YorkshireAdventurer

But surely when you take over a boat you have to abide by the "current" terms and conditions

I think it'll all depend on how they word the new t's and C's If they were to honour the bookings already made prior to the change it would mean throughout the year there would be a number of people solo on a Richardsons boat,if someone saw someone solo and then phoned Richardsons to book solo and then be told "sorry we don't accept solo hirers" how would Richardsons explain that to them

Someone from one of the Facebook groups had booked solo with Richardsons same week as me, as he was picking a friend up to join him for a couple of days part way through the holiday he got in touch with Richardsons a couple of weeks back to add his friends name to the booking Because of this being mentioned on the Facebook groups he got in touch with Richardsons and has had to cancel due to the fact he was starting the holiday solo As he had added someone to the booking Richardsons weren't aware of the fact he was starting the holiday solo so would not have got in touch with him regarding the new policy People may be annoyed about this situation being on the Facebook groups but in this instance it prevented someone from turning up to Richardsons in 2 weeks time only to be told "sorry we can't allow you to take your holiday here's your money back"

That idea sounds too much like common sense lol

Or why not honour the bookings that are for the next few weeks as they will now have boats that are sat there earning nothing when they could have made a couple of grand during the quieter period at the start of the season

Barnes brinkcraft also use hoseasons as their booking agents but they will accept solo crews And they even have the hoseasons logo on their boats as opposed to Richardsons who use their own "R" logo

Surely when you make a booking they can see your previous bookings and weather or not you're capable and I'm sure the majority of solo hirers will choose a boat they know they're capable of handling alone Why can't they make an informed decision based on that also take into account the age of the hirer as surely a 30/40 year old is less likely to suffer from any health issues

If Richardsons have done it to bring them in line with their booking agent hoseasons,why have I been able to book with Barnes Brinkcraft today (after having to cancel my Richardsons booking yesterday which was due to start in 2 weeks as I was solo) who also use hoseasons as their booking agent

YorkshireTripper, Capri, just me, Friday Saturday

I did three more stern moorings during the week,one at womack staithe,one at NBD,and my final one at Richardson's at 6.45 this morning....guess which one I had no bystanders at and did perfect

Aaah yes Capri playing the loud music I knew it must have been a bad sign when we saw them mooring up and noticed they'd managed to prune all the trees on their way down the ant judging by the various twigs,leaves,and branches that covered the majority of the deck area (either that or they were going for the camouflage look)

Sorry to hear this sad news,my thoughts are with you and your family.Many of us know people and family members (I certainly have) who we have sadly lost to the dreaded "big C" you know it's going to happen,but it doesn't make it any easier when it does I remember one of your very early (might even have been very first) captains blogs was with your dad so he was there at the beginning of it all I'm sure he will be with you in spirit and memory every time you're on the Broads when you visit places where you went with him

I'll be there too

It looks like BBC look east maybe getting involved with this story now and hopefully ITV Anglia will do the same the support they have also been getting from Facebook groups has been amazing and it's also spreading to twitter with #Findlulustaffy

Hi If you are around the St Bennett's abbey area can you please keep an eye out for this dog she fell in the river a couple of hours ago she is 4 years old and her name is lulu and despite her looks she is apparently very docile Thanks

sorry i forgot to update the dog has been reunited with their owner

lets try again lol

just realised i cant post pics on this topic

bit of a long shot but no harm in trying found this on a facebook page this dogs been found in norfolk and it has a welsh microchip

my videos from my week on the broads in May https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO74zlNI6xrFmyrwoNpXyxw

i can tweek the settings using manycam

i was actually running it through manycam didn't realise you could access the settings from there i was only using a cheapish webcam which wasn't hd so shouldn't use a huge amount of data

thanks for your help guys much appreciated

thanks anyway

unfortunately the webcam doesn't seem to have settings for white balance