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I hope he keeps The Maltsters dog friendly as the Granary isn’t Griff

I think he's got one with the M54 though.... That and the N52 are pretty solid. This un Griff

That was awkward. MrsG's Q5 offside front headlamp has somehow got condensation and large water droplets in it. Not a big problem methinks, I'll just whip out the headlamp assembly, remove the lamps get it dried out inspect for a water ingress point then refit, job will be a gudden - Wrong - Could I eckers like get the headlamp out, I could get it loose and moving but not out. Resorted to youtube - not a jot on headlamp removal on a 2018 Q5. Then I remembered a trick I've used before. Removing the only lamp I could get to (Just) with the assembly in place then via Henry hoover with a flexible hose attached managed to get the hose inside the unit to suck most of the droplets out but not enough and not the condensation, so it was out with MrsG's hairdryer warming up the exterior lens of the lamp whilst keeping the hoover sucking from the inside. Took ages but jobs a gudden. Never did find out how to remove the headlamp assembly Griff

No, I hadn't seen it before. I have now - Thanks for sharing Griff

Great write up and great photos too. Tks for sharing Griff

Born in Doncaster, Made in the Royal Navy. Anyone know how long the Warrenty is for?. I have parts that are getting deffective. Sent off a C126 to MOD but heard nothing back. A few years back now. Black maskers and WD40 no use. Griff

We’ve been three abreast there with 46ft Jewel of lights (and ‘B.A’) on a Lads Week. One year a ranger turned up to see what was going on just as we were getting ready to depart Griff

Before now if an Angler is on the only vacant spot then I offer them the use of ‘B.A’s fwd upper deck to continue their fishing from Griff

Yes I know they had the right, but with only 2 other boats and 80% of the moorings available why choose to moor directly in front of where we were fishing. Because they were being inconsiderate imho Leaving early next morning can still be achieved no matter how quite / busy the moorings are with care and consideration. As for picking that spot for the view - Selfish - considering you were already there first. I would have been embarrassed to disturb your swim and would have kept well clear. Then offered you a hot drink as I do to most if not all bank side fisherman Griff

Gettin - Just been informed I have won 1000 12g cartridges from a choice of about eight different makes loads etc. I bought two tickets for the draw at £3:99 per ticket Can't quite believe it! Griff

Even when here at home, looking after 'B.A' never seems to fully stop. So, herewith our self draining water catcher. I'll put about an inch of self levelling compound in t bottom of it this week when at work to give it some stability It'll be taken down later this month and deployed Griff

Just gone past at 9.00am approaching Ludham Nearly 8ft 6" - WhoooHooo We can get through without having to take the wheelhouse canopy down once again which stands at 7ft 7" Griff

Thanks Kpnut PHB - I need 6ft5" to comfortably get through, I can do it at 6ft 4" but its blooming tight Griff

She’s looking good Griff

6ft 8” ? Happy days, can breeze ‘B.A’ through at that Still not a prayer at PHB though Griff

Yes or amend original sign Griff

Now it’s clear both sides of the little inlet come under the same rules it should be a formality. The Police will probably just ‘Have a word’ with the two anglers - then jobs a gudden. No real harm done Griff

Well done congratulation - Not really surprised though, Griff

Love boats, love boating, what else is there? Beer, Rum, Motorbikes, Classic cars, Shotguns, Clay & Game Shooting, Dogs Welcome onboard, Griff

I always assume that every other driver is going to make the worst possible manoeuvrer at the worst possible time, that way I don't get caught out.. I always assume you are round the next corner (Ooooohh, that was a bit brave eh?) Griff

JA - And the southern rivers still drain out efficiently. We went from flooded to normal levels in 48hrs. In fact the only way onto one of the boats was to climb on the roof which was level with the quayhead. A few days ago that same quayhead was underwater. What a giveaway. By now most forumites and agencies will be acknowledging even if only to themselves that the lower Bure is badly silted up. I'd love to know how those same agencies would answer JA's post above. How is it that the southern rivers can drain out excessive rainwater in 48 x Hrs back to normality? How is it that the southern rivers are not suffering excessive salt incursions? How is it that the northern broads can't seem to drain out / clear the excessive rainwater? Hmmm - Let me see - Has Breydon and the Yare from Haven bridge got the same amount of silting and shallow river depths like the lower Bure has? No doubt time for yet another long expensive study with nerds and computer models to back up their theory that there is no need for dredging and that it won't do any good Griff

