marjul

Hi Gracie, We looked into hiring a boat for over Christmas a few years ago and found at that time, only a couple of yards did hire, but the prices were too high for us. it is still one of the things we plan to do. We were told that we should be able to get water at most of the big yards(weather dependant) if we needed to top up.

Hi Shepster, welcome from fellow newbies. I've found the following spots by trial and error, they usually produce something. I guess it depends how serious a fisherman you are and what you'll be happy with. Depending what you are after, I've caught good fish (decent sized roach) in the cut up to Oulton Broad, good nets of silver fish and up to fair sized perch in and around Rockland Broad. On the northern side, skimmers, silver fish and perch at Potter Heigham, Barton Turf and various spots along the Ant. I have a special place for bream, shared to me by my dad, who fished the Broads regularly in the 60s and 70s, that remains with me, but I have heard that there is good bream fishing on the Bure near St Benets Abbey. Wherever you go, tight lines!

Hi Andy Welcome from us too - fellow newbies

Glad we're not the only ones to have a "Norfolk Box" too! We'll have a look to see if anyone is still at WRC as we pass, John and Mary Jane. We have stopped there in the past for showers and the shop. Enjoy your meal and meet up. If anyone spots us on Conway 2, please feel free to say come and say hello or wave as we pass, we're quite sociable, fully house trained and usually have the kettle on the go, or something stronger if its not been polished off! Have a great holiday David - we're counting down the hours now!

That's no problem, Ron, as newbies we just didn't want to come across as too informal too soon and risk offending anyone. Marjul is made up from the two of us - Mark and Julie. I(Julie), will probably do most of the posting, but I will ensure that whichever of us is posting, we sign off with our name. We have learned to be organised Iain, if only to save dashing to Lathams or Roys and buying the same items year on year. We found we had accumulated a fair supply of half pint glasses, veg peelers and veg knives at home, which never seemed to make it back to Norfolk! Best wishes Julie

Thank you for the welcome littlesprite. We found a week wasn't enough, so have two weeks now - its great at the end of the first week, knowing we still have another one to go! Deebee29, this will be our 10th year with Bridgecraft, we haven't tried any of the other boatyards as we've been so happy here and never had any problems. For the past 8 years (I think!) we've had the same boat - Conway2. The "Norfolk Box" has come out ready to be checked and anything missing replaced ie batteries for the torches etc.

Many thanks for the warm welcome. Deebee29, I hope your week drags for you, and it flies for us - we can't wait! Hockham Admiral, we pick our boat up from Acle (Bridgecraft). Having looked at the tides, we're hoping to get on early and head across Breydon and spend our first week on the Southern side.

We have our holiday on the Broads during October and as we pick our boat up from Acle, we like to moor not far from there for our last night(the Friday before the half term week). In the past, the only time there has been any problem is when the school trip moor there for the Friday night. They set off from PH with approx 8 big Herbert Woods boats, all with dinghies and it can be a bit tight meeting them in the dyke. They moor as many as possible on the staithe and mud weight the remaining boats opposite, and use the dinghies for ferrying the children across. We usually managed to get along the dyke, before it was closed off for works, but the Island was usually full. When we couldn't squeeze in, we'd go to Fleet Dyke instead(although a long walk to the pub, but the chinese takeaway will deliver)! I must admit that we moved our holiday forward slightly last year, for the extra bit of daylight, so we didn't see them. Wherever you end up, have a great time.

Thank you for the welcomes. I like the "like" button - often on forums, I've seen comments I agree with with, but don't have anything extra to add, this is a great way to show support for them.

Just wanted to wish you all a good morning and thank you for letting us join the forum. We have recently got back on line after a fairly long break due to computer issues and were trawling through Broads related "goodies" in preparation for our holiday starting on the 4th October when we found you. Hope you won't mind us lurking in the background, we do belong to other forums and recognise some of the names on here. We just enjoy soaking up the knowledge from people lucky enough to live in or have regular contact with all things "Broadland". Nice to meet you all.