Got To Love Ludham Bridge....

[Matt]

Our passage through at 11am this morning In pictures. 

 

And yes it is stern moored.....

[Wildfuzz]

M25 type traffic........

[NorfolkNog]

My giddy Aunt!!!! 

One of the numerous reasons we go in December! 

[deebee29]

Now I remember why we go early and late in the season

[grendel]

I have never seen the M25 that quiet!

[hazelgirl]

Looks like it was a bit of a fight to get through, seen it busy but that looked BUSY 

[John]

We left fleet dyke about 10.30 this morning. The main river looked a bit like that, they all must of been heading that way. We are heading back down south today as its grim up north. Hopefully the sun will be shining the other side of Yarmouth. 

john

[LondonRascal]

Oh the joys of Ludham Bridge - and nature likes to add it's own twist here too with a good crosswind blowing.

[JawsOrca]

Oh geez.. why did we move the boat up there.. that looks like a nightmare considering Orca doesn't sit still...  

[BroadScot]

That takes me back to the early eighties. It could take quite a while to negotiate that bridge due to the sheer weight of traffic! Must say, that IS a first, a boat stern on at those moorings !

Iain

[Wildfuzz]

I feel for those privateers who`s craft are moored the other side of the bridge, must be covered in bumps and bruises at the end of the season.

[Mark]

One of the best adverts for the South on this site to date Matt. Please don't do it too frequently

 

[BroadScot]

21 minutes ago, Wildfuzz said:

I feel for those privateers who`s craft are moored the other side of the bridge, must be covered in bumps and bruises at the end of the season.

Know wonder Alex and Lorna's boat is called " Braveheart " moored there ! When LBBY hired day boats in the 70's it was pantomime time coming through that bridge! 

Iain

[deebee29]

19 minutes ago, BroadScot said:

That takes me back to the early eighties. It could take quite a while to negotiate that bridge due to the sheer weight of traffic! Must say, that IS a first, a boat stern on at those moorings !

Iain

Yep, I remember those days Iain

[Matt]

It's always this busy In the school holidays!

 

highlight had to be the 45 footer stern moored for water

[Broadsword]

Strewth Matt!  Thankfully it wasn't that busy when the missus and I went through last week - with quite a few feet of mast hanging over the back!! We had an easy path each way - what you have pictured there wold have caused us a lot of problems!

 

Who on earth was the stern moored plonker??

[BrundallNavy]

4 hours ago, Wildfuzz said:

I feel for those privateers who`s craft are moored the other side of the bridge, must be covered in bumps and bruises at the end of the season.

If not already they will be after this weekend, especially if the buoy for the 3RR is close to the corner.

 

Doug.

[alexandlorna]

7 hours ago, BroadScot said:

Know wonder Alex and Lorna's boat is called " Braveheart " moored there ! When LBBY hired day boats in the 70's it was pantomime time coming through that bridge! 

Iain

its is indeed a somewhat dangerous place to be moored at times Ian , a look at Braveheart's  port side in one of the pics will reveal more fenders on that side than most big  boats have all round!

Yet still some half-wit or another will always manage to do some damage lol

Fortunately most people who get it wrong are going reasonably slow and so its usually just marks on the fenders ,but we have had a few hard hits over the years

This week was a total washout for us ,having arrived on Friday evening , the weather has been atrocious and so today we gave up and called it a day

[alexandlorna]

As a related point Lbby is once again hiring dayboats

[BroadScot]

3 minutes ago, alexandlorna said:

This week was a total washout for us ,having arrived on Friday evening , the weather has been atrocious and so today we gave up and called it a day

Well its been gorgeous up here awe week. Aye a ken, you wulny want tae read that! Sorry ! Pit the factor 30 oan when you reach the border !

Iain

[alexandlorna]

Yes Iain , we are home and can hardly believe how much better the weather is here this week

But , I will wager its a one off though - this week is actually our Scottish summer ............

[Wildfuzz]

I spoke to a boat owner who moors on the pictured corner, he was on board yesterday for a couple of hours and was hit 3 times.....

[ChrisB]

When I pass in school holidays it is usually about 5.30am or 7.30pm.

[Matt]

By all accounts the demasting moorings were occupied by hireboats causing a sailboat to pull onto the water moorings to de-mast leaving only room for stern mooring at the water hose!

[TheQ]

I'd  advise, many to be there between 12:00 and 15:00 today looking south. It's the day for real chaos.

 

3RR......