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Popeye

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  1. With regards to giving your name and address to some person trying to fleece you for money. You do not have to give your name and address to a police officer unless you are being arrested so why would you give it to a person employed by BA.
  2. Oh well, I will just save my petrol and not visit the Ranworth bit then. Sorry pub, store and the café for my lost trade. My drinks store is well stocked as well as the grub stakes and I have a preference to wild moorings anyway. Its bad enough listening to roaring diesels, uncouth loud mouthed inconsiderate people and barking dogs in the morning without paying for the privilege of doing so.
  3. I did not get that particular e mail from "Microsoft". Well, I have just sorted out my Outlook account and set a new password, there appears to be no problem now and all the "sent" e mails have stopped and been deleted. I am monitoring the account to make sure its working ok and will scrap it and set a new account with somebody else if I have any more trouble. There are also other scams on another e mail provider I use, purporting to come from Microsoft, asking me if that e mail address was correct for a "password recovery" address for another e mail address which I do not have. There was a box to click but I smelt a rat and deleted the e mails and deleted the account and set up a new account. It was only a throw away account anyway so no problem. Also, there is an update on my virus scan that came through and an update on the actual computer gubbins. Everything is working ok here. Take care everybody.
  4. I think that is the answer. Adjacent the quarry on this map there is an area marked "Brick Field". The flints I mentioned in the original post were probably incidental to the main purpose of obtaining marl but no doubt they were used for building too.
  5. Take care anybody with the above e mail accounts. I have just had trouble with my outlook account and e mails were being sent through it all over the World purporting to be from Microsoft Edge and telling people that money would be credited to their accounts. Check your e mail outboxes in the first instance. Microsoft are taking steps to squash this outbreak of problems so you should be receiving a communication from Microsoft soon to let you protect your accounts.
  6. No, there is nothing indicated on any maps which is rather strange. The whole area is wooded so it will not be visible from the air. Thanks for the input of other forumites.
  7. I have been on this railway a few years ago. Go there if you can, it is a really good and interesting day out and as the OP stated, Aylsham is a lovely town.
  8. I can only surmise that the flint was used to build houses in the traditional Norfolk way and in all possibility, the limestone or chalk that flints are found in was burned to make quicklime for the lime mortar that was used years ago. No doubt the Bure was an excellent means of transporting the heavy cargoes of flint around the Broadland area.
  9. A few days ago I had occasion to walk up the hill from the Castle Moorings on the River Bure at Wroxham to get some petrol (my wallet has now recovered from the shock!) and noticed what appears to be an old quarry dug out of the hillside next to the path. It appears to be an old flint quarry as evidenced in the flints buried in the footpath and some large stones which appeared to be flints being pulled up from the bottom of the river by some local lads who were swimming there. I have had a look around on the internet but can find no information about this quarry. Does anybody know anything about it?
  10. Not at all. You were doing the correct thing. The Ant is a lovely little river and not a race track. Incidentally, I have noticed, apart for a few speedheads that the general speeds on the rivers is much lower recently. Probably the fuel prices are making people think before grabbing handfulls of throttle.
  11. Looks like it will be for quite a while too, just seen the weed cutter going upstream on the Bure, probably to cut up at Coltishall where that grassy stuff is getting a bit thick.
  12. That's it, I give up! I have been doing it wrong all my life. I received a poxy education at a downright rough school, managed to get a few GCEs heaven knows how because the school was rubbish, got a steady job that I stuck with for many years, bought my own house and boat and paid all my taxes no matter what and it appears that all around me are living it up at my expense. What a World we live in, honesty has no value anymore.
  13. I am sure if I wrote a letter to BA it would end up in the vertical filing cabinet.
  14. What I was getting to in my post is, how many of those craft are licensed? Ok, it is great to see young people abandoning their phones which they pay a fortune for but how many of them are spending what is quite a reasonable sum to license their craft? An unpowered craft costs peanuts to licence but are they licensed I ask? As I said in my original post, I am not against paddle boards or canoes provided they are licensed. And what about insurance? Now that is another can of worms.
