JanetAnne

Is that not a bit like going to a race track without a car and asking those racing to allow you to compete? While I agree that Mr Loo should have the access he desires, should that access be at the expense of the boater /toll payer there will very quickly be nothing recognisable left for him to access.

A good friend and Waveney regular told me yesterday that it seems the Waveney is to close in the next few weeks. That could be another one gone....

Not sure so don't take this as correct but I seem to think the stat unit is three wire whereas the on/off is a two wire system. If you have a timer as well then it's four wire. Having said that there are many two wire domestic stat units so it's quite possible there is a two wire webasto stat unit available

She is being craned out end of the month and will leave by road. It will be the first time she has left Catfield in two years. Can't see her going back..

Has anyone got a pair of oars they can lend our Peter?

I do still wonder what the definition of 'navigation' actually means? If its a case of by canoe we are all doomed. If it's by wherry then we have an idea. As you know, we have a gay lady trapped at Catfield because Hickling is too shallow to get her out. Should all navigation be dredged to allow such a boat access or is the couple of feet needed to float a Ricco's flat top deemed enough? We are quick to tell people who can't get under Potter that they bought the wrong boat, did the people who can't get out of Catfield do the same? So, what I ask is a definition of navigation. What is the acceptable minimum standard? Once that is established I know what I am going to start fighting for.

My main concerns are navigation, dredging and moorings although the three do seem to go together. I did get to ask JP about the lack of dredging of the lower bure and artificially high water levels caused by this and got this answer. Dear JanetAnne, In the last 3 years the BA has dredged over 70,000m3 from the river Bure, however the modelling that we carried out as part of the Sediment Management Strategy showed that dredging has minimal impact on water levels. In fact, the Bure Loop acts a throttle in the system and restricts the flow of water heading upstream from Great Yarmouth which is why the waterway specification was restricted by agreement with Natural England to reduce the potential for saline incursion. Generally speaking, water levels are more influenced by atmospheric conditions and rainfall in headwaters and there is good evidence from the bridge pilot records at Potter Heigham that water levels have increased over the last 30 years. We have also spent a lot of time, energy and money in agreeing a vision for Hickling which is allowing us to carry out dredging on this very sensitive site, and will include Catfield Dyke in a later phase. Regards John Since then I have been researching the 'rainfall in headwaters' and looking at more general rainfall data for the last 30 years but can find absolutely no correlation between what comes out the sky and what we are seeing on the network. So I figure the fact that less of us can get under 'that' bridge is still down to the lower bure no longer carrying water away on the tide. I do feel that Natural England saying dont dredge may have been welcomed by the BA though? In Oulton Dyke the Tea Gardens moorings were extended by the use of pontoons. Is this not an option elsewhere? I sort of figure that we dont need land owners consent to pop a pontoon or two alongside the main channel...

If only the hudl had a 'copy' button that I could find eh?

Melody's tanks came from Marine Weld at North Walsham. Jay Wolff made our powerboat fuel tanks. And I am on the tablet so can't work out how to put the links in...

I hope Lady P plan b is mahogany on oak, about 30ft long, bmc on a shaft....

Are you sure you want a new camper van Vaughan? http://www.apolloduck.com/feature.phtml?id=468393 And it's left hand drive

YES from me too !

Well, if money was no object, a new set of blades for the thicknesser would be nice, a couple of spare batteries for the screwdriver would help and we have seen some rather dashing fenders that would look really smart. Outside of that it would be nice to buy a tree or two cut and planked ready rather than keep being held to ransom every time we need a bit of oak! What else....? Nothing really, once you have wooden boats in your life it don't get much better

I have just been told Brave is coming out at £230 a case (6x 750ml tins)... Makes you realise that fixing, screwing, sanding and refinishing the wood costs probably double what the actual wood cost in the first place!

Not too far down I hope. It can get a bit sardine like in there ..

Now that is good news. She still outside? The weather has gone chilly. We've been frantically getting the epoxy jobs done and dusted before it got too cold

Not started it yet. Am up mid month. He is worried about the lighting circuits as well so he left me the new units to put up for him while I am there. 5kw three vents? sounds like something warm air based to me?

You sure its a heating system? lol

seeya

wasnt all music Iain. There was Johnny Cash as well

will you behave! Was bought up on eight tracks of 'Joplin played on the Hammond Electronic Ensemble' or something like that

love a bit of electronic organ

I think this one may be more fun Iain