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I have a book on lost railways of Norfolk and it shows an intact but boarded up Catfield station in 1965. So the bridge / course of the railway had not been turned into the A149 by then. Unfortunately that's the youngest picture on this section of line.

Personnally I doubt the bridge is sinking, Boats are getting very much bigger and the sea level is rising (and has been since the last ice age)

Congratulations to all, Remember you can always hand these ones back Remember to book him in for sailing lessons for 8 years time

Well, the winter racing season will soon be upon us and Snowflake Sailing Club, based in Horning will start the season with the Tri-Icyicle race. This race is a mini 3 rivers but no short legs and no Bridges to go under. Tri-Icicle: Sponsored by Alan Boswell Insurance Briefing at 9.30 a.m. The start time and location will be advised on the morning. A long passage race with turning marks depending on conditions but around Oby Dyke and Womack Dyke. Trophies for Cruisers, Keelboats, Yeomans and Dinghies. SFSC pennant for first RCC. Cruisers are welcome to moor in front of the club until the autumn down river the following Saturday. Entry Fee: £20 and £12 for single handers. Minimum PY 1250 or less. The race is always timed to try and get everyone back before sunset.. If the wind is poor then we are often towed down to say the Horning water works and start / finish there. For non-competitors then viewing points are limited on land, the pubs in Horning if the wind is good, and the walk to any river bank on the course you can get to. By boat anywhere on the course you can find a mooring, Cockshoot Dyke and St Benets straight are good places. We would hope for 30 to 50 boats but that again depends on the weather!!!

Gas for heating, it is assumed if you are up and about that when cooking you are awake enough to be going in and out of the cabin letting fresh air in. IF you use you cooker for heating and asleep or not doing a lot laying about on your bunk then you are all done up with the doors and windows shut Therefore burning up your oxygen supply. There is a regualtion In the BSS that specifies a minimum area of non closeable ventilation to the outside world... I used to sleep on my Lysander sailing boat in the winter, arm out of four season sleeping bag , reach across and light the cooker, kettle preprepared on top, with draw arm, watch frost slowly melting down the windows. when kettle boils, get half out and make the first cup of tea...

To My Knowlege BA don't provide any facilities except for an ever decreasing number of 24 hour moorings, there may be the odd parish supplied tap But I don't know of them. Oh if you've paid for a mooring you get the water for free at GT Yarmouth and Norwich yacht stations http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/boating/facilities/yacht-stations at GY they also have showers for the cost of £1 If you go to http://www.thegreenbook.org.uk/ then click on the green book tab on the left then click on the tab for electricity water etc on there you will see all the boats yards, where you will normally have to pay to use anything.

According to the radio, Britvic wishes to close their production lines for Robertsons squash and Fruit Shoot, with the loss of around 340 jobs. Unilever share the site to produce Colmans Mustards and Mints etc, due to them sharing facilities, Unilever are now reviewing the Colmans production, if that goes it will be another 100+ jobs lost.

The Bure Valley Railway (narrow gauge) Runs from Wroxham and Hoveton railway station (well across the road from) to Aylsham alongside there is a foot path along side for most of the way.

North of Stalham, the line becomes a foot path for some miles. Then you lose it as it crosses the river / North Walsham canal (Bridge gone) You can then follow it the other side, to around Briggate. Shortly after that at the junction of the old and New A149 to north Walsham it disappears under the New A149 till you get to North Walsham Station area. South of Potter Heigham New bridge, which is on the site of the old railway bridge, most of the line has been reincorporated into the fields. I believe if you know where to look you can find some bits of the old line, the Kingsway road in Hemsby is part of the old track bed, and across the old Yarmouth road you can see more of the old line heading for California. From there it became another road that is the southern limit for California but effectively disappears from there on and onwards it went along the coast to Caister and then a few hundred yards inland near the race course to Yarmouth

If I buy Bosch these days it's in the even cheaper range of light green. That is the parkside range from Aldi. If I want a good piece of kit now it's Makita.

As I suspected at the Swan in Ingham, there have been changes, the road is now open but single lane in any direction with 4 way traffic lights. There is a huge skip outside the sad remains of the pub and accompanying houses. The end house on the corner has has it's chimney and end wall reduced the eaves height instead of chimney height. There are some metal fencing panels protecting the site. Having now driven round part of the new roundabout on the Wroxham road a couple of times, I am more convinced it's going to be a accident blackspot. It's got sorts of strange slopes on it which will catch people out.

Well one out of 6 isn't bad, Though silverline and powerbase are probably out of the same factory in China, and Metabo are German Like Bosch!! (though separate companies) is dark green the colour of all tools from Germany? excuses excuses (from me)

That, definately a surfeit of drills... Looking at the colours, one Bosch, two silverline, two older royobi or possibly hitachi or something else, then a makita? I like the holder though, something I might copy...

I could quite easily see the pub being knocked down, after all it's not a historic building after being bombed and later burnt down there can't be a lot left of the original 1835 pub and absolutley nothing of the 1040AD Mead hall.... As for replacement buildings a line of chalets on stilts matching what's along the rest of the river would probably pass the planner. However in this case, I think the pub chain is selling the pub for the cash, when you get reports like this https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2017/09/01/HSBC-pub-market-report-2017 I would bet they are selling out to build up cash reserves, as many pubcos are heavily in debt.

