Lulu

I haven’t posted on Luna’s Log for some time. I realise I missed write ups on two weeks over summer as well. We have been on board quite a lot over the winter but it’s all been very samey to be honest, Irstead, Potter, Acle, Stokesby so we had electric. We reached our limit of -7 in the marina but we are definitely not fair weather boaters! This weekend we’ve actually been somewhere different. We stayed in the marina on Thursday then Friday morning decide to go to Gayes Staithe for the first time but we needed the side on for Desmond. It was occupied so we went on an adventure to find Woods End Staithe. Kate had been there recently and had sent me some pictures so we knew roughly what to expect. I was nervous in case it was occupied as reversing back out would have been a considerable challenge. It was empty. A very tight turn but we had no problems mooring. The mud was horrendous. I tried to take Desmond for what looked like a lovely walk if it was drier but gave up when Desmond sunk in mud to his ankles and he looked up at me in a very pathetic way. He was a show dog , a princess and doesn’t like getting dirty (unless it’s fox poo for some reason) . It was a lovely peaceful mooring but not sure we will go back until it dries up. Does anyone know anything about the sunken wooden boat? I’d love to know some history about it. It’s a sad sight and wanted to take lots of photos before it’s completely gone. We left there early this morning, waved at Moonlight Shadow at Irstead and stopped at How Hill in ‘Luna’s Nook’ , saw Moonlight Shadow pass so we headed back in the hope Irstead was free. Totally empty so here for the rest of the day. Back home tomorrow

We made a snap decision after you passed us at How Hill and went back to Irstead which was totally empty 😁

We gave you a wave as we passed Irstead earlier. Have a lovely rest of your holiday

This is basically what I said when I wrote to the BA. We have worked hard to get our boat, we budget to keep her running but if the future is charging at free moorings, for the large amount of days we use the boat , we won’t be able to afford to pay for the toll and additional daily mooring fees (effectively paying twice) .

Warm welcome to the forum :)

Such a shock :( We met Alan last year and helped him moor up at Potter when he was solo helming. We had a lovely chat and was hoping we would meet up again. Very, very sad news. Selsie and I send our condolences to his family.

I was really pleased to see quite a few coots and also moorhens on the Ant last weekend. I can’t remember seeing any last year.

I’m impressed. You’ve thought through all possible scenarios 😁

It was lovely to see you Kate and Graham sends his thanks for the Upton blackberry gin x

How’s the weather down south? We’ve just cruised from Acle to Stalham in rain and some sleet.

At Acle today then probably back to the marina tomorrow as we have some maintenance jobs to do (as always)

Very mixed weather today

The only places we’ve had issue with signal is Salhouse and Fleet Dyke

Ray and I were founder members of Three Boats in a Year Club. We have a lot of catching up to do 😂

Congratulations Ray. Hope Danni approves. Please post pics of her lounging on the sofa (if she’s allowed!)

What I find frustrating as just as we get to the point of trying to do more cosmetic, prettying up type things, something else goes wrong that costs a fortune , i,e new fuel tank, calorifier , batteries etc and you cant see where the money has gone apart from that its left your bank account ☹️

I’ll carry on the theme of dog avatars but with a bit of boat

Happy Birthday Kate x I have no sense of direction whatsoever and would have been panicking getting lost out there!

Selsie would like it if its still available

So that explains our confusion last week mooring up at Stokesby. We moored with the tide (safely thank goodness) having checked Aweigh thinking we would be against the tide. Will compare different tide info next time!

We were tempted to go to Ranworth today but decided on Stokesby . On our own , hooked up on the electric but pub is shut until 10th Feb. :(

Warm welcome to the forum:)

Warm welcome to the forum :)

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23265890.norfolk-broads-will-potter-heigham-bridge-reopen/

Brrrrrr.