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The competitors can go round the turning points in any order. from Horning to... The turning points . Ludham bridge but turning in the slightly wider bit before the bridge round a bouy, NOT going under it. A bouy IN South Walsham Broad, A bouy ON Hickling Broad, Normally up Near the sailing club ( it's handy for us to go and get some chips during the night....) A bouy below Acle bridge, Normally the Stracy arms (Hindu temple now?), but it could be just past the bridge if there is no wind or another mile or two below Stracy if the weather and tides are perfect. With the start this year being near high tide if there is any sort of decent wind, the fast boats are likely to do: From Horning to Ludham to South Walsham to Hickling to Acle and back to Horning the rest are likely to do: From Horning to Ludham to South Walsham to Stracy to Hickling and back to Horning. Of course if there are light winds or delays to the start , then anything can happen as everyone recalculates their best route round....

That woke you up, no it's not early this year, this is a quick heads up for those interested in competing, I've just been chatting with the organiser. So here's the confirmed information. Race date 3rd and 4th June 2017 First Start 11:00 near High Tide!!! Entry forms will be going out early February after the next 3RR committee meeting. If you weren't in last years race but wish to be, then some time in early February, the entry form On the Horning Sailing Club website /3 rivers/ entry forms, should be updated to the 2017 version. I'll be counting you all round the Hickling Mark...

I've just checked HSC web cams (click on horning sailing club / 3 rivers race /web cams) and there is plenty of room for more water, of course they are GY tides + 4hours. Oh and they are racing radio controlled yachts at the moment..

Not yet they're not https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/map. The warning for some areas around Southwold and Felixstowe is the next level up... expect flooding... If you think this storm is expected to track down the North sea on Friday I think the alerts will be higher by then. It's blowing 38 at Norwich airport and Weybourne at the moment which is just into gale force.

I was taught to write like that at my first primary school, unfortunately the next primary school forced me to change to up and down straight writing, hence my writing has wandered between the two ever since and is generally a mess. Mean time, Keep up the postings Timbo It's most interesting...

Welcome to the Site, Another Elysian owner here, those few jobs seem to grown and get bigger...

Thanks , it's a disputed matter, because Rous-Marten didn't publish the records straight away, it was only discovered later, it's thought GWR did not want it published for fear for frightening the customers...

Not on the NDR there doesn't seem to be a lot of work gone on on that for the last fortnight, But the Horning Road at the Hoveton mini roundabouts has signs on it saying road closed.

There are many who would dispute that, so here's a quick quote from Wiki to save my typing. City of Truro was timed at 8.8 seconds between two quarter-mile posts whilst hauling the "Ocean Mails" special from Plymouth to London Paddington on 9 May 1904. This timing was recorded from the train by Charles Rous-Marten, who wrote for The Railway Magazine and other journals. If exact, this time would correspond to a speed of 102.3 mph (164.6 km/h); but Rous-Marten's stopwatch read in multiples of  1⁄5 second, so the next possible longer time it could register was 9 seconds, corresponding to exactly 100 mph

Also definately don't go between any red or green (traffic cone shaped) bouys, or thin yellow posts (2X2 inches squares, several feet long) and the bank. Thats the Broads authority marking an obstruction normally close to the bank.

It depends on the boat and the local Knowledge, during the 3 rivers race a couple of years ago, a broads sailing cruiser spent most of the night hard aground, just off of the channel near the sharpest point in the bend up to the sailing club (seaward side), where as others sailed past either side of him. Of course you might not Know what depth other boats draw. As someone in a Yeoman drawing 3 ft found out, when I sailed over the Stokesby slipway in a bilge keel boat drawing 18 inches and they came to a sudden halt behind me. The broad has had some dredging lately, particularly up by the sailing club and the mud banks will move around /slide into the dredged channel giving a general increase in depth both sides of the channel markers.

Why do you think it's called a joystick?

Quiet often, They did exactly that soon as the wheels were up. left the ground

Are the Engraved intials anything to do with your family? if not then Uncle Albert picked it up much later in it's life.

Was there any truth in the roumer that the Yorkshire earthquake was the cause of yesterdays Borads flood warnings?

Flood warnings have been issued for the Southern Broads https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/target-area/054FWTBT2A

One of the other Fora I frequent has the below, (each reader can only use one per post) Like, Agree, Thanks, Craftmanship / clever, Informative, Funny, Friendly / Supportive. I must admit I like that range of expressions, much more indicative of how people think, and you are inclined to use more.

Actually Poor old Odin was not very bright, and because he was always out with Baron, we used to call them in shouting Baron Odin..... Odin didn't realize his name was Odin but would only turn up if we shouted both names Not just Odin (or Ody)

And there is my Own Club, Broadland Model railway Club. This will hold it's own club open day on August the 13th in Stalham town hall. And it's Annual show in Alysham Jubilee Hall Saturday October the 7th 2017 many more detail to come when we've worked it all out,,, That's it Folks....

Annual Show Day 2017 Norfolk Railway Society, United Reformed Church Halls, Eaton Rise, Ipswich Road, Norwich NR4 6QR on Saturday 11th February from 12.00 - 17.00. More details to follow When I get them .

