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CeePee1952
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5 hours ago, kpnut said:
What does it pick up as the nearest tidal reference?
In Yorks, it’s Boston if I remember, in Sussex it’s gypsy lane on the river Nene.
Ha ha 😂 it uses the River Deben which is just a few thousand miles from here!!
Chris and Brenda
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The Aweigh app works down under as well 😂 0854 hrs Sat morning and moored up at Lyttelton near Christchurch!
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It’s 0630 hrs on Friday 9th and we’ve just arrived in Port Chalmers (Dunedin) for the day. Looks like a lot of timber gets shipped out from here! We have booked an excursion to see Olveston House and Larnach Castle today and view the Scottish influence here.
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It’s 0945 hrs on Thursday 8th Feb here and after having had two days at sea cruising from Sydney down to the south west coast of South Island NZ, we have just left Milford Sound at the Fiordland National Park. Next stop will be Thompson Sound around about midday. Last night was a formal night on board and the Captain gave a bit of a speech. We found out last night that the Captain, Steve Holland, comes from Wroxham!!! How spooky 😀
Chris and Brenda
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It’s 1256 pm and just got back to the ship after enjoying a “Hop on, Hop off” bus tour around Sydney which lasted 2 1/2 hours! Sydney harbour bridge just behind us! Sail tonight for another two days at sea before reaching the South Island of New Zealand and more shore excursions! (Oh and it’s a sweltering 33 degrees here!)
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Our “home” for the next two weeks (taken 4 days ago prior to boarding in Auckland).
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Phew! Now on board the Royal Princess having endured a total of 23 hours flying time!! 13 hrs from Heathrow to Hong Kong and 10 hrs from Hong Kong to Auckland! Cases still to be delivered to our cabin but we’ve had a quick freshen up in there and now having a G&T in the atrium 😀
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Currently sitting in the Premier Plaza lounge in T5 at Heathrow having a beer/wine and something to eat
Hold baggage gone (won’t see that again until we land in Auckland on 1st Feb!).
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Well, the day has finally arrived. We took Luna (our GSD) to her favourite kennels yesterday (they do make a fuss of her there!) and came back to start packing our suitcases and preparing the house for our 14 days away cruising around New Zealand onboard Royal Princess. This will be my first cruise on a cruise ship although Brenda already has a couple under her belt, having gone away previously with her brother and his wife etc. We fly from Heathrow tonight (British Airways) and land in Hong Kong some 12 hours later, then it's a 3 hour wait until we board an Air New Zealand flight to Auckland which will take another 11 hours approx! Due to the time difference between here and New Zealand, we actually arrive there at 0930 hrs on 1st Feb! Once on board the ship and in our cabin (deluxe balcony cabin on the starboard side), it'll be a case of unpacking, getting a bite to eat and then joining in the "sail away" event when we depart in the evening. We have free wifi on the ship so I will try and post on here at some point during our cruise.
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Good job they didn't call the group Save Happisburgh In Total - imagine being asked "what action group do you belong to" - to which the reply would be "I'm in the **** (as its a family forum I won't use the abbreviation).
All the same I wish the group the best of luck.
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Very sad news to read of Ian's passing. RIP Ian, your family can be proud of what you have achieved during your lifetime, we never met Ian or any of his family but his posts on here were a pleasure to read. Condolences to the family.
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19 minutes ago, Gracie said:
If you don't have an electric winch please remember to let go of the rope when you swing your mud weight out
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Also, remember to place the mudweight gently back in it's rightful place - don't put it down on the deck suddenly - you'll end up with a copious amount of Norfolk Broads finest mud all over you if you haven't washed it all off beforehand! Been there, done that as the saying goes
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11 minutes ago, Gracie said:
Who is Mr Mannering? I put a laugh thingy to your post Chris but haven't a clue
Gracie, It's one of the many catch phrases from Dads Army, that was a great BBC comedy series back in the 70's. Capt Mainwaring (pronounced "Mannering") was one of the characters and whenever he said something a bit quirky/double entendre, another character (Lcpl Jones) would come out with "oo-er Mr Mannering and other catch phrases like "Don't Panic!"
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As a regular hirer with HW, we no longer have a trial run, whether it be on a 35' or 44' boat (which are the two sizes we hire depending whether we are on our own or with friends or family). We know most of the guys who are involved with the instruction side of the handover and they know I have enough experience in handling their craft
. When approached by a ranger to do their survey, I always reply to the question regarding handover/trial run with a positive yes - HW have every faith in me helming one of their boats so I won't give the BA/ rangers any reason to judge them! Totally agree with first time or infrequent hirers having a trial run (we had ours with HW the first and second time we hired with them).
