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Hi all, when we used to hire, there was always a new copy of Broadcaster every time we stepped aboard. Now we have Lightning, it`s up to us to get one for ourselves, but where can you get them from near Brundall?. Are they available in local shopd etc, or do you have to get them from the local tourist iformation office?.

Thanks Bob, you`re a star. Whenever we`re on holiday, we like to buy local provisions whenever possible, so a farm shop is great.

Obviously an Arsenal fan then .

Looking at the google satelite view, it appears the navigable channel to the lock is on the right as you approach the lock, is that correct?.

Thanks for posting that Bob, it would be a lot easier on aching limbs to walk to the shop in the morning.

Oh goodie, We`re on Lightning from May 30th, and i was planning on going up to Coltishall lock. Now i can go safely in the knowledge the river has been dredged. Well done BA. I`ve never been up to the lock, is there a path up to the village, as it`s a long way from the common, and we`ll have Karens mum and dad with us, and her dad is nearing 80, with a dodgy hip. Also, i`ve heard of "The Recruiting Sergeant", but where exactly is it, and is far from the lock?.

Yes, next time i do it, i`m thinking about Stilton, or possibly keeping it local, and trying Dorset Blue Vinny. I totally agree with Baitrunner too, it does`nt exactly sound right, but it works. Spring onions sounds good to Alan (RB), so i`l think about that, and it should go well with stilton.

Hi all, i saw this advertised on "the daily specials" board in one of our favourite local pub restaurants, so decided to try and make it myself. I did`nt have it in the pub, but i worked out how i would do it, and tried it tonight, and it was a success. It`s a pretty simple thing with very little in ingrediants. Per gammon ttake, 1 - 11/2 oz of grated cheese ( i used a mixture of Double Gloucester, and low fat medium cheddar, any mixture of your choice can be used) 2 tinned peach halves, finely chopped 1 teaspoon dried chopped chives (or amount to taste 1 large gammon steak Method, Mix the grated cheese, finely chopped peach halves, and chives together in a bowl Grill the gammon to your prefered taste. sprinkle the cheese / peach / and chive mix onto the gammon, and grill under a low heat till cheese has melted to your taste. Serve with sauted potatoes and veg of your choice. I tried this for the first time tonight and we both thouroughly enjoyed it, as it makes a nice change to the regular gammon and pineapple or fried egg.

Hi Monica, if you`re looking for something small for a weekend, give Maffett cruisers a call, and have a look at Merlin. She`s a 24ft traditional aft cockpit cruiser, and is very reasonably priced, so if you can get her for a weekend, it would be even cheaper.

The toilet pan................ i should`nt have had that curry last night :shock:

Yes, it IS easy to be critical in hindsight, but it`s more important on a public forum to point out where people have gone wrong in order that others DON`T do the same. It`s also wrong to state what you may "think" rather than to believe others advice, especially someone who is trained in firefighting. Yes it IS correct to turn the gas off, but at the cylinder, NOT at the fridge or cooker, so a trip to the cockpit (with your lifejacket already on) to get to the gas locker, rather than down to the galley would be the right thing to do If deisel gets sqiurted onto a hot engine, the vapours given off can be EXTREMELY volatile, believe me, i know, i`ve dealt with them in the past, so if there IS a wiring issue, which you could only GUESS at and sparking is occuring in a gas filled space, by opening the engine hatch, even by a small amount, could result in an explosion of gasses. The correct way of finding a hidden fire is by feel, which is breifly mentioned somewhere above, where you feel for excessive heat on hatches or locker doors etc.In my training, we were tought NEVER EVER GO LOOKING FOR A FIRE, If you suspect one, then get you, and anyone else with you, to safety as quick as possible. To say someone did the right thing when in fact they did somethings that could have had disasterous consequences, and make possibly guarded qritisisms to those pointing out where they went wrong is misguided at best, and dangerously irresponsible at worst. If any member or guest of this forum, was to see Robins video, and do the same because of what they`ve seen or read, but have a different and possibly deadly outcome, how would you feel?. There are ways and means to deal with possible fires, so let`s listen to those best qualified?.

