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Hi Jayfire, I managed to get to to Brundall by 9.30 am and dropped some stuff off so I could shop in Beccles at Morrison's, a bonus it is 20% staff discount there this week. Regards Alan

I never drink Stella preferring Peroni, Becks, etc and never drink Carling since they messed with it a few years ago. Regards Alan

I am setting off to the Broads in the next 10 minutes until the 7th May, if you see Ranworth Breeze on the southern rivers give me a wave, I will be flying the NBN burgee (yours for a modest price, please see the shop details). If you see me moored up pop over for a chat. Regards Alan

You can get most of the above in the big breakfast in any of the Morrison's cafe's. Regards Alan

Hello Mike, Welcome to the forum, I do not know one end of a rod from the other but many of our forum members know a think or two about fishing. Regards Alan

Hi Griff, I have had it over 5 weeks, I am now into my fourth day of antibiotics after seeing a doctor on Wednesday. I hope you improve soon, the washed out feeling wears a bit thin after a while. Regards Alan

Welcome back Gracie. Regards Alan

I think we all see bad driving practices on most of the UK roads, at the end of the day we can do little about it, all we can do is give them loads of space and keep out of their way. There as always been poor aggressive or dangerous drivers on the roads, we just hear more about it by social media. Sadly the more miles per year you do the more you see these bad drivers and people that should have given up driving years ago, when I was young we used to call them flat capers, sadly these days I am at an age when I could wear a flat cap but have never chosen to do so, me and hats (other than the woolen type) do not get on. Regards Alan

When we were hit by a Richardson's boat, they were very good about it delaying the repairs to the end of the season to be done during our Winter Service, the repairs done to the bathing platform rubbers were so badly done we advised Richardson's not to pay the local yard we used for the repair. We would have done so much better having Richardson's doing the repair. We have since had to have this work redone over this years Winter Service by NYA who did a far better job. Regards Alan

Dear All Please find attached Notice to Mariners No. 8 of 2019 regarding River Yare – Burnt Mill, Haddiscoe Island. Kind Regards Laura Milner Administrative Officer Operations Broads Authority Tel: 01603 756035 BROADS AUTHORITY NOTICE TO MARINERS No. 08 of 2019 River Yare – Burnt Mill, Haddiscoe Island Notice is hereby given that BAM Nuttall will be carrying out repair work to remove piling on the River Yare, near Burnt Mill, Haddiscoe Island between 2 May and 2 August 2019. Preliminary mobilisations works will take place from Haddiscoe Cut (Station Rd - northern bank) to the place of works from 29 April 2019. Where major works are being undertaken the channel will be restricted to 10 metres. The navigation will remain open, but boaters must exercise great care whilst proceeding past the works. Any vessels requiring greater width to navigate safely must notify Broads Control in advance on 01603 756056 to arrange for passage during this time. TG451034. Please ensure that the new position is taken into consideration for passage planning and when navigating in this area. Adrian Sewell Rivers Engineer Broads Authority Yare House 62-64 Thorpe Road Norwich, NR1 1RY 23 April 2019

Hello Chris, Welcome to the forum Regards Alan

Dear all, Following refurbishment works the 24 hour moorings at Hoveton Viaduct are open and fully operational in time for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. We'd like to thank you for your patience during the period of closure. Kind regards, Tom Tom Waterfall Digital Communications Officer 01603 756034

From a drivers point of view I preferred my old Xedos 9 to the Rover 75, My brother in law just scrapped his Rover 75, in due curse I will have to do the same with my Xedos. Regards Alan

Hello Liam, Welcome to the forum. Regards Alan

Hi Jono, I can well understand the pain of your broken ribs, I did that about 3 years ago and as you say coughing is not an option. You know well enough one hand for you and one for the boat. Regards Alan

Updated information, the survey continues today & tomorrow. Dear All, The Bathymetric survey referenced in ABP NTM No.9 2019 is expected to continue, this Notice has been re-issued as the attached NTM No.09a to reflect the additional dates. Kind Regards Laura NOTICE TO MARINERS LOWESTOFT - FOR SURVEY OPERATIONS IN LAKE LOTHING (REVISED) Mariners and Port Users are advised that continued hydrographic survey operations will be taking place in Lake Lothing on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th April. These will be conducted using a remote controlled surface vessel (photo below), operated by ‘Survey Solutions’. The craft will be remotely controlled from the quayside. The survey area will extend across the river from North quay 5 and Kirkley Ham (shown on below chart extract). The survey will only be undertaken in daylight hours and will be subject to favourable weather conditions. The remote craft will be launched from Silo quay steps. A shore side team operating the craft will be monitoring VHF Ch14 during the survey and all river traffic will be given priority. Please contact Lowestoft Port Control, VHF Ch 14, Tel. 01502 572286, if additional information is required. Harbour Master 13th April 2019

I have asked Grendel if he can edit the webcam listing. Regards Alan

Here is a link to the small site at Womak :- https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/certificated-locations/england/norfolk/acle/womack-water/ Regards Alan

Sadly we have all watched some poor television in the past and endured countless re-runs of these naff programmes, after saying that today we endure so called reality nonsense and soaps, well some people do. Regards Alan

Dear All Please find attached ABP Notice to mariners No. 09 of 2019 regarding a Bathymetric Survey taking place in Lake Lothing from tomorrow. Kind Regards Laura Milner Administrative Officer Operations Broads Authority Tel: 01603 756035 NOTICE TO MARINERS LOWESTOFT - FOR SURVEY OPERATIONS IN LAKE LOTHING Mariners and Port Users are advised that hydrographic survey operations will be taking place in Lake Lothing on Wednesday 10th April 2019 until Thursday 11th April 2019. These will be conducted using a remote controlled surface vessel (photo below), operated by ‘Survey Solutions’. The craft will be remotely controlled from the quayside. The survey area will extend across the river from North quay 5 and Kirkley Ham (shown on below chart extract). The survey will only be undertaken in daylight hours and will be subject to favourable weather conditions. The remote craft will be launched from Silo quay steps. A shore side team operating the craft will be monitoring VHF Ch14 during the survey and all river traffic will be given priority. Please contact Lowestoft Port Control, VHF Ch 14, Tel. 01502 572286, if additional information is required. Harbour Master 5th April 2019

I wondered where that stalk had gone to! my Saab used to have one. Regards Alan

I am surprised that no one has mentioned a washing machine, yes you could use a launderette but after a while that is going to wear a bit thin especially when you have to turn out in winter. Living on a boat is a lot different to visiting for 10 to 14 days. You need storage for all your cloths, shoes and the like. You will need more space for cleaning materials, a hoover, ironing board, iron etc. Regards Alan

I always use the Broads Authority tide tables, these give you the height of low water. From these I calculate if a passage through the Yarmouth bridges and back again is possible. Our air draft with everything down is 9 foot 8 inches so in effect we are looking at 10 foot. A low water height of .014 meters or less will allow for 10 foot clearance. We have found that at the yacht station if you can see 7 rungs out water on the ladders there is a minimum of 10 foot at the bridges below. As always the bridge markers are never clear on the lower markings and there is not too many to check out in either direction. Regards Alan

It must be just certain models, my old Xedos 8 (1996) was in better condition than most Fords, Vauxhall's. Regards Alan

Hello Stephen, Welcome to the forum. Regards Alan