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I am at an age that I remember Black Jacks & Fruit Salad were four for an old penny. Regards Alan

I usually buy cod loin but at a normal price of £16.00 per kilo I tend to wait for reduced offers and then freeze the fish after cutting into portions, the same goes for salmon. Regards Alan

Hi eddybear, Richardsons still have a few instruction videos that you can look at on their site, I would suggest that all new hirers or new boat owners check these out prior to going on the river. Regards Alan

Hello Mike, Welcome to the NBN forum. Regards Alan

I remember the conversion from 405 to 625 lines, a man came around to change the old TV, if memory serves me correctly you had to book an appointment because the engineers were changing loads all over in our area. BB2 started on 21st April 1964 and started the colour service on 1st July 1967. Regards Alan

Hi Carole, I usually get ours from Brian Ward's but I am not sure if they do any in black. Regards Alan

We also use Fabsil. We clean the canvas first and inspect for any repairs, and then apply the Fabsil whilst the canvas is still damp. Use waxed chord/cotton to avoid leaks. If you have any pick-nick tables in your marina these come in handy for applying the proofing to the zipped out sections. Try and pick a dry day if you can to allow the canopy to dry out after applying. Treat any leeks in seams/zips with canvas wax (the sticks come in a couple of shades). We need to do ours ideally before the season start but it is all down to the weather. Regards Alan

Maybe in an other 5 years if he is lucky, I had to wait until I was 62 in south Yorkshire and it getting longer to wait each year. Regards Alan

That might be why Griff has the lads week in autumn rather than in summer Regards Alan

Hello Rich welcome to the NBN forum. Regards Alan

Sadly Tim has said that his actions and comments are done to make good TV. He has been boating a similar time to me since the mid 70's so we both should have learnt a thing or two since then. Regards Alan

OK Jayfire spill the beans, I am sure most of us would like those details. Regards Alan

Maybe we need some insight from Timothy West Regards Alan

Thant is the case in most locations other than Loddon which is almost a dead zone. Regards Alan

Hello Andy, Welcome to the forum. Regards Alan

I agree also at times phone signals can be poor. Regards Alan

We have ours down on Ranworth Breeze apart from the spare fenders in their racks, we do however adjust the fenders ropes so they do not drag and lower them down when coming in to moor. Regards Alan

Hello Trevor, There are several types of wax made by Colron, Wheelers, Briwax . There are even waxes that are slightly coloured that can help with covering up scratches I even have a tin of Aristowax that was made in Norwich called Wood Silk Lavender Polish. You need to search for these online or visit a good hardware shop, as already suggested the one at Loddon is worth a visit, one of the few places I know that stocks walking stick feet, these are ideal for use on our boarding ladders to protect the hull. Regards Alan

Hi Geoffrey, I might have a go at that, but I would trim the brown off the cod and forget about the onions and garlic. Regards Alan

That is the type of pole is similar to the one we have on Ranworth Breeze it can be clipped to the boat rails, we use the following aerial however which can be purchased as well as the pole from Brian Ward's http://www.brianwards.co.uk/audio-tv/televisions-aerials/image-420-directional-antenna.html Regards Alan

By all accounts there is ice in certain area's on the Tingdene Marina this morning at Brundall. Regards Alan

Hi Mark our air draft on Ranworth Breeze is 9 foot 8 inches we can get under the Yarmouth Bridges on certain tides but not all. we check out the tide tables for the height of the low water and are looking for a height of less than 0.14 metres. Around a full moon is guaranteed a safe passage, travelling down river to Yarmouth if you can see 7 rungs of the ladders out of the water at the start of the yacht station mooring there is 10 foot at the bridges. Regards Alan

Just to let you all know that today I forwarded £1000.00 in cheques to the Neuro Care Charity in Sheffield from family and friends in memory of Tan. Regards Alan

If you used some wood reviver (Colron make one) it would help clean the wood and also feed it prior to any finish you put on in the future. Regards Alan

