Bradwell catering - good news

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ex-Gladys and I are talking about going across for fuel on Thursday. Perhaps we should sample it - providing one of us brings some cash this time. Last time we didn't and they didn't take cards so we couldn't.
 

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It was open last Tuesday when we were there. They seem to have put a load of chairs and tables into that blue chalet next to it which I don't remember before so usable probably in wet weather too.
 

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It was open last Tuesday when we were there. They seem to have put a load of chairs and tables into that blue chalet next to it which I don't remember before so usable probably in wet weather too.
I don't think that's new, I'm sure we sat in there last August and had coffee and nibbles. Whatever, I do welcome the place as an alternative to the main eatery down the other end.
 

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Last year's people closed down.

That blue chalet was, once upon a time, a very useful chandlery! And once upon an earlier time, there used to be a post office and store just round the corner from the road with the pub. Oh! halycon days. And a Stuart Turner...... Those we the days 🥳
 

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Well that's helpful. I was just wonderng how one uses bank machines nowadays! With a bit of luck, Bradwell will tip us off the fuel berth afore I have time to buy Glads one!
 

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Ah, yes. Once upon a Stuart Turner day I did walk the 20 minutes for a bus!
You would not have had much luck walking for a bus on friday. Seems that there were not any.
I ended up giving a chap a lift to the station at Southminster. Interesting bloke. Seems he raced across the Atlantic in a Hunter. Basically a 19 ft Squib with a lid.
Bearing mind that one of our club members sank his Squib in the Blackwater off Stone in a squall whilst flying the spinnaker one day, I think that sailing across the Atlantic has to be pretty scarry. Lid or no lid. Mine nearly followed it, to the bottom, but the spinnaker sheet slipped through the cleat & the boat came up before too much water came aboard.
I did actually manage to sink a Squib once. Not my one though. :rolleyes:
 

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The bus now comes to Bradwell Waterside. I have used to and fro to Burnham where I prefer to lift out in the summer. Much cheaper.
Go to shotley & they will normally throw in a night's free berth so you do not have to go home. That is handy if it is just for a jet wash to clean off the Coppercoat.
Actually Burnham has done it for me when I chatted the HM up.
 
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