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https://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/403316/BA_2021_0305_CU_How_Hill_River_Bank_.pdf So the decision is a recommendation to allow the change of use at How Hill thus resulting in the loss of one more public mooring for 99 years, despite the fact that the application goes against the local plan. The real test is, if the owner of that land had been a private individual and not the BA, would the BA then have upheld the local plan and refused the change of use?

I would suggest that even that is not a very good metric. Neatishead and one or two others have a very poor flow rate, whereas Barton Broad has probably three times the flow rate of Neatishead. My fresh water tank holds 480 litres but it will really depend on what spare space the yard could utilise to fit a tank when they were doing the fit out. I would just try and keep the tank topped up on a daily basis. If there is a hose where you are moored overnight then use it. If you are passing a hose with a free mooring nearby and you haven't filled up that day then stop off and fill up.

A forum that does contain an Offshore Area for discussions regarding offshore boating, and there's even been some posts in it this year.

The BA is also funded by Defra to perform some of its duties, including its planning responsibilities. The planning inspectors are not funded from the navigation account. They are however still funded from the public purse ultimately.

Your right pure speculation It is the very end of the public mooring downstream, the bit tucked just of the river, the most favoured mooring there for obvious reasons. The application is controversial for all manner of reasons, not least of which is the way it is described as an occasional mooring. It is not, it is a part of the public mooring and has been for many years and is paid for by the toll payers. Also take a look at who the applicant is. A member of the BA making an application for change of use into a private mooring for a private "owner". It is in "" because there is some very strong discussion in another place about whether they actually own a mooring further along at How Hill, or just have the right to use a mooring.

They all ready do. Most pumps carry the text minimum delivery 2 litres, I think it is 5 litres on commercial diesel pumps. However not sure I understand your logic! If there is a minimum purchase limit of £30 and my car will only take £27 then I'm MORE likely to stick the other £3 in a can or anything more unsuitable rather than waste it. Off course if I did only put £27 in and went to pay what are they going to do? Force me to have the other £3 worth, or charge me £30, in which case weights and measures might have something to say about it. There is no simple solutions other than encourage people to use their common sense. Having passed my local Sainsburys petrol station for three days in a row when it has been open with no queues I relented and went in and topped up my tank. I now have enough to get to and from Norfolk next week.

Think you'll find it's all three

Not strictly true. The two newish BA demasting moorings either side of the bridge were a part of the planning for development. I don't know the full ins and outs but after protracted pressure they have finally been completed, as have one or two other landscaping improvements. However one thing is for sure, there is a long history of acrimony between the marina and the BA. Sadly Chris Bromley passed away late last year.

The end of petrol and diesel cars was scheduled for 2030 in the UK. This has now been bought forward to Friday.!

The army have a very limited number of people trained to drive fuel tankers and even then they will need a few days training on the modern tankers used by the fuel companies and their procedures, so it would only be a very limited sticking plaster, however and its a big however, rather than just bringing in the army, why don't the greedy petrol companies who have underpaid their drivers for years, thus leading to a shortage of properly trained drivers, PAY the army drivers who are qualified to help them out of the hole of their own making.

Seems like the press haven't quite done enough damage in causing people to panic and fill their cars up. Today's news coverage is all about fuel prices being at an all time high, the price of crude rising due to demand as the pandemic eases and how the price of fuel has gone up by another 1p over the weekend. So if we all rush out now we can prolong this disturbance and create even more havoc and save ourselves a few pennies in case the price rises by another 1p a litre this weekend!!!!

Went shopping earlier on and gave up with my first choice as the roads were gridlocked caused by people queuing on the roads to get fuel. Went to Sainsburys in the town centre in the end as their petrol station was closed due to no fuel, and hence traffic had a chance to flow. Just been out to see my brother and Sainsburys must have just had a delivery. Forecourt open, all pumps open and not a car in sight. Was tempted to stop but I still have over half a tank and no long journeys planned till next week. Hopefully I don't regret it, but that's all that's needed is for people to act normal and stay away from the garages unless they really need fuel.

You need to drive there but I can really recommend Causeway Farm Butchers on the Palling Road between Sea Palling and Ingham. Their beer and treacle bacon is absolutely gorgeous.

If you were to leave that lot at home, you'd probably get an extra 5 miles to the gallon. The savings in fuel over the course of a year would easily pay for breakdown cover.

