FairTmiddlin Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Folkestone Air show A couple of weeks ago almost across my rooftop. Only about 500 feet up Poor quality but literally run, point, shoot 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 9 hours ago, Wussername said: You do not see them Once or twice a year, with a clear sky and a bit of luck we see them dog fighting over us here on the coast. The handling of the aircraft and the noise of the engines beat any display I've been to 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQ Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 It was the Horning SC, Yare and Bure open Regatta this weekend, For which I was on Rescue boat on Sunday.. There has been a reduction in Weed on Black Horse broad, so as traditional it was held on there.. It seemed to be a good event and other than putting buoys out and retrieving them the only rescue boat work was getting the White boats through the dyke. There are however patches of weed, in particular there was one patch near where we had placed a buoy on the course.. Every so often a boat would sail round the buoy and then after a few yards come to a near stop.. As they ploughed very slowly through the weed accelerating again once through. Other boats which were sailing quite happily, would slow slightly somewhere round the course, but keep going.. However staying slow for some time due to weed trapped round their rudder. Liz when we pushed her boat out of the broad was found to be towing weed... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizG Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 4 hours ago, TheQ said: Liz when we pushed her boat out of the broad was found to be towing weed... Good excuse for my dreadful performance! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 car is booked in for MOT and brake work today, got a call this morning, apart from the brakes its failed on the one thing I couldnt check, the emissions, so they are doing a full service for me, oil, filters etc and going to run some diesel magic through it and a carbon clean too if it needs it, just waiting now for notification they have finished and to go pick it up. the garage is 3.5 miles away, so i throw the electric scooter in the boot to get home and back, the only issue htis time round was- could I find where i had put the charger last time used it- a year ago?, it was on 3 1/2 bars, now on 2 1/2, so will i get back to pick it up, or will it go flat on me (note I use countryside paths and back ways for the vast majority of the route, the rest I walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargeandParge Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Hi Grendel We usually take ours to a local Church for a service now as you seem to get a better job. Kindest regards Marge and Parge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 ah well, just called them as I would need to leave shortly to pick up this evening, the parts are on the 4pm van, so it probably wont be done today, I will await a call in the morning, I do however need the car for thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairTmiddlin Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 43 minutes ago, MargeandParge said: Hi Grendel We usually take ours to a local Church for a service now as you seem to get a better job. Kindest regards Marge and Parge Holy water and Embalming oil no doubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 ok so i got a call at 4.30, car is ready, now its a good 1 1/4 hours on foot and about 40 minutes by electric scooter, so, i set off fingers crossed that 2 and a bit bars would get me there, its fairly flat, the footpath runs alongside the river, so i got halfway along the gravel section before the batterys gave a red warning only about half a mile short, pushed the rest of the gravel section, then up and over the railway bridge, managed to coast down the other side as the battery had regenerated a little and was showing 1 bar again, eventually coasted to a stop with the red warning right outside the garage. (replacement charger should arrive tomorrow or the next day) just 10 minutes before the garage shuts for the day so what did they do, MOT, front brakes pads and discs (rear were inspected and found to be perfect, so not needed), a service, oil, oil filter, air filter diesel filter, that got it through the emissions, so with everything plus £132 labour came to just £434. 1 advisory, one rear light in a cluster of 2 was out, quite happy at that, and the garage living up to its name affordable automobiles. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Answer the door to have two pretty young ladies come in and take my shirt off and proceed to shave my chest, then they expect to get a good blood pressure reading, it's not my arm that cuff should be on all the blood's gone elsewhere! If it wasn't for the chest tightness and pain it would be a fantastic start to the day... Taken to local hospital for checks not Papworth so only minor, now feel like a fraud. Got a day off work at least just wish the beepy machine would shut up. 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Take it easy and keep the beepy machine on a nice steady tickover 🙂 All the best 👍 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Released back into the wild! No clots on chest xray and enzyme tests midway between skiver and warning sign so not a heart attack. Top work NHS and relatively fast, glads it's not a Friday night. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Please all 👍 okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 We're on the boat for a few hours.Made our way to Dilham.First time in over 10 years.One other boat moored here. A few photos. Our new upholstery with cushions of us and SK and LK. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydraser Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 My day back dated to last Friday: We've had a new VW campervan on order since March. We fully understand the delays due to global goings on so there has been a delay past the June build time. I had a phone call about 4 weeks ago to say it was half built at VW but they were waiting for parts. Had a call on Friday with good news and bad. Good news: my van is in the uk. Bad: It's got the wrong engine and gearbox! My choices were: accept it and save some money. Wait for a week another one with the right engine but wrong gearbox. Re order and go again. Easiest way out all round is that I take a refund and walk away. Between VW, their dealer and the converter, they could blame each other all day long. They can sell any van they produce so why should anyone put themselves out for me? They now have one for immediate delivery to which they can apply all the latest price hikes. Win win win. We were very disappointed and deflated but in the big scheme of things we are lucky to have our health and the ability to enjoy life in other ways. Like Smoggy recently, I have had a few health scares and tests where one minute you are choosing hymns, next you feel a bit of a fraud. It puts a lot of things in perspective. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Another photo. We walked to the cross keys,a nice pint of wild Norfolk,brewed near by and a light lunch. Very nice.A good day 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargeandParge Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Hi Ian How far is The Cross Keys from the moorings and is it a nice pub ? (Oh, and have you left a tab running? ) Kindest regards Marge and Parge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 3 hours ago, MargeandParge said: How far is The Cross Keys from the moorings and is it a nice pub ? We went in May for lunch and it was very good. Nice beer garden for better weather and the food (that we had, at least) was excellent. I’d guess it’s about a quarter of a mile from the moorings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 3 hours ago, MargeandParge said: Hi Ian How far is The Cross Keys from the moorings and is it a nice pub ? (Oh, and have you left a tab running? ) Kindest regards Marge and Parge It's about a ten minute walk.Considering my COPD can give me a bad time,it was fine.Sorry no tab.They don't do tabs only cards or cash up front. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQ Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Prepare for some high tides.. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/14/wobbly-moon-probable-cause-of-mass-tree-deaths-in-australia-scientists-say in 2035.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertov Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 An early start this morning. 3 hours in the queue so far, and no idea how much longer. But it will be worth it when we get to Westminster Hall 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 9 minutes ago, Bikertov said: An early start this morning. 3 hours in the queue so far, and no idea how much longer. But it will be worth it when we get to Westminster Hall Good luck with that. As much as I’d like to be there, there’s no way I could queue for that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanR Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 That’s a lovely photo Biker. Hope the time passes well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Mouldy said: Good luck with that. As much as I’d like to be there, there’s no way I could queue for that long. There is a second queue for those less able. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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