Bonza Bloke

Many thanks to Brian and Martin for getting me back on line ! Still waiting to sell house ! Chris

Being very new to the club and the forum , I am just looking at some posts of interest to me. Some very good and informative posts , I might add ! As for the items that needed identification ; Well to me ; After living in OZ for a while and knowing a few Aboriginal folk, these items look like bush telephones ! Big one is the home phone and the small one is obviously their mobile !!! PS Watching Crocodile Dundee helped !

Many thanks for all the welcomes guys ! Looking so forward to the move ! As for you Ian, just looking for a house in a not so densely populated area, like Parkstone. With a radius of 5 or so miles from town with garage and lots of parking for a boat, van and a rather large 4+4 . Estate Agents sure know how to use a wide angle lens to good affect!!! Any offers of advice would be very welcome, as I don't know the area that well! Cheers in advance. Chris

Hi all, My name is Chris and I joined the other day. ( still owe £12 to club, I have not forgotten Brian ). At the moment I still live in Hertfordshire, but I am selling up and moving to Poole or close by; So any advice on areas would be helpful Price range about £ 250,000. Oakland looks ok, plus some parts of Hamworhty. As for my fishing experience; Well apart from living and my first experience in sea fishing in Australia 25 years ago, its just been the last 2 years beach and boat fishing in Dungeness. After three major operation's on both my shoulders I found that I just don't have the umph to beach cast ! So I brought a boat of my very own ! Went to a proper dealer thinking that was the safer option, but no! Totally tucked up, due to my lack of knowledge! Anyway, after the initial £ 4000 or so, thinking its all singing and bleeding dancing ; Only to find, it don't sing and just about dances ! Not to be deterred by this ( small ) glitch Chris went to work !!! Cut a long story short plus another near £10,000. I am now the proud owner of an old but great Orkney Fastliner 19 . Apart from the original hull and cuddy the rest is all brand new, including trailer! Now it goes like stink! Garmin said I was doing 32 knots last time I was out ! Hope it wasn't lying ! Did the RYA level 2. ( DIDNT TAKE ENOUGH NOTES ! ) Got my radio licence and MMSI , all logged in . Still have HUGE amounts to learn, so looking forward to club nights when I move down soon ! Have to go and cook now; I am the Chief of the house ! Better than chicken nuggets every night ! All the best and tight lines and all that jazz. Chris