Puddleduck2

We have had two cats, both of whom have loved being on board our motor cruiser. The first was introduced as a kitten, but the other was two years old for his first cruise. We have a private mooring, and on arrival we let the cat(s) out of the cage, and they immediately ran to the boat. In a certain mooring spot they were also allowed to roam and always came back. However, you mentioned sailing, do you mean with sails? That might not be such a good idea and space will be much more limited. The sailing motion might also be a problem.. Good luck

Could anyone please remind me which yards have showers available to non Hirers. Thank you

Chinese in Coltishall which delivers to the moorings, and a nice Indian in Repps which delivers to the villages, so should be ok for the moorings in Potter and Womack

Its surprising how many wooden tops are left out with no covers. False economy!

Actual venue believed to have been down at St Benets.

Hornets Nests??

Tuesday 8.15am. Currently there is a large motor cruiser moored at St Benets. I can't see any details from where I am. Is someone using his initiative or is it a live-aboard which the BA allow to move?

Noted, ta!

Thanks for all the comments. My current deal is sim only for our two iPhones; unlimited minutes and txts and 1Gb data which is more than adequate. We are in the northern rivers area and Vodafone has been good most of the time as well as elsewhere when away on holiday. It can be such a pain to switch but I will have to do so to save £10pm. Money saving website lists all the companies and the deals, so thanks whoever referred me to that.

We have always used Vodafone, are infrequent users and little data use. Vodafone will shortly increase our monthly bill from £15 + VAT to £22 + VAT, so I have been looking at all the various operators including some of the lesser known ones like Vigo, Lebara, Smarty. I know it has been mentioned before, but I cannot find the links to comments about service around the broads and around the country as a whole from the major and minor providers. Anyone care to offer comments please? Thank you.

I have a filter like that on my Collins, although the cap is a screw fit.Quite standard in their day. The bronze filters are difficult to find, so look after it. I don't find that the weed drops back into the body, rather than it gets stuck in the body if the filter is full. Happens frequently on a trip to Coltishall and back. Just carry a length of plastic tube to push down the body and out of the hull.

Why all the discussion of Acle & Stacey? The questioner is only here for 4 nights and it has already been suggested that he stays on the upper Bure, Thurne and Ant. If he needs to go to Yarmouth he can easily get back to his car at PH and drive in. Just saying...

We passed you yesterday just downstream of Cockshoot. You were both wrapped up well in heavy weather gear on your flying bridge, complete with L.J's, Life Jackets that is, not Long Johns, although you probably need them as it was chilly. Its a shame the Padstow pasty shop does not have a branch in Wroxham as I would be a regular visitor and they would have a good trade!! Enjoy the rest of your time here.

"Chucking" 20kg is not good for the back. Don't ask me how I know!

We have our own boat and always take the cat with us for a trip of 3 or 4 days. However, it has been brought up with the boat and is purrfectly happy. Its litter tray is kept in the shower and its not allowed on deck except when we are moored. For longer trips it stays at home.

There is a panel van which is constantly parked in Horning emblazoned with the logo "SUPBoarding magazine". Are they advertising drinking on board??

We were standing on Ludham Bridge as you passed under it yesterday!

Personally, I think it is a bad idea for a newbie. Dinghies are a pain at the best of times especially if you do find an alongside mooring; they get in everyones way. When mud weighting, lifting a dog in/out might not be so easy if it is a sizeable dog which is not used to that procedure. To coin a phrase, dump the dinghy, or ditch the dog(not literally, of course). Enjoy your holiday.

I heard yesterday that Broadsbeat or the BA patrols say that it is now OK to sleep on board on your own moorings. That would need checking and also confirming that it is also OK on marina berths.

Please can we go back to holidays at home and not stacations!

Possibly slightly off subject, but "live aboards" can be on their boats, but there is no need for them to be moving around the waterways, just as the rest of us should not use our cars except for specified journeys. I saw a hire boat passing St Benets yesterday but could not see from which fleet, although it did have a TV dome on the bow!

Have a look at the Hire Boat brochures and websites to look at the various types they have to rent which might take your fancy; then come up and have a look at them and possibly hire them for a weekend to see what you think. A couple of hire charges is preferable to buying the wrong craft.

I was passing through Hoveton yesterday and saw from the roadsigns that that it has joined the Broads National Park

Johnash asked for a suggested route from Portsmouth. My preferred routing would be north to Oxford, around west/north ring road to Bicester, Buckingham, Milton Keynes, Bedford, A14 past Cambridge to pick up A11 just past Newmarket. At junction of A11/A47, on outskirts of Norwich head for Gt Yarmouth until bridge over river at Postwick; from here ,the final leg, choice of three routes. Shall I go on?

Not yet as bad as 1987!!