One Model Railway Club - Needham Market Model Railway Exhibition 2017 Sun 24th September 2017 Needham Market Community Centre, School Street, Needham Market, Suffolk IP6 8BB OPENING TIMES: 10.30am - 4pm ADMISSION: Adults £4.00 Concessions £3.00 This will be our 10th Exhibition, and this year alongside our layouts in various gauges, trade stands selling new and second hand rolling stock and scenics, we have two Societies in attendance and hands on modelling demonstrations. We are a friendly show suitable for train enthusiasts and families alike. Free car park available, however, the show is also easily accessible by public transport. Refreshments, light lunches and homemade cake will be served throughout the day. As this will be our 10th Anniversary Exhibition we are running a competition that any MRC can enter, and will be judged by the public on the day of the show, for more details or a booking form please see our website. NEW FOR 2017: FREE ADMISSION for accompanied children. We have test tracks for both 00 gauge and N gauge, so you can test any purchases before you go home. We look forward to seeing you! CONTACT: 07900 983508 List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : TBC TBC List of Other Displays : Railway Correspondence and Travel Society Mid Suffolk Railway

Bury St Edmunds Model Railway Club - Bury St. Edmunds Model Railway Exhibition Sat 9th September 2017 Thurston Sixth, Beyton Campus, Drinkstone Road, Beyton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9AA OPENING TIMES: 10am to 4pm (LAST ADMISSION 3:30 pm List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : Keith Hadley - New and Pre-Owned Locomotives, Rolling Stock and Accessories Coastal DCC - Decoders, Systems and All Things DCC Bob Pearman - Books, Magazines and DVD's Layouts 4 U - Lighting and Electrical Specialists Dave King - New and Pre-Owned Locomotives, Rolling Stock and Accessories Janet Bull - Railway and Wildlife Artist Great Eastern Models - New, Rolling Stock and Accessories Fine Scale Buildings - Designed to be Used on Model Railway Layouts and Model Street and Town Scenes As Well As in Military Dioramas Train-Tech - Easy to Use Electronic Product For Both DC and DCC Model Railways Model Scenery Supplies - Specialising in Individuality Made Models Scograil - New, Rolling Stock and Accessories Mid Suffolk Light Railway Museum Layouts Confirmed to Date (More to Follow) Are: Morelock Heath The Wagon Works ?warren Hill Airfix Oakham Obervaz ?oldshaw Chaam Terminus All Change Orchard Road List of Demonstrations : Fine Scale Buildings

Waveney Valley Model Railway Club - Southwold Model Railway Exhibition Sat 5th August 2017 - Sun 6th August 2017 Saint Felix School, Halesworth Road (A1095), Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6SD OPENING TIMES: SAT 1000-1700, SUN 1000-1630 ADMISSION: Adults £7.00 Children £3.00 East Anglia's biggest and only two-day, club organised, model railway exhibition! Southwold is a multiscale and gauge event with around 20 layouts with demonstrations, traders and society stands. Charity raffle suppporting East Anglian Air ambulance and East Anglian Children's Hospices. Light Refreshments available; Wheelchair access to all exhibits; Free car park. CONTACT: 01502 514776 List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : BH Enterprises/ Buzz Models Coastal DCC - Connoisseur Models - Duncan Models - Freestone Model Accessories - Great Eastern Models - Hobby Holidays - Ian Kirk Kits - Joe Lock - Bob Pearman Books - Phoenix Precision Paints - Railway Photo Man - Rural Railways - Scograil - Squires Tools - Train Tech - Wizard/mse Provisional Bookings Include- Avyn-A-Llyin (Narrow Gauge) Caradon Junction Gresley Beat (Large 00 LNER Layout) North Foreland (Gauge0, Southern Railway) Sandford That Dam Railway (009 Contractors Light Railway) World's End Further Layouts and Information Them Tba List of Demonstrations : List of Other Displays : Tba Anglia Roads Gauge 1 Live Steam, Halesworth Model Engineering Society - Miniature Live Steam Train and Traction Engine Rides.

Kings Lynn Model railway club, first ever show 24th Jun 2016 Gaywood Community Centre, PE30 4EL Adult 5 pounds Children 2 pounds. (under 5 free) Various layouts trade stands and refreshments.

- Felixstowe N Gauge Model Railway Show Sat 10th June 2017 Trinity Methodist Church, Orwell Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk IP11 7AN OPENING TIMES: SAT 10am-4.pm ADMISSION: Adults £4.00 Concessions £3.00 The Felixstowe N Gauge Model Railway Show is probably the largest all N Gauge show in East Anglia. Layouts will be provided by various N Gauge Society Area Groups as well as other local model raiway clubs. There is street parking available as well as a nearby long stay car park. Refreshments will be available. This event aims to provide some new layouts each year. We will also be running a Tombola and Group Information Stand. Felixstowe is well served by train from Ipswich Station with trains from London Liverpool Street.and lots of other main line services feeding into Ipswich and by bus from Ipswich Old Cattlemarket Bus Station which is a terminus for serveral National Express Coach Services. CONTACT: 01394 277211 List of Traders Attending : List of Layouts Attending : Scograil/coastal DCC Wookery Nook Scenic Second Hand Stall The Mid Suffolk Light Railway Fund Raising Sales Stand Details of Layouts Attending Will be added When Finalised. List of Other Displays : Tombola Felixstowe N Gauge Group Information