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    Changes At Hoseasons?

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    Silverline, Summercraft, Bridgecraft, Sandersons and Brooms don't have bookable websites and appear on page two or later of Google for the search term "norfolk broads boat hire" (unpersonalised results), so I think they might struggle without Hoseasons. Plus you have to ask why with all the marketing muscle and reach of the likes of Richardsons, Faircraft and Barnes Brinkcraft, they still use Hoseasons.

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    Bb Webcam

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    The camera is cycling through the views again but you won't be surprised to learn the view down-river to the bridge is absent. Even the bridge height and the "under the bridge" views have been ammended. By the way it takes a long time to move from the view with the BB sign so bear with it.

    Bb Webcam

    in Broads Chat

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    I'm guessing that it won't stay that way. I am sure people who moor over the other side of the river will still want to view their boats to be sure they are OK. Also I imagine the overriding reason the camera was put there in the first place was to procure lots of traffic to the website, which lets Google know the site is popular and assists in pushing it up the rankings. Herbert Woods probably have the same idea. So if people stop finding it attractive, they will no longer search for it and Google will know!

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    Boats For Two Families

    in Hire Boat Discussion

    Posted

    Hi David

    Any of these might work:

    Silver Illusion - Silverline - Brundall
    San Bernadette - Richardsons - Stalham
    Sand Piper - Sandersons - Reedham
    Silver Reflection - Silverline - Brundall
    Brinks Emperor - Barnes Brinkcraft - Wroxham
    Pacific Imperial - Pacific - Loddon
    Brinks Symphony - Barnes Brinkcraft - Wroxham

    David

    School Holiday Prices

    in Broads Chat

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    Hi Snowy,

    Don't know how long you have had these dates but as far as Hoseasons are concerned, the prices are fixed at this year's prices until usually the end of October. As far as i remember for the holiday industry wider, the brochures (with prices) usually launch around one year before the start of the summer season, so May for the following May to October for example. So cannot see collusion unless the schools sort out their training / non pupil days before these dates.

    Regards

    David

    Classic Wings

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    Around 1967 I think it was,  I can remember flying on a Carvair from Southend to Ostend - the first time I had flown - as part of a holiday to the Belgian resort. The Carvair, which was an "engineered" DC4 with a bulbous nose where a couple of cars could be loaded, was operated by British Air Ferries. The flight took 50 minutes which was very exciting for a young boy. I remember a trail of oil leaking from where the engine was housed creeping further and further across the wing, then one of the pilots coming out from the cockpit, stooping down to look through our window at it then returning without saying anything. We landed without mishap and just assumed it was normal for air travel.

    David

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