Mark42 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I will be out on the Broads first week in April. With the New Inn closed for a few more months, what will the situation be with their mooring spots. Available for free ? Somebody taking payments but don’t have to eat as the pub closed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Hmmm, awkward one. if there isn't any room anywhere else to moor in Horning, I would probably chance it and offer to pay if anyone 'Official' came to see you and be nice to them. You can but try / ask? I did speak with the potential new landlord and he did say he was hoping to finalise things sometime in March but as of yet nothing in concrete. That's as much as I can say on it Griff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark42 Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Thanks Griff. Hard to believe that this place might be closed for the busy Easter period. If anybody spots any No Mooring notices or spots any boats moored-up then please flag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 My suspicion is that they may well be closed - there will be no supervision and if its not occupied, perhaps no valid liability insurance, therefore it will probably be at your own risk. At the same time, anyone mooring without any permission will actually be trespassing as well. Also you will undoubtedly get someone mooring side on, so it may be minimal mooring anyway!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 May be worthwhile asking southgates ,next to the New Inn.They may have some info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanR Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Interesting question. We’re out week after next and were talking about this yesterday as it had become one of our regular lunch stops. The insurance aspect is a good point. Our intention, for lack of any other ideas, was to see if there are any no mooring signs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D46 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 To be fair everyone commenting knows the pub is currently shut therefore they should also know to land and moor there is indeed trespassing , IMHO it requires a level of respect for the property of others , after all no one would appreciate people wandering onto there property , does it really need no mooring signs etc . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpy Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I understand its an Enterprise house, doubt they'll leave it empty and not earning for long. A couple of mates took on an EI pub in Ipswic and started trading last September - they only signed on the final dotted line of a 5 year lease a couple of weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rightsaidfred Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I understand this is being taken on by someone with a long standing reputation for running high quality establishments, I will say no more till they wish to make it public, I will say no more at the moment other than this is private property not a public mooring and should be treated as such. Fred 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark42 Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Keep your hat on Fred! It’s obvious it’s private moorings but would be good to know if come early April mooring is allowable. I would certainly pay in the region of £10.00 per night then you have option of eating at any of the Horning establishments. Hopefully if Fred has private sound intel it will be open in a few weeks time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeCabby Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 It always amazes me that The New Inn was free mooring , I do hope however that when they do start charging which they no doubt will that they permit some to be offset towards food costs if dining . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark42 Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 I do agree Cambridge, if you are a party of 4-6 people you will easily drop a £100 but it is prime position and lovely on a summers evening. When on holiday you pay what you have to pay. Hopefully it will be back open soon with Gus back on the bank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Fred is on the nail, that's what I have heard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I hope that the pub goes to someone who will maintain high standards. Always enjoyed staying at the pub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rightsaidfred Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 4 hours ago, Mark42 said: Keep your hat on Fred! It’s obvious it’s private moorings but would be good to know if come early April mooring is allowable. I would certainly pay in the region of £10.00 per night then you have option of eating at any of the Horning establishments. Hopefully if Fred has private sound intel it will be open in a few weeks time. Would if I wore one, abusing private property is a touchy subject round here with unmentionables using other peoples drives to go shopping. Fted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D46 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 18 minutes ago, rightsaidfred said: Would if I wore one, abusing private property is a touchy subject round here with unmentionables using other peoples drives to go shopping. Fted Absolutely agree , if the pub is closed then so are the mooring's . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 10 hours ago, SwanR said: Interesting question. We’re out week after next and were talking about this yesterday as it had become one of our regular lunch stops. The insurance aspect is a good point. Our intention, for lack of any other ideas, was to see if there are any no mooring signs. I think you're on tricky ground there Jean. My understanding is the absence of "no mooring" signs doesn't automatically convey permission to moor. Given its private property you'd need permission which if the pub was still closed would be very difficult to obtain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanR Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I think the thing with the New Inn is that they have always felt like public moorings in that you could moor outside of pub opening hours and walk along to the shops or around Horning while you were there. It’s easy to forget that it’s private property with the moorings being so accessible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meantime Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Even if there are no signs saying you cannot moor there it is still fairly obvious it is private property. Unless anyone who moors there uses a dinghy or can levitate they would also need to go across the pub garden / grounds to access the rest of Horning which again would be trespass. Personally I hate seeing the abundance of no mooring signs all along the river banks and private property. For the most part common sense and common decency should tell you where you can and cannot moor. If it is obviously private property then you don't moor without permission. However giving people the benefit of the doubt, if you didn't read this forum, or know that the pub was closed, how would you know you shouldn't moor? A closed pub would normally have a barrier across the car park entrance, therefore unless the mooring is roped off, or access from the pub grounds blocked to the main road it would be hard to tell until you have moored that the pub was closed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyfish Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 18 hours ago, CambridgeCabby said: It always amazes me that The New Inn was free mooring , I do hope however that when they do start charging which they no doubt will that they permit some to be offset towards food costs if dining . It was Never Free mooring at the New inn, you had to Eat there to Moor there 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 If they charge to moor there,I wont stop there.Have been going to the New Inn for years.Always have a meal there.Wont if they charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D46 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Chelsea14Ian said: If they charge to moor there,I wont stop there.Have been going to the New Inn for years.Always have a meal there.Wont if they charge. Not even if the mooring cost is taken off the bill ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 If for example if the cost is 5 or 10 pounds and that's taken off the bill, then yes.If they retain part of the charge no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D46 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 19 minutes ago, Chelsea14Ian said: If for example if the cost is 5 or 10 pounds and that's taken off the bill, then yes.If they retain part of the charge no. They did however employ a attendent to assist with mooring and they have a very expensive quay heading to maintain , all of that cost has to come from somewhere with in beer an food pricing or a small mooring fee , I don't like it either but I fully understand it's a business and they are entitled to charge what they think is fair and many do ..that said many places still don't surlingham ferry for example . 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Drinks prices were always pretty steep but then again it's an Enterprise pub. I suppose with Surlingham Ferry there isn't much else there so hopefully people mooring there would use the pub. In the case of the New Inn it could be more likely that folks would try to moor there just for access to the village so maybe a fee or caveat with a meal could be justified? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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