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Berney Arms

Aw Grace Mrs Nog at th helm, not too far from Berney Arms now up to Reedham where Mrs Nog and her corn have an appointment with the ducks!

Safely out onto Breydon. It really is a lovely morning

Up with an early start from Acle to Great Yarmouth It's a a lovely day too, warm for the time of year.

You're right Alan It's brill Humpty Dumpty open day on Saturday

And the weather is very pleasant and warm. No sign of plauges, pestilence, Eskimos or rampant pack ice

Lovely boat too, good heating, lovely galley (Mrs Nog very pleased) and bow thrusters too

Massive thanks to Stephanie and Mark at Bridgecraft for helping us out with a Boat, much appreciated and for Paul at Swancraft vouching for us! Also many thanks to Andrew

And a brand new weather vane, made by a guy in Potter Heigham apparently

Thatched roof under repair too.

Lovely and quiet at the Bridge Inn moorings today. Compare this with summer! Pub still busy though and beer spot on as usual :-)

Good old Tesco. Destroyed more pubs than Hitler

Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Iain, sorry, I'm at cross purposes Yes indeed, Steward and Patteson had quite a few a pubs around the Broads as did Bullards before they were taken over by Watneys

Hi Iain I can see exactly where you are coming from but no, it's Horning Ferry. Bit deceptive because it was taken before the thatched roof was destroyed by fire.

Firstly humble apologies to Carol for nicking this from her Twitter feed  but I thought it was such a good photo No WKD or fancy lager, these ladies are drinking Steward and Pattesons fine ales Interestingly beer is still being brewed under the S & P brand but not at the original brewery which has long gone. Very fine beer indeed and well worth seeking out among the Wherry and other usual suspects

Hmm, not bad. Don't let the bells end (IMHO) was the best Christmas song since Slade's Merry Christmas and as I recall was held off the top by the dreary dirge Mad World which had been in a film I think. However if you really want to hear a real Christmas classic look up Santa Baby, the Norfolk Broads Version on YouTube

Popped in the WRC pub earlier in the year. Very modern styling not to everyone's taste but couldn't fault it otherwise. Very nice drop of Waxwing as I recall

At one point the rent on the Berney was twice that of the Locks. No wonder the Locks is thriving.

I would point out that the Berney is not a Pubco it's owned by a Mr Hollocks who is well known in the Yare Valley. The reason it's struggled is that the freeholder expectations are over and beyond what could be construed as reasonable return on capital (sounds familiar, Pubco style). IMHO the pub would be viable if whoever owned would charge an workable rent. Rapacious developers are closing pubs up and down the country claiming they are not viable. That's suits them because they can make a fortune turning them into flats or flogging them to McTesco or the Co op. Sounds familiar?

If you are mooring on your own the centre or aft steering boats are easiest to get ashore quickly. As Marshman says a smaller type craft would probably suit you best.

Operating system? You are too young to remember MS Dos Monica :-)

Hi Iain Peter very kindly sorted out the link a bit further back Great blog from Carol, always fascinating reading.

Sounds like where I live Iain