NorfolkNog Posted December 10, 2023 Author Share Posted December 10, 2023 Quiet and peaceful at Upton 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Broads01 Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 6 hours ago, NorfolkNog said: Quiet and peaceful at Upton Lovely. Looks like all the sailing boat fleet are tucked up in bed for the winter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 Massive thumbs up to Bridgecraft, boat ran impeccably, very economical and heating fired up every day without the need to run the engine. Fantastic personal service from this family run yard, highly recommended 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, NorfolkNog said: Massive thumbs up to Bridgecraft, boat ran impeccably, very economical and heating fired up every day without the need to run the engine. Fantastic personal service from this family run yard, highly recommended Yep, they maintain everything brilliantly so it all "just works" and makes the whole hire stress-free. In 2 hires we've had nothing go wrong bar a suspect tv aerial. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 I dont want you to go home. It has been such fun hearing all of your trips. So pleased the boat has behaved itself. You are a good advert for Bridgecraft. Stay safe both of you and have a wonderful Christmas and an even better New Year. Will you be back in 2024? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 14 minutes ago, Hylander said: Will you be back in 2024? Certainly will M February and May, with Bridgecraft of course And all the best to you both for the festive season 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 When you arrive Howard I know that winter is nigh. Your visit in February will endorse that realisation that we may have to endure one of the harshest months of winter. And then, and only then, you visit in May. A spiteful month. Do not cast clout until May is out. When you depart, all is well. Our Norfolk Nog has gone with our sadness. We look forward to the advent of Spring and hope for a summer, a wonderful summer. Thank you for your story. I have been privileged to have been "boating" on the river so to speak in mid winter. Moving boats from South to North. A flask of hot soup, a sandwich, freezing cold on a boat with no heater. Then a winter cruise with my wife from Stalham to the end of navigation at Coltishall one weekend. To the very end of navigation. A sad and delipidated sign stated at Coltishall "hire boats not allowed" I carried on to the locks, the water meadows at Horstead Mill all those years ago. The mill had gone, a few years past. The mooring at the old dilapidated lock gates was memorable. A place that few people visited by boat. In the morning we awoke to the sound of geese, huge numbers, hundreds in skeins which seemed to fill the sky, a cacophony of sound which reverberated throughout the Norfolk landscape. On our way home, back to Stalham on our approach to Belaugh we entered a reach which held hundred and hundreds of geese just floating, resting on the river, from bank to bank. There was no way through, but they just parted, these wild birds as I went through so very slowly, very quietly. Feeling somewhat guilty of intrusion. I have often felt that I should ask you why you come midwinter. However I think that I know from my brief experience. For me, sadly boating has become a challenge. I have to leave winter boating to those of sterner stuff. Not so long ago I used to help the grandchildren onto the boat. Now they help me. As Shakespeare said " Sans eyes, sans teeth, sans everything. Sometimes, on the river, they will say, "ask Grandad" It was not all in vain, was it? Thank you once again Howard. Andrew. 17 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 What a lovely tale! Thank you Andrew. Had the pleasure of sharing a beer with you in the Maltsters a while back but not now sadly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, NorfolkNog said: What a lovely tale! Thank you Andrew. Had the pleasure of sharing a beer with you in the Maltsters a while back but not now sadly! I remember it well. I look forward to February. I can feel a pint or two coming on. With kind regards. Andrew 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 28 minutes ago, Wussername said: I remember it well. I look forward to February. I can feel a pint or two coming on. With kind regards. Andrew I think we could be tempted indeed! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 4 hours ago, Wussername said: A sad and delipidated sign stated at Coltishall "hire boats not allowed" I carried on to the locks I didn't know there used to be a sign saying that. So hire boats had to turn by the Rising Sun? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 9 hours ago, Broads01 said: I didn't know there used to be a sign saying that. So hire boats had to turn by the Rising Sun? Yes they did and it wasn't that long ago. We have yet to venture up beyond where the sign originally was but hope to in May next year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracie Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 I remember seeing the sign when I was a little girl, it's only been the last few years we have ventured up there once the sign went What an absolutely lovely post from Old Wusser, thank you and thank you Mr Nog for another lovely tale. It's a joy reading of members adventures in Winter time x 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 By the lock is one of our favourite overnight locations. Please stop telling everyone (Like wot I just did!) Griff 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracie Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 I'm not telling anyone about Johnny Crowes Staithe either, that's mine , all mine x 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webntweb Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 8 hours ago, BroadAmbition said: By the lock is one of our favourite overnight locations. Please stop telling everyone (Like wot I just did!) Griff It's a really horrible place. 3 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnut Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 4 hours ago, Gracie said: I'm not telling anyone about Johnny Crowes Staithe either, that's mine , all mine Free as I went past earlier, but far too muddy to consider stopping! 🫤 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 9 hours ago, kpnut said: Free as I went past earlier, but far too muddy to consider stopping! 🫤 I recall one October half term holiday time mooring there with the family and when I stepped off it was like stepping into a bowl of porridge. I can assure you no one else attempted it and I struggled to release my shoes from the mud and get back on board. Yes it can be tricky after a lot of rain but glorious in the summer months. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Glorious indeed and not just in the summer. https://photos.app.goo.gl/7j9n7EXJouKP8gJN9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 38 minutes ago, Broads01 said: Glorious indeed and not just in the summer. https://photos.app.goo.gl/7j9n7EXJouKP8gJN9 Is this Johnny Crowes Staithe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gancanny Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 8 minutes ago, Hylander said: s this Johnny Crowes Staithe? thats it M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 When we last moored there, there was a huge tree at one end and another down the back end of the mooring. Have they chopped them down, you used to be able to get shade in the summer. Not my photo but the only one I can find. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Broads01 said: Glorious indeed and not just in the summer. https://photos.app.goo.gl/7j9n7EXJouKP8gJN9 2 hours ago, Hylander said: Is this Johnny Crowes Staithe? 2 hours ago, gancanny said: thats it M No, that is the mooring at the entrance to Crome's Dyke. The dyke, which is still part of the navigation but is now unnavigable due to neglect by the Broads Authority, goes away from the river to Crome's Broad. There is a footpath alongside the dyke. About 100 yards or so up the path there is a right-angled bend. Crowe's staithe is on the outside of that bend. Totally delapidated but just about recognisable. There is quite a bit of information on here about it. Just put the word Crome's in the search box. Let's try not to lose Broads history by misnomers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargeandParge Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Nice to hear from you Paladin Kindest Regards Marge and Parge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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