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It has just been announced on Facebook that Ian (Chelsea14Ian) passed away in hospital this evening at around 21.00hrs. Thoughts to his family and all those that knew him at this sad time.

I'm going to be up to Acle in a few days. I have used George on many occasion so may well give him a call. There does need to be a reasonable price advantage to travel any distance as I can always just nip round the corner to Bridgecraft and fill up.

I have got Fuel Doctor additive ready for the re fulling. Tom Brissenden from Marine Care is coming to fully service both engines a week Wednesday. We will be keeping spare belts, filters, impellers etc for the trip along with tools on board. Flares checked and securely stowed and lifejackets re armed. Chart plotter maps up to date with back up Savvy Navvy on iPad and iPhone. We have also booked an RYA instructor from Eastern Horizon Training for an assisted passage who will be bringing paper charts as well. Certainly don't want to be taking any chances! The plan is an early departure at low water from Gt Yarmouth and follow the flood water down to Titchmarsh and plan to arrive near to high tide. Our date is provisionally set third week in October but will dependent on conditions on the day. I'll be sure to check East coast pilot website, thanks for that .

Hi Malcolm, George at Ludham Bridge is as far up the Ant as Lady Emma can travel. She is 10.5' even with the nav mast lowered. I normally just get it from round the corner at Bridgecraft but as she only sips the stuff on the Broads £50 lasts for ages. Going to be a bit different taking her down to Essex though....Eek!

Hi All, I haven't been on here or the forums much lately. Work commitments and the loss of one of my contracts/clients in Norfolk has meant trips to the boat in Acle and using the boat the last year have been very infrequent. My other half works on a Saturday so even weekend use has become very hit and miss. The small matter of an 80 mile drive each way means a quick day out is anything but. It is with this in mind that we have taken the very hard decision to relocate our boat nearer to home where we can hopefully get more use out of her. Nearer to home in our case is Titchmarsh Marina in Walton On The Naze. Only 15 minutes drive from home. We will be bringing her back on the salty stuff and have hired an experienced skipper for an assisted sea passage. We are having the engines serviced before departure and generally getting things prepared before hand. I will be looking to fuel the boats two tanks (additive already purchased) and will be putting around 250 litres in her. This should give us enough for a 15 knot cruise with a good margin of extra fuel, just in case. So, I'm hoping to pop up next week to the boat and probably fuel her then. Anyone know who is cheapest at the moment on the Northern Broads? I'm going to miss the Broads but we will have new waters to explore. I have made some great friends over the years so I will be back from time to time, either by sea or land

So sorry to read this. Thoughts with his family and fiends at this sad time. I for one will miss Alan telling me not to brown the edges of my fried eggs .......Don't ask!

I think we were outplayed by the Ref!!

05.30Hrs......Best time of the day

A misty sunrise to start the day this morning...

I'm sad to be missing this years spring gathering. Although I'll be up on the boat that weekend, I'm working unfortunately! Have a great time everybody and hope to see you at the next one

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-59957102

The butchers in Acle (Carters) is highly recommended as well.

My youngest Nephew (Ozzy) had his 7th Birthday yesterday. My Brother, Sis in Law, Ozzy and his older Brother (Ben) came along for a cruise yesterday after they had been to Dinosaur Adventure park for the day

Traffic signs and car/van removed. Also cloned a few bits of litter on the ground around the bench. Oh, the bench brass plaque as well as it was a distracting highlight

I edited out the traffic lights but forgot the car and signpost on the far side........That will receive my attention later

This is another photo merge from the 'proper' camera and edited in Lightroom and Photoshop for the look/feel I wanted.

A BTS (behind the scenes) quick video of the photo shoot IMG_1203.mov

This is a bracketed shot(s) with the proper camera taken at the same time. Three RAW images merged using Lightroom and adjusted for white balance, contrast and HSL. 1/30th second, F11 and ISO100 for the metered exposure, then two stops under and two stops over for the bracketed exposures. Camera Canon EOS 1DX, Lens Sigma 12-24mm F4 Art at a focal length of 19mm. Camera on tripod. You can now compare the relative differences between a smartphone (most halfway decent phones will give similar results) and a top of the line Dslr and good quality glass....

That was at around 05.30hrs. So I left Acle around 05.00hrs to set up. I took photos with my ‘proper’ camera and I will edit them and post later. I left for work shortly after sunrise and didn’t get home till about 20.00hrs so not had time to upload and edit images yet. The cameras on the newer iPhones are pretty impressive within their limitations. I’m happy to share images taken with it. It can be quite liberating compared to chugging my 1DX, various lenses and a tripod around with me

iPhone shot taken this morning ......

Taken at sunrise on Monday at 05.30am with an iPhone 11 and a little bit of editing in Lightroom/Photoshop.

Doh........Sorry, it was answered/guessed on the NBN Facebook page and my brain forgot to update on here.....It's an age thing The image was captured at Ormesby Little Broad A

Taken this morning.........But where?

Absolutely love winter on our boat. Stunning morning light when cruising and so peaceful and quiet. We use an oil filled radiator when on shore power and just use the diesel fired heating when on the move. We also use those 'stones' you heat up in the microwave and then put in the bed.....Stay warm all through the night and much safer than water bottles .