Mastodawn

I have been thinking about creating #Fediverse #Groups for some time as I read that groups are federated far more effectively than hashtags. I have finally applied for one to be created at FediGroups.social.

Initially, I was thinking of creating one for the #norfolkbroads as that's where our boat is, but there's little use of that hashtag or of the #ukcanals, so with memories of the late 1990s when news:uk.rec.waterways was extremely active I have opted to create one for #ukwaterways

I'm told I'll get notification when's it's approved and created. Let's hope they'll be enough use of it to keep it alive - i.e. toots at least every month!

NorfolkGreg Mar 9

It's been a while since I reported on our own #boat. Before coming to Cheshire I did manage to call in on the #mooring and remove the #heaters from her as, with any luck, there won't be any more #cold snaps that justify trying to stop the boat from #freezing.

She really is beginning to look as if she needs a really good #clean. We had promised ourselves she'd be lifted out last #winter = but the house move got in the way and it was never arranged.

#boatsthattoot #norfolk #norfolkbroads

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NorfolkGreg Mar 6

@mlanger @PKYo
Bobbing Boat doesn't tell the whole story of #UK #canal #boat #licencing. It's not just length, there are different rates for private boats and hire boats. And I forget the arrangements for continuously cruising #liveaboard #boaters.

I recall that the boats I owned a 1/12th shared in were classed as a #hireboat, although, typically, such boats cruised for about 48 weeks a year, while a typical holiday hire boat only cruises about 36 weeks a year, which is why I can understand the thought that length should not be the sole criteria.

It's different again on the #NorfolkBroads. Licencing is on the basis of area (length x beam) and there are multiple classes with the biggest discounts for #yachts, smaller ones for auxiliary yachts, electric powered craft and so on. Not to mention different rates for hire boats.

And just don't ask about the UK's Boat Safety Scheme! #BSS

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NorfolkGreg Feb 15

@JugglingWithEggs
What took you so long?
I've been visiting on and off since the early 1960s.
Find out more at
https://gregafloat.org.uk

#boating #boatsThatToot #norfolkbroads

Greg Afloat 1950s-2020s Boating on the Canals, Rivers and Broads of the UK

Greg Chapman's Boating 1950s-2020s

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NorfolkGreg Jan 30

@iolaire
Reminds me of a picture I took back in June 2006 on #Norfolk #England's #HicklingBroad.

It was part of a sequence that accompanied an article in published in the magazine "Norfolk Afloat" that covered the Open Canoe #Sailing Group's visit to the #NorfolkBroads

Check out:
https://gregafloat.org.uk/broads/2006ocsg.php

#nationalpark #canoe #boating