Meantime

Update: Latest Heather Peck book has now been released Dig Two Graves Author Heather Peck Main character DCI Greg Geldard Books so far Secret Places (Starts in Yorkshires, but ends up in Ludham) Glass Arrows (DCI Greg Geldard is now transferred to Norfolk) Fires of Hate The Temenos Remains Latest book Dig Two Graves released 12th July Next Release Not known yet.

If you've got Kindle Unlimited then a lot of the above books are free. If not it could be worth joining for a few months and binge reading, Kindle Unlimited is £9.99 a month I think, although you sometimes get free trials as well.

There's no release date, or even news on whether there is to be another book from Chris. He tends to leave longer periods between his books than the other authors.

That's it for now. I'm sure the above list is not all there is featuring Norfolk and Broadland, but hopefully it gives people some ideas for boat time reading, Birthday or Christmas presents. I'll try an update each author as new books are released, but in the meantime feel free to add any I've missed or any new releases on the above authors I miss. Hopefully for those who enjoy reading reading books about Norfolk this thread can become a useful resource for people to check what they might want to read next. Happy Reading.

The final book for now is about a Winter's journey upstream along the banks of the River Yare. Not a crime thriller, but just a good read. The Reed Flute by Tessa West

The next authors books are good, although only one in the series is based around Horning. Author CE Rose Books so far The House Of Hidden Secrets The House On The Waters Edge (Based around Horning) The Shadows Of Rutherford House Latest book The Attic AT Wilton Place Next Release No date given yet.

Again I haven't read any of the following yet, but they also appear to be based around North Norfolk. A new crime series. Author Ross Greenwood Main character DS Knight Books so far Latest book Death On Cromer Beach (first in the series) Next Release Death At Paradise Park 6th Nov 2023

I haven't read any of the following yet, but they also appear to be based around North Norfolk. Author Judi Daykin Main character Detective Sara Hirst Books so far Under Violent Skies Into Deadly Storms A Brutal Season An Artful Murder Latest book The Norfolk Beach Murders Next Release No date given yet.

Author Heather Peck Main character DCI Greg Geldard Books so far Secret Places (Starts in Yorkshires, but ends up in Ludham) Glass Arrows (DCI Greg Geldard is now transferred to Norfolk) Fires of Hate Latest book The Temenos Remains Next Release Dig Two Graves 12th July 2023

The next author writes stories more based around the North Norfolk coast rather than Broadland. I've only read two so far but they seem to be pretty good. Author J M Dalgliesh Main character DI Tom Janssen Books so far One Lost Soul Bury Your Past Kill Our Sins Tell No Tales Hear No Evil The Dead Cell Kill Them Cold A Dark Sin To Die For Fool Me Twice The Raven Song Angel of Death Dead To Me Latest book Blood Runs Cold Only just been published 25th June 2023 Next Release No date given yet.

Author David Blake Main character DI Tanner Books so far Broadland St Benet's Moorings Three Rivers Horsey Mere The Wherryman Storm Force Long Gore Hall Latest book Weavers Way Next Release Bluebell Wood Oct / Nov 2023

Author Chris Crowther Main character Ranger Jack Fellows Books so far Waterproof Still Waters The Water Frolic Water Under The Bridge Murky Waters Dead In The Water Timecruiser (more aimed at the younger reader, but I'm told still enjoyed by adults as well) Latest book Watershed Next Release No date given yet.

In the world of fiction Norfolk is a dangerous place to live with all the crimes and murders being committed. Probably like many I got into Norfolk crime novels via the books of Chris Crowther, but since then there have been other authors with some good books based around Norfolk. So I thought it might be a good idea for fellow readers to try and collate into one thread the books and authors that feature Norfolk and to try and let people know when new releases are available. So if you like reading about Norfolk then check this thread for inspiration or update it with any new finds you come across.

For what its worth it might be worth changing the very misleading title of this thread. They are Discovery Centres, not BA visitor centres. There will eventually be three; 1. Salhouse Broad already open. 2. Beccles Quay under construction. 3. Great Yarmouth Seafront, should be open July 2023 They are owned by The Broads Charitable Trust. They are being sponsored for the first three years by Richardsons Leisure who will be funding the provision of a ranger to operate across all three sites during the three years. I don't know if that is a BA ranger or some other ranger, however the cost either way is being met by Richardsons Leisure. Love the Broads and Visit the Broads are other trade marks the Broads Charitable Trust operates under.

The trouble with rumors is that often they are just that rumors! The Broads Charitable Trust, not the Broads Authority applied for and got planning permission with conditions attached, which I believe have since been satisfied for the discovery hub that Grendel has posted links to. Details of funding for the Broads charitable Trust can be found on the register of charities. I don't have a lot of faith in the BA at the moment, but they are not responsible for absolutely everything going on around the Broads. The information is out there for those who are truly interested before they hit the spread the latest rumor button!

At the risk of stating the obvious, why should I, that's the hire yards job to teach the hirers to be respectful of the boat they've hired and other peoples property. If 4 or 3mph seems to fast, or your too close to another boat then slow down!!!!! It is largely plain commonsense. If you see people walking across the old bridge at Potter do you stick to the speed limit or do you slow down and be prepared to stop! It's the same principle!

