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The Sights and Sounds f Nenya is the Ring Of Water from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and is also the traditional Norfolk Broads design four/fi ve-berth cabincruiser we call our mobile second home. She tows a Lugsail and an Access303 (Hansa 303) dinghy, and her permanent mooring is at Hoveton on the River Bure. We bought it in 2002 from the grandparents of two of our godchildren who had previously allowed us to take her out on our own. This had been an occurrence so rare that another boat owner asked where her owner was. The fi rst things we had to do were Boat Safety Scheme improvements. These included hot air heating instead of radiant gas, and a new loo and water tank. Over the years we added mains electric plug-in facilities and an immersion heater – for hot showers in the morning and fewer worries about fl at batteries. Then in 2015 the wheelhouse was replaced, and rotting timber and decking renewed at Swallowtail Boatyard on Womack Water. This time we were able to share the work, providing the unskilled labour and initially cleaning and anti-fouling the hull (I looked as if I’d had a blue rinse!). Later we did more interesting and constructive jobs. Since retiring we’ve aimed to spend 60 days a year cruising the Northern Rivers and Broads if we only have about a week. The Southern Rivers and Broads need ten to 14 days – to get there takes eight hours’ steady motoring through Great Yarmouth and Breydon Water and has to be timed to coincide with slack water at Great Yarmouth. Starts at 6am are not unusual! Members of our family join us regularly, the youngest even managed to fall in, fi ve minutes after arriving! A bird-watching highlight of 2018, crossing Breydon Water, was Shelduck ducklings in a group of 25 with only two adults (we decided they St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA Tel: (0114) 274 5086 Page 18 email: office@stchads.org website: www.stchads.org
from Nenya must be in a crèche). There were also two bittern sightings, otters playing, grass snakes swimming and seals on the coast – all recorded in the daily log. Other highlights include sailing together in the dinghies – passage sailing while Nenya is helmed to the meeting point by the other one of us; sailing with the Waveney Sailability club on Oulten Broad in my Access303; and acting as mother boat for Broads Adventure. We have also enjoyed visiting and worshipping in churches within walking distance, good food, new friends, wide skies and getting caught in thunder storms. These all make our life on Nenya exciting. Ann Allen Are you looking for a room to hold your party or meeting? St Chad’s Church has two rooms available for hire at 56 Abbey Lane Call 0114 274 5086 for details Call now for a free quote! Kieran Garland Painter & finisher KRG decorating services South Yorkshire Based Sheffield 07554750089 kgarland1234@yahoo.co.uk St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA Tel: (0114) 274 5086 Page 19 email: office@stchads.org website: www.stchads.org
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