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10 minutes ago, vanessan said:
I've just remembered that we were mooring up at Irstead (BA moorings) a few years back, in the days before the electric post was installed. We had left the engine running while we sorted ourselves out and 'that lady' came rushing out and asked us to turn the engine off as she had friends round for lunch and it was disturbing them. The property did change hands last year so I guess she must have eventually had enough of noisy engines and fumes and moved. I wonder if she told the prospective purchasers of the horrors of noisy and smelly boaters!
Must admit I'm not a big fan of those who come in to moor and leave the engine running while they faff about with ropes etc, I just don't get the rationale of it, Surely it's safer to leave an unoccupied boat with the engine off. Not to mention the unnecessary prolonging of fumes.
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Just now, Gracie said:
It seems to me there is always someone waiting in the wings just to try and ruin your day, they will if we let them, I completely ignored the lady at Irstead, it annoyed her more than it did me
Carole, I can just see you in a Kayak but where on earth would you store your wine?
Grace
Gracie with the best will in the world you cannot see me in a kayak, wine storage would be the least of the problems believe me. The very thought of me paddling a kayak or even trying to get in one would render Tony hysterical
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14 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:
Carol, lot to be said for having a kayak on the cabin roof, ready for when you want to visit out of the way places. The smaller the boat the greater the fun!
Kayak? sooooooo not my thing
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On the back of this thread I googled Irstead Staithe, what a lovely looking spot, shame there's no chance with our present boat of our ever visiting. So many places boats like ours cannot access sadly.. When we first came to the Broads we had a lower boat and managed to get to Barton Broad, which I think is probably the most beautiful place we ever visited on the Broads. If we had known how close we were to some of the other most beautiful places we would have ventured further while we had the chance.
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23 minutes ago, dnks34 said:
Im not advocating loud music but there must be some way of subtly messing with the Irstead guy :-p
You would think better of an ex policeman if he actually is.
Though I do wonder what he was like if he were a copper, sounds like the sort who would nick his own mother to me.
Why buy a house next to a tourist spot If you dont like people?
I imagine they are probably the sort who thrives on having summat to moan about and love every minute of doing it.
He sounds the type who would altogether miss "subtle" I think I'd probably simply tell him to Sod off, which is probably a lot more polite than he would get from my husband who definitely doesn't tolerate jumped up types and is extremely eloquent in voicing his disapproval of such.
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Not all of course, but certainly some, coppers have attitude, when I was a teenager haunting the dance venues of the day if a chap asked me to dance I would know within a couple of minutes if he was a copper they tended to be full of puffed up self importance, very unappealing
Carole
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Just now, CambridgeCabby said:
Sounds a perfect spot for me to moor, relax and play my entire library of Pink Floyd , always sounds best I find at high volume
You must have been reading my mind
Carole
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Just now, JennyMorgan said:
Perhaps there should be different rates in the form of toll surcharges depending on when folk go through honeypots like Wroxham & Horning. Effectively tiered congestion charges, lot we can learn from London's traffic controls
I hope you mean we should get a reduction if we tend to stay clear of the"honeypots" as those of us based in the South tend to do
Carole
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When water meters were first mooted in the 1990's I lived in one of the areas that were chosen for trials. Different rates were charged for different times of the day. A neighbour who had moved in unaware of the system had a habit of putting laundry on before going to work and got an enormous water bill. Our compensation when the trial period was over? We were allowed to keep the meters free of charge!. So yes I can see different rates of charges being introduced.
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I think under certain circumstances your old w.c. could be deemed household waste. When my late brother-in-law developed heart failure during the period he was waiting to have a stair lift fitted we lent him our redundant porta potti, If we had subsequently taken this to the tip I would not have expected to have been charged for it's disposal.
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You'd have thought there"d have been something about boats and boaters on Countryfile, after all under the Packman cloud we're an endangered species.
Carole
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While we were still working there were many occasions when we simply couldn't bear to head back to the marina to go home ready for work the next day. This was when we moored on the Great Ouse and in particular a mooring at a village called Hemingford Grey which was idyllic on a warm Summer evening making it very hard to leave so we used to set the alarm for 5.30am and push off about 6.00am. the river at that time was magical and I wouldn't have missed it for anything. We'd get back to Hartford marina with me having packed and cleared the boat while on the move, we'd be back in London By 8.30 ready to get to work.
Carole
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Thanks, my husband loves it he's also a big fan of bully beef, Hope you enjoy it.
Carole
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This recipe is made mostly of stuff you are likely to have in the "larder" so if you're out somewhere away from shops Pubs etc., or the weather makes staying on board more attractive. it works a treat.
