Chelsea14Ian Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 The shop and windpump moorings have been chargeable for as long as I remember, at least twenty years and they charge for the pub/Temple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersjoy Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 The charge has gone up to £6 overnight mooring for this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, petersjoy said: The charge has gone up to £6 overnight mooring for this year. Which would be fair enough if they replaced the missing mooring posts. With rings if easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 We hope you be there on Saturday, which will be the first day of our holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 3 hours ago, floydraser said: But then it seems an odd place for a temple of any religion. I believe that running water was one of the attractions to this particular religion. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Chelsea14Ian said: The shop and windpump moorings have been chargeable for as long as I remember, at least twenty years and they charge for the pub/Temple. Some folk might contest that mooring fee, or any mooring fee for that matter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webntweb Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 5 hours ago, JennyMorgan said: The road, during the winter, is relatively fast. When it is dark and wet it is not an inviting location. I drove up and down the road about half a dozen times last week at different times of the day. Most of the time the traffic was incessant, nose to tail at full road speed. As both JM and Vaughan have said it would be deadly to try and turn in or out of the car park in the dark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairTmiddlin Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, webntweb said: I drove up and down the road about half a dozen times last week at different times of the day. Most of the time the traffic was incessant, nose to tail at full road speed. As both JM and Vaughan have said it would be deadly to try and turn in or out of the car park in the dark. And I expect JM and Vaughan will verify, it's been a bad road all the way back to at least the fifties since I was young. The whole of the road has always and will be a local racetrack. The Stracey Arms was bad enough but possibly the worst part of the whole road is the left turn to Halvergate (Which most of the sugarbeet traffic use) was always an accident waiting to happen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 minute ago, FairTmiddlin said: The Stracey Arms was bad enough but possibly the worst part of the whole road is the left turn to Halvergate (Which most of the sugarbeet traffic use) was always an accident waiting to happen. Especially as that junction over the bridge is on the only slight bend in the whole of the Acle Straight, so there is also a lack of vision. Add to that, that the whole marsh is in a "frost hollow" which will cause black ice and it is not a good place to be, in the early hours of a January morning! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, FairTmiddlin said: And I expect JM and Vaughan will verify, it's been a bad road all the way back to at least the fifties since I was young. Isn't there a stone tablet in Norwich museum depicting you three lining up for a chariot race? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 At one time Stracey was hugely popular as the last stop before or after Yarmouth, only the hire fleets are now less than half what they were thus the passing river trade is not what it was, not by a long chalk. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 You’re beginning to repeat yourself JM! Bad sign that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 23 hours ago, Chelsea14Ian said: As I said we went there once,we had Paella,perhaps the worse Paella I ever had.Think they moved to what was the Hermitage .Seem to remember they didn't last long there either. I think we have reached the "agree to differ" point. I especially loved their Paella and had it twice. 20 hours ago, floydraser said: What a shame and a wasted opportunity. Plenty of moorings to attract boats, especially for summer evenings, and plenty of room for a kids play area. Once people are there both the pub and windpump would benefit. But then it seems an odd place for a temple of any relegion. Not at all. You're nearer to God on the Acle straights. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Paella from both Vesta and Lidl, yummy! Twice had paella in Ibiza and enjoyed neither of them, despite being Spanish! What makes a good paella? Never had it at Stracey though, am now wary of paellas cooked by Spaniards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 51 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said: Not at all. You're nearer to God on the Acle straights. Or eternal damnation and excessive central heating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairTmiddlin Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 18 hours ago, Timbo said: Isn't there a stone tablet in Norwich museum depicting you three lining up for a chariot race? No the details are written on a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet, in the British museum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 18 hours ago, Timbo said: Isn't there a stone tablet in Norwich museum depicting you three lining up for a chariot race? You may be able to claim a descendany from Swene Forktooth of the Lincolnshire fens but I will have you know that my family can trace its roots in the navigation of the Great Estuary, right back to when Pontious was a pilot! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 With what Airline? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 River pilot, he was . . . Anyway, we all know there is no Great Estuary any more since King Canute (a.k.a. Knutcase) sat in a chair on the bank at St Benets Abbey and told it to go away. History is fascinating, when told through the eyes of the local people . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helian Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 With what Airline?:default_biggrin:Alitalia presumably?Sent from the Norfolk Broads Network mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 4 hours ago, MauriceMynah said: I think we have reached the "agree to differ" point. I especially loved their Paella and had it twice. We went there once and had their version of paella. A most embarassing experience - the friends we took were Spanish. I won't tell you what they thought of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I've worked with Spainards who can't cook Paella and Italians unable to cook Risotto. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewcook Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Does any One Remember a restaurant called Norman Chalks as they had three I think as to one In Reedham serving very good meals now gone as there is no more other chains of Restaurant's on the Norfolk Broads now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 55 minutes ago, Chelsea14Ian said: I've worked with Spainards who can't cook Paella and Italians unable to cook Risotto. I think the 'chef' at the Stracey held a full hand of things he couldn't cook... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Chelsea14Ian said: I've worked with Spainards who can't cook Paella and Italians unable to cook Risotto. Any Brits who couldn’t cook Tikka Masala? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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