RS2021 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Today we should have been picking up Fair Executive 2 from NBD, gently cruising out of the yard, down the Bure and into Salhouse Broad for the evening. Instead, we'll be sat in the garden. At least we can still open the bottle of wine. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanR Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Open that bottle and drink to the next time you can get to the Broads. I am determined to try to write only positive things from this point on. Love your photos. Thank you for sharing them. :) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddybear Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I know how you feel a great loss of enjoyment, me being a private boat owner has cost me in the last four weeks since lock-down £460 not to use my boat, and if this is to go on another couple of months it will really Upset me somewhat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Go on then, how has it cost you to not use your boat? Griff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS2021 Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 Well Salhouse was certainly quiet last night, but where to go today? Horning Staithe is quiet so we can stop there for an hour or so. So many choices of where to go tonight. I think we'll head for Thurne Dyke and a pint at the Lion. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastboating Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 SwanR could not agree more, lets all stay positive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanR Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 I’ve only been to the Lion once but could certainly see the attraction. And the run to Thurne Dyke from Salhouse is something that we enjoyed a couple of times last October. But I think that on a blue sky day like today I would be turning up the Ant, destination Sutton Staithe or Paddy’s Lane, two of my favourites. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddybear Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 22 hours ago, eddybear said: I know how you feel a great loss of enjoyment, me being a private boat owner has cost me in the last four weeks since lock-down £460 not to use my boat, and if this is to go on another couple of months it will really Upset me somewhat Hi Griff, I guess cost of enjoyment which I should've had But still paying for that's what (being polite) annoys me a little bit :-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Understood. We're in the same boat.(Pun firmly intended) However I try and look it as the money spent to keep 'B.A' as she normally is sitting there would have been spent anyway. I try to look at it as money I haven't spent, that is road fuel getting there n back, Marine diesel, pump outs, beer chits, food, pub grub and the like so I'm on a saving. One I wish I wasn't making Griff 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 A good friend of mine lives and boats in Sydney, Australia. He tells me that their lock-down is very similar to ours but those who sail small boats, crew and skipper ONLY, are being allowed to go sailing on Sydney Harbour. That seems reasonable to me and I wonder how long before similar is tolerated on the Broads. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Here is hoping JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 54 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said: I wonder how long before similar is tolerated on the Broads. About two days before the busiest day the broads has ever seen, with every private boat out I reckon. Well, I'll be there! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 28 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said: About two days before the busiest day the broads has ever seen, with every private boat out I reckon. The queue for Ludham Bridge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Looks like Boulters Lock, on the Thames at Maidenhead? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Looks like Boulters Lock, on the Thames at Maidenhead? Looks like calm, organised chaos to me. Definitely no social distancing in evidence either! Griff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 On 25/04/2020 at 16:25, eddybear said: I know how you feel a great loss of enjoyment, me being a private boat owner has cost me in the last four weeks since lock-down £460 not to use my boat, and if this is to go on another couple of months it will really Upset me somewhat Hi Ted, I’ve decided not to count the cost of not using my boat in these abnormal times, same as I don’t normally, mainly so Mrs B doesn’t get any ideas😀 Hey ho back to gardening, painting, car washing, window cleaning... well you get the picture. Stay well, stay safe and stay at home😷 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldspice Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Got my fenders ready for first day out on the Ant .... 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZimbiIV Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 You will need them bow and stern as well. paul 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS2021 Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Where to today then. Womack Staithe and Ludham are always nice, perhaps a light lunch in the tea room. Then its How Hill for the afternoon. The nature trail and secret garden are great and a chance to look round the old pleasure wherry Hathor, a boat which certainly cuts the mustard compared to todays craft. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanR Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 I think my day would have been the reverse of yours. Having gone up to the top end of the Ant yesterday we would have cruise back down today. A coffee stop perhaps at Ludham Bridge or St Benet’s and then into Womack Water or perhaps a mooring along the Dyke if the water levels are low enough for me to get off the boat! Lol! Then a walk into Ludham for scampi and chips in the King’s Arms. The rest of the day would be spent on board watching the other boats and the wildlife. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDH Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Excellent idea to relive a future trip RS2021. Almost Back to the Future. Keep it up. Loving the images. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS2021 Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 26 minutes ago, SwanR said: I think my day would have been the reverse of yours. So it was you waving when we passed on the river. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulu Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 I love this virtual holiday. Looking forward to the next instalment :) 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 20 hours ago, Vaughan said: Looks like Boulters Lock, on the Thames at Maidenhead? Painting in Lever Gallery, Liverpool One of many Edwardian photos of Boulters And The Boathouse, Boulters Lock I would like a pound for every pint I've supped on that upstairs balcony! And in Skindles for that matter. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 On 26/04/2020 at 13:57, SwanR said: I’ve only been to the Lion once but could certainly see the attraction. And the run to Thurne Dyke from Salhouse is something that we enjoyed a couple of times last October. But I think that on a blue sky day like today I would be turning up the Ant, destination Sutton Staithe or Paddy’s Lane, two of my favourites. Stalham Staithe on a day like today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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