[Norfolk Lady Tales]

Some cracking photos there! 👍

[11 Years Ago Today]

11 years but I bet it seems like yesterday Chris 👍

[Boatyard Pennants]

2 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:

Don't forget, the Nimbus 2000 was a pretty famous Broom

You got me! 😂😂😂

(My friend Mr Google helped me out 👍)

[Boatyard Pennants]

4 hours ago, CambridgeCabby said:

So with 3 pennant poles , that’s the Broom pennant , the NBN pennant and an RNLI one then 

Have you been peeking? LOL I bought an RNLI one and put it on 2 days ago 👍

[Boatyard Pennants]

That's it! You also hit the nail on the head, my photo is upside down, although I didn't realise at the time 🙂

I wonder why the previous owner flew that one, it's quite possible I guess that with 3 pennant poles it was simply bought at boat shows/jumbles over the years. It has faded significantly so I'll retire it as part of the boat's history.

[Boatyard Pennants]

It seems not unless it's an old one. They currently have this mermaid in a stripy blue towel.

 

[Boatyard Pennants]

That's a good idea, I'll google Nanni 👍

[Boatyard Pennants]

Found aboard were 3 old but usable pennants, one is Volvo Penta but we have a Nanni engine.

The second is the original style Broom red star and crescent which is entirely appropriate and will be flown.

I don't know the third one which is where you knowledgeable folks come in please?

[Norfolk Lady Tales]

Good result 👍

[New Moorings In Womack?]

Yes, I use do use Facebook 👍

[New Moorings In Womack?]

While I was cruising up and down Womack the other week, hoping Malanka would leave lol, I noticed what looked like a new basin with just a few boats moored up.

Is this a new marina does anyone know. It's a location that would suit me perfectly and I wondered about availability and prices!

[Toilet Cleaner On Broads Boat]

52 minutes ago, Oddfellow said:

Don't feed it to seals then....

LOL I could put a fish down the loo a couple of times a day! 😁

Thanks for the info and good point about the planet 👍

[Toilet Cleaner On Broads Boat]

We have been doing this too but didn't someone say the Blue can harm the seals? Something like that (I don't know much about the toilet - but I'm looking into it 😁)

I wasn't sure if I should stop putting dilute Blue in the pan or not?

[Interesting Reading…]

I don't personally know anyone who goes online to check the Food Standards official rating before going out to eat. Publishing the results by the EDP and here is a public service in my opinion If a business has allowed their premises to deserve a rating of one then they only have themselves to blame.

4 minutes ago, Mouldy said:

In total agreement with that!  Having had Campylobacter a few years ago, I can say without any fear of contradiction that it is something I never want again.  I couldn’t knowingly eat in premises where food hygiene is so poor as to warrant such a low rating.  I could do with shedding a few pounds, I know, but losing just short of 1.5 stone in a week wasn’t pleasant.

Had a very similar experience, hospitalised for a week and genuinely thought I was going to die during the first morning. 

 

 

 

[Interesting Reading…]

If the official current rating is 1 then that is the best information available to us.

The rest (positive and negative) is indeed just speculation.

As members of the public our most sensible course is to believe the experts until they publish an update.

[Interesting Reading…]

I'll stick with the inspectors, food poisoning is a pretty harsh test of hygiene 🤮

[Check Your Own Bed Linen - Really?]

No.. I don't expect to have to check that items included in the price are present before I leave... whether it's a boating holiday or anything else.

Not too worried about the capital letters, that's really only an online protocol but it's not reasonable to say to a customer "we don't have time to check we have done it properly, so that's your fault now if you don't check"

Not a business model I would return to!

[Interesting Reading…]

Devolved responsibilities 🙄

[Interesting Reading…]

If the EDP report an official inspection result that is not naming and shaming!

I have very little time for EDP journalism and certainly do not defend them usually.

We have no more proof the the owner supplied evidence to the contrary than the poster of the comment saying so.

If the inspectors have made a big mistake they will put it right, meanwhile I'm happy to take the experts word for it.

How do you ever make an informed decision if you don't trust official information... may as well just flip a coin.

I'll eat there again happily when a better score is officially sanctioned, lovely staff and service!

[Interesting Reading…]

9 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said:

Whilst I applaud the “scores on the doors” hygiene rating system I cannot understand why the displaying of these ratings prominently is not mandatory and a condition of trading . 

I agree, pretty sure we would have given a miss to the one we visited if we had known!

[Interesting Reading…]

Ate in one of those recently, couldn't see the kitchen obviously but the food left something to be desired.

Let's hope the rating is a wake up call for them all!

[Oh Boy, How Stupid Was That]

1 hour ago, Smoggy said:

Dogs don't have to be tethered, merely restrained, I looked into the requirements when I first heard about it and it's very vague in whats required, just enough to stop the dog climbing onto your lap as far as I could make out.

Good point, I admit I wasn't concentrating on the terminology... I imagine anything designed to stop a dog flying on impact amounts to a similar thing though.

[Oh Boy, How Stupid Was That]

In anything other than a bump a dog who is simply tethered to it's collar will break it's neck sadly. Cages are better but there is still a limit to what sudden stop an impact a dog will survive... or us for that matter 🙁

[Oh Boy, How Stupid Was That]

4 hours ago, marshman said:

but many people drive around with a dog on their lap and/or untethered in the back of their car - in an accident it could easily be propelled through the windscreen. Humans are secured, why not dogs????

As you know it is now a legal requirement that dogs are tethered in cars.... Almost impossible to police I guess but if tickets are issued during random stops or along with other offences it may slowly have an effect.

For now though it's exactly as you say and many still do sadly. (My mum, bless her, thought it was for the dog's safety 🙂)

[Oh Boy, How Stupid Was That]

I think part of the problem, especially for those with less experience is a lack of exposure to some of the terrible outcomes. To the man concerned no doubt it looked safe and he has noe gone away confirmed in that opinion.

I don't know what the answer is I'm sure. As children road safety is drummed into us and even so there are too many avoidable accidents... on the Broads many are there for the first time and perhaps have no understanding how bad a "slow motion" accident can be.