YnysMon

Switching over to my main 'Carried Away' thread for the relation of the full tale. It's only the same thing, but more long winded and with more pictures!

Well we had the usual slightly sad final morning spent cleaning the boat. Fortunately, the water levels had dropped sufficiently that we managed to get the car and trailer to the rear of the boat to load up. We stopped off in Hoveton to offload our recycling (there’s a handy recycling point just at the rear of the St John’s moorings) then we went to The Old Mill Cafe for lunch. Reasonably priced and consistently good. We were anticipating a hold up on the A11, as much of the carriageway had been blocked by an accident earlier, but we had quite a good journey back home, considering it was a Friday late afternoon.

My condolences to Marina, Alan and the rest of Ian's family. I only met Ian and Marina once but count them as firm friends through this forum. Ian had an indomitable spirit, fighting to the last. I loved his chef tales, and the news on how the new boat was progressing. It's a shame he won't get the joy of sailing it. Rest in peace Ian.

Excellent news!

Thanks Kate. We'll be back in Horning later. Currently in The Lion having walked here from the Boundary Farm moorings.

Actually I bought one similar to that from IKEA, as I liked your set up, but I wasn't sure if other syndicate members would agree.

Yes that's it. Followed the green squiggly footpath northward and then back to the village. I'm glad we didn't do the walk the other way around as some of the public footpath signage in Norfolk is a bit lacking.

Thanks, that's a handy tip. Might have to wait for our next trip though. We had a delightful circular walk this afternoon. We followed the river bank upstream from Stokesby to where is meets the watercourse called Muck Fleet. The majority of the walk was along Muck Fleet until it met a footpath leading back towards Stokesby. I'm not sure how far we walked, but we've been out all afternoon.

Another pre-dawn start this morning from Neatishead, to be sure of getting under the Bridge before a late morning high tide. We filled with water at Gaye's Staithe. It's another beautiful sunny day. Now moored up at Stokesby. Shame the pub here is also closed. It won't reopen until 3rd Feb according to their Facebook page.

Excellent news. Please pass on my good wishes to you Mum and Dad.

Yay! We got under Ludham Bridge! We had to take our canopy and screen down as there was just over 7 1/4 foot on the boards, but as it's a lovely morning that wasn't a hardship. We caught a beautiful sunrise as we were turning up the Ant too.

Hope you are having a great time.

For members of other syndicates ... Evening Shadow is now back on her home mooring, having been in the shed when we arrived. Silver Cloud is has been shifted to the boat lift, but not lifted out of the water as yet.

We actually cruised somewhere today. Not very far though as we decided to have Graham's birthday lunch at the Swan Inn. We moored up on the Staithe behind Chameleon and booked a table for noon. We had a voucher for 50% off mains courtesy of some other members of our syndicate. After lunch Harry and I went to have a look around the Post Office and Tidings. Then Harry and I took the dogs up to the playing fields up by the Community Centre to have a run whilst Graham looked in the shops. It's good that the children's playground is fenced off to keep dogs out. I couldn't see any dedicated doggy doo bins, but I hoped we were okay putting the poo bags in the one of the two litter bins that they had. Having intended staying overnight on the Staithe we had a change of plan and went back to our home mooring again.

Any chance of getting under Ludham Bridge tomorrow, I wonder?

One of Pozzick (and his Master) from our current trip.

On page 9 of the Navigation Committee papers (the last of the documents listed), it says they are planning to dredge a ‘nominal channel’ across Bargate Broad and dredge the dykes leading to it, installing a series of buoys to mark the channel. Does that mean that Bargate will effectively turn into a Rockland Broad over time so that mudweighting is no longer possible?

Another car day today. We went to Holt. Don't go to Holt on a Sunday as almost everything is shut. It looks like a delightful town though with an excellent selection of independent shops. As we drove into town looking for somewhere to park, we got directed the wrong way as someone had twizzled around the ‘P’ sign that should have pointed up the Main Street. Instead we ended up going down the hill that leads out of the town to the north. This turned out well though, as at the bottom of the hill there was a lay-by where you could park to visit the Spout Hills park, so we were able to take the dogs out for a good walk before we put them back in the car and walked back up the hill to the town. Free parking! We found a good bistro for lunch. It was called The Snug. I had Persian spiced chicken with couscous and side salad. Very nice.

Okay, so Graham’s birthday is officially cancelled. It doesn’t help that I left his birthday pressie at home. Though, to be fair this is the first year for quite a while that I’ve actually bought Graham a birthday present. He is very adamant that cards and pressies are not his thing. It’s taken me 40 years of marriage to try and buck this trend, then I go and mess it up by leaving the pressie at home. I’m safe in revealing this as he doesn’t read the forum, so at least I can surprise him when we get home.

Oh flip, fat finger syndrome strikes again...I meant here's hoping to you Dad's continuing recovery!

By the way, I was surprisingly windy at Caister. Even though we had a gentle breeze in Horning, there was a very fresh breeze, going on moderate wind at Caister.

Thanks for the heads up. That was an alternative plan.

We were very lazy this morning and didn’t budge. I made us a brunch for lunch and then we set out in the car with the dogs to Caister on Sea where we’re had a good long walk. After that we popped to the Caister Lidl and then stopped off at Latham’s on our way back to Horning. I had measured our draining board, as the current draining rack is too large. Latham’s only had three types, which were also too large, so I shall have to keep an eye out. If I don’t see any options anywhere else I might take a trip to Brundall. Brundall DIY is a brilliant local store which is very well stocked. A bit like an Aladdin’s cave. We are now all set for another quiet evening with dinner on board.

I took some bad news and some good news from this. The Lion being shut on Monday is the bad news. Monday is Graham’s birthday and I had a tentative plan to cruise to Thurne for Monday lunchtime. Signs that the water levels will be dropping soon is definitely good news. Maybe we can go up the Ant instead.