I think the speed limit itself is somewhat irrelevant, it is the change in speed limit downwards that attracts your attention. When travelling up to Coltishall I see the 3mph sign at Belaugh and adjust my speed down to the point where drive is just about engaged. I see the change in speed limits as more of a reminder to slow down, than to actually try doing 3mph. On leaving Coltishall if it has been raining heavily and the current is ebbing then it is impossible for me to do 3mph through belaugh with drive just engaged. Going back to what actually started this thread, Sutton Staithe I rarely go thru there with drive constantly engaged, it feels too fast and too close to the other boats. I enter just on tick over and depending on how many boats are already moored will knock it into neutral and back into drive as needed. Commonsense says that you just need to be careful, you don't need a speed limit sign. Lets be honest the dyke up to Neatishead is 3mph, but who would attempt to get into and down the length of the mooring at Neatishead at 3mph. It's just not possible if its busy, yet we don't ask for a 2mph sign there.

Because those two areas are already covered by the Speed Limit Byelaws. Sutton Staithe is in a 4mph area and would need a change of the byelaws if the speed limit is to be changed. Under the section for River Ant. Dilham Dyke from Brick Kiln Bridge to its confluence with the River Ant. 3mph, that covers Dilham. Belaugh is not up the Ant, but on the Bure, however from 229 metres (250 yards) upstream to 229 metres (250 yards) downstream of Belaugh Staithe 3mph. Again on the Bure Coltishall - from Horstead Mill to 914 metres (1000 yards) downstream of the Rising Sun public house and from Coltishall Lock to the confluence of the Lock Cut with the River Bure 3mph.

Speed limits are covered by the 1992 byelaws attached. Page 17 defines the speed limits for the river Ant and I cannot see anything regarding Sutton Staithe being 3mph, so by default it would be 4mph. However as well as speed limits reasonable care and wash also applies so if you're too close to another boat or in danger of hitting another boat then 3mph is too fast! As far as I'm aware modifying the byelaws or creating new byelaws does not need an act of Parliament. It needs the Authority concerned to draft the amendment and then place them before the relevant Secretary of State who has 30 days to respond. I would have thought it could be handled under the Byelaws (Alternative Procedure) (England Regulations 2016) The first step would be to canvass the Broads Authority and show there is a need for a change. If enough people contacted them and they felt a change was warranted then they could initiate the process culminating in approval from the Secretary of State. This all probably means that in reality it won't happen unless a number of serious incidents are reported which are a result of people going through there too fast. Speed_Limit_Byelaws1992.pdf

I have absolutely no idea! I was hoping you could tell me with the aid of some wine

Indeed the same is true of the greedy commercial landlords! In truth many of the out of town shopping centres and the likes of Lakeside and Bluewater are owned by pension funds whose performance shores up many private pensions.

Looking at some error logs I had recently, I think Gracie might have had something to do with it? Wine Installer v1.0 Warning !! wine binary (still) found, which may indicate a (conflicting) previous installation. You might want to abort and uninstall Wine first. (If you previously tried to install from source manually, run 'make uninstall' from the wine root directory) We need to install Wine as the root user. Do you want us to build Wine, 'su root' and install Wine? Enter 'no' to build Wine without installing: (yes/no) yes Running configure... checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for g++... g++ checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking for cpp... cpp checking whether gcc -m32 works... no configure: error: Cannot build a 32-bit program, you need to install 32-bit development libraries. Configure failed, aborting install.

Happened on the phone this morning and just now when I tried on the PC.

I could be wrong but given that the BA have already stated; The Broads Authority is a Best Value Authority as confirmed above. Although the Authority is not bound by Section 93 of the Local Government Act 2003 in setting its charges, therefore the Authority has a wide discretion, we confirm that the charges are based on cost recovery only and the Authority follows local government principles in doing so. This includes following the revised Best Value Statutory Guidance (2015). Which I take to mean they will only recover the actual costs associated with the recovery and will only take action where there is a fair chance of being able to recover those costs and the mooring fee. I suspect the issuing of a MCN will be rarer than the sighting of the Bittern. A lot of the car parking cowboy firms rely on the majority being frightened into paying a PCN as soon as it arrives and often don't bother to chase up those who don't, or sell them off to a debt recovery firm. I haven't done the maths but my guess is that over 99.9% of people have paid the fee. The BA will judge that to be a success and not throw money at chasing the very small minority unless it becomes a major number.

Again speeding offences are criminal matters, mooring fees are civil with completely different powers of recovery. The "contract" is formed and accepted by the "person" mooring reading the terms and conditions at the mooring and staying. Who the "person" performing the mooring is and accepting the contract can be as difficult to find out as you want to make it. The BA have no powers to make the registered keeper disclose this fact after the event. Please bear in mind it might not even be the registered keeper performing the mooring or in charge of the vessel at that time. The BA staff on site unless a full ranger with the appropriate written authorisation can not demand you provide your details. I'm pretty sure even a full ranger cannot demand your details unless their is a reasonable suspicion of a byelaw having been broken. The mooring fees as already clarified by the BA are a civil not criminal matter. I could well envisage a situation where feeling unwell I retire to my cabin, only to wake up and find the crew with me have moored at Ranworth and refused or forgotten to pay the mooring fee. Not feeling well and in my cabin I was clearly not in charge of the vessel, one of my crew were. If as registered keeper I was sent a MCN, I would decline to pay it as I was not in charge of the vessel at the time and did not enter into the contract. The BA do not have the powers to force me to name the person in charge of the vessel at the time, unless a criminal act has been committed. Indeed depending on how unwell I was at the time I may have no idea who was in charge.