Pipedreams

[petersjoy]

1 hour ago, CambridgeCabby said:

Currently moored up on Horning staithe , chilly but dry .

We will have one night there, tomorrow or Wednesday, We want to have a meal in the Swan, they are dog friendly plus we have a voucher to spend towards a meal there.

[CambridgeCabby]

We will probably pop up to the New Inn for a jar or two this evening 

[Wussername]

Well, I think that you are all very brave. I don't do "chilly". I certainly don't do "cold".

I was once tasked to bring two cruisers from St Albans to Stalham in February, with a colleague. You might guess the heater on my boat did not work. I don't think that it ever worked. Indeed the same heater was present on a number of boats. It was a gas heater thing. You never knew if it was on or off. Cannot remember what it was called. I didn't care having lost interest in it. It was a black thing, stuck on the wall, inside the boat. Defied the Trades Description Act.

I used to smoke in those days. Loved a gasper. My lighter packed up as if to compound my misery. Half way across Breydon.

Got through Yarmouth OK and then that drag up the Bure. Not the most exciting part of the Broads ever. Certainly not in midwinter.

Came to that bit where you continue up the Bure or you go up the Thurne. It is an optical illusion, well it was for me, suffering from hypothermia and one or two glasses of an exceedingly pleasant malt. So in a state of euphoria I found myself on my way to Potter. Me mate, me Besty, me Best Friend for Ever deserted me and carried up the Bure.....................

Sorry about the pause.  Started to fill up a bit there!

Eventually, in the pitch dark got to Stalham. No Rangers about, they were all in slipper and pipe mode. Besty had long gone. I thought about calling an Ambulance but decided better of it. Thankfully Dearly Beloved was there waiting to capture me up..

I vowed never to go boating again in the winter. And I never have.

But please, please, don't let me stop you ......enjoy what you can.

Old Wussername.

[Smoggy]

34 minutes ago, Wussername said:

from St Albans to Stalham

That's a long way...

[Wussername]

7 minutes ago, Smoggy said:

That's a long way...

St Olaves. Sorry. Just shows how emotional the whole experience!

[CambridgeCabby]

We are afloat from tomorrow for five days , hope to meet fellow members in our travels 

[CambridgeCabby]

Taxi rank acquired 

 

Lulu I said dont use all the sunshine up

 

[Lulu]

34 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said:

Lulu I said dont use all the sunshine up

Sorry CC, we came home this morning as the sun had gone. We had obviously used up our allowance over the week! 

[SwanR]

It is very grey and drizzly today. Are you getting used to your new boat CC?

[CambridgeCabby]

2 hours ago, SwanR said:

It is very grey and drizzly today. Are you getting used to your new boat CC?

Slowly getting used to her , it will take a few years until I can handle her the way I could Cerise Lady though ,I think 

[BrundallNavy]

17 hours ago, CambridgeCabby said:

Slowly getting used to her , it will take a few years until I can handle her the way I could Cerise Lady though ,I think 

I know that feeling. 

[CambridgeCabby]

Still chilly but at least it’s drier 

[Andrewcook]

Hi yes it's lovely with fewer Boats except Richardson's and Herbert Woods now out and about.

[CambridgeCabby]

Manage to sneak in to “The Holy Grail” 

[Wussername]

Good bit of mooring that Mr C

I think that you've got the hang of it!

 

[MargeandParge]

Stay alert 100 day boats have just been released from Wroxham 

Kindest regards Marge and Parge 

[Broads01]

8 hours ago, MargeandParge said:

Stay alert 100 day boats have just been released from Wroxham 

Kindest regards Marge and Parge 

Only 100? A quiet day then by the standards of summer.

[CambridgeCabby]

Popped into Boulters to fill up then on to Potter , breezy but very pleasant out 

[YnysMon]

Lovely photos again.

Each time we pass St Benet's the cross seems to be leaning even further over. I wonder how long before it falls over completely?

[CambridgeCabby]

I always start singing “Always look on the bright side of life” in my head when I pass it 

[FairTmiddlin]

1 hour ago, YnysMon said:

Lovely photos again.

Each time we pass St Benet's the cross seems to be leaning even further over. I wonder how long before it falls over completely?

Expect it will be resurrected by the 17th of April, in readiness for the bishops annual trudge through the mud.

[YnysMon]

26 minutes ago, FairTmiddlin said:

trudge through the mud

...and cow pats? Or do they keep the place free of cows in the weeks running up to the Bish's visit?

[CambridgeCabby]

[CambridgeCabby]

Left a very blustery yet dry Potter and had a very gentle cruise , left at The Ant , 8ft 2 under Ludham , quite a few hire craft out , now moored up on Gayes for our brunch before tucking Pipedreams up for a week 

[CambridgeCabby]

Hope to see some of you this weekend , we are afloat from early tomorrow