marshman

Not sure the Banks actually own Link or have any direct say in where machines go - but of course pre empt closure by closing the facility where the machine often, but not always, is. Sadly however, a bit like pubs, we only us lose these facilities if they are not used to their fullest extent. Currently debit cards are used for 48% of transactions and cash for just 15% and as us oldies die away , cash will be used less over a period of time. In Sweden its now under 10% - so keep your mattresses full!

I am really surprised that some still do no trust "modern technology" like cashpoints as they have been around for 50 years or so now!!!! I still use cash but I do also use contactless and internet banking as well, the latter is easy to use to pay in cheques too - in addition I cannot remember when I last actually used a cheque book!! I suppose its somewhere in my drawer! Having said Apps can drive me up the wall!!

Just wonder how many holidaymakers have actually used the PO facilities in Horning - indeed how many posters here use it regularly? Probably says it all really. Ours is part of a general store and actually has a free cash machine too - but I doubt it makes money as a stand alone business.

I am sure it was last week when I cycled over - although it is still half term here until next week.

They will from now on any reprint!!!!!

Always had to back the foresail on a Thames Barge to get the head round - wouldn't go otherwise at all sometimes if you didn't!

You are right of course - boats are designed to actually sail upright!! Newbies like to sail them on their ear and seemingly like all the hard work! If it becomes like hard work, stop and take a reef in - thats what they are for!!

Colin Buttifant is the only way to go!!!!!!!

And yes, I think it was a marsh harrier - whereabouts was it?

Catcouk - don't worry too much about the twelfths rule on the Broads as it doesn't really apply!!!!! Too many other factors involved and indeed when I passage plan, I work on, in normal conditions, 5hours of food and 7 of ebb. Having said that there are many variations on the theme, but unless you are near Yarmouth, its all fairly incidental!

Whether you can weather the weather, on Breydon, can usually be down to the tide - wind over tide can on a windy day, make it a bit "sloppy" !!!!

It would almost certainly have been one of their half deckers - or I guess so!! Its not totally unheard of either - today has been one of those days when even I might have stayed ashore!!! Gusts recorded even inland of 45mph and if you were in a Rebel and you were not fully reefed, and had the small jib on, it would have been a handful, and then some!! Gusts, or Rogers as Vaughan might know them as, make gybing very difficult and if you were not fully up to it, and pretty experienced, you could easily get the water over the stern quarter and thats enough to start it off! Sometimes when you are running and you gybe unexpectedly, and if you have all the main out there is a tendency for the mainsheet getting caught under the quarter as it hammers across The warning signs are there if you know them, but if there is a lot of main to get in to control it, and you have to be a bit sharpish at the best of times!! Its never too early to reef should be tattooed on every novice sailors knuckles!!!! With all the main out and running, getting it caught on a BA mooring post is another way. It will stop the boat dead whilst in reality it will go on - kinetic energy is it and all that??? And Vaughan - classic day for a " Chinese Gybe" and you will know all about those!!!!

I wonder why they died out so rapidly then? I shall have to explore!!! (Thats the beauty of the internet! )

Vaughan - with your huge and vast knowledge I am always wary of contradicting you, but my bird "bibles" suggest that by to the '70's kites had become so critically endangered they were limited to just a few pairs in Central Wales which is why they were reintroduced to the UK in the early 90's. Perhaps you were very lucky - the link below from a Natural England site explains more about their reintroduction. https://naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2020/07/21/a-conservation-success-story-the-reintroduction-of-red-kites-30-years-ago/ What it does show is how a bird without a "higher" predator can spread - ring necked parakeets are a complete nuisance in places and are all over London. They are even some in Norwich but expect more as time goes on - although I understand peregrines like them! That was not a reintroduction though as they are "escapees" which seem to like the climate - however unlikely that seems!!!!

The red kite has indeed become more established locally over the last year or so, but both the buzzards, and indeed kites do not seem to stray too much over the reedbeds at the moment where the marsh harrier still seems to be the order of the day - not sure how this will play out in the end. The local buzzards are temporarily seeing off the red kite but as the kite is slightly bigger that may not last and at the end of the day, I guess it will all come down to food sources. It would be a massive shame to see the marsh harrier pushed out of its traditional hunting grounds but I wouldn't like to hazard a guess which will dominate in say, 15 years time!

All manner of separate events impact our "feel good" factor - the points just mention earlier have very little impact on the holiday business as a whole, believe me! I know for a fact that sales of motor homes and caravans have fallen off the cliff edge too, so just don't feel sorry for the boat yard operators! And Vaughan, as you know Easter moves around quite a bit! Next year it is at the end of April and between now and 2050 it only falls 5 times in March and the rest throughout April

Ooops - the sun has just popped out!!!!!!

It might not rain, and indeed, I hope not, but if Norfolk remains true to form, the area is likely to remain blanketed with cloud!

Even experienced boaters like Grendel use ropes for turning sometimes - I never kept count but almost always admit to turning boats on ropes and hardly ever turned on the engine. Always had a 15m (a 12mm one) rope on board which reached right from the bow, or stern, right down the other side and to the shore and usually assisted by wind or tide , made turning a doddle, especially when single handed or in tight corners.

For what its worth , 6'7" sounds about right. My Diamond was that, on the nail and I have not seen it quoted as 6' 5" - however I could be wrong but wouldn't like to be the one to test it!!!!! I have been under Wroxham with under 7' on the gauge several times but because of the bend, you do have to watch it a bit!!

Trouble is, the opinion of a KC is just that - an opinion! Another KC, or barrister may, and indeed often does, give a differing view and if the BA went to the trouble of doing the same thing, with that money coming out of the toll account, it would still be just that - an opinion! Ok they can carry some weight, but then what? Its not binding on anyone, least of all the BA and to my, perhaps illogical thinking, it doesn't really take the case much further forward.

You should be members - its all been in their newsletters and in their blogs.

I keep eggs a couple of months or so without any issues, often three or four weeks past their "best before" date shown. Its a "best before" date, totally different to a "use by" date!

It has another den - or used to have!! At Thurne Mouth on the S side ( technically its the Bure I guess!) but several years ago you could not touch bottom with a wherry quant. Thats pretty deep then!!!

In the wild, so to speak, they nest on cliffs etc, along with many other birds. Over the years at Norwich they have endured some pretty horrendous weather and seem to generally have coped well. Buildings all around seem to introduce different dangers, particularly to the young when they have fledged and are learning to fly.