Residents of Bridge Quay in utter shock that a boat has moored!

[rustynewbery]

The word Quay is synonymous with boats/ships floating.  Shades of Weedon methinks

[Hudds Lad]

they just happened to talk to a single "resident" who wished to remain nameless and also had intimate knowledge of how the boat came to be there and was making all the right complaining noises that you would put forward in an official-type complaint?

 

smells like a set up interview to further their cause to me

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

Its certainly not the prettiest of boats, but calling it a monstrosity is maybe a tad too much.

I does look like a real boat

 

This was a separate posting that the forum bunged together

 

This is the village I live in and this is the view of just two residents who live opposite each other, It only takes one to make the headlines and this made the front page. There has not been an accident in the village in the past 25 years https://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/rushmere-suffolk-calls-to-reduce-60mph-speed-limit-6442700

Edited November 26, 2020 by ditchcrawler

[haggis]

20 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

I does look like a real boat

 

This was a separate posting that the forum bunged together

 

This is the village I live in and this is the view of just two residents who live opposite each other, It only takes one to make the headlines and this made the front page. There has not been an accident in the village in the past 25 years https://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/rushmere-suffolk-calls-to-reduce-60mph-speed-limit-6442700

I must admit I had a smile at the thought of a speeding tractor!! All the ones on the roads near here seem to have an upper speed of 20mph .

 

haggis

[ditchcrawler]

4 minutes ago, haggis said:

I must admit I had a smile at the thought of a speeding tractor!! All the ones on the roads near here seem to have an upper speed of 20mph .

 

haggis

O they do about 40 round here,

[Jen-in-Wellies]

8 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

O they do about 40 round here,

GTi tractors with the go-faster stripes.

[tree monkey]

3 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

GTi tractors with the go-faster stripes.

JCB fastrac

 

[magpie patrick]

1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:

I does look like a real boat

 

This was a separate posting that the forum bunged together

 

This is the village I live in and this is the view of just two residents who live opposite each other, It only takes one to make the headlines and this made the front page. There has not been an accident in the village in the past 25 years https://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/rushmere-suffolk-calls-to-reduce-60mph-speed-limit-6442700

Over 30 years of working in planning and highways I have come to associate the words "utter chaos" with rural communities who haven't got enough to worry about. 

 

When there is a real problem, the communities seem to present facts rather than histrionics

[tree monkey]

2 minutes ago, magpie patrick said:

Over 30 years of working in planning and highways I have come to associate the words "utter chaos" with rural communities who haven't got enough to worry about. 

 

When there is a real problem, the communities seem to present facts rather than histrionics

I've noticed how the level of histrionics almost exactly match how few actual issues there are.

The longer the complaint the less likely there are any real problems, the number of mentions of, h&s, children, old people or any other particular victims the less real risk is present.

 

[Athy]

1 hour ago, tree monkey said:

JCB fastrac

 

Oh deere.

[LadyG]

1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:

O they do about 40 round here,

... and no way can they stop in time to prevent an accident if a child runs out, I can't remember the wording in the Highway Code, but I had additional lessons, and while rarely overtaken except by speeding drivers, driving aggressively is the main reason for accidents, imho. 

Lorries are just as bad, they always seem to be in a hurry, the bigger they are, the more they seem to maintain a constant speed.

 

 

Edited November 26, 2020 by LadyG

[ditchcrawler]

51 minutes ago, magpie patrick said:

Over 30 years of working in planning and highways I have come to associate the words "utter chaos" with rural communities who haven't got enough to worry about. 

 

When there is a real problem, the communities seem to present facts rather than histrionics

Both parties are retired and spend too long looking over the gate. Even 30 MPH is to fast for that lane through the village and I doubt very few do more than that. O and the photo of the T junction is actually a mile and a half away in the next village

Edited November 26, 2020 by ditchcrawler

[MrsM]

2 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

O they do about 40 round here,

Hope they slow down for moored up combines ?

[Slim]

4 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

O they do about 40 round here,

I was told that even the most powerful tractors are limited to either 17 or 27 mph. (can't remember which) 

[Alan de Enfield]

6 minutes ago, Slim said:

I was told that even the most powerful tractors are limited to either 17 or 27 mph. (can't remember which) 

No, that changed a couple of years ago when the weight limit was increased to (I think) 32 tonnes.

If they have air-brakes they can do 40mph.

 

See section 2 on the Governement website :

 

Tractors and regulatory requirements: a brief guide September 2017 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Edited November 26, 2020 by Alan de Enfield

[David Mack]

2 hours ago, LadyG said:

... and no way can they stop in time to prevent an accident if a child runs out, I can't remember the wording in the Highway Code, but I had additional lessons, and while rarely overtaken except by speeding drivers, driving aggressively is the main reason for accidents, imho. 

Lorries are just as bad, they always seem to be in a hurry, the bigger they are, the more they seem to maintain a constant speed.

 

 

I think the residents of Bridge Quay might be happier if the Ebenhaezer was speeding past in a hurry.