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3 minutes ago, SwanR said:
We've noticed that many places, not just boatyards, have kept the changes to checkin that they brought in post Covid. It saves people having to park their car somewhere, queue in a reception building, and then retrieve their car to drive to their accommodation to unload. Works well both at Richardson's, Ferry Marina, and the Warner's hotels we've been to. Looks like it's here to stay ... for a while longer anyway.
I’m sure that a lot of boatyards found several of the ‘Covid’ measures they brought in helpful. For instance, staggering check-ins. Seems like a no brainier now.
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4 minutes ago, Cal said:
Still no better with the anxiety.
I’m sure they never get over it, just like we humans wouldn’t. Edited to add, taking on a rescue dog is a huge responsibility. Even more than taking on a puppy. Not that we regret anything, but you do have to be prepared to adapt to their needs in the long term rather more than if you get a puppy.
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3 minutes ago, Ray said:
I'm not sure that I meant camping on water literally lol It was more a comparison with yachts in the south of France... there in an element of roughing it, one that I enjoy immensely 👍😁
I agree about the enjoyment of ‘roughing it’, we have loved our trips on Hunter’s boats.
Even with camping though, there’s degrees of ‘roughing it’. I find the best memories are of the most ‘roughing it’ experiences.
My first camping experience was with my Venture Scout Unit. Graham was another Scout on that weekend, but it was before we started ‘going out with each other’, as was the phrase in the 70s. It featured a memorable night camped between the two lakes that are half way up Snowdon, on the route above Pen y Pass. It was very windy, and we were camped in a bowl below the peak. The wind seemed to have got trapped in the bowl and every few minutes a strong gust would hit our tents. Most of us were in ‘Force10’ tents, which fortunately stood up to their reputation, but one lad had brought his own tent which collapsed during the night, so he had to crawl into the tent Graham and another guy were in. None of us slept well, but it was certainly memorable!
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We were worried whether Pozzie would be okay on Moonlight Shadow, given his previous, rather traumatic, experience on the Broads. I’m not sure what we would have done if he really disliked it as I don’t think he’s a dog we could put in kennels whilst we go on holiday. Having been abandoned once he still has anxiety issues. He hates it when Graham takes Seren out for her agility classes, even though I’m home with him. He’s okay if just Graham is out, but both Seren and Graham being out stresses him.
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Yes, I think so. I’m sure I read somewhere that people not on boats that weekend are welcome to ‘drop in’.
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32 minutes ago, floydraser said:
Just looked it up (yes, bored; polishing the Volvo and it started to rain!) - Hire is "obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment" while charter is "the hiring of an aircraft, ship, or motor vehicle for a special purpose".
Same then.
Exactly…word salad!
47 minutes ago, Broads01 said:From the photo it looks like a general check in point rather than something being used to differentiate more luxurious boats. I think we could get too hung up on the "charter" word, it just sounds posher than "hire" but in reality just means the same, so nothing more than choice of language.
I don't like the term "camping on water", personally. I associate camping as being a cold, uncomfortable experience that includes traipsing across a field in the middle of the night to use the toilet. A boat holiday is nothing like that. I know we have "glamping" now but that's not real camping in my view.
Agree. You only need to experience camping in Snowdonia (Eryri) over a very cold Easter weekend (snow on the peaks) to realise it’s nothing like Broads boating. I had a (theoretically) winter sleeping bag and several layers of clothes, woolly hat and gloves and still couldn’t sleep as it was so cold.
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I didn’t realise you could hire on the Lancaster. I’ve watched a few slightly hairy YouTube posts of the Ribble Link crossing (Foxes Afloat, Minimal List). No doubt others have posted more recent versions.
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There’s an American expression I quite like… ‘word salad’. Basically a new version of waffle’. Applies to managers (and marketing execs) who want to sound impressive but haven’t a clue.
I know…high time I retired.
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It still sounds like a load of waffle. Just to talk something up doesn’t mean the customer’s experience is going to be any better. There’s a fine line between marketing and customer reality. If you over hype something you stand less chance of repeat sales. If you fail to capture the market, you go under…
Seriously though, given we have so few boatyards now, if some mis-sell that could have a dire effect on the Broads.
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Love this thread.
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I have posted this one previously.
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Heard on the rhond (in reality, via WhatsApp from a fellow boater)…
Rosie Lees tearooms will be reopening soon (possibly Monday) in a premises on the opposite side of the road from Caroline’s previous tea room.
Good news for Loddon and us boaters!
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Only one week before we are next on Moonlight Shadow. Whoo!
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What Seren would say (but convert the 'he' to 'she').