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4 hours ago, Vaughan said:
if you can't get it up again *
* Not sure if I am allowed to say that but it might be an appropriate sentiment!
Oo-er Mr Mannering!
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5 hours ago, Mouldy said:
We were moored at Ranworth earlier this year and two of the Woods hybrids were there at the same time. They might be quiet underway on electric power, but both were running generators and they do make a din!
Didn't think they had a generator Malcolm? HW guy didn't mention it when we had a quick look around Platinum Light 1 last year to see what it was like inside.
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Found this on the You Tube channel this morning and although not Broads related, I would love to see this cruising on the southern Broads!
Chris
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9 hours ago, Dan said:
I quite like the fact there's some new higher berth/ten berth boats being built, and the layout looks like all cabins are fairly well proportioned mainly as there are only two bathrooms. The single dinette looks a bit awkward to me, but at least they have made an effort to give everyone a seat I suppose!
The rear twin cabin looks like you would have to pass through/interrupt (could be embarrassing!) the rear double cabin for the loo during the night, but I suppose there is always a compromise that has to be made.
Although really just a stretched Alpha Highliner (from Barnes') with moulded in sundeck I do still quite like this design and they have aged fairly well at around 20 years or so since the first incarnation.
Dan
This must be the one that I referred to in my post on 15th Nov? Very similar layout to the Platinum Light that we have booked for end of Sep next year and it's not the hybrid version either.
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1 hour ago, Vaughan said:
Being young at that time, I would say it was because we found ourselves with no other choice!
Agreed!
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10 minutes ago, Tess10 said:
Just had lunch at the Granary Ranworth & speaking with the owner he said that the Masters has closed permanently & the landlord has moved out.
Their website is no longer available either
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Minus 0.3 here on the outskirts of Rugby but the sun is starting to break through the early morning fog that we have had!
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21 minutes ago, CeePee1952 said:
Hmmm, I'm using Chrome too but I have the Kaspersky AV, which like Norton tends to throw up the "untrustworthy site" warnings. However, even telling Kaspersky to continue etc, I still get that darn error code
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Well, now I'm a little bewildered!! Just tried to access that link through this forums app on my smartphone and it worked!! I'm guessing that I've got something on this PC that I need to tweak
oh well 0nwards and upwards ha ha
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10 minutes ago, Hylander said:
I have just used it , am using Chrome if that helps. Saying that it did start to say that the link was unsafe but I have Norton and everything that breaths is unsafe but as have used this site for many many years I just ploughed on.
Hmmm, I'm using Chrome too but I have the Kaspersky AV, which like Norton tends to throw up the "untrustworthy site" warnings. However, even telling Kaspersky to continue etc, I still get that darn error code
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23 minutes ago, Maxwellian said:
Do you mean this one?
That link is not working for me? I've even tried to open up the shorebase.co.uk website link and that still throws up the Error code 404
Chris
Hold baggage gone (won’t see that again until we land in Auckland on 1st Feb!).
All the same I wish the group the best of luck.
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oh well 0nwards and upwards ha ha 
About To Cruise But Not On The Broads!
in The Broadscot Lounge
Posted · Edited by CeePee1952
a few typo's!!
Phew! Finally returned to a very wet and windy UK (Heathrow) at 0600 hrs on Thursday 15th Feb!! It's taken until today to sort of get back into "normal" mode again, including picking up pooch from the kennels on the Friday and getting her back into a "home" routine!. I will post some brief accounts and photos of our cruise around New Zealand etc once I have sorted out the hundreds of photos that we took both on our phones and my camera. I'll try and keep the posts in a chronological order as well
. Jean (SwanR) has already posted a very good account of what Sydney is like so I won't dwell too much on that visit we did there after a bumpy two days at sea crossing over from New Zealand! One thing is for sure though - both Brenda and me can confirm that enduring a combined flight time of 25 hours on the way back - 10 1/2 hours Auckland to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific, then followed by a 14 1/2 hour flight from Hong Kong to Heathrow with BA is not for the faint hearted!! Righto, time to get delving and sorting into the two weeks worth of pics etc and somehow producing a condensed tale of a cruise - but not on the Broads! 
Chris and Brenda