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Of course part of the problem is they've been cleaning up the water. so all vegetation such as water lilies etc are growing like mad these days.. So the solution is.... Bring back pollution!!!

There were 3 patches of Knotweed in my garden when we bought it,, Now down to one and that's on it's way out. The most effective way is to inject stems with roundup.. From what I've read Floating pennywort is edible, and tastes A bit like it's relative.. celery. Giant knotweed on the other hand is very poisonous..

My mains water isolator is in the gravel path running down the side of the house and involves lying face down with arm at full extension to reach it... There are no Isolators in the house other than those I've fitted.. Some time in the future the bathroom will get a refit and individual isolators will be the first task.. Meanwhile.. My Day or rather weekend, was mostly spent making and fitting internal doors to the workshop being built inside the garage.. They are made, they work, but still need handles and catches. The ring main was extended to 3/4 of the workshop area, so there are now power sockets either side of the work bench. The cable at the back of the workbench, which will include a socket for the radio, is all that's left of that to do to form the ring. But ... There is a keel in the way.. So I backed off the keel bolts holding the lead lump to the wooden keel stub, filled the gap with thick bonding resin wound the bolts back up again, formed a fillet on the side I could get to, scraped of excess on the other.. Next week the adventure of getting 150KG+ off the work bench and onto the floor so I can do the fillet the other side before fibreglassing the whole assembly.

The road works through Wroxham have cleared..

Like Vaughan my model railways have to be in their home area, not a board full of track. Being 1950s the two tracks into the field made by the wheels of the fergie and trailers are correct.. What many forget is before ww2 there should be 3 tracks, one each side for the wheels, and one down the middle for the cart horse... Wonderful modeling again Vaughan.. We Broadland Model Railway Club, have somewhat hopefully booked Hoveton village hall for our club open day in May 2021.. as well as the more likely jubilee hall, Aylsham for our full Exhibition in October 2021, Over the years a small model railway club in the Birmingham area called Warley, https://www.thewarleyshow.co.uk/index.html Gradually they developed their club show, it's now regarded as the national show, taking the biggest hall at the NEC with 20,000 visitors over the two days in November. This year of course it can't happen, so they are having a virtual show 28/29th November 2020. It will be streamed on http://youtube.com/c/WarleyModelRailwayClub with further content on www.facebook.com/WarleyMRC.Exhibition

Messages is also used in central Scotland, as words for shopping. So my sister went for the messages to make her late hubbies piece.. which he sometimes blew up... translation, she went for he shopping to make her late husband's sandwiches...which as a mining engineer he was renown for leaving behind, at the site of the next big bang...

oh and another one

Ok I'll give a link.. to a virtual model railway show... Now these guys are good.. almost to Vaughan's Standard.. https://www.scaleforum.org/layouts/

Two sets of road works to report, should you be able to travel.. The Wroxham - Norwich road , in Wroxham outside the social club between the Bridge and the Avenues.. Hole in road plus traffic lights.. Stalham right outside the Tesco's warehouse entrance, traffic lights at the Macarthy and Stone misdescribed housing for the elderly, building site, I'm guessing to connect the internal road to the Tesco road. It's pretty chaotic at busy times at anyway, It's causing a nightmare for Artics trying to get into Tesco..

Those are the maps I was looking at, but it's not on there, I did however find this.. https://claxtonpc.norfolkparishes.gov.uk/history/ which if you scan down has a piece of the track showing , supported by two posts behind.. That track type is called "Jubilee track", often used at the time, in quarries etc. It can be lifted and moved by a couple of men, a panel at a time, and was often placed on bare earth so there is often no trace left on the ground. With the comparative lack of information on this line it's definitely a case of "don't tell him Pyke"

That's interesting, it would give more justification for building the line.. Old maps didn't have anything new . I'm about to try http://www.historic-maps.norfolk.gov.uk/1946-aerial-photography.aspx but it appears not to like this computer...

That's the one Thanks, it shows the route, which I had guessed wrongly as being nearer the pub... I'm now looking at google earth, and can see where the main run of the line went from the farm, but the detail isn't enough at the river end.. it could of course be buried under more modern river embankments.. Now I know exactly where to look it's off to NLS maps to see if there is anything there , I couldn't find anything before.. No, the tramway is not as far as I can find on any official map.. So sometime I shall have to go for a walk along the river bank Thanks for your help..

