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I was so enthralled by the first of these posts that to make certain I didn't miss any future posts I added it to my follow list - in fact it is the only one on the list. I eagerly await the next instalment.
Carole
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I just heard of one little dog who wasn't so lucky. A dear little Boston Terrier bitch not yet 1yr old who my daughter "babtsits" 3-4 days a week and with whom her own Boston is besotted drowned at the weekend while out with her family .I don't have the details of how. All concerned are naturally distraught. Our whole family loved her and my 2 granddaughters and daughter are inconsolable. R.I.P. Bella
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It's amazing what can be achieved with a little dye. in 1989 we bought a Shetland 760 - one of only 3 hulls built by them in that size apparently and each one fitted out by a different company. It was a lovely boat and my first and I still have a really soft spot for her, it was beautifully and imaginatively fitted out - with one exception the instrumentation dials were set in padded vinyl that was a delightful shade of baby poo yellow! Likewise the large quilted vinyl seat that went the full width of the stern across the cockpit. We weren't competent to dismantle all the instruments to re-upholster and getting it done by a professional was economically unviable for us at that time so several bottles of Lady Esquire shoe dye in a lovely shade of cornflower blue were purchased. We set to work one afternoon shortly before going home so that it would have plenty of time to dry undisturbed. It looked great and held up really well for the 5 years we owned her. We came across the boat at a lock in 2010 and it still looked good even after all those years of use.
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At one time grocers used to keep a record of customers' preferred mix of tea and Tony well remembers as a boy being sent by his grandmother to Liptons in Holloway Road , North London to ask for a quarter of "Nannas's blend."
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18 hours ago, SwanR said:
Lovely photos Ian. Haven’t ever been to Leeds Castle but have thought about it many times. We just never seem to go south these days!
Leeds castle is well worth the visit Jean especially if you're a sucker for stately homes like me. Before we bought the boat and had time on our hands at weekends we used to go to visit them regularly.
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We looked at the lodges at Waveney while moored there a few years ago and thought how lovely they looked and decided in the event of having to part with the boat they would make a good choice but while out yesterday exploring future possibilities we came to the conclusion that while we have always favoured lodges as opposed to caravans the latter have moved on a long way from our conception of them based on previous experiences and lodges are "overkill" too large, in fact, just a other home needing maintenance, regular cleaning etc. With extra bedrooms that won't be regularly used The caravans were spacious enough to provide all you need for a bolt hole without being onerous, one spare bedroom which is fine, At one time we used to regularly entertain the world and his wife on a regular basis at home and on the boat but these days I don't want all the work that goes into that any more I no longer have the required energy to do it properly. So a caravan looks just the ticket from our present standpoint.
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We went to Hunstanton today looking at holiday homes. Looked very promising, The yearly cost was somewhat high but the location looked very beautiful and seems to have all bells and whistles although I'm not sure whether we would want to avail ourselves of most of them, rather we're looking for a tranquil bolt hole. Next week we are planning to visit Felixstowe hoping to find a site rather more quiet and simple.
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don't weaken Griff, just remember you have done the hardest part already. I used to smoke at least 30 Rothman international a day on a good day, I gave up at midnight December 31st 1989 and have never smoked since, I could not have picked a more difficult time to do it - I was going through a divorce and a house move at the same time and felt grotty on and off for about 2 years but wouldn't give in and now you couldn't pay me to smoke.
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I have to say that have I've found exactly the opposite to that, In fact I won't shop in Waitrose as the staff are so "up themselves! Having said that the floor staff in Tesco are usually more than willing to take you to what you are requiring with a smile whereas the "suited and booted" ones seem to have attitude.
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that situation is I think very typical and is exactly the point I was making. I once had a similar situation while in Boots and the girl concerned was really rude when I suggested she end her chat with a colleague in order to serve me, then realising just how out of order she had been removed her nametag in case I was tempted to complain to the management - I hadn't intended to do so but I did after she did that!
