Broad Ambition - Underway on the H2O

[Bettyboomusic1]

Met Robin and the crew onboard BA at Reedham and Wroxam, just wanted to say a big thank you to Robin for taking the time out to have a chat with us two it was great to meet the Main man 😉 hope you all enjoy your last night

[BroadAmbition]

Sort of 

Griff

[grendel]

Well here's my outfit for tonight

[BroadAmbition]

[unclemike]

once a Knight is enough for any man

[Vaughan]

Mind you don't fall in on the way back to the boats -

"Once more into the Broad, dear friends, once more"!

[BroadAmbition]

[BroadAmbition]

That’s all 22 of us and three dogs 

Griff

[ExSurveyor]

Great photo

[Hylander]

Lord above,   wouldnt want to me you lot on a dark night,    sorry for the pun.

[Hylander]

On 19/10/2019 at 07:35, Hylander said:

Lord above,   wouldnt want to me you lot on a dark night,    sorry for the pun.

Of course that should have read 'meet' you lot on a dark night.   Sorry.

[MauriceMynah]

Oh, shame! I had mentally corrected it to "BE you lot" and was feeling kinda sorry for the 'dark knight'

[KaptinKev]

On 18/10/2019 at 22:36, BroadAmbition said:

Is that Robin, being Robin in a Knights outfit but without Batman?

[BroadAmbition]

Friday 7th Feb 2020

So, after stepping onboard late afternoon today, first job was to turn on the heating as well as the 240v ceramic fan heater. 

Nobody has been onboard overnight since the Lads Week back in October  nearly 4 x months, probably an unwanted record  

I was pleasantly surprised, not too much mouldy surfaces and moderate dust  of course if one listened to MrsG ‘B.A’ was filthy and unliveable.

A visit to Tesco’s we needed some Dettol mould n mildew remover, probably the only cleaning agent known to Man we didn’t have onboard.

Immersion heater on and we got stuck in,  every bulkhead, surface and deckhead got a bolloxing.  The galley, aft passageway (Watch it!) double cabin, double cabin and wheelhouse completed  gear onboard, stowed.  Tomorrow will see up fwd and topsides completed before we sail into a howling gale.

Friday evenings for us at home is traditionally Fish n chips from our local  chipole, tonight would be no different,  off to Stalham chippy in t car.  Ordered = no wallet, dash back collect wallet (not at all embarrassing) 

Bl00dy hell, large fish n chips with  mushies, small fish n chips = £17:50  HOW MUCH?

Less than a tenner at home  

Anyroadup, here we sit getting nice n toasty onboard, the heating will stay on 24 Hrs for now.  TV on, a glass each MrsG knitting and drooling.

Earlier whilst driving on the NDR (is it still called that?) I pointed out those ‘Bat’ gantries to MrsG  she didn’t believe me one iota they were for bats.

So we had a bet of sorts  I won of course after google confirmed.

So, ‘Bat out of Hell, will be playing on ‘B.A’s ICE on valentines night, really? Yes really  MrsG - face like a bulldog licking p1ss off a nettle. Happy Days

More to follow

Griff

 

 

 

[YnysMon]

Chill Griff (and Mrs G). Just enjoy the time.

We’ll also be arriving in Brundall tomorrow for the joys of the Broads thrashed by Storm Ciara.

Wondering if we can get a short cruise in tomorrow before it hits us.

[OldBerkshireBoy]

Can tell you that water levels are normal with high tide due +1hr and no wind in Brundall tonight so far. 

[Polly]

Good to hear BA is in commission again. Storm or not, Spring is on the way!

[YnysMon]

I think you are getting a bit carried away Pauline with your ‘Spring is on its way’. I doubt it will feel like that on Moonlight Shadow next week. Carried away , and all that. I just hope not in a literal sense!

LOL 

[Polly]

Nope there are snowdrops in the garden and BA is in commission. 😋

[MauriceMynah]

The official start of spring is just three weeks away.

[SPEEDTRIPLE]

And we will be on Lightning 2 weeks after that. 

Never been in March before, and the tides are right for a run up north. 

[BroadAmbition]

Sat 8th Feb.

Morning,

just been outside the wetshed at the basin end looking out over Swan quay. Mug of rum with splash of coffee in hand

There’s not a breath of wind to be felt. The calm before the storm, literally.

Last night after the evening news, I put a dvd on, it was the RAF’s training film namely ‘Battle of Britain’. Now MrsG was knitting (Third grandchild’ on the way) and I knew she would both not watch it  nor understand the importance of it and how close we came to losing it

Well, surprise surprise, watched all of it, enjoyed it and ‘Got it’’. Wonders never cease eh?

Griff

[SPEEDTRIPLE]

On 18/10/2019 at 17:18, grendel said:

Well here's my outfit for tonight

Come on, let's be honest, would you ever buy a used car from someone like this? 😂😂. 

[FairTmiddlin]

Don't know about a Templar Knight

More of a Barron Knight

[grendel]

2 hours ago, SPEEDTRIPLE said:

Come on, let's be honest, would you ever buy a used car from someone like this? 😂😂. 

thats fine, by the time i have finished with a car theres not enough left to sell on to anyone, most get used as parts donor cars for the next one.