SteveO

And the clear winner of this evening's quiz was Paul, who will be QM next Friday. Congratulations!

NikO is QM this evening. Topics are as follows:- 1, NORFOLK MISCELLANY 2. ENTERTAINMENT 3. HERBS & SPICES HALF TIME BREAK AT AROUND WINE 0' CLOCK 4. PLANTS 5. ANIMALS 6. GENERAL MAYHEM WE WILL START AT AROUND 8.30PM - ALL WELCOME. http://www.nbnquiz.co.uk/chat/ Enter your username and press ENTER - NO PASSWORD NEEDED.

OK I have read it again and it was a bit harsh of me. I stand by remarks regarding the crossing of Breydon but would be grateful if one of the mods with better editing powers than me could remove the last line of my previous post. Apologies and thanks.

I never realised that taking your boat across Breydon was necessary in order to prove that you have got proper boater's "cojones". I have crossed it many times but now find the stretch between Stokesby and Gt Yarmouth, across Breydon all the way up to Reedham or down as far as Herringfleet extremely boring, so we tend to avoid it. If I was a hirer, I would question the wisdom of spending 2 days of your precious holiday looking at mud banks and counting ruined windpumps when you could be exploring the delights of the Northern or Southern systems.

Thanks Mike. We are back home now and Nik will be able to run her quiz next Friday. I will post topics when she tells me what they are.

We've been through the Wroxham Bridge roadworks a few times in the last couple of days and didn't experience significant delays. This lunchtime though, as we drove out of Wroxham. there was a queue coming into the village from the Norwich direction which stretched all the way back to the railway bridge. My heart goes out to anyone who was stuck in that.

Definitely in Horning. I heard that there was a grand piano in it at the time. May have been at the end which sank. if not, I wouldn't mind betting that it is now.

There used to be a pair of black swans at Salhouse, but I've not seen them for several years.

A mandarin. Saw him on Horning Staithe on Thursday.

Oh dear I don't know how to say this, but the lure of Norfolk has overcome our sense of duty and Nik and I will be heading North on Wednesday for a few well-earned days afloat. We are unlikely to be back in time for Friday's quiz on the 29th, which Nik was supposed to be running. She will be able to resume normal service the following Friday (5th April) but, as things stand, there will be no quiz on Friday. Of course, if anyone would like to step into the breach with another offering, they would be most welcome.

Green with purple lid - recyclable bottles, cans, plastic containers. Green with green lid - Landfill waste. Green with brown lid - garden waste. Black tote bin - paper and cardboard. Small green bin with "lockable" lid - food waste. What really annoys me is that when we go to different parts of the country to visit relatives or house-sit, everywhere seems to have different rules about what can be recycled, what can go together and what needs to be segregated.

Local variation. This was the St Anselms version.

A sol-, a sol-, a soldier I will be Two pis-, two pis-, two pistols on my knee For cu-, for cu-, for curiosity We fight for the old count-, fight for the old count-, Fight for the old country!

The boy stood on the burning deck, Eating a twopenny Walls, The wrapper flew up his trouser leg, And paralysed his nether regions.

Hmmm. Famous Tims. The only one that comes to mind is Tim Nice-But-Dim off Harry Enfield. Isn't Roald Dahl that Indian lentil soup? I'll get my coat now.

I looked in at just after 9pm and you'd all gone to bed. Lightweights!

Our son-in-law had a combi system but, when the boiler died, he replaced it with a conventional condensing boiler and a very large hot water tank. This, sadly, has taken some of the pleasure out of my visits as I no longer hear his shrieks and curses when he is showering and I inadvertently open a tap

Fortunately we didn't go with the Combi boiler, just a condensing one, so our existing controls were deemed to be acceptable.

Interesting how marginal some of the so-called improvements are. Nothing more than a fig leaf in some cases.

We replaced our 26 year old Ideal Standard just before Christmas with a shiny new Worcester Bosch appliance. Initial indications are that it uses around 10% less gas than the old one, so it will be a while before it repays my £2000 investment. I wonder if a new thermostat is in order?

I have seen Yeomans sail on there and they have 3 ft keels so would have thought that you would be OK. Wouldn't go too close to the margins though.

I'd better make room for a cage full of carrier pigeons on the roof of the boat if we are not to be allowed mobile phones. Frankly if you don't want to bring your phone onto the broads, then don't but don't try to ram your "virtue" down my throat. I bet the locals are really cheered as the struggle with connectivity, to read tosh like some of this.

After a tight contest, last night's winner was Nigel on 11 points, with NikO and Mike in joint 2nd place on 10 and Tigerhawk in 3rd on 9 points. Congratulations all! Special congratulations to Nigel, who will be our QM next week

Just in case anyone missed it, I will be in the chair this evening. Topics will be: Norfolk "n" good Hidden underground The car's the star Half-time break for T's P's and alcoholic libations Linkwords Pop lyrics Warmed up leftovers All welcome on Friday starting at 8.30-ish To join, log in at: http://www.nbnquiz.co.uk/chat/ Enter your username but do not enter a password.

Looking out of my "office" window, we seem to have a bit of a sea fret going on. Nevertheless, I can see the snowdrops, tete a tete daffodils, helibores , cyclamen and pulmonaria in full bloom and loads of flowering bulbs pushing through with potential for flowers to come.