Just to confirm the closure of Wroxham road in the dip where the NDR is being built is going ahead from 20:00 Friday http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/council-bosses-confirm-closure-of-a1151-wroxham-road-because-of-norwich-northern-distributor-road-work-1-5219259 If you go that way before or after part of the roundabout has been built, so you will be driving in semi-circles... I also note the road By The Swan at Ingham (near Stalham) is still closed, there was a lorry parked nearby with a big load of road signs this morning, so there may be some changes.

They also started building a line but almost immediately stopped building it. This line would have run from mundsley, to happisburgh to sea palling and eventually to Great Yarmouth beach Station, ( beach Station was roughly half way between the current bus depot and the beach). I did consider building a model of part of this but other areas attracted me more.

I was bought a new silver cross pram when I was a few months old by a junior Officer in the RAF while I Cyprus. Something to do with the officer coming round the corner in a car a knocking me (in the old pram) and my mother off of the road.... Saturday... CBT.. for me to use my Motor scooter, I was Ok no problems with 42 years of car driving and 6 on motorscooters, but the course included 1 who done some driving , and the other two were total beginners. This lead to a looooong day especially when one had a meltdown towards the end of the course and wanted to give up... at least it was dry and sometimes sunny. Sunday, continuing building a new garden wall for the house, got drizzled on for most of the day while the dog laid down under the Landrover and watched... I'm sure he was laughing...

I agree whole hear I agree whole heartedly, except for a couple of spectacular crashes I saw in some compilation somewhere.

Nice picture / maps Timbo... It was one of my favourite locals, on the way back from RAF Neatishead to RAF Coltishall where our Accomodation was... Then they banned us from wearing Uniform in pubs...

Or Sutton Staithe halt which was opened in 1933 and closed in 1935. Telegraph poles by a railway are 60 to 65 yards apart (50 to 60 normally on curves) that's 390mm apart in 2mm scale, (N gauge) or 780mm in 4mm Scale, (00, / EM / P4 gauge) or 1395mm in 7mm Scale(0 gauge) I model a bit of the Highlands and islands of Scotland in 2mm Scale, and a bit of Salisbury plain in 4mm Scale. If I'm with SWMBO's art club friends. I say I paint in scale 3D and animate it as well... TheBof, you should have tried other model railway clubs, it's surprising how many there are. There are three within 5 miles of my house, and probably another half dozen within 25 miles and I live out on the coast... search for clubs here>>> http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/other/clubsheader.php Rule 0, railways and model railways... make a cup of tea, Rule 1, Model railways.. "it's my railway and I'll run what I like" Some model railways at shows have a jar of rivets sat on the layout for the rivet counters.., or a Thomas the tank engine to send round if a rivet counter starts give grief.. Yes I'm a member of Broadland Model railway club, I although I know there are clubs like TheBof Mentioned, most, as we do, have the emphasis on Modelling. At my club we have 4 club layouts at various stages of construction and 2 private layouts at the club (including part of one of mine). We also of course have shows, a club open Day in Stalham town hall in August, and our club Exhibition in Aylesham next Saturday which is mostly 18 invited layouts and 9 traders or societies. http://www.bvrw.co.u...el-rail-express If you wish to travel by car... Broadland Model Railway Club's ( http://s643945335.websitehome.co.uk/ ) Annual Exhibition at Alysham. Jubilee Centre, Norwich Road, Aylsham, Norfolk NR11 6JG 7th October 2017, 10:00 to 16:00 Entry, £4 Adults, £3 Children, £3 Concessions Limited Disabled parking on site. ALL other parking at the Bure Valley Railway, Aylsham Station, Norwich Road, Aylsham, Norfolk, NR11 6BW (300 yards). Well you lot walked into letting me get the advert in again It's looking dry for Saturday, good, I'm on Stewarding Duties.

I can see Ryan air reinstating some of their cancelled flights, I bet Ryan's HR is advertising to Monarch ex pilots already...

River cruisers (not built for racing) tend to have a big wash as you are pushing a caravan through the water. Boats built for racing (including cruisers) generally make a lot less wash, moving all that water slows you down... Having planed a Yeoman keel boat for several hundred yards, I can say it's exciting and somewhat frightening, (midwinter, only other lunatics like us around). The problem sailing a planing boat is that you rarely get to do it, unless on a broad, Most river sailing clubs have the problems of trees and buildings getting in the way, meaning just as you get up to speed to lift off, the wind stops and you fall in backwards.. Mamning a rescue boat on a wind down river race, is a problem, once clear of the trees, as when the wind is in the right direct you can't keep up within the limits... The fastest Dinghy I know of is the International Moth , the dangly thing off the bows controls the pitch of the aerofoil betneath the water. Their top speed is around 30MPH but I doubt on Norfolk Rivers you'd have a steady enough wind to keep them upright. Note, NO or little wash!

Sorry Vaughan I appreciate the short cut across what is now the marshes but is there evidence of Hoveton little broad(aka black horse broad) being used by wherries for anything. I have a reprint of the 1790s fadens map of norfolk http://www.fadensmapofnorfolk.co.uk which shows much more open waters and broads. Jenny Morgan, when I referred to the broads I was referring to the broads not the rivers, we don't have a problem accessing the navigable rivers but do have problems accessing some broads. Wherrynice I believe somewhere on this site and possibly by documented research it's thought that as each section was dug out sections were flooded to allow wherries or keels closer access to the diggings. Also by digging out the remaining dam of peat to the next excavated section you were recovering more peat.

Just a bump up as the show is next week, sadly there has been one withdrawal, Harnsers loke, due to the owners illness. An alternative layout is being sought.