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I use that recipe too, delicious. I think the key might be the soaking, the one year I was short of time and missed it out, it was very salty, so much do that a turkey and ham pie filling I made after Christmas had to very reluctantly be thrown away. I think it just concentrated the saltiness even further.
I admit to buying from the supermarket too, a triangular unsmoked piece with a big slab of skin for the cloves/glaze.
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I’ve brought the leftover cold meat to the boat today to munch on with baked beans and potato wedges. Left Tony at home, he won’t eat cold meat.
Am going to try to use these few days on the boat to kickstart losing the Christmas weight! 2kg worth!!-
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Very sorry to hear your sad news, pancreatic cancer is vicious.
I drove past Hoveton walk in vaccine centre earlier this afternoon. It was truly packed, well done the locals of Hoveton and surroundings.
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Maybe she hasn’t got her ‘eye in’ yet to mark them well so therefore showing less interest in retrieving. Finlay Springer is an excellent retriever on cold game but on his first shoot just wouldn’t pick up, until I put a bird down for him and set him up properly like when training and then no problems, as if he needed permission! By the third shoot, he was staying much closer when beating and is now the dog used to retrieve when a bird falls the other side of dyke, so most chuffed with him. He loves water which is handy when I have to wash him off when getting back to boat after a walk.
Funnily enough, a few of the other spaniels will show where a bird is, but not pick up.
I think continuing with regular dummy training and on cold game will sort Purdey out. She sounds a cracking dog. Enjoy the rest of the season.-
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You’re making me envious now Sam. Desmond certainly looked chuffed. Will be joining the throng on Wednesday, all being well, for a week or so.
Enjoy the rest of your trip, keep posting.-
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Merry Christmas to one and all. Since joining the forum in July, I have been made very welcome and can feel part of the community when at the boat. I look forward to meeting more people when out and about. The tips and advice I have learnt have been invaluable, I keep all the ‘gems of wisdom’ in a little black book on board and use it surprisingly often.
Thanks to all the admin team, I certainly hadn’t appreciated all the background work that goes in to running something like this.
Also many thanks to the quizzers, so welcoming and it’s such good fun.
And here’s a big toast to being on the boat more often than at home in 2022 (I can dream). Kate-
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Good fun, thanks Steve.
we tried to get you back Jean after it got sorted, come back on 7th. Missed you. -
And thanks from me too, lovely way to spend the evening. Glad my boat connections seemed to do just fine.
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That's interesting, Malanka. Thank you.
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Yes it is still and a nip in the air. Missed you this trip norfolknog if you’re down at stokesby, presumably gearing up for breydon tomorrow.
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12 hours ago, twowrights said:
Our dog is also raw fed, he won't touch pork or lamb though. He loves tripe, and the odd bit of cheese.
I don’t give him raw pork, I have a worry (probably unfounded) about tapeworm cysts
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May make your acquaintance sometime this week NorfolkNog. If you pass a bright orange ex Richardson’s horizon 35 give me a toot. What boat are you on?
The storm seems to have disappeared as quickly as it came. I haven’t seen tomorrow’s forecast yet. Hope you are nice and snug. Kate
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I think you can buy cotswold at that shop in wroxham by the bridge. Along with cheapo DAF that always smells awful so I avoid it.
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They look mighty tasty!
cotswold raw is good stuff. I buy frozen too and can manage a week of raw on the boat before having to swap to cold pressed kibble.
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Xylitol is also in cheap peanut butter, which I know lots of dogs love (the p.butter that is).
Re veg: Finlay grazes all day at my allotments, cabbage stalks are a favourite and he nicks any raspberries and apples within reach. I have to watch my peas and runner beans too. Half a cucumber and a carrot go down well too. I don’t let him have tomatoes (he doesn’t pick them anyway) and he also doesn’t seem to bother with my grapes vines, grapes are meant to be particularly bad for dogs. He must know!
I would encourage raw feeding for any dog as long as you can cope with the slight messiness, and not to go for the really expensive ones which I think are just companies jumping on the band wagon. I use dogs butcher and can buy direct, although I get it from a supplier as it’s actually cheaper. It’s nice chunky mince and you can see the different stuff in it, some look like mush. -
Think it’ll be noisy at ranworth though, the sail boats in the private moorings have started their percussion chorus.
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Mine eats raw, turkey is on the menu every few days, so perhaps it makes a difference once it’s cooked, although I buy frozen cooked chicken pieces as training treats. He eats anything I give him to be honest, tripe, minced rabbit including guts, pheasant carcass etc and he like cheese as a treat too. He stole a pheasant breast I’d just taken off bird the other night, was very cross, but he is as gentle as you like when retrieving them when working, so obviously doesn’t associate an actual bird with dinner!
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On my tod at ranworth so went side on down side dyke, should be sheltered enough there, back of boat facing south. Just started raining and wind picked up, bang on cue of forecast I read this morning.
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Don’t forget the bigger the boat, the more costly the mooring fees and the toll. Finding one with a mooring allocated is always a bonus. Buying direct from Richardson’s may fulfil the mooring requirement and in my opinion, Paul is fair to deal with. Ex hire boats are ‘ready to go’ but will need refurb work over time. I do my simple diy eg interior painting, electrics when moored up on the river and then feel I’m still ‘using the boat’.
Insist on anything that the survey brings up being done before any money changes hands. To be fair, Richardson’s seem to do that anyway and don’t expect you to pay a deposit or anything until completely satisfied. Maybe all companies are like that!
Happy hunting. Bring waterproofs and wellies if you are planning any walks as it’s very puddly and muddy at the moment.
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And don't be afraid to ask all the questions you need, the specialist nurse and groups like Macmillan will be open and honest and, as my hubby was told, they get paid to talk, so use them! Xx
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And it was super. Mighty difficult for you to monitor though Polly! Thanks very much.
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I managed at surlingham, Helen, just about and with a couple of about turns due to the tide taking me downstream more than I thought. I was embarrassed at the time about having to abort and go again, but once I managed it, I was chuffed!
And the bonus was , there was £22.76 left on the electric just by my mooring, how on earth did it get to that credit?
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YnysMon, I don’t know how to do the right emoji, but hugs to you, stressful when you have to drop everything and go into autopilot to sort something out. Xx
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I had Astra Zeneca for the first two with no side effects and Moderna booster 10 days ago. My arm has been hot, tender, swollen and very itchy ever since, no sign of abating yet, but thankfully not stopping me working. My sister was in bed for a week aftrer her booster with same vaccines, but two friends had no effects at all. So I think it's just the luck of the draw.
incidentally, I tested positive on a PCR test in September. I had a headache for 3 days (not unusual to be honest) and a negative lateral flow test, and no other symptoms ( in fact my temp was 35.9, certainly not 'high temperature'), but a PCR test of the same sample, collected when at a screening clinic for a medical trial, was positive. By the time I was told the result, the headache had gone and I felt fine again. Just had to have the remainder of the 10 days at home! Not sure what this says about the efficacy of lateral flow tests versus PCR tests.
Christmas Leftovers
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Nice greasy sausage roll or two for Finlay on shoot days and a good doze till we set off again!