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Beautiful boat!

People who book these boats are wanting an experience. They expect to see all the extras that will enhance their stay onboard. You have a microwave at home - why would you not expect to see one on a boat? Also the 240v thing is not just to power the microwave, it's so people can take their gadgets with them - just like they would if staying in a cottage.

I could never understand why the Brooms and now this new boat do not have 240 volts and a microwave. It/they are top end boats and their contemporaries, in general, do have them. Tablets, phone charging, game consoles etc accompany the average holidaymaker so it feels like a miss.

St Olaves moorings OK - stayed there last week

Room for more on-top

Just added the last update for the season for the Live Music guide. The Norada in Potter Heigham is hosting live music most weekends throughout October. There are quite a few Halloween themed parties and the White Horse in Loddon/Chedgrave is hosting a live music and fireworks party on the 25th October. Full listing HERE

Just found this taken from the same drone which i have. (Not mine unfortunately). Beautiful sunny day.

I considered the Spark as it has a good pedigree and the video would be better - though my Hubsan is 1080p. What put me off was that it is so small it would be difficult to see it when it's not that far away. The new regulations say you have to have "line of sight" at all times. Plus, the cost was around 3 x what I paid (around £180). I am reluctant to spend over £500 for a piece of kit which is as prone as any to flyaways (possibly never to be seen again) and where I believe their use will become severely restricted once the present consultation finishes and new rules for flying are adopted. Back to the video quality, yes it would be better as the one I use has a rolling shutter which can cause a slight shimmering effect when moving forward. The still images are unaffected however as you can see from above. Hope this helps.

It was a Friday evening - around 6pm

This is a really nice one overlooking Hong Kong Island. It can be put to full screen in Chrome. For some reason (on my machine) it stops streaming on Edge after a few seconds. Remember that HK is 7 hours in front so though it is light at the time of writing it may not be later. Plenty of floodlit buildings when it's dark though! https://www.earthtv.com/en/webcam/hong-kong-victoria-harbor

Yes, not a hotel. I had a meal in the Yare on the Friday evening and had been speaking to one of the staff who told me originally it was a hotel and showed me a photo of it on one of the walls. All many years ago but it stuck in my mind when typing the descriptions. I first went there in 1973 on our first Broads holiday from Sandersons in Reedham and remember at one time it had a stage and entertainment (a band?). Thought i had been dreaming it but the waitress confirmed it was like that until around 1980 when the present owners took over. Still my most favourite pub on the Broads.

Taken from the Broads Authority page on drone flying: Be legal Whether you want to fly your drone or report the misuse of a drone here are some things to be aware of: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) specify that unless permission has been granted by them that you must not: Fly above 120m (400ft) Fly within 150m of a built-up or congested areas or crowds. Fly closer than 50m to people or property. See the full page here: http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/visiting/drone-use I would challenge that a marina of boats could be described as a built up area.

Betty1, it was a Hubsan H501SS and it was replaced with the same model - so still a H501SS following problems with the original - it became faulty showing an error message which would not clear on my last Broads trip.

I stayed in Norwich for a couple of nights last weekend whilst attending the Goosander AGM in Horning on the Saturday. I have a new drone, though the same model as the one which failed, and took it with me. I had time to fly it on the Friday evening so I took the train to Brundall and took the following images: Silverline's base with Swancraft just infront. Part of Brooms More Brooms (I think) Brooms with the Yare Hotel in right bottom corner. Looking across the estate.

No Stumpy, I was there just for the meeting, though I spent two nights in Norwich. My first week ever on Goosander is in just under two weeks time - Sat 6th Octoberso if you are about then and see me, please do say hello - or anyone else for that matter!

It was the AGM of the Goosander syndicate last Saturday, which I attended in Horning. Amongst lots of things which were discussed, was a suggestion to have Goosander's annual service carried out by Southgates in Horning this winter. It came up that from the 1st October, the people who own Southgates - Cators? take full ownership of Ferry Marina as Len Funnel is selling up. I am surprised that such an event has not attracted interest on here! Unless it has been kept under wraps?

Oldgregg is correct - it is a version of Silent Emblem

Just come across Faircaft's new boat for 2019. It's on the Faircraft site but not currently on Hoseasons yet. https://www.broads.co.uk/boats/fair-marquess/

A full suite of "how to" videos has been available on Youtube for years now published by the Broads Authority, including how to stern moor, going under bridges etc. They are company neutral so yes eddybear an email with links to them would be easy to achieve. It surprises me that hardly any of the boatyard websites refer to them.

What i was really asking was whether that style of boat, which you see across the hire fleets such as Bolero, Brinks Lullaby, Silver Elegance - all of these in fact, were designed and built (hull and superstructure) by Alphacraft. If so, they did not seem to get the credit they deserved for the design.

Was this design entirely down to Alphacraft? If so I guess it could be considered as the one which dragged the Broads cruiser into the 21st century. When out and about you very rarely see them sitting unused in their home boatyard. Sort of the E Type Jag of the Broads?

Looks like Acle Bridge Inn has adopted the camera used for the 3RR as it's still live now, though it is facing mostly the gardens. https://horning-sailing.club/webcam.php?camera=acle

The video over Breydon shows the seagulls which kept getting closer to the drone and making me more and more nervous, though as I said before, once you see the results you just want to fly it again!

Well I finally got around to piecing together the various flights I made with the drone I took with me on the holiday aboard Silver Symphony and the link to it is below. Just wanted to manage expectations by adding that while the video quality is generally good, it is from a drone costing less than £200 which naturally does not have the sophistication of the "made for video" models costing three times as much. It tends to buck forward when starting and stopping and it has taken an age to edit out, where possible, these unwanted motions. Also because the camera has a rolling shutter (no idea what that is) moving images can cause a slight jello effect, that is as if you were looking at a wobbling jelly in some instances. Having said all that, I think it has come out rather good. Also, the music borrowed from Bensound.com seems to fit nicely and recommend listening to it through something with deeper bass than a laptop speaker (if possible).

Hi Bubba, Regarding your travel time from Halifax, I live in Leeds and normally set off around 7 to 7.30ish to arrive in Wroxham or Brundall around 1pm. This includes a half hour stop en-route and around another half hour stop at the nearest supermarket to where I pick the boat up from to get "perishables" such as milk and fresh bread etc. The nearest supermarket to Stalham is Tescos - actually also in Stalham. Richardsons boatyard is below in the image