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Bump the boat is obviously just a game to some idiots. As you say…grr. I was thinking of making a bee line for Thurne Dyke next Saturday morning (in search of good TV signal). Maybe Acle or St Benet's would be a better bet. Mind you, we have had an early morning ‘nudge’ from a departing privateer at Acle before now.
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4 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:
Today is at last house moving day for daughter and her family, a distance of about five miles from Auckley to Finningley village. We have hired a self drive 7:5 tone lorry on my licence. My van is emptied of work gear, a mate has a large trailer. We have plenty of willing hands.
Daughter is stressing her head off, MrsG not far behind her as we have just been informed we don't get the keys to their 'Forever home' until 1400, lorry due off hire at 1600. It's gonna be a breeze, I'm calm and stress free as per the norm. Thank goodness I'm here. I had to take the day off for this too, on completion, no doubt this evening I have to drive down to Lowestoft for the week. It's gonna be a long day ahead
Griff
I hope you don't end up moving furniture (and in our case a piano) past midnight. That's what happened with our first house move when we didn't get the keys until late afternoon. Mind you, it was just the two of us with a hired van. Thank goodness we didn't have that much furniture and belongings in those days.
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8 hours ago, kpnut said:
Can’t believe I’m posting on a car thread! I had a mini in the late 70s, the one with the wooden bits in the frame that was a bit like an ‘estate’ version with double doors at the back. Was it called a ‘traveller’?
Anyway, it only had second and fourth gear plus reverse until I went to the scrapyard to get a replacement gear selector.
One evening, I was very loaded up with caving gear for 12 people-lights, helmets, carbide etc plus my own stuff and a passenger with her stuff. I was trying to get up a steep hill in the Mendips and got down to the bottom of second gear, nothing to change down to, so had to reverse back down the hill, turn round and reverse up. On a main road, I’m not sure I’d do it nowadays!Ah, the type Dame Edna Everidge referred to as a 'half-timbered car' (when in Stratford-upon-Avon)?
Can't believe I'm posting on the car thread either!
8 hours ago, kpnut said:We went up a hairpinny road between Bergen and Voss in Norway in a Montego estate so loaded up with camping gear that I thought the front wheels were going to lift off the ground. The steering was certainly extremely light. Made worse by all the lorries coming the other way without a care in the world!
The most scary one for me was the road from Voss to Ulvik on a bus. The bit where the road zig zags down what seems like a cliff! You do feel a out of control as a passenger, especially on a bus. Getting around those bends was fun - for the driver, not so much the passengers!
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Anyone need any bubble wrap? No. 1 son is wanting to get the Wolsey Hornet that’s sat in our garage for almost 30years back on the road. He hit a snag trying to unlock the fuel cap, but once he did get it off realised that the tank looked very rusty. A rather large parcel arrived today…replacement fuel tank. Very, very well wrapped. Unwrapping it was a bit like a pass the parcel party game.
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Maybe it's time to resurrect the Cooking on a Boat thread?
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I know, I’m hopeless. Keep meaning to join in and never do. Someday!
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I’m not sure what’s going on here, but the posting of random pictures on this thread has got a bit weird. Yes, I’ve posted so many pics of my own dogs on NBN, but I thought this thread was supposed to be about the current concerns about the BA? Have I missed something?
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We’ll they look lovely. I too have driven through the Gwynant Valley in Eryri (Snowdonia) admiring all the purple flowers, but once you get up in hills above you realise the rhodies are strangling the life our of the native flora.
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When on the Waveney I think we’ll stick with Hippersons who have been very helpful to us when we have been on Water Rail. You do need to phone them in advance though, as they sometimes need to rearrange their day boats or allow time for them to be picked up.
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12 hours ago, grendel said:
I have a simple philosophy, if its growing where i dont want it to- its a weed, if its growing somewhere I dont care and it looks pretty- its a flower, if its growing somewhere and its edible, its a vegetable. if its growing among the vegetables / fruit and its not edible, then its a weed.
and my garden is not a mess, its a carefully cultivated wild bird sanctuary.
There’s just one problem…I bet someone took that attitude with Japanese Knot Weed. Actually, in Snowdonia (now renamed appropriately with its original name Eryri) there’s a battle going on to try to control rhododendrons. They are proving to be a real pest, especially in the hills around Beddgelert.
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Our Scarecrow
in The Broadscot Lounge
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Brundall has two Co-ops too, which I thought odd. Seems there’s a ‘National’ Co-op and also regional variations (East of England). It still seems odd that they would complete against each other though.
I’ve also noticed that Co-op branded products are increasingly visible in other local stores in villages that don’t have a Co-op, like Roy’s and Thrower’s. That’s encouraging anyway.