadly and it does seem to me that the way the BA is going currently, emulates the path of the aforementioned water authority. We are already more than half way to a 40% increase in tolls inflicted over the past two years and no guarantee that we won’t be subject to more bending over with our trousers down next April. What is needed is an authority answerable to their stakeholders, who are prepared to respond to issues and not hide behind the Notional Park ideal.

Infamy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Why am I reminded of a line from a Carry On film. ‘Oh why have they got it in for me?’ In your case JP, the answer is probably rhetorical!

Not quite. Her latest offering has a title that includes the words ‘boat hits barge.’ To me, that constitutes clickbait and is done for a singular reason.

Okay for sailey, flappy things, paddleboards and canoes/kayaks, fairly much in line with National Park aspirations. Or is that me being cynical?

The night is young!

Stale eggs float but fresh eggs sink in water.

Hmmm. I fear that you may regret being so close to our grandchildren . . . . . . . . . . they are verrry loud!

For some reason, I can no longer post photos from my phone straight to the Forum, but have to convert them on my Mac first, but this is the sign now displayed by the fuel pump at the WRC.

I have to say that I too am unhappy about the picture of The Broads is painted by the video vultures. I will not subscribe to them and am disappointed that the use of clickbait titles helps them to make money from predictable chaos at the worst pinch point on the network.

The radio in NL is poor, so we generally stream music using my phone as a hotspot and linking my iPad for the source to a Bluetooth speaker. We used to get a few times when the signal would drop out, but we cruised all the way from Brundall to Beccles, listening to Greatest Hits Radio. We also sometimes used to struggle with phone signal at the marina, but it’s improved so much now that Deb can work on the boat, hot spotting her laptop to the phone. I guess that the announcement that the old copper phone lines will end soon has forced the mobile companies to improve their service, so that there is continuity of a phone service when it happens, although many in remote areas fear that it will impact them.

We saw someone on Whitey wave as we went past on Sunday, guessing it was Mark. May have seen you too @Jbx5 as we ended up at The Ferry House. Managed to squeeze in so we could go for dinner in the evening. Smoggy was also there, celebrating having his boat back for the weekend, following some work on his boat.

Our son and his family are using one of our weeks on Moonlight Shadow this week. It seemed very selfish to use it ourselves, when it fell in a school holiday. We took him on The Broads for the first time when he was about six and went annually for many years after and although he kind of fell out of love with the place through his late teenage years, since having a family of his own, he now looks forward to his time afloat as much as we do. Our grandchildren are all now boating fans, our eldest grandson is currently enjoying his seventh boating holiday at the age of (almost) eight - birthday on 7th April!

Salhouse is one of the worst places for TV reception on The Broads, or so we’ve found. However, 4 & 5G coverage seems to be much improved across much of the area and if you have a smart TV, streaming services may be the answer, with a decent data package on your mobile phone to hotspot.

We went past over the weekend and they are advertising diesel (£1.87/ litre), water and pump outs on their quay.

https://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/24223282.three-boats-involved-fire-oulton-broad-suffolk/

According to local radio, three boats were damaged by the fire.

Point taken regarding the bolt, but surely a mention of the electrical system during a handover isn’t too much to ask for? As for the heater, I get that the Chinese ones are cheap and probably not worth repairing, but for a hire yard who appears to push technology and battery technology, it does seem strange to use something that is potentially of dubious quality in a premium product. I know that several Forum members have used Chinese heaters and some for several years, but I am also aware of safety concerns and failures too. There are mid priced heaters with a proven track record that are cheaper than Eberspacher or Webasto (who are generally considered within the industry to be the best, as I understand it), like Autoterm/Planar and Mikuni. Still, they have their own business model and are doing things their way. Good luck to them, but maybe some customers wouldn’t be as forgiving as you, Simon and unreliability may cause them to lose return business in the long run.

From the BA website. Where does £16 come in?