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OldBerkshireBoy
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20 minutes ago, addicted said:
Arrived at Acle bridge at about 2.30pm having left Brundall at 9 10 am. An enjoyable uneventful journey. We booked a table at the Bridge Inn a d sat on the moorings immediately outside watching the world go by. The garden was heaving with people and in particular children by the dozen. Great to see so many people having a lovely time. When we were there a few weeks ago achap came to collect a mooring fee,when we told him we were booked in for dinner, he went off without charging us. Yesterday however, a woman came to collect the fee and said there was no mooring fee discount or refund for diners. And so it turned out to be when we enquired while paying our bill. We found this disappointing. It isn't simply about money, It makes one feel unappreciated as a customer and smacks of greed and opportunism. I doubt we will ever return there.
Carole
Would you remember what the charge was.
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1 hour ago, Vaughan said:
Or am I trying to explain that for those of us who know and respect the traditions and history of the Broads (and its pubs) these things mean a lot more than just another fancy menu, which excludes those who are cruising on the rivers but not prepared to be "fleeced" while they are at it?
I give up!!!!
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4 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
That puts me in my place then, doesn't it? I shall remain out of the way in future, on The Common moorings and make myself a sandwich. I know I am not the only one, even on this forum, to have walked in there to such a frigid and rather snobbish reception that I have preferred not to bother.
The point you missed - or simply looked down on - is that the Woods End is a traditional, very old and famous riverside pub that owes its existence to the brickworks that existed right beside it and the wherry trade that came to it as a result. What they now call Bramerton Common was the brickworks quay heading! In just the same way as Coldham Hall, Surlingham Ferry, Berney Arms, the Duke's Head at Somerleyton and many others. You name them! The Yare at Brundall was another.
If they couldn't handle normal passing trade just because of a wedding reception then they shouldn't be running a riverside pub business. Just ask my dear friend Peter Tallowin, who ran a roaring trade in that pub for many years in the 70s and 80s and whose father Gilly, was the famous landlord of the New Inn at Horning. I also remember Dick Chance, his predecessor at the Woods End and a good friend of Harry Last at Coldham.
As my father's son, I did a lot of my growing up in those pubs. If they are now simply to be superseded by an up-market exclusive bijou experience for those who think paying through the nose means class, I find that quite lamentable.
Vaughan, I replied as I see it based on my experiance so nothing I wrote puts anybody in their place nor do I look down on anybody or anything, indeed those that know me in real life I would hope would tell you that I am not that sort of man. In the first draft I did say that many feel the same as you do about the place but reading back I see that I then edited that out and now wishing I hadnt!
On the subject of points being simply missed. Yes the Woods End, now called Waters Edge by the way, was a different pub way back and may have had a traditional feel but for whatever reason it was sold and the new owners made it something different than what it was. This happens a lot as is it happening right now to the Yare (White Heron).
Now to say if they couldnt handle normal passing trade and a wedding reception at the same time then the owners shouldnt be running a riverside pub is quite frankly astounding much like your insistance to name drop at every opportunity!
You have a nice day now.
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1 hour ago, Vaughan said:
I have no idea, since I have only "darkened their door" on two occasions. The first was when it turned out they were doing a wedding reception and so "normal" customers were out of the question.
The second time, I came in and asked for a drink at the bar and to see the lunch menu. I was made so totally unwelcome by the "P.R." or whoever she thought she was, that I simply walked away.
I am cruising the Broads on my boat. If I want to stop for lunch, I want good old pub food and a pint or two. Who remembers Patsy Dashwood's home cooked fish pie in the Buck in Thorpe, or her steak and ale pie?
If I want a heavily priced gourmet experience, I will take my twin engined flybridge Broom to the Waterside Inn at Bray, where I will expect to pay whatever it might cost.
I would take a guess that your first experiance might happen there infrequently rather than on a regular basis so perhaps purely bad luck with your timing and I myself have always experianced a warm welcome from Lee and the staff there but understand that others have not for whatever reason, the most common being people demanding rather than asking.
I must agree The Waterside Inn, Bray with its Al La Carte menu is indeed a very nice place in a nice setting having eaten there many a time with clients and I am pretty sure that with enough notice and a thick wallet you could book the entire dining area for a wedding reception there as well.
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3 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
If it is going to be a copy of the new style Bramerton Woods End, I won't be at all interested.
Understand what you say however you cant fault the food there or can you?
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24 minutes ago, Meantime said:
Latest news on the pub is it opens sometime in September, but it has had a huge amount of work done on it so expect the prices to reflect the investment would be my guess. There should also be a few more visitor moorings for the pub.
Mind I had a pump out on Friday and most of the boats were out on hire. 2 in on turnaround and 2 not hired. Pump out was £18.
Yes, it was meant to reopen in July then they found a snag so August and now due to reopen in September. Outside seating area has had a low wall built around it and a sump pump installed there to combat high water flooding.
All looking "pretty" now on the outside but hoping it wont have "pretty" prices inside when it is finished but dreading the worst, ie £8 a pint!
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2 hours ago, Chelsea14Ian said:
Think they've lost the plot.Call in the Co-op at Brundall, buy ingredients and cook yourself. Or have breakfast at a cafe in the village.
The only cafe in Brundall offers a choice of breakfast at around £6 - £8 per head and takeaway baps. It is clean and tidy inside with a garden out back. The only drawback for those on a boat who struggle with walking is the hill up to the village.
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39 minutes ago, RS2021 said:
This is just a Web page off the NBD website. The app has loads more info.
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22 minutes ago, BroadsExplorer said:
Erm, excuse me but where has my post gone?