Jamie Campbell has just recently written an interesting article, he kindly gave me the ok to post it in here:- Broad Sheet has just landed on the doorstep. The front page is BA propaganda on dredging and flooding - with predictably round shoulders. I'm sure that we are all aware that the whole river system has been subject to structural alterations for centuries. We might like to bear in mind that the Waveney didn't always join the sea at Lowestoft and Lykeling Fleet was straightened to produce Oulton Dyke (sections of the old Fleet are still visible) I have some figures for the amount of 'fall' of the River Waveney. Surveys report a fall of 20m between Hoxne and Beccles, a distance of 25 miles. The fall between Hoxne and Great Yarmouth is recorded as 24.25m. We therefore have a drop of 4.25m in the 25 miles of navigable waterway between Beccles and Great Yarmouth. The 'fall', without allowing for tidal effect is only .17m in every mile. Six inches of silting in a mile can take away the natural flow of the waterway entirely, at which point it becomes purely a tidal inlet and there is a notable reduction in effective draining of the hinterland. I don't know the level of fall on the north rivers and for the point of this discussion, I'm not interested in salt incursion. I'm sure we are all fairly familiar with the range of alterations made to the course of the various north rivers within that system - but I'll list them anyway. Like every other Broad, the River Ant didn't flow through Barton Broad, (the turbaries would have flooded). The Ant was re-routed to flow through Barton, presumably to create a fishery. The old course of the Ant re-joins the current river around Crome's broad. The Ant used to flow into the Hundred dyke (near St Benets) and then joined the Thurne at Coldharbour. The combined rivers then flowed in the opposite direction, along Sock Drain and out to sea near Horsey. This was the mouth of the river that was reopened by the 1953 floods. When rivers are persuaded to flow in the opposite direction, there really cannot be much fall involved. The monks of St Benets cut through their own causeway (leading from the Abbey to St John's Chapel or Hospice in Ted Brewster's garden) and re-routed the Ant a short distance into the Bure. They also straightened the river past their dock (the old course through South Walsham marsh is still just about visible). The Bure then flowed into the sea to the north of Great Yarmouth at Grubb's Haven or Cockle Water (roundabout the Greyhound stadium). The Yare once reached the sea just south of Corton - the peninsula has been continuously shortened in an attempt to produce a tenable harbour for Great Yarmouth. In short, the entire navigation has been b&ggered about for centuries. I wonder if we are all not trying to be too clever. Water is lazy - it only flows downhill. On an impervious and level surface, it'll just sit there - which may well now be what happening on the Thurne. Stokesby to YYS is nine miles and it would be interesting to know the drop per mile on these reaches. Certainly dredging the lower Bure would help water escape the system - but its got to want to get itself down there too. A natural gradient may be required in addition to a tidal gradient. Thought for the day.

Recently, while taking a flight we realized both pilot and co-pilot were women My mate said he wouldn’t feel safe with two women in charge.” I told him - How old fashioned and sexist his attitude was, After all it wasn’t like either of the girls would have to reverse, or angle park the damned plane! Griff

Is that an 'S6' ? I really wanted to hang onto mine but they (The RN) were most insistent I handed it back in when we said our goodbyes Griff

if dredging to alleviate flooding would cause major saltwater incursion, why was this not a problem in the past? It wasn't. It was never an issue other than exceptional tidal surges that the Broads have been dealing with since the Broads came into being, these rare events were considered normal and were dealt with. This 'Saltwater Incursion' theory (And it is only a theory cooked up by themselves) is plain and simple an excuse to add to the weight of argument not to dredge and maintain back to levels we enjoyed up to the mid eighties, thereby saving a fortune Why can we not simply stick to the dredging regime used historically? Simply put the Blessed authority used their coffers to power base build, increasing office staff from six to over the hundred we see today, plus all the extra departments, vehicles, secretaries, pensions wages etc etc etc the millions spent on the National park lie, the failed vanity projects, the planning department defending court actions, the list is huge, all that has lot to be paid for, the funds have to come from somewhere. Easy answer - reduce dredging to an absolute minimum, spend less on leased moorings, spend less on maintaining moorings - again - etc etc. The Blessed Authority are fully aware that they have let the northern Broads get in such a state through lack of river maintenance that if the lower Bure was ever to be dredged back to what it was when they inherited it, then there would be thousands of boats left high and dry around the Northern Broads - Mind you PHB would be back to over 7ft4" at low tide and Wroxham over 8ft, Ludham? Rag n sticks - Happy days. They have brought this situation on themselves and have only themselves to blame. In the meantime business / land owners / private housing / farmers / boaters both private and hire and the like bear the fruit of their own priority financial spending plans I read the EA is responsible for dredging re flood alleviation - Correct What is also correct is that the Blessed Authority are responsible to maintain navigation. The two go hand in hand. IF the Blessed Authority had maintained river depths to what they inherited we of course would have less flooding as the excess rainfall and the like could flow out to sea, at present it is 'Tide Locked' due to a silted and chocked up Lower Bure - The new Herring bridge will not have helped either I read reports elsewhere that the historically strong ebb on the Lower bure is now a trickle and you can transit upstream against the ebb tide on tickover and still make headway. That with all the excess rainwater upstream is just not right and it doesn't take a rocket scientist or have computer models to work out why. I have also read elsewhere that there are more boats going aground in the Lower Bure nowadays than on Breydon. Draw you own conclusions Griff