Happy New Year, I hope you had a good break and that 2019 is a great one for you, your family and loved ones. The year has got off to a gallop for the Broads Authority. We always knew we would be busy running two major projects; CANAPE our last EU funded programme and Water, Mills and Marshes, our Heritage Lottery funded Landscape Partnership Scheme. But we weren’t reckoning on an early visit in the New Year from BBC’s Countryfile Programme. Inevitably this involves a huge amount of preparatory work for our small Communications Team but the opportunity to show some of our projects to a national audience is one not to be missed. Keep an eye out for the show over the coming months. We also have structural engineers from the Netherlands with us this week looking at our mills as part of Water, Mills and Marshes. The restoration work at North Mill is complete and we are now moving on to repairing the Victorian pump house at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen. I am delighted that our partnership with Norwich City College seems to be going brilliantly. I have been busy in my role as Lead Chief Executive for the National Park family on communications, trying to get agreement from all the National Park Authorities for the establishment of a UK Communications Team to raise the profile of the Parks with the general public. I hope to have some good news by the time I write the February edition. Please see this month's Broads Briefing below: January 2019 Further progress at Hickling Broad During December, the next phase of the CANAPE project commenced with our teams pumping dredged sediment into a number of geotextile bags. The first three bags have now been filled, with the sediment taken from the channel marking the approach to Catfield Dyke. Following the Christmas break, work will now continue to layout and fill the rest of the geotextile bags. Dredged material will continue to be taken from the Catfield Channel approach (there is approximately half of this area left to dredge) and will then move to the main marked channel. We are aiming to fill eight of the nine bags before the end of this winter; the ninth bag will be left unfilled so that fish can still pass in and out of the internal lagoon whilst this remains full of water. This final bag will be filled towards the end of the project once the lagoon has been filled with sediment. Filled geotextile bags at Chara Bay Volunteering opportunities As well as having around 150 members of staff, we also have a large number of volunteers who generously give their time to help us look after, manage and promote understanding of the Broads National Park. We have just advertised for a number of new volunteers including Ranger Volunteers responsible for assisting our Ranger teams on both the land and the water, and Events Volunteers to assist us in attending our busy programme of public engagement events. If you are interested, or know of anyone else who may be interested, please visit our current volunteering opportunities for further information. Water Mills and Marshes - Broadsound The most recent of the Water, Mills and Marshes scheme's 'A Grand for a Grand Idea' projects has recently been completed - Broadsound: "Broadsound is the first in a series of podcasts taking an explorative and alternative look at the county of Norfolk. In this podcast writer and naturalist, Mark Cocker joins poet, author and UEA lecturer, Jean McNeil on the 12:36 train from Norwich to Great Yarmouth. Their conversation focuses on the broads; Norfolk's unique and alluring National Park. Punctuating their conversation are recordings of Surlingham-based duo 'The Happy Couple' and field recordings made in and around the broads." You can listen to the show on Soundcloud. New Rangers Some of you may know that Robin Allard, one of our long-serving Rangers, retired at the end of last year following 15 years service with the Authority. Robin was a great ambassador for the Broads and we wish him well in his retirement. I am particularly delighted to welcome two new additions to our Ranger team, Rich and Tobi. They have both joined the Ranger team on the Bure and Ant in full-time positions and will be stationed at Irstead. I hope you will join me in wishing them all the best in their time at the Authority and hope you will say hello if you see them out on the water. Rich and Tobi, our new Rangers Recruitment for seasonal staff Although it only just feels like we are getting into the heart of winter, we always have to be thinking ahead to the busy summer period at the Broads Authority. This is especially true when it comes to staffing and each year we have a number of invaluable seasonal staff who join us for the summer period to help us deal with the increasing numbers of visitors to the Broads National Park. We have recently advertised for a number of vacancies working within the teams at our Information Centres and Yacht Stations for the summer period. Staff in these roles hold incredibly important positions as they are the front-line of the Authority that are directly responsible for helping visitors really enjoy their time here in the Broads. If you are interested in joining us or know anyone else who would be then please direct them to our current vacancies page on the website. Anniversary celebrations In 2019 the Authority is celebrating 30 years since it was set up back in 1989. As part of the celebrations, we will be hosting a 30th anniversary event from Friday 29 March to Tuesday 2 April 2019 at The Forum in Norwich which will include a photographic exhibition titled 'Still Waters'. The exhibition will showcase the results of our successful photographic competition and the work of a number of influential photographers who have helped the Authority over the last 30 years. There will also be a special aerial video unveiling which I am particularly excited about. As always, please remember to contact me if you have any questions. If you know of anyone else who would like to receive my briefings please pass on this link. Best wishes, John Packman Chief Executive - Broads Authority