Possibly one of the most disappointing things at the moment is the treatment of hospitality staff, and yet all it takes is some patience, planning, understanding and most of all empathy. I shall be on the boat from Saturday and have so far already booked tables for Sat, Sun and Tues evenings. Mon we are planning to be somewhere with a few choices and take our chances, but by and large once we know our plans for the rest of the week we shall be booking as soon as we can. Even though things are improving I'm not expecting to just turn up anywhere and get a table and expect to be fed. I know menus will be shorter than normal and wait times will vary. I've already modified my expectations accordingly. I'm a lot less likely to be disappointed and that way will enjoy my break.

Yeah yeah whatever, personally I enjoy talking about hire boats and the Norfolk Broads is what I meant, but turn it however you want!!! Bored with it now anyway.

I guess that depends on your definition of fun

Not so much a raw nerve as a simple matter of discretion and courtesy. Vaughan, not for the first time you have quoted me out of context to suit your own aims!!! My words were in response to RSF below because I don't see any speculation on this thread that could be detrimental to others. If you review this thread, especially the first page there has been speculation, some of which you participated in as well, but none of it was malicious or detrimental, just genuine discussion and interest. As the thread developed it peaked my interest and I did a bit if research using publicly held and freely available information. There are many reason to own a limited company, the most obvious of which is to limit your liabilities should the worst happen and the company go broke. As a counter balance to that much of a companies information gets held in the public domain to allow the general public to research, analyse and scrutinise should they wish to do so. It's how the system works. When I was at school, I was taught in maths that one minus a third equals two thirds. You have to be a magician to continue to grow and expand something whilst it is shrinking. What the directors, present and past, of Richardsons have done is impressive, admirable and importantly helps to protect the business for the future. They have managed to achieve the seemingly impossible with an amicable parting of the ways whilst protecting the business for the future and keeping it on a sound footing. There is no detrimental speculation there, just praise and admiration. Finally, I'm sorry, but I'm not even going to go into the subject of forum names again.

I see discussion on this thread, but I don't see judgement, criticism or speculation to the detriment of any company on this thread. Something has obviously touched a raw nerve, but I'm sure it wasn't intentional.

Did you happen to try the food, or see the menu? The website still has the message on it from the departing tenants, so has yet to be updated.

The previous tenants of The Dukes Head moved on to pastures new as of mid July this year. The head chef was one of the tenants. Does anyone know if the pub is still open? and if so is it worth a visit?

Firstly let me assure you that it is in no way a witch hunt. It is also not poking your nose into other peoples business, if it is public facing business and the information is in the public domain free of charge. I find it interesting what has been done but was very careful in how I phrased my post, to rightly avoid any negative speculation. It is public knowledge on this forum that Clive has gone off and done his own thing. I was careful to only post so much of the information, but anyone can do their own research if they want to. It's freely available. My post should not be construed as a witch hunt, as speculation on the future of the company, or meant to cause them any harm at all.

I would guess it comes down to the overall figures, would you prefer to hire out 400 boats with an average occupancy over the season of 80%, or 350 boats with an average occupancy of 95%. If you remove a less popular boat from service that perhaps only lets for 10 weeks of the season, you will not necessarily lose 10 weeks of rental as hopefully they get pushed onto other boats, perhaps more expensive boats,, even if it means someone ends up booking a different week to the one they were hoping for. An old boat may have paid for itself, but that doesn't mean it will be a profitable hire. My toll for a 35ft boat, was around £500 this year. I think the hire boat toll multiplier is something like 2.6. So as a hire boat my boat would cost around £1300 to toll. Now spread that as a cost over a new 35ft boat that rents for 22weeks of the season and then spread that same toll over an old 35ft boat that perhaps rents for 8 or 10 weeks of the season. The toll works on block area of the boat, not age or rental revenue. Some of those weeks will be at the expense of weeks on more expensive boats. Then factor in that the older boats need more maintenance, older more unreliable engines, tired interiors, faulty batteries etc. Finally I have spent a couple of hours looking through publicly available information and there has been some significant restructuring of the company to facilitate the departure of one of the directors and in such a way as to not overly burden or unduly risk the future of the company, but non the less it will need to service those liabilities and work to reduce them over time, before looking to again burden the company with additional costs as a result of expansion. I think it is no secret that most new build boats are not built out of profit, but funded with borrowed money that needs to be paid back over time. Wyndham Vacation Rentals have charges on many of the boats recently built to protect their loans made for the construction of those boats. Any ambitious expansion and renewal plan can only go on for so long before a period of consolidation and strengthening of the balance sheet needs to occur. It may not always make sense to the outsider, but it is good business practice.