Floating Restaurant Sunk

[Ken X]

I notice that Auntie Beeb is reporting that the Miller & Carter floating Restaurant at Lakeside is er, no longer floating.

Bit unfortunate at the best of times but doubly inconvenient at Christmas.

[TheBiscuits]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-64078593

 

[Ken X]

Many thanks, not fluent with links etc yet.

[Heartland]

It would seem that all meals are cancelled

 

 

[magnetman]

Perhaps they would consider doing a fish dish for those who like eating at an angle.

[alan_fincher]

8 minutes ago, magnetman said:

Perhaps they would consider doing a fish dish for those who like eating at an angle.

No need to eat at an  angle...

 

...it shouldn't be long before the other end sinks to put it more or less back on the level.

It could be one of those restaurants where you can choose your own fish.  Except not from a tank, but simply by pointing at it as it swims by your feet.

[TheBiscuits]

2 minutes ago, alan_fincher said:

No need to eat at an  angle...

 

...it shouldn't be long before the other end sinks to put it more or less back on the level.

 

I was assuming (always dangerous!) that it's hit the bottom of the lake in that photo, so won't sink any further.

 

[Sea Dog]

30 minutes ago, Heartland said:

It would seem that all meals are cancelled

 

 

What, all at once...

 

 

...or women and children first?

[Ken X]

Would Sir and Madam prefer the shallow end or the deep end?

[Tonka]

Apparently the lake goes between 4 ft and 27 ft depth but one end is 50ft deep so it may go vertical. 

 

[Rob-M]

Perhaps they hadn't been getting their blacking done.

[PeterF]

someone filled the pantry at that end with too much Christmas food.

[magnetman]

It might have been rain dear.

[MtB]

What's the betting it turns out to be sabotage by a disgruntled (ex) employee?

 

 

[Mike Tee]

New employee pulled the wrong plug out

[manxmike]

Or - they might have decided to go icebreaking and the ice punctured the hull, only after removing the blacking though.

[Tim Lewis]

2 minutes ago, manxmike said:

Or - they might have decided to go icebreaking and the ice punctured the hull, only after removing the blacking though.

 

Or perhaps their buyers bought the wrong type of iceberg?

 

[frangar]

Love the fact it’s referred as a converted paddle steamer in some reports….when it’s welded box made vaguely to resemble a paddle steamer if you squint a bit. 
 

I think it’s been in place since the late 80’s with no way of painting the “hull” 

[MtB]

2 hours ago, frangar said:

Love the fact it’s referred as a converted paddle steamer in some reports….when it’s welded box made vaguely to resemble a paddle steamer if you squint a bit. 
 

I think it’s been in place since the late 80’s with no way of painting the “hull” 

 

Hmmm this rhymes with my own experience. I once bought a bote that was known to have not been docked and blacked for 30 years. When I docked it, you'd have been hard pressed to tell the difference with one docked three years ago. 

[Peanut]

I see another report on that page, showed that traders were having a hard time.

[magnetman]

M&B (owner of paddle boat thing) suffered with all the covid nonsense. Maybe this event is an indicator of more trouble generally.

 

Wetherspoons haven't been doing all that well either

 

 

 

 

Not sure if Wetherspoons have any boats but the graph is a bit similar

 

Edited December 23, 2022 by magnetman

[MtB]

6 minutes ago, Peanut said:

I see another report on that page, showed that traders were having a hard time.

 

Oh, might this be the equivalent of the listed building that accidentally burns down when PP is refused for development?

 

 

[Peanut]

I guess the rent and rates would be quite high at that location.

[ditchcrawler]

A canoe went by and broke the ice at a rough guess

[Ronaldo47]

The lake was originally a chalk pit, so could indeed be quite deep in places.