SwanR

Welcome along to the forum Tricia. I look forward to hearing about your adventures and hope that you will share them here with us. There’s a lot of folk here who enjoy reading about all things boating.

Welcome along. Hope you enjoy your holiday in September. We're considering a few days afloat in October and I've been searching for exactly what we want. Looks like it's coming down to two boats of a style that we haven't hired before so ... watch this space, as they say! :)

How about we make it sway? I know how you like to support the local hostelries!

Good to see you back JF ... so glad that you reconsidered.

I guess that's the problem with all these electronically operated bits and pieces. We've only ever had to call engineers out twice ... and once was for an electric mudweight! The chain had got in a complete mess. Hope it's all sorted and you have a lovely day today. :)

I had noticed that they seem to be offering this. Another initiative of their new owners perhaps. Guess they will fit winter maintenance around bookings or not have the full fleet on offer all the time.

Thanks for sharing that one Helen. I think I've watched a number of the videos on their channel, very good.

Hmmm ... I don't know. The way we look at it, the yard still has certain costs which are the same whether you are out for 4 days or 7 days i.e. admin staff, cleaning, laundering the bedding and towels if supplied, refreshing the little starter supplies, handovers etc. If you add this as a static charge to the hire cost for the number of days then that must be part of why it's never going to be a like for like per day. Just my take on it but there are many people better qualified than me to answer that.

Sometimes it works out better for being able to take leave from work, especially with so many boats having Monday or Friday starts. But again, whilst you might be paying around 70% for 4 nights, that can mean that you can take the boat you really want which you wouldn't afford for 7 nights. We have done that.

This is one of the reasons that we are very careful about the boats we choose. The bed has to be an island walk round bed without the headboard in the middle of the room or the bottom up against a wall. My husband is 6'4 and tends to wear a baseball cap all the time on the boat, especially when going in and out for mooring up. He has banged his head a few times but gets used to the height. The position of the bed is the main non-negotiable when we book.

I did wonder whether that was the case David, or whether this had been in their fleet previously. It isn't entirely clear on FB but I read it that way as well.

Sounds like you made the most of the day. Lovely photos.

Maybe it's one out one in. They are also advertising Commanding Light as the flagship of their fleet. I don't recall seeing that one before. There's another thread about it on the forum.

We have had a number of short breaks at each end of the season, partly because sometimes four nights is enough when the daylight hours are short and the nights are cold! But also it is more affordable for the kinds of boats we like to hire.

We will definitely visit the church when we go back. :)

Yes it looked closed when we were in Horning back in March and I’m sure I saw it for sale on a website somewhere.

I am guessing this is partly the impact of the new owners. I don't remember them ever offering a discount before. And that's why we're holding off making a booking for October ... not sure which yard we want to go with and price may end up being the difference.

I think early morning on the rivers is very hard to beat and always worth getting up for. Have a lovely day. :)

Always interesting to read other people’s thoughts on things. As for eateries, the New Inn has become a regular lunchtime stop for us both when we’re afloat and when we’re out in the car. Have had a good meal every time. The Sutton Staithe Hotel was our other excellent meal back in March but that’s a fair trek from Horning by boat perhaps.

Enjoying your write up and seeing your photos. Must have been great fun to be part of a group of that many boats cruising together.

Hi Coryton, Yes that is the one with the post office. It’s a shame that the shop that was Cupcakes has now been empty for several years.

Hi Monica, According to the Burgh Castle website the details are as follows: Parking: There is a free car and coach park in Butts Lane but please note that it is locked at 6 p.m. It is a 600-metre walk from the car park to the fort. Access: It is possible to visit the site from dawn to dusk. There is an all-weather path around it which is accessible to those with limited mobility, including wheelchair users. However I should point out perhaps that there are no facilities there. Now if alternatively you go to the Fisherman's Inn, if you fancy a drink or a meal out, then it looks as if you can get down by the water or sit watching the river and the boats. This is a little further along so you would be by the Waveney as opposed to the entrance to Breydon Water.

Thanks Fred. I laughed at that little convoy behind the ranger as well. :) Glad you liked the music. It generally doesn't take me too long to put the content together but picking the music takes me hours!! It is always music that I own ... none of this streaming business for me, I still buy CDs. I try to make sure that I won't fall foul of the copyright issues on YouTube but also that it gives me the right feeling I'm looking for.

Just to add that I found this website with a map of the Angles Way. If you zoom in you can see where the footpath goes along the riverbank between the Fisherman's Inn and Burgh Castle. https://www.walkingenglishman.com/ldp/anglesway.html I've added a couple of screenshots below.