In an oven proof dish, layer sliced corned beef, sliced tinned potatoes, softened sliced onions, baked beans, grated cheese.Bake in a hot oven until cheese is golden and melted, - about 45 minutes
You can use fresh potaoes but they need to be boiled until soft first.
Carole
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No amount of time is long enough, We spend more than 3 weeks out of every 4 on the boat between and including the months of March and November. I still get cheesed off when the time comes to come home again, even though I know I'll be back on board again within 3-4days. It's not for nothing that my forum name is addicted!
Carole
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It's all in the pronunciation, Many years ago when I was a telephone operator we used to keep a separate file for Irish telephone exchanges dialling codes. One day I took a call from a phone box from an Irishman with a very broad accent who wanted to be put through to a Tattagh Galeary number we searched through the Irish codes directory in vain and after some minutes in desperation asked him to spell it. This he did very slowly and clearly TATE GALLERY!
Carole
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17 hours ago, ranworthbreeze said:
Hi Carole,
Have you adopted the Grace's guide to boating
Regards
Alan
You mean there's another way?
Carole
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I'm always so busy looking to see if the bridge is already open I forget to look for the flags, but I do know the meaning of two red flags the problem is if there's been a glass or two on the journey I'm never sure if I'm seeing double!
Carole
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We've always found the operators at Reedham to be polite and considerate, whereas Somerleyton is just the opposite. I actually complained to the rail companya few years ago and someone rang me in response I to!d him very firmly that if they didn't do something about the bad attitude of the operator there would be repercussions as I had been told that a group of boaters were considering the merits of staging a blockade around the bridge. I must say the operator's attitude did improve after that.
Carole
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1 hour ago, grendel said:
to make her taller so she can look down on minions maybe?
It'so that when she walks on water she can see over the waves! Isn't that right Gracie?
Carole
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Just now, Ricardo said:
The problem with BSS is it can be interpreted in more that one way on certain aspects , I did witness a furious argument onboard a then girlfriend's boat re gas installation between 2 guys from corgi 1 BSS examiner and the original installer of the pipe work , BSS guy won BTW and the work was re done but the guys from corgi stated it should have passed as it way , the problem being a gas pipe coming through a steel bulkhead without a sleeve or better a proper bulkhead fitting .
A friend was getting a boat sorted out that had failed its test on a pipe being incorrect simply because it lacked the kite mark. He went to a company in Soham that specialises in pipes of all types He took the offending pipe with him so that he could make it clear as to what he required. The chap he saw was incredulous, and wanted know why he was replacing it because apparently the existing pipe was what was routinely used in military aircraft and was immensely superior to it's proposed replacement. This was duly to!d to the Inspector who promptly agreed to leave it as was and issued a pass certificate!
Carole
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Hi mick and Pam, a very warm welcome from me, we are all concerned about mooring in windy conditions. The boat presents a big target to the wind and other than to try to moor while facing into the wind there's not too much you can do about it except pray! Good luck!! Hope you have a great time and it's not too windy when you go!
Carole!
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When the boat safety scheme first came into being we were moored on the Gt. Ouse.There was a lot of concern that inspectors many of whom had Not known one end of a boat from the other before taking the inspectorate course, would be over zealous and being unfamiliar with boats would be unable to app!y a little informed common sense where it was required. And this fear appeared to be well founded when a friend was told by the inspector to bore a hole in his cockpit floor (this being his engine bay cover) so that in the event of a fire in his engine bay he could poke a fire extinguisher through the hole and put out the fire!. When we were due to have our boat tested for the first time, my husbandrefused to allow me to be present as he was concerned as to my reaction if the inspector suggested something stupid. I don't suffer fools gladly I must admit and we had by that time heard so many stories bordering on the ridiculous , I understood his concern.There was no need to worry, the inspector we had chosen knew his stuff and we passed with flying colours!
Carole
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2 hours ago, Gracie said:
I really feel the need to say this........Mark, why on earth would you buy a Boat that's too high?
Grace
Gracie you wouldn't be playing devil's advocate now would you?
CarolE
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Irstead Staithe
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That's the whole point most engines out on the Broads have been round the block a few times to say the least and frankly they stink! We had a boat berthed opposite to us when we first came to Brundall Bay and although an electric post was on offer they hadn't availed themselves of it preferring instead to leave their engine running for 5 hours to charge the battreries, the noise was irritating enough but the fumes even from that distance were appalling, after 5 hours I phoned the office and asked them to do something about it. Our superb manageress instantly went and dealt with it.. People who do it when mooring irritate the hell out of me.
Carole