COWROAST CHRONICLE

    MAY I FLOAT THIS BY YOU? Chapter 1-The third   installment. Through my late teens holidays on the Broads continued, not annually but often enough. Different crews depending on who had money enough, who had fallen out with whom, who was currently in love etc. Being teenagers there was always the possibility of someone falling out with someone else but I had a theory that if there were more than 4 we should have more than one boat. Then if there was a row the combatants could be separately accommodated. It worked a treat and because there was such a safety valve there were no serious upsets. Thus it was that when I was eighteen we hired three boats, a 4 berth with me and friends Geoff and Dick, a two berth with Steve and Dave and another with Neville and his girlfriend who obviously didn’t want to share accommodation with an all male crew.  Whilst camaraderie and bonhomie existed these trips were not without incident. During a few rare hot, sunny days we di...

  THE COWROAST CHRONICLE MAY I FLOAT THIS BY YOU? Here's another 3000 words of the first chapter. I hope you find it a tolerable read. If not please let me know. M Chapter 1 cont....Wroxham, Norfolk....... Then and now one couldn’t but be aware of the omni-presence of Roys of Wroxham.  Roys was founded in 1895 when brothers Alfred and Arnold Roy opened their first general store in Coltishall, Norfolk. The store was successful and soon the brothers set their sights on other towns. They selected Dereham, and for their third site a piece of land just outside Hoveton St. John. This new store, which opened in 1899, was a mile down the road from the main village of Hoveton but Wroxham train station was nearby and virtually all Roys’ supplies came by train, addressed to “Roy Brothers, LNER Station, Wroxham” and telegrams followed suit with a similar address. This was the beginning of the Roys of Wroxham name.  The Wroxham store became...

  Welcome to the first blog for a very long time. In fact it is a new blog called  THE COWROAST CRONICLE First, a few photos. Some of you from Cowroast might remember the first one. I took it from the bridge at Marsworth one Christmas many years ago. and here's a more recent one of Panther and Roy off on their travels oooop north. He's doing well and through Stoke already. While Roy's been gone our swans have produced a family of five Enough of photos; now the real reason for the blog. Some may know I've been working/struggling on a new book about my boating life.It's slow work with much self doubt so I'm publishing 2000ish words per blog until either you or I run out of steam. So here's the first 2000 words of the intro and first chapter. No charge. =================================== MAY I FLOAT THIS BY YOU?   quidquid facit ut navis tua natet  **   Welcome Aboard Stop. Please. Just for a moment. Sense the blade of an oar making an early morning d...