Just to revive this thread, I've just read a few notes about the Claxton Tramway. This ran from Staines barn near Claxton Church, through Claxton Manor farm to the river Yare, somewhere a little up river of the Beauchamp Arms/ Buckenham sailing club. Believed to have been 2ft (60cm) gauge it was for transferring sugar beet to wherries.., Built just post WW1 it probably used secondhand materials from the military, it went out of use just before WW2 and the track was lifted about then.. I've read an additional note it appeared on some Jarrolds maps, would be interested to see if someone has a map with that showing..

The results are in, annoyingly for a year we couldn't compete in, it was a good year for the Yeoman class, 4 in the top 10. For pictures and a video it you're on facebook see here.. https://www.facebook.com/SnowflakesSailingClub/posts/1639313466221777

Ah opposite DeerFoot almost, You can expect a lot of visitors, 5/6 June Next year... It's a good place to watch the 3 Rivers Race...

OK folks time for a heads up. Next week on Sunday 25th is the Tri-icycle Race, run by Snowflake Sailing Club. If wind and conditions are right, the start will be at Horning Sailing club, some time between 10:00 and 10:30, the race goes to a bouy placed outside or near Oby dyke, and another outside the entrance to Womack, then returns to the club. If the wind is light the start could be anywhere down to St Benets straight. Alternatively either or both of the buoys could be moved closer to the start, it all depends on the wind and tide combination on the day. The normal Entry is around 30 boats, could be as high as 45, but in these covid days who knows!! The usual requests apply, If you find some tacking across the river towards you, please keep slow, and tight right to the bank , less than 6ft if possible, then they won't sail between you and the bank. Let them do the manoeuvring past you. If you come across a long line of boats coming towards you on your side of the river and they are not tacking, please then move across the river to let them through, they maybe struggling against the tide, and moving out might send them backwards. If you come up Behind a tacking boat, stick to the right hand bank, as they tack away from the right hand bank go forward as the gap appears. Coming up Behind a single boat running away from you, please do move out and gently pass. Coming up behind a wall of boats running away from you.. Err sorry, you're stuck until a gap appears and you can gently go through Coming into a wall of boats running towards you, keep as close as you can to the bank, slow right down , if possible stop, let them sort themselves out and go past you. Please keep it slow especially in light winds, causing them to rock and roll, just slows them down, getting in everyone's way. We apologise for any inconvenience to you, the best guaranteed viewing point if you are interested, is the St Benets straight

I object to that second video, not just because it's titled with those words, but because its got a full front of me.... my face that is...

outside of Norfolk there are plenty of churches built in valleys

if you have children, or if you haven't but haven't read them The Coot club The Big Six both by Arthur Ransome, fictional based on the broads, some places are accurately described others are slightly disguised.. you can play spot the place while cruising around... Just watch out for the hullaballoos..

More like back then they had sense and built the churches on the Higher ground. Much of the land we see today around the broads was marshes back then, without the drainages boards it would be again.. Also travel by land was by muddy difficult track, travel by water was easy, so you build your prominent buildings on high ground near water.. Hence all the old monasteries were on the coast or by water with connections, Lindisfarne, Iona Abbey, St Benets . I'll be on an Island if the tide comes in.. just sail to the sailing club..

OOh beaten to it by Regulo From their own site.. "The National Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) applies to all boats with engines and/or cooking, heating, lighting, refrigeration and other domestic appliances, including open boats propelled by outboard motors with fixed electrical systems such as electric starts. It does not apply to open boats propelled solely by outboard motors and not fitted with any of the above appliances/systems." Me thinks someone at the ivory tower has made a mistake..

There are more flying from Norwich now, since they closed the helicopter base at GY near the greyhound stadium.

unless it's a seagull...

Whilst not privy to everything that goes on at the club, there are several members of Horning on this and the other place. That could probably answer most questions to with anything about the club or sailing.. I suspect that there are members of other sailing clubs on here and there as well.. Although I am not an official of the club unlike Anne, so therefore cannot represent the clubs views..