YnysMon

I do like these threads that completely go off the rails in a happy way during the winter months. It helps to keep us all sane (though you wouldn't think it sometimes by the content). Better than those threads that used to surface this time of the year to just bash something (usually the BA).

That's a shame. I'm sure a dinghy is a good insurance, particularly in the summer months, if you want to go to somewhere like Ranworth and be sure you can get to the pub, even if there's no room left on the staithe.

Horning Pleasurecraft have dinghies, both rowing and sail, and they have a small, but very well-cared for hire fleet. They even hired one of their sailing dinghies out to us last summer… we have a share in a syndicate boat that is moored up in their Marina. If you want to know how we got on with the dinghy, check out my ‘Carried away by a Moonlight Shadow’ thread in the holiday tales section. We hired the dinghy during our July week.

The foil trays are quite a lot thicker. Personally I’m trying to limit the use of tin foil and cling film as much as possible. I’ve come across a ‘recipe’ for making some beeswax food coverings that act as an alternative food covers and can be reused. Bought my beeswax, have lots of material, just need to do it!

Agree…these disposable trays are being sold as an easy option at Christmas to save washing up. You can only recycle them if you wash them. Nigella has a lot to answer for. My recollection is that she was the first TV cook to recommend them as a way to cut down on ‘work’ for Christmas.

He replied to a query I posted asking why he was so well informed about the Broads. He was a local lad! Grew up in a certain village that has a medieval bridge and a tat emporium. Sorry, I didn’t mean that, actually the real village is some way away from those attractions. On the other side of the main road.

I really enjoyed this vlog from a guy following the Wherryman’s Way, starting out from Norwich. He sounds well informed. I’d hadn’t known that one of the medieval towers that you pass on the way to the Yacht Station is referred to as ‘Devil’s Tower’, nor that Colman’s factory was built on the site of a medieval priory.

I would be too! You haven’t yet seen the granny cap Graham has planned. I wasn’t there when Graham tried it on, but according to Harry, Pozzick was cool with it. Mind you, Pozzick is cool with most things. Having just dealt with a collie for that past six years, I’m still amazed at how laid back Pozzick is. We still love Seren, however manic she is!

Have you read the Roald Dahl version of the Red Riding Hood story? The one where little miss riding hood gets the upper hand. I was going to quote things like ‘whips out a pistol from her’ (knickers…are you allowed to say that? ), only I didn’t think it would go down too well online, even though it’s a children’s story. I love Roald Dahl’s subversive version.

Wheres Griff’s corner?

Pozzick’s outfit is from a charity shop, Seren’s one needs sewing up. So far Graham has bought some red fabric and created a paper template for the ‘hood’.

What big teeth you have grandma...

£300! I got mine for £199 from AO. Same price in John Lewis but they were out of stock and I couldn’t wait. I got the biggie too, 7.5l. Got it last week and so far very impressed, though it did take me two days to pluck up the courage to actually use it.

Graham spent this morning wandering around Bletchley (now part of Milton Keynes), mainly because the car had an appointment with a guy that was fixing a tow bar. As I have mentioned previously, there’s no way we’ll fit both doggies and all our stuff into the car and roof box, so we need a trailer. Bletchley has one of those high streets that now has a lot of charity shops, so a good place for Graham to hunt for a suitable ‘granny look’ garment for Pozzick’s Christmas party outfit (as described above). It also has a good, reasonably priced fabric shop too, a source for red fabric. I am yet to find out what Graham plans to make with that…maybe a Red Riding Hood cape for Seren? When I worked in Bletchley railway station in the mid 1980’s it had a really good high street. A handy Co-op department store and a good range of shops. There was a brilliant bakery that I found far too tempting during work breaks when on a double shift. Shame that a lot of our smaller towns have suffered.

It’s the doggy Christmas party soon, (for agility classes) with Pozzick’s being invited too. Doggy’s are encouraged to ‘dress-up’ for the event, so Graham has come up with a cunning plan…a Little Red Riding Hood theme. I haven’t seen anything of Seren’s costume yet, but the grandma outfit for Pozzick seems to be taking shape. If it all works out, there will be photos!

Poor Ian. He had to put up with enough joshing when it happened!

I know people go on about the roundabouts in Milton Keynes, but at least our grid road system does mean you don’t have to go far out of your way if one of the roads or roundabouts are shut. Yes, it does cause tailbacks in the rush hour, but even that doesn’t bother me now that I work at home. Win win as far as I’m concerned. I even like roundabouts. (Can’t stand traffic lights!)

Having a deadline to work to with the house puts on more pressure in the short term, but I’m sure once that’s over it will be a good thing. I was very lucky to have got my Mam’s house sorted and sold well before she passed away. It was stressful at the time though, especially given the distance between Anglesey and MK.

Hope the funeral is helpful to you Kate. I know that must be a slightly weird thing to say, but I felt such a weight lifted off my shoulders after my Mam’s funeral. What I hadn’t taken into account was the toll everything had taken on me, including travelling back down to MK the evening after the funeral and then onto Norfolk the following morning. The second (or third) day of our holiday I had two falls on our Hunters boat that both gave me quite a jolt. I think they happened because I was so tired. Take care of yourself!

Happy birthday Simon. Hope you’ve had a good day.

Amazing photos Malcolm. Brilliant wildlife shots, but I agree with others that the Cantley shot is weirdly evocative. I suppose that’s because I’ve never seen it from that angle.

I thought it was just me who forgets to bring along crucial food items and leaves them in the fridge at home.

Nice to see MS tucked in a Stalham Staithe. Hope we can get moored there some time!

It’s even worse if you are on a sailey and have to stop somewhere to drop your mast to get under the bridge. Also…welcome to the forum. 😀

I remember that too. Weren’t there one or two of our forum members who got their holidays cancelled out of the blue? I also seem to recall that Richardson’s gave the reason that it was about insurance, but if that’s the case how come other yards still allow solo helming?