The one that yours refered to has been editted so I guess your post was deemed pointless, but it was funny.
Warning: Last time I asked the same Q I was given a short forum holiday!
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9 minutes ago, andyg said:
No it's my phone it does it all the time. Some are quite funny.
"Fat Fingers" andyg strikes again!
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So say it is a six bearth boat at £ 660 to hire
£660 split two ways = £330
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£660 split six ways = £110
So the question is how much does the two bearth boat cost to hire.
Then there are some that would argue for a reduction because they have a smaller bed and come splitting up the food and drinks bill some might argue that they didnt eat meat or drink wine so they should pay less.
Choose you crew mates with care!
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7 hours ago, FairTmiddlin said:
Someone posted on social media (possibly Twatter) they are now printing Solar panels onto Cellophane like material.
They are about 7 inches wide and about 6metres long and you can adhere them with double sided tape to a roof they connect to a central bus bar.
From the colour of them its a copper based ink on a revolving drum printer.
I watched a short article on how they make this and how it works even in low light situations then they applied the covering to items such as the bands of headphones to maintain charge and handbags to wireless charge mobile phones inside the bags.
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19 minutes ago, mikeyboy1966 said:
It’s probably one of those marinas where old boats go to die.
£16k pa divided by 22 moorings is only £727 per boat.
based on what I’m paying to moor a 30 ft cruiser it would be £55k
i realise my maths are at the most simplistic level but with a bit of work I think the income from mooring fees could be massively improved upon.
It would need a sizeable chunk of cash chucking at it though,
clean/modern toilets and showers,
electric to each berth etc etc
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Dont forget that many places dont provide these faciliites and it is reflected in the mooring fee`s.
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21 minutes ago, grendel said:
After a lazy morning where putting up the bunting all round seemed the order of the day, at 11am we departed oulton broad, a slow pootle down oulton dyke, and if anyone knows water rail, between 1200 rpm, and 1600 rpm the whole boat shakes in sympathy with the engine, so after a few hundred yards of this, crash, that was the sugar jar, a few minutes later and crash, that was the (full) kettle. Later crash, that was the coffee jar, all vibrated across the work surfaces, at. Some point during mooring manoeuvres some more shaking must have occurred and the bottle of rum had joined the party on the floor. Luckily the only casualty was the kettle, with maybe some emergency handle repairs later.
Thought you would know her little quirks by now grendel.
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I am interested in the kind that can be walked on if anybody has them fitted.
Thnks.
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I would agree that the quoted numbers dont add up on paper as presented as a profitable purchase but who is to say it will reach the guide price, are the current mooring fees on the low side or accurate for the area and is the site being used to it maximum excluding the moorings here.
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9 minutes ago, ChrisB said:
There is another pub in Wargrave but I can't remember it's name, I don't know the village that well except I sold a boat at the auctions they used to hold and an old friend kept hisboat at Val Wyatts, i crewed for him quite a bit. It was Alan who tpld me that George Harrison used to walk around the place.
Another pub in Wargrave was the Horse and Groom but that was slightly out of the town. I thought the pub I had in mind was in Henley but then time can play tricks on the old brain.
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18 minutes ago, ChrisB said:
The St George & Dragon or the Bull?
Cant remember the name just that it wasnt large pub in the centre. Looking at google maps was there ever a small pub in West St or the top end of Gravel Hill on the left?
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18 hours ago, Vaughan said:
I met Cliff Richard on one or two occasions, on the Broads, as he had a private cruiser built for him by Jenners of Thorpe, in about 1965, if I remember right. OBB please leap to correct me on the date if you know better. I met him at the launching ceremony and a couple of other times in the next years on the Broads, on one occasion while strolling down Lower St. in Horning doing his shopping. Everyone knew who he was but everyone just wished him good morning in the normal way. Norfolk country people have always been like that with visiting pop stars and celebs. They treat them as they find them and respect their wish to come and relax in the peace of the Norfolk Broads, as "the rest of us" all do.
What I know of the "Cliff and Olivia" story comes from what I heard several years ago, recounted by Bruce Welch in a TV interview. Other sources are available.
I suppose the romantic in me has always wondered whether Olivia was the love that he lost, at a young age, and never found another.
Vaughan, what on earth makes you think I would know the year better than you!
Following links about her cancer the day her death was announced I did find a story where Cliff says that he met ON-J at a party when she was the girlfriend of Bruce Welch and how the two of them hit it off to become friends with ON-J and another girl going on a tour as backing singers and practical jokes being played on each other. The story ends with Cliff saying to be seen to be in a relationship with a women at that time would of been damaging to his career.
I can tell a tale about being in the same pub as George Harrison one evening when a couple walked in asking about him and nobody let on that he sitting in a corner of the bar supping a pint.
Opps, I just have!
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27 minutes ago, marshman said:
Even hardened, cynical, old gits like me, shed a little tear at that new
What bloke never had a little crush on her???
The blokes that prefered John Travolta?
Find it quite funny how facts and memories vary of the Olivia & Cliff thing or non thing.
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3 hours ago, SteveO said:
Having just been "stiffed" to the tune of £4.75 for half a pint of soft-drink dispenser diet coke by a well-known hostelry in Horning, I don't think the hire industry is the only one that needs to be worried about customer resistance.
How much for a pint of lager?
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4 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
On behalf of a very known forum member, that is a low blow.
No pun intended!
Really! Has the very well known forum member asked you to speak on their behalf, if not I think the very well known forum member might agree that it was a good example to use without naming and shaming anyone.
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How does it work in France Vaughan, are charges made and if so is it common place or do some charge whilst others dont.