Hi Jane, DO IT. You won`t be disappointed. In October, most of the crowds will have gone, and the pubs and restaurants will be far less busy. We`ve stayed south on 4 occaisions, and the last was last year, so when we`re up there at the end of this month, we`ll spend a lot of time on the Thurne and Ant, and hopefully up to Coltishall lock.

This has been an excellent read. First of all, you should NEVER open any hatches to find out where the fire is, as you may cause a classic backdraftand a huge ball of flame. If the hatches, doors etc are all left shut, you are restricting the flow of oxygen. Second, at NO time did you put on your life jacket, which should ALWAYS be as close to hand as possible while inside the boat, which means as soon as you smelt smoke, it is the first emergency devise at hand. The worst thing you did was leave the helm of a moving boat to look for a fire, especially as you were single handed, and this left the boat out of control, VERY DANGEROUS, and could have been disasterous. You also wasted time trying to moor stern on, when you should have brought the boat in what ever side, and as quickly as possible, and to hell with speed limits, as your life was at risk. However, you did right in turning of the gas immediately,, but turning off the isolators may have resulted in inadvertantly cutting off the elctric fuel pump, that a lot of modern deisel installations have, so had you found them and done so in mid stream, it could have been catastrophic. You also did the right thing in opening the back door, incase of an emergency evacuation. It`s very easy for people (like me, and others) to be clever in hindsight, but whenever we picked up a hire boat, i ALWAYS made sure i knew where the master switch was, and where the gas bottles were incase of any emergencies. We also always have our life jackets within arms length at any time while on the move. I also don`t like to have the mudweight rope coiled around the weight, or in a mess on the foredeck, incase we need to drop it in any emergency. Having said all that, it`s good to see you did`nt panick, as this alone will result in rash and ill thought out decisions. A few seconds to think can be a life saver. Well done Robin, :clap

Ignore that, i`ve just checked it out on google satelite view. We`ve been in there before but you are`nt allowed to anchor or moor to the bank.

Hi Alan, and everyone else, where exactly is it in relation to Wroxham, and Salhouse Broad?. I`ve heard of it, but without going in the loft and getting our broads maps out of our boating pack, i`m not sure which one it is.

Hi Fred, welcome from me too. everybody is welcome on the forum, even those who are "Too Sexy For Their Shirt", or even worse, "Deeply Dippy" :oops: . I`l get my coat ...................... Neil.

"Maurice Mynah plans for bridge destruction behind bar at the Swan, Horning, Agent 006 3/4" Now that`s out of the way, I`ve always followed the belief "there`s always two sides to a story", and that may have been the case here, or not as the case may be. The original post is about "speeding", but how do we know that he was actually speeding?. With strong tides at Gt Yarmouth, even at 5 mph going WITH the tide, any boat would look like it`s going too fast, and the perception of speed is always governed by distance, and seeing as this boat was only inches from Welauhs barge, it might appear to be speeding when in fact, it might not be. The dangerous bit to me is passing so close. Also, i might be wrong, but i`ve never been aware that there is any actual written law that boats have to overtake on the left hand side, but as i say, i might be wrong, and if i am, i willingly stand to be corrected?. As for the person driving the boat, it`s quite possible it was his first time on the helm, and was not present during the trial run if they had one?. We`ve ALL done silly things in our time, and anybody who says they have`nt, has either lead a very sheltered life, or blatantly lying. I would`nt dream of doing some of the things i did in my younger days, some of them sometimes on the broads, because i`ve learn`t from my mistakes and grown up. So is it not reasonable to track down the boat and have whoever responsible informed of what they`ve done, given a strong reprimand by the relevant authority, and told they can carry on, providing they behave themselves, and show due consideration to others, or are we going to carry on giving in to trial by media, be social or forum?. I wonder how many of the previous posters have done something they`re ashamed of others knowing, "let he (or she) who is without sin cast the first stone" comes to mind. The post i think gives the best advice is the one which says the boat should have a governer on it. We mostly hired from Maffett cruisers, and all there boats are governed toa tad over 6 mph, so it`s almost impossible to break the speed limits, unless you`re in populated areas, which is something i think ALL broads hire cruisers should be governed to.

