Live 'Carried Away By A Moonlight Shadow' Posts

[YnysMon]

This is my new thread that I'll post to when we are on Moonlight Shadow, reserving the main thread 'Carried Away on a Moonlight Shadow' thread to post the full tales of our trips.

Helen

[YnysMon]

How wonderful to be on the Broads again! A few showers just as we were starting off, but once we were on the river we somehow managed to dodge them. Turned up the Chet and are now ensconced on a Loddon Staithe electric point, having waved at Malcolm (Moudly) and Debbie as we passed Pye's Mill.

Oh, and before we left Brooms I met Susan, another forumite currently on Lightening. 

We were intending to go 'oop north' tomorrow but are having second thoughts. It's nice and quiet here down south, so why go up north in the middle of a bank holiday weekend? North can wait.

[Broads01]

My daughter is oop north at the moment, she says it's very quiet. She and her boyfriend had Neatishead staithe to themselves when they stopped there for a while this morning.

[SwanR]

Lovely to “see” you all Helen in your photos. Seren looks like she just loves that spot looking out. Hope you have a great time whatever you decide to do, north or south. 

[Guest Jayfire]

Have a great time on the rivers Helen

[YnysMon]

Guess what...we changed our minds yet again. We did come north after all.

Currently on Acle BA moorings. Got here about an hour ago and slotted in, unfortunately just a boat length away from being able to plug into the electic, even with the extension cable. Luckily, another boat has just left and we managed a switcheroo before anyone else came along to nab it. 75p credit too, a bonus!

Now we can relax.

[PaulN]

We were there a couple of weeks go and managed to get plugged in, but don't understand why the BA couldn't have extended this facility further along the moorings, instead of a couple of power posts near the cafe.

More and more hire boats now have the ability to plug in and it stops the necessity of disturbing others in the morning when having to run the engine for a hot shower.

A lot of expense for a half hearted measure. 

[PaulN]

4 hours ago, YnysMon said:

Guess what...we changed our minds yet again. We did come north after all.

Currently on Acle BA moorings. Got here about an hour ago and slotted in, unfortunately just a boat length away from being able to plug into the electic, even with the extension cable. Luckily, another boat has just left and we managed a switcheroo before anyone else came along to nab it. 75p credit too, a bonus!

Now we can relax.

Sorry should have added the Acle Bridge quote to my post above

[YnysMon]

That's okay, I knew what you were referring to. 

[YnysMon]

Started off from Acle early this morning and have already completed our cruising for the day, having moored up by the electric point at Irstead. Not quite as sheltered as Neatistead, but we should be relatively sheltered from a westerly wind by the church and trees behind the Staithe.

I wonder if The White Horse is open lunchtimes?

[vanessan]

35 minutes ago, YnysMon said:

wonder if The White Horse is open lunchtimes?

Open 12pm to 9pm every day according to their website. 

[SwanR]

That should be a good place to be moored up. Especially as you’ve got on the electric and can take Seren for walks from there. The boardwalk at Barton Broad is quite nice if you haven’t done it yet. 

[YnysMon]

Been there, done that this morning.  I went on my own as I knew dogs are not allowed on the Board Walk (though the family sharing the viewing platform with me had obviously not noticed the prominent no dogs sign). 

We'll probably take a walk to the village store in Neatistead this afternoon.

[Mouldy]

4 hours ago, YnysMon said:

 . . . . . . . .I wonder if The White Horse is open lunchtimes?

Are you Jayfire in disguise?? 😁😁

[YnysMon]

Nope, but we did pop in this afternoon to pick up their takeaway menu. 

[LizG]

5 hours ago, vanessan said:

Open 12pm to 9pm every day according to their website. 

And doing 'home' delivery this weekend up to 3 1/2miles

[YnysMon]

Their takeaway menu says the deliver to Horning, Wroxham, Stalham, Barton Turf, East Ruston, Catfield and Hickling. 

The Lion is delivering to Ludham and Potter. Flegburgh, Martham, Stokesby, Acle and Hemsby.

[YnysMon]

It's always a pleasure to meet fellow forumites. I was so pleased that 'Rumpunch' came over to Irstead Staithe to introduce himself earlier. Thanks!

[YnysMon]

The wind has really picked up now. At least the wind is blowing off the mooring. Despite spring lines we are bobbing about a bit, but that's better than being blown onto the mooring and banging on the quay heading.

[ranworthbreeze]

12 hours ago, YnysMon said:

The wind has really picked up now. At least the wind is blowing off the mooring. Despite spring lines we are bobbing about a bit, but that's better than being blown onto the mooring and banging on the key heading.

Hello Helen,

One of our owners mentioned that it was rough on the Broads yesterday driving rain and very windy, our sister vessel Southern Crusader stopped in the marina.

by all accounts it should get better in the week, take care.

Regards

Alan

[YnysMon]

Thanks Alan.

We braved Barton Broad earlier. As we have no intention of trying to get under Ludham bridge whilst the wind is still strong, we thought we just have a pootle around for a while before finding another mooring on the upper Ant. There were a few wild moorings available which we spotted as we went up river. We went as far as Richardson's Stalham and Sutton Staithe before returning across Barton Broad. We reached Neatistead Staithe a short while ago and are now nicely ensconced on an electric point again, so should be cosy enough for the rest of the day and night. 

By the way, the water at Neatistead is still turned off. Doesn't appear that they've managed to fix that burst pipe yet. Just as well that we filled up at Acle yesterday morning.

[YnysMon]

Taken earlier on Barton Broad and Sutton Broad.

[Lulu]

Sunglasses and sun cream weather I see! 

[NeilB]

Even had the strap the handrails down to stop them blowing away! 

[YnysMon]

Oops, forgot that Graham left those in place this morning. He'd taken in the rubber car mat that he'd placed over the hatch but hadn't taken in the bungee cords holding it down. It's an experiment to see if he can cut down on the condensation that forms on the hatch. 

There is (sometimes) a method behind our madness.