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12 minutes ago, Mouldy said:3 hours ago, Tempest said:Expand
Just for information
I have just refueled at Brooms and was charged £1.42 a litre with 30.06 litres costing £42.69
Pump outs £18.00 each (X2)
Water refill £3.00
Looks like Brooms are funding the new fuel kiosk through their prices. If I remember correctly, pump outs were £18 for one and £23 for two last year and £3 for water is a bit strong too.
Totally agree 👍
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27 minutes ago, YnysMon said:
Thanks for the hint about John Hurrell & Sons. They weren’t listed on the Calor site when we were desperately trying to find a gas supplier back in July.
No worries Helen
They were great to be fair as even put it aside for us
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Just for information
I have just refueled at Brooms and was charged £1.42 a litre with 30.06 litres costing £42.69
Pump outs £18.00 each (X2)
Water refill £3.00
I also arranged to collect a 6Kg propane bottle replacement from John Hurrell and sons who kindly took the order over the phone and kept the bottle aside for my collection at a cost of £26
(John Hurrell and sons are near to the Surlingham Ferry House
https://www.johnhurrellandsonsltd.co.uk/ )
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49 minutes ago, Wussername said:
Are you sure it was a quay attendant? he would have been wearing a shirt with Broads Authority logo.
Yep...100%
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11 minutes ago, petersjoy said:
That was Elaine
. Had a great evening next to you guys, Couldn't belive it when Paul came and asked if i wouldn't mind moving to the outside of the pontoon, prime spot for the powerboat racing, normally have to book that weeks in advance.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story..... 😂🤣
We have just left Langley Dyke as we head to Brooms for a pump out and refuel, then I am off to John Hurrell and sons (https://www.johnhurrellandsonsltd.co.uk/ ) who have kindly set aside a 6Kg bottle of propane to replace the empty one on board
Gas is hard to come by at the moment!
Well the bottled stuff! 😳
Then it's cleaning duties and a quiet evening in the Yare to ready ourselves for the journey home tomorrow
Thoroughly enjoyed the evening and especially Elaine's rendition of "nnnnnn nnnnn nnnnnn nineteen" every time he sped past.... 🚤 🤣
Take care and hope to see you on your travels again soon
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It's overcast but very warm today...
Roof is down as we make our way down the cut towards Reedham
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Wonderful evening last night topped off by a Chinese from the Magic Wok and this morning a sausage butty for Mike and I, a bacon butty for April and an egg butty for Julie from the "No 142 cafe"
Mike's response "that is a 10 out of 10 sausage sandwich"
We all highly recommend this cafe which opens for breakfast and serves take away or eat in
Today we will be heading back to Brundall to refuel, pump out and clean MS before our last night in the Yare
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Dad with his lad watching the powerboats
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Loving the racing at Oulton Broad
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1 hour ago, grendel said:
If you haven't already arrived, give me a toot when you go past, I am just upstream of the WRC.
Sorry, we must have passed earlier or we would have given you a toot
Our view now...alongside Petersjoy..
Cant believe they thought we were from Yorkshire!!
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Up and about early this morning with the thoughts of the previous night still forefront in our minds
Just taking a timeout overlooking the yacht station at Beccles with Roxy and Yogi
Oulton Broad is our destination today as we have booked the mooring on the external side of the pontoon which faces the race course
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We made our way to Beccles Quay passing through the bridge around 1.30pm when it was showing around 8ft
Really traumatic evening as a fellow boater lost there dog tonight who fell into the water and didn't resurface
My son jumped in, but it was too late and the dog was lost
Please don't reply with comments about what you should or shouldn't do with dogs, as it's not the time or the place
Suffice to say my son , all of us and no doubt the family affected are deeply impacted by tonight's events
Awful end to a wonderful day
Our thoughts are with the family directly affected by this tragedy x
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We set off from the Geldeston visitor mooring to the Locks Inn BA moorings at around 10am and as we took it very slow we were moored up around 1040 took the dogs for a walk and now we are having tea and coffee at the Locks Inn which opens at 11am
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Just a point of note, if you do make you way here you might miss the visitor mooring sign which has seen better days
But the trip is most definitely worth it as we slept like logs and the sounds of the wildlife awakening is so relaxing
There are some grey clouds, but it's currently dry and you can see the blue as the cloud starts to break up
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Terrific meal in the Wherry at Geldeston
Then some fun on a tractor prior to heading back to MS
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We will have to visit here again.....
Thanks to Grendal for the recommendation
Love it
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9 minutes ago, YnysMon said:
Glad to hear you are going to the Wherry as well as the Locks. I did wonder how they would fare once the Locks was in community ownership. Hope there's enough trade to support both pubs.
There is a family on the table next to us at the Locks Inn (which currently doesn't serve food Monday and Tuesday evening) who rang the Wherry to book a meal this evening and where told they are full, so I think they are doing fine
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We are moored at the visitor mooring which is more like a wild mooring at Geldeston as we have a table booked tonight at the Wherry Geldeston, but it hasn't stopped us having a stroll to the Locks Inn
The dogs obviously needed the exercise!!
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Beautiful sight as we went through Beccles
Just for information the bridge was showing 9ft on the guage and there was loads of room for us and the Wherry
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The weather hasn't been the best today, but as always we make the most of it
We set off from Cantley around 9am and made our way to Reedham Quay for a water top up and the BA attendant came for a chat and complimented our mooring which was nice.
The only learning point being I tied the bow rope to a ring and not a post and he said the rings along this quay are for when the tide overtops the quay heading because if you tie to a post it can lift the ropes up and off the top of the post releasing the boat if not tied correctly so the rings help to prevent that.
I never knew that!
Interestingly whilst at Reedcutter last night a large green Dutch barge came away from its bow mooring and was at 90 degrees to the quay when the owner with some help managed to get her re-secured.
We left Reedham, down the Cut, past Somerleyton which was open as we passed at around 12.15 and now we are on the Waveney in the direction of the River Centre
Roof is up, but it is getting brighter and we are hopeful of a better afternoon and evening
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Just out of interest high water at Cantley was 6.27pm and you can see from the previous photos how the quay heading had been breached
This is something we were expecting as the Aweigh App was showing a high tide of 1.49metres
This morning high tide at Cantley was at 7.13am and the Aweigh App was showing a high tide of 1.29 metres
I was able to step off with ease this morning to walk the dogs as there was plenty of Quay heading above the water level
We are off now heading towards Reedham, before going down the cut towards Somerleyton and onwards towards Beccles and tide allowing Geldeston
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Roxy, Yogi and Bleu are being good tonight...
(Strategically placed treats played no part in the taking of this photo.....😉)
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Stunning ♥️
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43 minutes ago, Tempest said:
great and the welcome very warm
The food was delicious wholesome food at a very reasonable price for Norfolk with the majority of main courses £10
The portions were huge also!
We will definitely visit again and can highly recommend it
. Had a great evening next to you guys, Couldn't belive it when Paul came and asked if i wouldn't mind moving to the outside of the pontoon, prime spot for the powerboat racing, normally have to book that weeks in advance.
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We had a few drinks and food in the Yare at Brundall last night and were tucked up for 9.30pm
Up early, walked the dogs and did the last bit of tidying up before hitting the road around 7am
We had one short stop on the A1 northbound and got home around 11.20am after a very memorable 10 day break, many miles covered and new friends and adventures had
No 2 visits to the Norfolk Broads are the same and it's always sad to leave...but we will be back again soon...
As for Roxy and Yogi.....they are currently fast asleep with the odd leg twitching as they appear to be back in Norfolk already in their dreams.....