LizG

Now that is a pub that doesn't get mentioned very often - has Mr and Mrs N been there?

And in the meantime with this horrendous loss you carry on posting important broadland news. Deepest respect!

Likewise to above. Words sound good but life is so seriously hard. Seriously sad.

I can only echo what everyone else has said! A great loss.

Robin is probably recovering from Lads week and hair dryers are the best way to defrost freezers!!

A few weeks ago I found a boat on Airb&b advertised as camping on water moored at Hickling

Time for me to comment. My experience relates only to that from Thorpe to the Wroxham Road and for someone that is pretty used to some pretty nasty roundabouts in Hertfordshire and north London, I find the roundabout at the Wroxham Road horrible! Ways to improve would be to give those going left a dedicated detached lane continuing into its own lane rather than needing to filter in/give way when joining the distributor road / Wroxham Road. (does that make sense). They have done it at other junctions so why not here. Because the roundabout is so wide, many vehicles are able to come round at the same time and since they rarely indicate, you end up waiting far longer than is needed just to be safe. Alternatively, you take a risk............... Lets hope something is done and soon! Liz

Including in the background the original swing bridge?

Wishing you all well including Boris and Monty - L and WR

My brother will be sad to hear this. Shruff has been lengthened and sailed with a bowsprit and was in recent years usually seen sailing with Green Wyverns. My brother owns Mayfly 1 which he tendered with loving care since the early 70s.

I am absolutely close to being positive that Mark didn't buy Ladybird until the early 1970s. We moved there end 1970 and I remember him buying Ladybird when Herbert Woods sold her out of the hire fleet at about the same time that Smuggler was also sold and that would have then been 1971 at the earliest

Since it would appear that Albion ran aground this morning according to FB. I assume in an area she normally wouldn't. We must therefore assume water levels are LOW

Surely isn't this the issue of not installing the summer rails which were laying beside the track? Unless they have been taken away for scrap?

I thought it might have more pictures so https://www.thamessailingclub.co.uk/TSCsailing/thames-a-raters-1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_A-class_rater

Well done for getting as far as you did - I think you passed our guard ship when I had decided if no one else was going to take the opportunity of a couple of hours kip I would so apologies for not saying hello. I might say that it was mighty hard seeing boats pass Thurne, we could only see nav lights, not sails so there were some going back to Horning and some going to Potter - not easy in the fog!

Our guardship was allowed to return to Horning at around 7.30 but Thurne b remained until it was confirmed that the last boats in the lower Bure couldn't make it home in time. We had acquired a white boat needing a lift home so we were allowed to go. Several boats with engines picked up non powered boats on the way home!

The board we had on the boat had 93 boats listed but 13 DNS!

15 boats finished

There's a bit of a breeze at Thurne but a lot are stuck in Horning at the moment. Just seen a few drops of fine rain on the windscreen

I shall be at Thurne on the Acle leg as usual but we are not over staffed so might not have time to acknowledge or chat - sorry!

I thought I recognised a familiar face!!!

Have a great weekend. WR is out on hire so if you see her, it isn't me on board!!

Just for info the first definite Swallowtails of 2018 were reported today - Strumpshaw and Horning Church. All records (ideally with Grid references or post codes) are gratefully received by Butterfly Conservation - Norfolk Branch https://butterfly-conservation.org/291/norfolk-branch.html Liz

Thank you Gracie - I think I might be Granny Liz. Not sure yet, it might be a something that develops. Mum and baby being allowed home later which is very good news.