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  1. The depths of winter can be lovely as long you have good heating onboard and aim for places you can plug in shore power, the realy clear cold days are the best for plenty of sunshine, remember the sun is about 1.5 million miles closer at the winter solstice than it is at the summer solstice, it just doesn't get as high for so long.

    Also less leaves on trees and hungrier wildlife means you are more likely to see it.

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  2. With regard to reserved pub moorings I have no problem with it (I do it all the time at surlingham) but I wish they'd put expected arrival times down as it's a shame to see a boat leave when they only wanted to stop for lunch and the sign is put out for an evening arriving visitor, at a busy pub there's no point booking a table to find you can't get there anyway, and you wouldn't object to booking a table would you.

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  3. The guy in the cafe/pub at easter isn't the owner of the property but I believe he has known the owner for a long time going by the brief chat I had at easter when I stopped there.

    It's such a shame the auction got stopped when it was up freehold as it will never do any good while it's still in the present owners hands.

    I stopped at his other pub along the yare last weekend and had a pretty hideous pint of guiness of which I left half and carried on to the new inn at rockland for a decent pint, there was a distinct smell about the place (not a nasty smell but distinct none the less) so won't be back any time soon.

    Way past time he walked away and let these pubs stand half a chance, don't know why he clings on to them as they must be costing money just to own.

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  4. On rivers my fenders stay down but not dragging in the water, it may not be seaman like but I'm not at sea, at sea they get stowed or lifted onto the deck and tucked behind the stanchions.

    Lifting them everytime on the river just seems like vanity to me, my mooring lines are usually in place so they can be deployed from the cockpit which ever side I moor both bow and stern, why walk down the side decks if you don't need to.

     

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  5. On 9/3/2017 at 10:48, smellyloo said:

    Offering asssitance at sea might well save lives.

    I did a minor veer off course and slow up over the BH weekend heading down to southwold as there was a guy out in the stanford channel on a paddleboard, he gave me the thumbs up and seemed fine so carried on but I did call lowestoft to let them know he was there, seems a long way off shore for paddleboarding, no sign of lifejacket or bouyancy aid either except the board itself.

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  6. 1 minute ago, smellyloo said:

    Are there signs stating that dogs should be kept on the lead? Some parks do others don't.

    I don't think there are, mine would have been off the lead there but he leaves the wildlife alone when shouted at doesn't like water and ignores most people.

    It's unlike a greyhound to swim but they do naturally chase anything that moves, even hares on motorbikes.

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  7. For walks along roads like that we always carry a rear bike light on the boat and clip it on to your collar or somewhere so you don't have to worry so much about whats coming up behind, if you turn around with a bright torch you then have a blind driver coming towards you.

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