Hi Alan, W`eve seen it many times when we`ve been there, but never used it. It does look nice though, so we`ll have to try it one day, though i always like to sit inside the shop, and chat with Caroline.

I wonder who`s got the family brain cell from the person that dreamed up that hair brained idea?. We pick up Lightning 3 weeks tomorrow, so i hope they get things sorted before then, otherwise it`s a cut across to Reedham ferry and up through the lanes. Of course, that will require driving through Loddon, which means it`s very likely a good idea to stop off at Rosie Leas for lunch :party: When are you next on Ranworth Breeze Alan?.

Iain, was it alcahol related?. Seriously though, i hope you`re okay, well obviously you are, because you`re off down the pub?.

Great write up, with some excellent photo`s. I like the one of the Marsh Harrier in flight, really great. We always see Marsh Harriers when on the southern rivers, they`re almost common now, but still love to see them.

I`ve seen several ex Broads hire boats on the Mudway, an ex Aston 42 in Chatham marina, a Windboat seacrete 26 (in very poor condition) at Mudway bridge marina, and a Santa Caterina there too. I saw one of the ols steel Breydon Monarchs on the Trent in Nottingham, and a Calypso 28 on the Lancaster canal at Carnforth. A few years ago, i saw an Aquafibre 44 (Mediteranean) for sale with a local number (Poole and Bournemouth), but don`t know where it was. I saw one of the 80s Ripplecraft steel sedans on the Hamble, which i think was a liveaboard, and Breydon Marines London Pride (steel hull, with cascover sheethed superstructure) also at Mudway bridge marina. I`ve seen quite a few on my travels around the UK, so will keep an eye out elsewhere.

When i first saw this threads title, i thought somebody had flatulance?. Seriously though, we`ve had a couple of casualties down here in Dorset. I got home yesterday to find the tv ariel pole had sheared in the middle of the mounting bracket, allowing the whole lot to fall over and land lay in the neighbours garden. The ironic thing is, we`ve still got a brilliant picture, so i`ve propped it up and clamped the propping plank to the fence, untill next weekend when, and here`s the second point of irony, i was going to re-mount the ariel on stronger brackets and pole. So now i HAVE to do it. The other casualty is one of the summerhouse doors was ripped from the door frame pulling the hinges out with it. I`ve had do a two stage repair, whith stage 2 being on friday afternoon. Then all is required is re attach the hinges with longer screws. Apart from that, i envy you all you lot up there in this wind. We`ve been up there in weather similar to this week, and it`s made the holiday a bit more exciting. As for mooring, we discussed this elswhere on another thread, sheltered moorings, one of my favourites being Loddon, so if sheltering there, we for a few days, we could have breakfast in Rosie Leas every morning. Come to think of it, we could have lunch there every day too, or is that just me being either lazy, or greedy?. Stay safe and enjoy it folks, at least you`re seeing another version of the beauty of the broads.

This is all due to what i remarked on in another thread elsewhere on here. The councils need NOT make any swngeing cutbacks, just cut out all the beaurocratic waste, and stop all the "teambuilding" days, or weekends even. What i find infuriating is the blatant way civil servants go on these jollies, purely so they don`t lose the SPARE money that us taxpayers have had to pay in our council taxes. Maybe there should be some sort of public accountability so councils CAN`T spend money on such flagrant wastage?. As it stands at the monment, we have no say whatsoever on how our council taxes are spent, so we have to put up with morally corrupt council officals closing vital facilities.

OI CLIVE, that`s enough of that : . Seriously though, the cost of running a boat put me off buying outright, so i opted for the sybdicate option. We don`t always get favourable weeks, but it does mean we get up to 4 weeks holiday for half the price of one week on a similar boat. I could`nt justify the amount of extra overtime to cover the basic cost of keeping it, let alone using it, and for only 3 weeks a year. Not good economics, but when we retire, we`ll hopefully be buying outright, and can use it for several weeks at a time several times a year. Now that IS economic sense.