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I realised, as I sipped my port after an excellent dinner on March 17, that I have
visited this gracious establishment for five years with Parker and Seal owners.
It is a four hour round trip for me –although many come further - and I still enjoy
it immensely.
Why? Well, it kicks of the sailing season, before the chaos really sets in. The
Clubhouse is looking not only historic, but smart after its makeover, yet still
has that quirky character of an old pub which hasn’t gone through the hands of a
large brewer. The staff are as friendly and helpful as ever, and the one old grump
has now retired.
The only real challenge was the Lowestoft road system; ‘they’ keep on ‘improving’
it. Net result was total chaos as they rushed to finish carving up the town for
Easter.
This delayed our arrival
at the Time and Tide museum in Great Yarmouth so we did
not do it justice. It is truly one of the best, and staff who are bursting with
pride over their successes.
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Recreated street scenes, fishing history, fish and fishing minutiae – including
the original smoke smells (the building is an old smokery), and detail of all the
old trades surrounding the fishing boat industry. In fact, if you keep your ticket,
we can go back next year, see what we missed and you will get in half-price!
After our visit we returned to the Club, and were joined for dinner by the Club’s
Commodore Nick Faulkner and his wife Antoinette – old friends of Bill and Janet
Parker who made the great trek from Boston to join us. Clifford Miller and Don and
Brenda Harvey also made long journeys to wave the Association’s flag – thankyou
for that.
So, despite threats to find somewhere else closer to the Orwell, I plan to return
next March, if only to give those who missed out a chance to sample the delights
of the Easternmost town in UK.
Come and join us next year.
John Dinwiddy
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