A Spring Tale

[Londonlad1985]

Add an O to those initials and another dragon, and you'd be on to a winner with the hat!

Up O's!!

Have a great holiday! 

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Simondo said:

Shame about the cap!

I understand what you mean but I couldn't put it full screen as I needed to fit the beers in the pic too

Just gave your webcam a wave too mate 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Londonlad1985 said:

Add an O to those initials and another dragon, and you'd be on to a winner with the hat!

Up O's!!

Have a great holiday! 

Doing great in the conference mate, good luck to em, but dragon??? 

Cheers pal, hope you're enjoying Evening Shadow soon.

Underway now, destination..... erm....... I'll tell you later 

[Londonlad1985]

10 minutes ago, Jayfire said:

Doing great in the conference mate, good luck to em, but dragon??? 

Cheers pal, hope you're enjoying Evening Shadow soon.

Underway now, destination..... erm....... I'll tell you later 

Liver bird/ dragon I can't tell the difference.... 

[Lulu]

Have a fab holiday Jay! 

[Guest]

Thank you lovely lady 

[Guest]

Solo party going on down the Yare heading toward the Berney Arms 

[Guest]

Guns N' Roses across Breydon 

[ExSurveyor]

2 hours ago, Jayfire said:

Guns N' Roses across Breydon 

A child of the 80s

[Guest]

28 minutes ago, psychicsurveyor said:

A child of the 80s

Or just quality music 

Moored up for the night now in my beautiful ladies favourite...

I just need her to join me now 

[SwanR]

We are indeed safely arrived. Will start a new tale myself in a minute. Guessing you might be staying south as the low tide times are early morning and evening although of course you have nav lights. 

[SwanR]

Just read your post a bit further. You’ve crossed Breydon today?

[NorfolkNog]

Looks a bit Bridge Inn ish 

Superb pub

Look forward to your reports Jean! 

[Simondo]

7 hours ago, Jayfire said:

I understand what you mean but I couldn't put it full screen as I needed to fit the beers in the pic too

Just gave your webcam a wave too mate 

Nice one enjoy your holiday

[Guest]

39 minutes ago, SwanR said:

Just read your post a bit further. You’ve crossed Breydon today?

Yeah. I'm a ragamuffin aren't I, or something along those lines apparently 

No idea where I'll end up tomorrow or later in the week though Mrs Swan R.

I do hope you enjoy your holiday though 

[Maxwellian]

7 hours ago, Simondo said:

Shame about the cap!

Great cap!

[Guest]

Tuesday 19th March

After finishing work at 8am I nipped home to pick up the dog and my meagre things and set off for a short break on the boat.

The journey there was annoyingly slow, particularly with a tired mind from working the night shifts but after 3 hours I was back at Broom boatyard and dropped off my bag inside before walking the dog around to The Yare pub for a pick me up dinnertime drink or two.

Refreshed and ready I set off back to the boat and after a chat with my mooring neighbour it was finally time to release the lines and head off down the river Yare towards Reedham at about 1300.

The day was fine, with a light cloud and so instead of poking my head out of the roof, I lowered the canopy and cruised with the top down, accompanied by the local wildlife

Passing the ever inviting Beauchamp Arms

And then the love it or hate it Cantley Sugar Factory (personally, I love it)

And then Hardley Mill

Reaching Reedham Swing Bridge I passed under and then neared left and along the river passing Polkeys Mill and The Berney Arms before crossing Breydon to Yarmouth.

Slack passage was given as around 1545 and I passed Yarmouth bridges at about 1600.

The long cruise up the lower Bure then commenced, before I passed the deserted moorings of Stracey Arms and then onwards passed The Ferry at Stokesby where there were a couple of boats, one being Silver Cloud, so I gave the guys aboard a wave as I passed.

The stretch along the lower Bure was helped by a beautiful sunset

As I reached Acle there were moorings at the Bridge Inn but as I was solo helming opted to try for the BA moorings and the posts rather than opting for the rings at the pub, despite this making it a more awkward starboard side mooring.

Mooring up on the BA moorings at around 1800 I closed up the boat and headed over to the Bridge Inn to enjoy a couple of beers.

Before returning to the boat and finally falling asleep, exhausted from work and the day but happy to be back on the waters once again.

[vanessan]

Lovely to see you back again Cap’n Jay. Super pictures as always, you are travelling a long way for a ‘short break’ as you put it! Looking forward to the next installment.

Also waiting for SwanR to post - how great it is that holiday time is here.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, vanessan said:

Lovely to see you back again Cap’n Jay. Super pictures as always, you are travelling a long way for a ‘short break’ as you put it! Looking forward to the next installment.

Thank you Mrs V, I do love the cruising despite how long I have aboard. More exciting tales to follow 

[SwanR]

Lovely photos Jay. 

We are noticing that the wildlife seems very active!

Enjoy your evening wherever you end up. Beautiful moon this evening. :)

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, SwanR said:

Lovely photos Jay. 

We are noticing that the wildlife seems very active!

Enjoy your evening wherever you end up. Beautiful moon this evening. :)

Thank you Mrs SwanR, more on the moon later if my pictures come out ok, but in the meantime........

Any ideas on where I am and which pub???

[vanessan]

I have no idea but the little fella looks like he wants you to buy him a pint! (And a bag of beef flavour crisps too probably.)

[Guest]

Just now, vanessan said:

I have no idea but the little fella looks like he wants you to buy him a pint! (And a bag of beef flavour crisps too probably.)

The little fella is a bitch Mrs V, I'm constantly surrounded by bitches and I never buy them a pint. 

Now a half, maybe...a glass of wine, sure, but never a pint 

Beef ..... I love beef flavour. Do you like beef Mrs V or do you prefer Pork??? 

[Lulu]

Stunning sunset photos - definitely some contenders for the next calendar methinks 

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, Lulu said:

Stunning sunset photos - definitely some contenders for the next calendar methinks 

Ahh thank you Mrs Lulu, they are welcome to be used but I'm sure our talented forum photographers will come up with some much better quality pictures as always