Finishing the #jigsaw was eventually completed in a bit of a rush. We became increasingly fed up with having too little room on the dining table to eat!
You may detect some of my frustration in my ALT Text.
We're still to take the thing to the #picture #framer.
If you're into jigsaws or #boats you might care to look at this:
https://gregafloat.org.uk/broads/2012jigsaw.php
That jigsaw now hangs over the bed in our guest room, it shows a collection of #yachts being prepared for hire at a #boatyard on the #norfolkbroads.
When you draw up at Richardson's Marina to book in for your boating holiday you'll find yourself alongside a row of posters. I thought the one for the local Search and Rescue Volunteers made you properly aware you are in Norfolk, which is not as universally flat as some would have you believe, but certainly is not rugged or mountainous.
Life seems to get in the way of tooting on Mastodon, things like sister-in-law being sectioned (Wonder what non-English will make of that phrase) and then transferred to a nursing home last week. Social Services report 20 homes that were approached refused to take her because her needs were too great. But enough of that...
I have finally managed to expand my site celebrating the Hampton Safari a more than 50 year old design on Broadland River Cruiser. There's a new page telling of a refit to what appears to be a very early a MkI boat.
https://hamptonsafari.uk/builderrichardson.php
#norfolkbroads @ukwaterways #boating #norfolk #holidays #river
I read that using groups is more effective than hashtags for wider circulation in the fediverse.
A new FediGroup is now live. It's for any toots concerning the UK's navigable waterways, whether #canals or #rivers managed by the #Canal and #River #Trust, the #Environment #Agency, the #Broads #Authority or other body.
If anyone mentions the address:
@ukwaterways
in a post, it will be boosted to everyone who follows the Group.
You can follow the group at:
https://fedigroups.social/@ukwaterways
Public posts and replies are boosted. Private messages to the Group are rejected.
Please boost!
#boat #boatlife #boating #boatsthattoot #canallife #ukcanals #norfolkbroads #broads #sailing #yacht #cruiser #narrowboat #widebeam
@colorblindcowboy
"Reasonable" begs the question for what purpose.
If you want to #sail round the #world in #recordbreaking time then 75ft could be the answer.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/feb/10/thisweekssciencequestions4#:~:text=Ellen%20MacArthur's%2075ft%20trimaran%2C%20B%26Q,circumnavigate%20the%20world%20this%20week.
If you want to sail some of the narrower #rivers and #dykes of the #NorfolkBroads then I'd say 17ft
https://gregafloat.org.uk/seahawk/2006waxhamcut.php
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!
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.
@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
@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
@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
NorfolkGreg