Carole
34 minutes ago, vanessan said:I was in a large department store waiting to be served and two assistants were deep in conversation, clearly ignoring me. I pleasantly asked if they were serving in that area and eventually one gave in and did the deed. As I walked away I said “I’m so sorry to have disturbed your discussion”. I think the assistant was just about to say “Oh, that’s ok” when she realised I was being sarcastic!
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Thanks for that Sam. Yes Jean Hot Gossip is pretty special and somewhat unusual too in that inside where most other boats have corners she has curves. Peter Applegate explained to us that he'd had a vision of how he wanted a boat to look and gave his carpenter the difficult task of creating it - which he did, beautifully.
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Yes that is true of some places but not in my experience of large stores in general. Often sales assistants there give the impression that one is interrupting their day and they can't wait to get rid of you. I once went in to John Lewis to - a) see if I could get a coffee table to match a nest of tables we had bought there previously and b) buy a large glass fronted bookcase. the sole assistant was ensconced in his office and reluctant to come out on to the shop floor at all. I enquired about the coffee table to be told tersely there was nothing like that and before I could ask about the bookcase he had walked off back to his office - I bought the bookcase elsewhere in a shop; that could be bothered to serve me. That seems to be the general trend I'm afraid and then they are so surprised when the store goes out of business and they are out of a job!
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Does this account for the all too frequent indifferent service one gets these days perhaps?
Carole
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1 hour ago, MauriceMynah said:
Perhaps if you were to put up the details of your boat on the forum, you might raise some interest here. You know what they say, every little helps.
The boat we are selling is a Sheerline 1050 aft cabin. Not the Bluewater sea going type , the estuary class hull. She is the only one built with the interior design she has. She was built by the late Peter Applegate for his own use and for exhibition use and we became her first owners when we bought her in 2010 although she was actually built in 2006. She has a comprehensive list of features including bow and stern thrusters with remote control, GPS,, warm air Webasto heating,, mains powered heated towel rail in ensuite, two heads with showers, one manual pump w.c. one electric, Both heads finished in Avonite with stainless steel basins, Island double bed in aft cabin with masses of wardrobe space, sleeps 6 in 3 cabins, generous galley finished with Avonite, built under oven/Grill, stainless steel hob, microwave oven, Large integral fridge, Saloon area finished in cherry wood. Teak bathing platform, she is in tip top condition having been meticulously cared for by Tony and any works carried out have been done by Sheerline themselves The Nanni diesel engine has done 489.9 hours and she is being brokered at a price of $135,000.00 by Sheerline and as I'm typing this I'm wondering how on earth we can bear to part with her!
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Thank you so much everyone for all the really helpful information. We have heard of the site at Burgh Castle. Apparently it's one of the largest in the country. I must say your site looks very tranquil Jean and rather elegant too - very tempting. We can't do anything until the boat is sold and the capital tied up in it released and that could take some time. However we can have a lovely time going round looking. I see lots of days out with a nice lunch somewhere on the horizon. Things don't look so bleak now I must say. Just the possibility of finding a new home for all the "stuff" makes everything look brighter I feel snowed under at the moment. What was decorative/useful on the boat definitely isn't when cluttering up the house!
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Thank you so much that info' is really helpful. is your caravan hooked up to mains sewer - so no chemical loo?
I know what you mean about "setting up home" we used to use our boat as a second home hence lots of stuff we bought just for the boat (30 years worth!) to save toting it back and forth each time we went. So now that we are back at home and have brought everything off the boat we now have a spare room that is bulging at the seams with stuff needing a new home!
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Your parents sound similar to us. Todays products seem, to come with so many bells and whistles one needs a degree to work them! I just want an electric double oven that has the usual functions, that is easy to operate and above all, unlike my present Bosch is easy to clean. I don't for one moment expect it to be available immediately - nothing is these days. At present we have a gas hob and an electric oven a combination that we have found works well - although I do miss my ceramic hob from my old house - so easy to clean. My present oven is so awkward to clean caring for it is like having a new career!
Carole
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That sounds ideal. How did you locate the 'van.
