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I remember Out of Town, used to love it, especially since we lived on the edge of the New Forest then. Dad went fishing with Jack...

It could be worse you could have a president, thatcher , corbyn, clegg, Sturgeon, depending on your particular hatred..

The final Entry date has been extended to May the 4th so you've only got 10 days to go. Get your Entries IN!!! Please

The only shallow I know of in that sort of distance is, Going towards Wroxham up from the club., on the first right hand bend on the right hand side Down towards Turne Mouth on the right hand bend after pass the richardsons yard and going past the last chalet. is the first shallow that way, unless they cut some more trees back and you can approach the bank.. Neatly avoiding down stream, up stream, up tide, down tide and the Duke of Wellington. ( I didn't think we had a pub of that name in Horning...)

That looks like a danforth Anchor on the bank, I wonder why?

It Looks like the Broadshaven / Norada is now open, according the the other place and the outside has gone all black. Bet that will warm the place up in the sun. I feel a trip to La Thems coming up for SWMBO...

Well that was a waste of time, and if Anita repeater says " I'm here in Norfolk" any more , I shall scream, half the program was repeating itself clips from before, Not in Norfolk and every time it came back to her every 30 seconds she said....

The Road works on Horning road west in Hoveton have been cleared, Unfortunately the road works near the Florists in Wroxham are still in the way. No sheep were involved with these traffic jams...

The tidal range may well be just 6 inches, BUT, that range is imposed on top of the water level in the river. The water level in the river is most influenced the water level in the North sea. If you get northerly winds blowing down the North sea the water level rises. If you get a low pressure weather area crossing the southern North sea the water level rises. If you get heavy rain over Norfolk, the water level rises to a lesser extent. If you get all three we get floods.. Of course if you reverse the above the you run aground in odd places but more people can get under bridges..

They might throw their water dish at it, but more likely they'll just let you know about it, which an electronic burgler alarm wouldn't.

Did you mention talking to the trees...?

So for a broads boat you need someone on the front swinging the lead, shouting " By the Mark Half" (3ft). Samuel Langhorne Clemens might have been at home on the top of Southern Comfort...

The bridges were put in place for CRAFT navigating the rivers, there was no distinction between commercial or Private Craft..

Teak and laminate flooring can be surprisingly tough. AC5 standard can take being in the entrance to a shop, where it will get wet with rain, be washed down with a mop and bucket or industrial floor scrubber. Have thousands of feet with high heels hitting it and show no wear for many years.. Our boats are nothing compared to that...

Not yet road works but they will be, at the double mini roundabout in Hoveton there is water coming out of the ground up one of the legs of the fences, they recently replaced after vehicle damage. I get the felling they went a bit deep....

I think Timbo has been sniffing something strange...

I much prefer this... 6 weeks till the 3 Rivers Race

Trouble with creosote is that you can't get it anymore, unless you are licenced. Anything good at it's job, they've banned, like sodium chlorate. I still have some creosote left in the barrel, but I'm having to add old sump oil too make it go further..

Well, a common phenomenon on a warm day like today is the sea breeze which sets in from the North East / East, betwen 12:00 and 14:00. So.... Twenty Years from now You will be disappointed By the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do so - throw off the bowlines Sail away from the safe mooring Catch the sea breeze in your sails Explore Dream and discover.

I hope it wasn't you on the A47 acle straight this morning which was closed for eleven hours, two separate accidents an the A47 Acle straight and one on the diversionary route. One of the accidents on the Acle straight was caused by a cow... it didn't survive...

In the mean time I've just had a look at the tides. This year the predicted Low tide is around 10:00 at Horning, so the First start at 11:00 one hour and later will be into the tide. The last boats start an hour and a half later, they will be into full tide against them. Lets hope there is a good wind or it could be real struggle for the slow / later boats. However if you can make Thurne mouth by say 15: 00 I can see a lot of boats going up with the last of the tide to Hickling then back down with the tide. Judging whether you do none, one or two of the short legs first will I think be key again this year.

The Green one is Kens.

There are No chip shops in Wroxham. There are however several in Hoveton, Greys , Kens and the Golden fish, others that may provide chips, but may have as their primary supply, things like kebabs... So which one?

yes, a couple of thousand pounds to fly to Austraia to get them...

No that model was dropped in 2014....