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Congratulations to Loddon Parish Council. 4/5 decent size waste bins have been installed at Loddon Staithe. It would be great if other PCs followed suit.

That’s true, you’d be told by the litter warden to pick it up. After he/she had saddled you with a fine.

Welcome to the forum JackOfAllTrades. Plenty of knowledgable folk on here should you need any advice/suggestions/warnings/ etc etc. Hope you find what you are looking for quickly and can get out and about on our beautiful Broads.

Whitey always looks pristine when we pass by - slowly! 😇

The perils of the northern rivers on a bank holiday! 9hours cruising, should just about have topped the batteries up. The Fur and Feathers never used to allow dogs inside, nice to know they have become dog-friendly. Also useful to know the old Burgh Castle moorings can be used with care, well done the Fisherman’s Inn. Great photos as always Cap’n.

Well done HW. Anyone not actually on the Broads but in need of a ‘fix’ can certainly get one on the new webcam. I think DavidH is right, it is probably destined to become the favourite!

Lovely write-up Broads01 and great pictures too. Rollie seems to have enjoyed his trip, I think a lot of dogs tend to get quite mesmerised by being on a moving boat and find it calming. Did you eat at the Fisherman’s Inn at Burgh Castle and, if so, what is it like now?

Couldn’t agree more with what has been said, the south has so much to offer apart from being quieter. To SwanR’s list (which include my favourite moorings) I would add Hardley Mill, a visit to the mill if it’s open and a lovely walk along the river bank. The northern rivers will be heaving, why join the melee if you don’t need to?

Returning to the north after two weeks south Cap’n. Off home Sunday to do some washing then back in a few days to start all over again. It’s a hard life!

I think these two are a breeding pair, their bills were black with yellow bases, I understand that to be indicative.

Had a fantastic Breydon crossing yesterday morning, one of those sunny and gentle breeze crossings. Part way across I saw what I initially thought was a pair of common egrets but soon realised it wasn’t. It turned out to be a pair of great white egrets which our bird book tells me are ‘rare vagrants’. I guess they must have wandered over from the Netherlands where they normally hang out but it was certainly a treat to see them. Bet the topic title made you start to read this.................

With rotten tomatoes and bad eggs provided!

Ooops!!!

Boy, that’s going to be a long old run!! Enjoy the weekend all you party-goers, hope the weather cheers up for you.

I think the wheels are well and truly off now!!

You’ll certainly have plenty of daylight but St Benet’s is popular and will probably fill up during the afternoon. Having said that, there will be day boats visiting plus others who may return to their home moorings late in the day. It’s really one of those ‘unknowns’, you could be very lucky. There is also Fleet Dyke nearby with two lots of formal moorings and a few ‘wild’ moorings too but the same applies.

Welcome from me too. It’s quite true, you do tend to throw a lot of money at a boat if you buy one but what else would you want to waste it on?

What a week for English football!

It might be worth contacting the RNID, now referred to Action on Hearing Loss I believe. They may be able to suggest something. Maybe too the RNIB in view of her poor eyesight. Hope you manage to sort something out.

My husband has a mug that quotes ‘I am the captain of this ship and I have my wife’s permission to say so’. I even let him drink from it!

But then you live near your boat, many of us are nowhere near. That we are able to communicate in this way makes us feel closer to our boats and the Broads. Plus of course this is somewhat of a ‘hot topic’.

I rather think my husband feels the same way about me and this forum - is there any space at your mother-in -laws for him too?

That’s the unfortunate problem with football, the die-hard fans that are so blinkered. Why do these things bring out the worst in people? I have to agree with Paul, it really is those kind of friends you can do without. Friendly banter is one thing, vitriol is totally unnecessary and also very sad. I didn’t see the Spurs result until this morning but it’s fantastic that we (ENGLAND) have two teams in the CL final. Well done Spurs! Now it’s come on you Lionesses but I expect that will produce another plug for great bicycles or whatever. (I must admit that I haven’t quite got used to women playing football or boxing but, if they are now being included, any national team has my support.)

I wish they were similarly enthusiastic about booking speeding boats! Why does it take two to do the ‘registration run’? One of them could be out patrolling the rivers, heaven knows there are so few of them anyway.

I thought they made them up as they went along!