Ten Days On The Boat

[mikeyboy1966]

Starting Friday we have a week plus to take a cruise.

we intend to head up the old west,through Ely.and explore the wissey,little Ouse and the river lark.

ill take some pics,

just got to get my last day at work out of the way!

Fuel tank has 175 litres,plus I’ve @50 litres in “Jerry “ cans

100 gallons of water wasat 450 litres will see how that goes(might have misread the manual?)

that said we’ve never run out of water.I’ll keep it topped off as there is a low bridge we would like to pass under on day 3.

we may well be 2” too high

[Happy]

6 hours ago, mikeyboy1966 said:

Starting Friday we have a week plus to take a cruise.

we intend to head up the old west,through Ely.and explore the wissey,little Ouse and the river lark.

ill take some pics,

just got to get my last day at work out of the way!

Fuel tank has 175 litres,plus I’ve @50 litres in “Jerry “ cans

100 gallons of water wasat 450 litres will see how that goes(might have misread the manual?)

that said we’ve never run out of water.I’ll keep it topped off as there is a low bridge we would like to pass under on day 3.

we may well be 2” too high

Have a wonderfull time 

[Lulu]

Looking forward to your write up. Ive often toyed with the ides of moving Luna there so we are closer to the boat but the locks put me off. She was based there in a past life 

[ChrisB]

I am very envious, I and my late wife loved that top end of the RGO navigation. Sadly I have not been back for a number of years.

[Smoggy]

Enjoy! But hold your breath past the sugar beet factory on the wissey.

The ends of the smaller rivers are lovely but can be a bit like a ditch on the lower stretches as much of them were man made, there's roman and monastic bits so everyone in the last 2000 years has played with them.

If you can get under the bridge at Brandon creek the guy just up there always used to be cheap for diesel. 

[Troyboy]

Enjoy your holiday. Post plenty of pics as it's of great interest to me.

[YnysMon]

Have a great time!

[Cal]

Looking forward to your pictures. It is a trip we very much enjoyed when we did it.

Hope you have better luck with the weed than we did on the Lark and Wissey.

[dom]

My dad had a Broom 30 very much like that. She was registered F74 on the broads, but seems to have moved elsewhere in the early 90s. I always wonder if I'll come across it one day. It was the only boat I've ever known get a proper osmosis treatment (all gelcoat fully planed off and replaced) so will probably go on forever.

What engine(s) is yours?

[FairTmiddlin]

4 minutes ago, dom said:

My dad had a Broom 30 very much like that. She was registered F74 on the broads, but seems to have moved elsewhere in the early 90s. I always wonder if I'll come across it one day. It was the only boat I've ever known get a proper osmosis treatment (all gelcoat fully planed off and replaced) so will probably go on forever.

What engine(s) is yours?

On http://norfolk.broads.org.uk/wiki2018/index.php?title=Search_the_Database

comes up as Edna Rose not seen on the system listed

[dom]

4 minutes ago, FairTmiddlin said:

On http://norfolk.broads.org.uk/wiki2018/index.php?title=Search_the_Database

comes up as Edna Rose not seen on the system listed

She was Marie Louise when we owned her. I think the Edna Rose name came from the following owner.

[mikeyboy1966]

4 hours ago, dom said:

My dad had a Broom 30 very much like that. She was registered F74 on the broads, but seems to have moved elsewhere in the early 90s. I always wonder if I'll come across it one day. It was the only boat I've ever known get a proper osmosis treatment (all gelcoat fully planed off and replaced) so will probably go on forever.

What engine(s) is yours?

Single Perkins 4108

[mikeyboy1966]

13 hours ago, Lulu said:

Looking forward to your write up. Ive often toyed with the ides of moving Luna there so we are closer to the boat but the locks put me off. She was based there in a past life 

I quite enjoy the locks,

nice to have a chat with other crews when sharing the lock.

[Broads01]

Are there any manned locks on the Cambridgeshire waterways?

[Smoggy]

Only hermitage on the old west/great ouse and denver sluice, both the tidal ones, salters lode onto the middle levels is also manned.

[mikeyboy1966]

EA volunteers will be manning st ives,houghton and godmanchester on busier summer weekends

[Smoggy]

3 hours ago, mikeyboy1966 said:

EA volunteers will be manning st ives,houghton and godmanchester on busier summer weekends

That never used to happen.

[mikeyboy1966]

Friday,day 1

we managed to get away a bit earlier than planned,

we are heading down stream,1st through st ives lock,then Brownhills staunch onto the short tidal section then through Hermitage lock onto the old west river.

[mikeyboy1966]

Some people refer to the old west as “a weed filled ditch”

it’s not that bad,it can be shallow but up to know I’ve had no issues.

our mooring for the evening ,Aldreth fen.

miles from anywhere and very quiet,

[mikeyboy1966]

Saturday,day2.

we carry on down the old west to popes corner.

[mikeyboy1966]

At popes corner,the old west returns to being called the great Ouse and the river Cam joins it from the starboard side

[mikeyboy1966]

We continue to Ely,where a quick stop off at the supermarket for forgotten items is required

[Jbx5]

Would like to try this area especially around st Ives and Ely parts, a couple of years to retirement then the skys the limit 🤔😂

 

[Bikertov]

Just now, Jbx5 said:

Would like to try this area especially around st Ives and Ely parts, a couple of years to retirement then the skys the limit 🤔😂

 

Sound like I am at a similar stage to you !

Still trying to get a boat sorted, not giving up yet ...

[mikeyboy1966]

Onwards from Ely,

we overnight at prickwillow.

no idea why but I didn’t take any photos at the days end.