Live 'Carried Away By A Moonlight Shadow' Posts

[kpnut]

Forgot it was today you were onboard Helen. I nearly rang you to scrounge a cup of tea. I was in MK picking up a new (to me) car. 
Have a good week. 

[YnysMon]

You would have been welcome Kate, had we been there. 

We retired at a reasonable time last night as the Aweigh app said low tide was going to be just after 7 this morning. It still said that when I checked before we left Horning at 5'ish. Just before we got to Marina Quays it changed its mind and decided low tide wasn't going to be until 8.24, so we went under the bridges about half an hour before low tide. At least that meant we didn't need to lower the canopy. We had almost 10' clearance under Vauxhall bridge. 

Now chugging across Breydon against the tide. 

[SwanR]

Fabulous morning to be out early. Beautiful sunshine for a change although it is clouding up already. Have a great day wherever you end up. 

[kpnut]

34 minutes ago, SwanR said:

Beautiful sunshine for a change although it is clouding up already. Have a great day wherever you end up. 

Sun before 7, rain by 11. 

although I’m not sure the rain is forecast in this instance till this evening. 
So perhaps not so true after all, but the gist of bright starts often don’t last still holds. 

On a positive note, it works better the other way round! And don’t forget, ‘blue sky early morning enough to make a pair of sailors trousers, the day will be fine’. 
 

They all contradict each other. Maybe some are more true at certain times of the year?

[YnysMon]

Actually it was pretty cloudy early on, so we didn't get much of a dawn. It started brightening up after 7.

We've started on our way again, having stopped at Burgh Castle for a walk and breakfast. 

[YnysMon]

Lovely and sunny at present. 

[BrundallNavy]

We went through just before 9 and there was still a far bit of tide running out 9-6 on the bridge gauge. Currently sat in glorious sunshine at Loddon. 

[YnysMon]

Nicely tucked up at the end of the pontoon at Oulton looking out onto the Broad.

Graham and Harry have gone off in search of pizza as a new wood fired pizza joint has opened up close to the yacht station since we were last here.

I've also booked a table for lunch tomorrow at The Copper Smokehouse. 

😊

[YnysMon]

The pizza was good. They didn't have vegan cheese so Graham opted for their beetroot and goats cheese option (cows milk plays havoc with my hay fever this time of the year). Who knew that beetroot would be so good on pizza. 

The place is called Wood'n'Dough. 

[YnysMon]

The lunch at the Copper Smokehouse was super excellent. I recommend! I had their smoked brisket with the usual Sunday lunch accompaniments. Four large roasties, a humungus Yorkshire, mashed sweet potato, creamed leeks, roasted parsnips and carrots and a bowl of kale, broccoli and mange tout. Everything perfectly cooked and with smokey gravy to-die-for.

How Graham managed a pud, I'll never know.

I'll post some photos when I do the proper tale.

We are now on our way to Somerlayton. 

[YnysMon]

Somerlayton really is the place for sunsets. 

 

[SwanR]

It certainly did brighten up late afternoon ... lovely photo. I've not moored there other than possibly a quick coffee stop many years ago. What's that area like for an overnight stay?

[YnysMon]

I didn't eat all my Copper Smokehouse brisket lunchtime , so the dogs had a treat this evening. 

[YnysMon]

1 minute ago, SwanR said:

It certainly did brighten up late afternoon ... lovely photo. I've not moored there other than possibly a quick coffee stop many years ago. What's that area like for an overnight stay?

It's exposed to the west, so great for sunsets but not so good in a westerly wind. When the weather is calm it's really peaceful and perfect. Especially out of season. This evening we are the only boat here. You do get quite a bit of noise when trains go over the swing bridge, but the trains don't run overnight. 

There are two electric posts and lovely walks. Also, there's a 'gastro pub', The Duke's Head, just a short walk up the lane. I've been meaning to revisit since they've had new management, but an evening after lunch in The Copper Smokehouse isn't the time to go there. We've only had a sandwich this evening as we are still stuffed.

The village looks nice, but doesn't have a shop nowadays. 

[SwanR]

We've driven through the village a few times. I used to like visiting the gardens when we had the caravan at Lowestoft. It's a pretty area for being out and about by car.

[FairTmiddlin]

Somerleyton was where my brother and I both went to school. The green was our playground. My brother Now long gone remembers watching Chris Cockrell and his Rover biscuit tin and Hoover motor, flying it across the green.                      

Lord Somerleyton was one of our Governors and we would spend a whole day at the hall. All fed and watered, hours in the maze. (well most did my "girl friend" of the time from 2 doors away, her dad was a gardener there and knew the code for which way to turn at each junction). Great times. possibly one of my greatest memories of childhood.

[YnysMon]

Graham says Somerlayton wasn’t peaceful all night; he heard a couple of long freight trains cross the bridge during the early hours. I slept through that.

Currently making our way up the Yare, having stopped off at Hardley Cross to make lunch and to wait for the flow to change direction.As usual, though on theory the tide had ‘turned’ earlier, the flow was still going out to sea an hour later.

We need bread and other stuff, so are aiming to go to Norwich to visit Morrisons then back to Bramerton or Rockland. We’ll have to see how long it takes us to get to Norwich though. We might have to abandon that plan. 

[kpnut]

1 hour ago, YnysMon said:

Graham says Somerlayton wasn’t peaceful all night; he heard a couple of long freight trains cross the bridge during the early hours. I slept through that.

I like hearing the rumbling of the trains across the bridge. 

[YnysMon]

4 hours ago, kpnut said:

I like hearing the rumbling of the trains across the bridge. 

Me too, having grown up in hearing distance of a terminus. Lots of shunting noises. When I was little, must have been pre-school (pre-1965) my grandad used to take me to a bridge that overlooked the turntable so that I could see a steam engine being turned around. 

[YnysMon]

We didn’t make it as far as Norwich. As we were passing through Brundall it occurred to me that we could stop at Brundall Gardens and visit one of the Co-ops in Brundall instead of Morrison’s, so we did that. Just as well, as it probably have been after sunset by the time we got to Norwich, completed our shopping and turned back downriver. 

We are moored at Rockland St Mary this evening. Another exceptionally quiet mooring. There is a road alongside, but not a lot of traffic on it.

[ExSurveyor]

37 minutes ago, YnysMon said:

As we were passing through Brundall it occurred to me that we could stop at Brundall Gardens and visit one of the Co-ops in Brundall instead

I thought that but assumed you had ruled it out.

[MargeandParge]

I'd the pub open? 

Kindest Regards Marge and Parge 

[Broads01]

4 minutes ago, MargeandParge said:

I'd the pub open? 

Kindest Regards Marge and Parge 

You took the words right out of my mouth.

[YnysMon]

9 hours ago, MargeandParge said:

I'd the pub open? 

Kindest Regards Marge and Parge 

Nope, no sign of any activity in The New Inn.

The walk up to Brundall through the fen was interesting, lots of buds on trees and bushes and lots of bird song. I used the Merlin App on my phone and it identified the bird song of the following birds: wren, blackbird, chaffinch, Robin, great tit, blue tit, greenfinch, wood pigeon.

The evening we were at Somerlayton it identified a ring-necked pheasant, blackbird, Cetti’s warbler and song thrush.

It’s a brilliant app, especially considering it’s free. 

[YnysMon]

This morning at Rockland the Merlin app has identified a song thrush, willow warbler, chiffchaff and robin.