Cerise Lady Has A Day Out At Last

[CambridgeCabby]

Yes indeed at Horning green today , currently in the Swan , Katie having sirloin steak, fish cakes for me .

Sadly sold out of London Pride so I’m having to slum it with Doombar 

[CambridgeCabby]

19/05/2021

Left Womack at 06:40 , rivers were beautiful with their mirror surface , we love early cruising , motored very gently out of the dyke , past the new private mooring basin which is still less than half full ,right on to the Thurne , then right again onto the Bure destination the “holy grail” , Horning staithe , arrived at Horning 09:00 , there was one space on the green end , about a foot longer than Cerise Lady , so in we went , soon safely moored up for a lazy day watching the boats ,

By 10:30 there were only four boats remaining . 
We spent our day helping boats in , and drinking copious cups of tea .

For lunch I had a crab sandwich from the Staithe and Willow , extremely well filled with a mixture of white and brown meat , freshly baked granary bread and a packet of kettle crisps £8.95 which I felt was well worth it .

At 12:30 Norfolk played its usual flanker , a sudden hail storm with hail the size of marrowfat peas , 12:45 it was over and the sun won through and for a couple of hours it was T shirt and shorts in the warm sunshine 

A few glasses of vino during the afternoon before dinner in the Swan , fish cakes for me , steak for Kate.

Just having a few more samples of the well kept Doombar then back aboard , soon time to turn in .

Tomorrow we will pop up to Acle to see what Dunes Cafe is like 

 

 

[CambridgeCabby]

[CambridgeCabby]

[Cal]

In all the years we have boated on the Broads in hire boats and our own little boat we have never managed to get on the public moorings at Horning 

[Happy]

55 minutes ago, Cal said:

In all the years we have boated on the Broads in hire boats and our own little boat we have never managed to get on the public moorings at Horning 

Us too!

[CambridgeCabby]

Now at Ranworth , taxi rank acquired 

[SwanR]

With that sign right by your boat you may well have people thinking you’re a taxi! 😂

[CambridgeCabby]

I’ll get the meter fitted , I’ve still got a spare top sign

[YnysMon]

It would be interesting to know whether the crab sandwiches at the Dunes Cafe live up to Staithe and Willow. Hopefully equally as good. 

[Mouldy]

3 hours ago, Cal said:

In all the years we have boated on the Broads in hire boats and our own little boat we have never managed to get on the public moorings at Horning 

We have . . . . . . . . . . . . I think the most recent occasion was in 2007.  We tried twice when in the northern rivers in November 2019 and still couldn’t!

[CambridgeCabby]

43 minutes ago, YnysMon said:

It would be interesting to know whether the crab sandwiches at the Dunes Cafe live up to Staithe and Willow. Hopefully equally as good. 

We haven’t sampled Dune cafe Acle yet , due to the increasing winds we have decided to stay put .

We tried , well I tried , the crab sandwiches at Dune Cafe Winterton before it’s sad closure and although very well filled and excellent I personally preferred The Staithe and Willows offering as they mix the brown crab meat in whereas Dunes was purely white crab meat , as I said it’s purely personal preferences   

[ranworthbreeze]

2 hours ago, YnysMon said:

It would be interesting to know whether the crab sandwiches at the Dunes Cafe live up to Staithe and Willow. Hopefully equally as good. 

Tan used to like the salmon and cream cheese sandwiches that they used to do at the Staithe & Willow a few years ago for lunch.

[CambridgeCabby]

20/05/21

A lazy day with overcast skies , rain and high winds .

We set off from Horning “Holy Grail” early and gently motored along our original destination being the new Acle moorings , decided to pop into Ranworth to replenish the water tank , upon arrival it was apparent that “The Taxi Rank” was going to be available shortly so we made the decision to stay as it was obvious the weather was taking a turn for the worse , so best to shelter up .

After about an hour the space was available so we moved and tied up for the day/evening .

We have decided to travel home tomorrow , so we had a brunch at 12:00 using the bacon sausages eggs and mushrooms up .

The day was spent cleaning the inside of Cerise Lady with the occasional venture outside between the rain showers , then the wind picked up dropping the temperature by a few degrees , plugged the oil filled radiator in and watched a bit of inane tv .

Dinner this evening was aboard , M&S steak pie , cauliflower cheese , potato croquettes and for desert Katie finished her strawberries and the rest of the cream .

At 20:00 , suffering from my usual dry throat , I adjourned to The Maltsters leaving Katie ensconced in front of the tv ; Ghostship was tonight’s tipple and mighty fine it was too , back on board now having some cheese and biscuits before I too retire to bed .

Distinct lack of photo opportunities today due to weather conditions 

[Maxwellian]

I see you got the closest mooring to the Pub.

[CambridgeCabby]

Left Ranworth at 09:00 this morning , very windy conditions abound .

Slow cruise down the Bure , looking at the water level on the reeds decided that even though high water at Ludham bridge was 09:30 (ish) we would be ok , soon the upstream marker board was upon us and displaying a healthy 8ft 2 so plenty of room , passed under and continued on  , destination Gayes staithe for brunch , asparagus and poached egg , the downstream marker board was displaying a vast 8ft 7or8 .

Slow meander up to where we are now moored side on at Gayes , still very windy and a brisk 10 degreeC.

[CambridgeCabby]

Back home now , in the warm , stopped off in Horning to have a second look at a boat we like , who knows ?

Upon arriving home , very pleasantly surprised to see a package containing my NBN pennant which I only ordered Tuesday evening , exceptional response from The Forum Shop , and I didn’t even use NBN Prime 

[CambridgeCabby]

Back afloat for a few days solo , new NBN pennant looking resplendent 

[ranworthbreeze]

7 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said:

Back afloat for a few days solo , new NBN pennant looking resplendent 

They usually do especially when new.

 

[CambridgeCabby]

Just a short meander up to Gayes staithe, eight boats here including Goosander.

Slowly filling up though 

[BroadAmbition]

I wonder if there’ll be room after 2130?

Griff

[OldBerkshireBoy]

25 minutes ago, BroadAmbition said:

I wonder if there’ll be room after 2130?

Griff

That`s years away Griff 

[CambridgeCabby]

One space stern on at the moment Griff 

let me know I’ll put the kettle on , with added rum obviously 

[BroadAmbition]

Sailing from shed in 20 mins. Is it still there? u still up?

Griff

[CambridgeCabby]

Still up one space still remaining , stern on five boats down