  15. I wonder how much that light has cost to run over the countless years I have been on the Broads.?
  16. I have just spent Sunday afternoon TRYING to fish at Coltishall, up by the old lock. For anybody contemplating this, just forget it. The place is crowded with people on canoes and paddle boards and the fishing is totally ruined. Fair enough, I am not against canoes or paddle boarders as long as they are sensible and try their best not to get minced with my propeller. It came to mind, just with the exception of The Canoe Man's craft how many of these craft owners are either BCU members or have actually purchased a licence from BA? I always buy a temporary licence for my boat and always buy a full licence for my rods but it appears all these people are getting their pleasure destroying my pleasure for free. BA please note. instead of putting up the price of our boat licences, check elsware to see where other revenue could be obtained. THat's it! Rant over.
  17. Whilst I accept that the bigger beasts that may need to punch the current on the lower reaches and need a bit more throttle these dayboats around Wroxham and Potter do not need that sort of power and the speed limit is much lower in those areas. All that is needed is a collar or the like clamped onto the throttle cable down in the engine compartment to limit the speed. As that ruddy meercat would say.......simples!
  18. Parts can also be obtained from Saving Old Seagulls in East Essex if anybody is interested in buying spares for Seagulls. E mail john@saving-old-seagulls.co.uk. John is much cheaper than Sheridans and keeps most of the spares needed. A visit to the Saving Old Seagulls website is rather interesting too.
  19. Hmmmm. Might be a good bait for monster pike methinks.
  20. Aha! just done a bit if research and the spot is Caen Meadow adjacent the Castle BA moorings.
  21. I used to enjoy a dip in the river but it was best done on quieter stretches and where boats can be seen coming from a distance. Keeping close to the bank is also a good idea and always head towards the bank on the approach of a boat. I did see, just about, some time ago a swimmer in the middle of the river just above Acle Bridge who must have had a death wish. By the way, please take care when venturing up river from Wroxham. There is a place with a sandy beach and a BA mooring, the name escapes me at present. The local's children (supervised) use it as a swimming place. Sound the horn and slow down to a tick over and stop if necessary, also beware of anybody swimming from the beach upstream. A quick chat with the swimmers will confirm if anybody has gone upstream. It may be an idea to post a lookout on the bow too. Although BA do not condone swimming in the Broads it may be an idea for them to post a notice warning boaters that there may be swimmers in the area.
  22. Whatever you do, avoid anything with silicone in it. Silicone causes havoc with gel coat repairs.
  23. The Thames is a wonderful river and as I said earlier I have been on it many times. The first time was on a medium sized narrowboat named Monica Emily which some workmates and I hired from a small hirer in Southall on the Regents Canal in London. We took her out through Brentford Locks and onto the tidal Thames and through Teddington locks and on through the ever changing river right up to Lechlade and back in two weeks in scorching weather. All the locks then were manned by uniformed keepers and really looked after the boats in the locks but were a bit fearsome if they were disobeyed. In later days I stuck to the upper Thames in my own boat, slipping it in at Lechlade and only venturing downstream as far as Henley. Unfortunately due to cutbacks the locks on the upper Thames, especially above Oxford more often than not are unmanned which gives a single hander senior citizen such as myself and not in the best of health some problems. Whatever, do have a bash at this beautiful river, you will not be disappointed.
  24. An easy thing to do is use one of those small single egg pans. I fry some bacon in the pan to release a bit of oil and if I have it, a couple of slices of chorizo. I remove the fat from the bacon with scissors and chop the meat up. Add a chopped chestnut mushroom and a little sliced onion and fry gently. Drop in some chunks of cheese and an egg and stir in the egg to break the yolk and cook gently until set, then put on a layer of grated cheese and put under the grill. Of course, add seasoning to your liking during cooking. I like to use a few pinches of Caribbean seasoning, sea salt and black pepper. So, everything is done in a small egg pan and the result can be upturned onto a slice of toast.
  25. Yes, I have a copperstone pan at home and it is wonderful for oil less frying, its almost impossible to stick eggs to it and it seems amazingly robust and durable.
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