Troyboy

The Haines Bure 36 is the ultimate 2 berth broads boat. We looked at Borelo, another Haines Bure 36. It was described as a luxury apartment on water and that's exactly what it was. Fair Lily was only for sale for a couple of days. I'm hoping to book it in September.

It looks a lovely boat. Very comfortable for 2 people.

We came several times with mum and dad in late 60s and 70s. Caribbean class boat, Vesta 3, one from Sandersons and a few more. I fell in at Acle Bridge and almost drowned when I was about 10 yr old. Older lady pulled me out and I woke up in my parents cabin. I can remember it clearly even though it was 50 yrs ago. I look at various places on the broads that reminds me of childhood visits.

Hi Kate, this is our new addition. We lost Ollie in October. This is a female called Vera. She is 9 yrs old and belonged to the under keeper at Wykeham. He retired her 4 days before Christmas. She really is a darling. We are lucky to have her.

We were down 5 weeks ago Kate but I didn't see you on the river. I'll keep an eye out for Springers Retreat.

An Interesting read. I've always found the public toilets around the broads to be very good. And most are free of charge unlike 40p at Scarborough. Those moorings at short dyke were disappointing with grass that length and I would say dangerous. £5000 a year for a boat on the broads is a lot of money. I didn't realise it was so expensive. I agree with Katie about the state of some of the public footpaths. I suppose they will be the first facilities to be cut in this modern era. No pun intended. Human waste in the water is a big no no from me. The broads are still the best holiday destination for me and I will be there in 6 days for a week. This is a great forum thanks to you guys and thanks for your inputs. I love your diary threads.

I hope you get the very best of outcomes with your treatment. Good luck.

But don't call him Dave. It's David. Go in person. That's what I did and got a mooring there and then. Beautiful marina.

Interesting read. Additional to tyres and probably more dangerous to us is brake dust. I've wondered for a long time about how much brake dust is in the air.

What a shame. We've used it many times over the years. Them having to close, due to what will probably be a disproportionate increase in rent, is everything that is wrong with the modern world. I will walk to the Angel Inn in future to support them.

I'm going back 5 yrs but when I used a £1 card in the electric Post I always left the next morning with 40 pence on the post. That was charging the batteries, tv, toaster and other things. The Bridge Inn at Acle used to charge a fiver for electric, which i thought was enough. £10 is taking the mick. I won't be mooring there again.

Just get a second cable. How long is a piece of string is the answer to how many metres.

You might be pleased to hear that modern outboard engines are reasonably good at charging your batteries. They are not as good as the diesel inboard engines but not bad all the same. Make sure you set your fridge correctly so that it keeps everything cool but doesn't flog itself to death when there is no need. Get an additional length of shorepower cable because you often get moored too far from an available electric post for one cable. It's all good fun.

Regarding the 240v hook up. If I am correct you only have 1 leisure battery and a starter battery. Depending on what electrical equipment you will be using the 1 leisure battery won't last long with the fridge and some lighting. If you moor up at an electric post and plug the boat in you can charge up the batteries and use the 3 pin plug sockets without worrying about the charge left on your battery. (TV, toaster etc) I'm not familiar with an inverter and how they work but I'm sure someone will explain about them. I hope this makes sense and helps

We had a night at Richarsons boatyard on the Heron Quay. We moored on the right just as we came in. It was a lovely mooring for the night. Only 10 minutes from Tescos. Not brilliant for walking the dog but you can't have everything.

I wish we were still there. Enjoy you lucky people

We passed it last week to and from HWs. It looks a mess but as has been said there seems to be less rough looking live aboards than there used to be. It always intrigues my wife when we see such boats. As the saying goes. The light is on but no one's at home.

Good luck with your new boat I hope all goes well. I looked at the boat and it is as new. I don't know how many petrol tanks it has on board but if its only 1 then it is worth investing in another. It gives you an extended cruising range and peace of mind knowing you have a second tank to fall back on. I've had a couple of Vikings in the past so although my knowledge is limited fell free to ask if you are stuck.

It's threads like this that put me off buying another boat. We have just had a week on a hire boat and to be fair we had no issues but I did witness some very stupid behaviour by let's just say a same sex group on two boats. I love the northern broads but they do attract some idiots whereas the southern broads tend to be a bit more gentile. Still a wonderful place to be and as we all know there are some lovely quiet places to moor.

I haven't been to Brooms for about 6 years. I think the last pumpout I paid for was about 5 yrs ago at Sutton boatyard. £10 I think it was. I suppose everything is going up in price.

We've just come back from the broads today after a week hiring from HW. Unfortunately the fridge packed in so we went back to the yard where a new one was fitted very quickly. Whilst I was there I got a free pumpout as we were 5 days into our 7. I didn't realise how expensive it could have been for 1 pumpout. £18 for one sounds expensive. I suppose I'm out of touch.

That dog doesn't realise how lucky he is. Your blogs are making me very envious. I'm going to look at a boat on Saturday morning before we go to HW to pick up Evening Light. Can't wait to get back on the broads.

Loving those 360° images. We are down on Saturday for a week on Evening Light. We were thinking about going south and this wetting my appetite. Thanks for posting.

That is brilliant. It's marvellous what you can do with modern technology, which is leaving me behind all too quickly. I'd love to see more like it. Thanks for posting.

Mill House Farm moorings looked a nice alternative to Acle Bridge. I walked past them last month when we moored at Acle. I thought that it would be a great place to Moor. Good for the dog, 10 minutes walk from the Bridge Inn. Very peaceful.