Chelsea14Ian Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Is it because of the endless skies, the people, the coast ,the small pretty villages.The pubs,the beer.The changing scenery,ducks that wake you up.The food,wildlife not just ducks.Last and by no means least the Broads.It is for me all of the above. What about you. Ian 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracie Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Ian, thank you for that, if your post is not a brilliant advert for the Broads then I don't know what is....just showed this post to my friends and have been told you are as nutty as me LolDefinitely agree all of the above but would like to add wild mooring and mud weighting just can't beat that if you want to be aloneGrace 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 The Broads is undoubtedly the finest inland sailing area in Gt Britain, no doubts and no questions about that! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 It is the quality of life. Nothing more, nothing less. My brother lives in Esher. A very private road. West End theatre's, top restaurents. Great Night clubs. Parties every week end, a huge circle of friends, some very wealthy, some famous. Me. I'm a Billy no mates. Compared with him anyway. When I finally slip my mooring there will be only me and Mrs Wussername in the church. How sad is that! She is me only mate I suppose. If she goes first I shall be very very cross. Failing that, I feel very fortunate and privileged to be able to walk out of my door and in a few minutes I can be beside a river, on a marsh. See skeins of geese fly over my house. Hear the Bitten boom at Strumpshaw. Got to beat the M25, The rush hour (twice!) wherever you are. It is the quality of life. It really does not matter how big your boat is, how large and powerfully your car, how wonderful your house is. It is ones ability to appreciate Norfolk and Suffolk, it's rivers, broads and marshes. Just me and Mrs W I'm quite happy with that. Oh and the grandchildren of course, it gives me so much pleasure to be able to introduce these two very young grandsons 5 and 7 to a world outside television and iPads. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Old Wussername, touching stuff, sums it up perfectly, thanks for sharing your thoughts. My daughter & her husband are near the tops of their chosen careers, both working in London, living in Highgate which is actually a very nice area, just bought a house near Oulton Broad in which to bring up their family, can't say that I blame them. I worked in London for six years, hated it, walked away from my chosen career and returned home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I took this snap over thirty years ago, Yare Navigation Race, for me it epitomises the Broads. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 JM Along time ago. All from Coldham Hall - may be wrong. Are you able to remember the names of the cruisers. Gold Fish, Evening Flight, Madie perhaps ......as I said, a long time ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaylightGate Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I can't agree more with all of the above. Working on the the dreaded M25 I can't wait to finish the week and heading up to Wayford, getting aboard DG and totally chilling for a few days before returning to the rat race. It seems to be another world which we can explore and enjoy the nature that surrounds us and where ever we go meeting people that are so friendly with a similar frame of mind. Fishing is good too. Shame we have to return to rhe real world. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Old Wuss, Coldham Hall in the days of Harry Last. Can't remember the boats' names but can remember those of the ducks though! Gary, the Broads is the real world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaylightGate Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Sorry JM Slip of the tongue meant other world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Errr, did I say something wrong? Posts from myself & Old Wussername gone missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Perhaps it was me. I'm like the river Waveny, I wander about a bit, went a bit off topic, that may have been the reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Errr, did I say something wrong? Posts from myself & Old Wussername gone missing. Not guilty, Peter. We Mods decided some time ago to speak together before removing a post. Also to leave an explanation and Mod's signature to it.... Just to add that in the downtime last night some other posts (including Mods') were lost... sorry peeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Yep JM I was one who lost a post from last night. Iain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 JMAlong time ago. All from Coldham Hall - may be wrong.Are you able to remember the names of the cruisers.Gold Fish, Evening Flight, Madie perhaps ......as I said, a long time ago.Salamander's there, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbroadslover Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Old Wussername. It sounds to me that when the time comes you will just be moving from one part of Heaven to another ! lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Yep JM I was one who lost a post from last night. Iain. And me, Jonzo said there was a technical problem now sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitrunner Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I have to work in London and love getting home. Not sure why anyone would want to live there rather than in Norfolk. Retirement can't come too soon. But quiet. If we shout too loud we may get overrun and then the beauty may be ruined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Salamander's there, I thought that they were mallards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Water lapping at the hull, the clink of guides against masts, the quacks, squawks, squeaks and rustles of the birds, trotting a fishing line, isolation, the way the sunlight dapples on the water, lightening flashing across the marsh, being close to history, boats, wooden boats, fibreglass boats, concrete boats, the flap of sail, the chug of diesel, the gurgle of petrol, the smell of wood, diesel and water....but most of all the people, the help they give, the guidance, the laughs, the loves, comradeship, a quiet pint with friends, a raucous howl of laughter, the odd chunter at a passing pillock, sailors, pirates, holiday makers rangers and locals. No matter where I am...my head and my heart are in Broadland. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Elegantly put, Timbo! :clap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Timbo, are you sure it was Guides clinking against the mast, it would make more sense if it was sea Scouts.... Grendel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Well I started something, what is clear we all love Norfolk and Suffolk.Having traveled over most of the uk and many countries, the broads is always in my thoughts.We live and work in london,what is great when we spend a weekend on the boat,after work I get on the train at Liverpool street and Norfolk kicks in. Ian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Timbo, are you sure it was Guides clinking against the mast, it would make more sense if it was sea Scouts.... Grendel Wouldn't that be Ging Gang Goolies rattling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Wouldn't that be Ging Gang Goolies rattling? They don't, if the crew has a firm grip of 'em. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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