Carole
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I shall shortly be going out in search of a new oven and shall hope to find a sales person who has some knowledge of the product they are selling. While thinking about this and how difficult it can be to find a salesperson who has the faintest knowledge of the product, I was reminded of an incident that occurred 2or 3 years ago when some friends acquired a new boat for which they needed a new T.V. and the four of us duly presented ourselves in the relevant department of John Lewis, Norwich. After looking around for a while and finding nothing on display that seemed to fit the bill, we sought the assistance of a salesman who it turned out was the department manager. We asked him "do you have any AC/DC portable. T.V.s in stock"? At this he went very pink and became extremely flustered, replying that they certainly didn't sell anything of that nature. It took a few seconds for it to dawn on us that he thought we were asking for a T.V with flexible sexual orientation.! You couldn't make it up
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I'm very much afraid that you are right and getting it out of our system might prove to be impossible. We're looking into acquiring a holiday lodge or chalet. we thought somewhere coastal may be a good idea , a complete change A motor home does not appeal - we have issues with chemical toilets!
Thanks to all of you have responded to my tale of woe.
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1 hour ago, Lulu said:
So sorry to hear this Carole . We had assumed you were out and about this week as we saw your boat wasn’t in the marina.
if only
Carole
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Thanks Jim, having the boat maintenance done by others is not an option unfortunately. A few years ago when we were moored at Brundall and Tony was suffering particularly badly with his back. He paid to have the first clean of the season done by a company there.It was diabolical and in the words of the owner of the boat adjacent to us "he waz robbed! " The boat was still filthy with the green algae of the Winter still evident all over. He vowed then" never again". To be fair he is very meticulous in all areas of maintenance and in one of our previous marinas was known as Squeaky - as in clean!
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Last week we came to the painful conclusion that age and infirmity have caught up with us and that Boating is no longer an option thus we spent a few days clearing our much loved boat (9+ years of detritus!) and last Friday we took her to Sheerline to be brokered. She has been fabulous and in all the years we have owned her has not once failed to start. We are finding this very hard as boating has been our "thing" for more than 30 years, but now Tony has a chronic back condition that makes it all but impossible to keep the boat properly maintained and my balance these days is not what it was either making it a bit risky coming in to moor. We are thinking of maybe buying a cabin or chalet as a bolthole instead but initial investigation indicates that these come with expensive overheads. Does anyone have any experience of these? I know I am going to find reading all the posts on this forum quite painful for a while and will be full of envy of those of you out and about on the Broads. One of my big regrets is that we haven't had long on our recently acquired mooring at Ferry Marina. I have really loved it there and would have liked to have been there for longer as despite some of the comments to the contrary on this forum when I posted our intention to relocate from Brundall. it was a good move and not one we regretted at all.
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Your tale of introducing your dog to the joys of boating reminds me of the occasion when we were looking after my daughter's 12 week old Cocker Spaniel named Bertie. We took him with us when we went to re- commission the boat after the winter lay up. We spent a few days doing various chores around the boat without going anywhere until finally we were ready to take that first cruise of the new season. Bertie was asleep on the cockpit floor, below which was the engine. Tony started the engine and Bertie leapt up and dived down into the saloon without even touching the stairs. He stayed there for a few minutes looking very worried indeed after which he crept slowly up the stairs and put out a tentative paw to test the cockpit floor and deciding there was nothing to worry about came back up and resumed his sleeping position. That was the first of countless times we had Bertie on board. He loved the boat and used to get very excited when we were on the journey there and got near the marina. As soon as we arrived, he would jump out the car and tear off down the bank till he arrived at our boat where he would leap in the minute we opened up. Sadly Bertie died aged 13 about 5 years ago and we miss him still.
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Every Boat Should Have One!
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Before my husband introduced me to boating I used to be absolutely petrified of spiders and would even sense if there was one around before I saw it. The sight of one would have me leaving he room fast! As most of you will have discovered spiders are omnipresent on boats and getting off in a hurry is not always an option so I had to learn to live with their presence with the result I am no longer nearly as terrified of them - although I do still dislike them immensely. We have found a few conkers placed around the boat tended to keep them at bay.
Carole