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https://outlet.johnson-tiles.com/product/tile/AAC10YCOTS13P25# Exact product code match. In stock and reduced. They are Johnson tiles as MTB suggested

The Tile Experience appear to do 10cm square white tiles

They could use the bulldozer as it will be largely redundant to dredge the Erewash so it would make it a damn site easier to get my boat up to Langley Mill.

I doubt it. Relatively little used as such minor canal similar to the Erewash which is far worse. Just think they are both low on any form of Crt priority list. At times in the last 4 or 5 years, the Erewash is unnavigable. Low on water and high on sludge with a 2ft 9in draft is not a good combination. I have the trip to hell blacking visit to Langley Mill to do later in the year. Not one of my favourite pastimes but I like giving Dan and Vicki the business

Agreed with regards to Beeston Marina. With regards to Boots, building wont stop. Barely anything is made on the whole site now. The only thing preventing a complete sell of of the site eventually is the three major grade 1 listed buildings, D10, D6 and the old firestation D34. The only plus point about old contaminated Boots sites is that the Bbc and the Inland Revenue are located directly on top of the old Ireland Street site and there were far more dubious contaminants on that land. Karma !

With regards to moorings and overstaying I can only say it as I see it. I have lived in the Rylands twice over the years, this current time for the last 10 years since moving off the boat. Never have an issue moving the boat from Shardlow to the Rylands with regards to moorings and I do it quite regularly. The bigger issue for the Rylands space wise is the influx of live on camper vans, the majority of which are not related to the boats. Again I dont have an issue with these, but the space in the Rylands does. With regards to the housing construction on the Boots site, having worked on the exact Boots chemicals site over which the construction is taking place for 23 years, they are welcome to it. Sod knows whats leached into the ground over the years. Probably the same as whats leached into my knackered lungs. The pilings are probably to bypass the contaminants I to am glad the flats have been turned down but more than likely it will rear its ugly head again in a years time should Beeston Marina appeal

It will be nothing to do with CaRT being overbearing. I am both a boat owner and live 200 metres from the marina. The proposed behemoth of a building is totally out of character for the area and location and is unnecessary. An area which has already had 300+ new homes built on the old Plessey site and is currently getting 700+ further new builds on the old Boots site. Together with some smaller developments of affordable housing on the old Beeston maltings site and the old blue concrete site. Beeston Rylands is not capable of coping with a fraction of the new build activity. Overstaying on the Beeston Rylands roadside moorings is never a big issue and once winter is done is not an issue.

Planning permission was refused

Call Plum at jefferyallbrighton.co.uk. Boats or home. Tell her Pinky gave you the contact. She is in Brixworth, Northamptonshire so not far from Milton Keynes

From Jem Bates website A number of projects are usually run side by side. On site at the moment you will see a 1912 Ice Boat, Star Class Butty Sirius, Star Class Motor Mira,Big Ricky Butty Hagley, Motor Boat Dart. On the water you will see Prototype Motor Boat Venus, BCN Joey Boat Blackthorn Rose, Motor Boat Arcturus, Motor Dove and Severn, the Tug Carp and the motor Dragonfly. There are few other collections of boats that represent such a cross section of the wooden boat building era on our inland waterways and certainly fewer still that are being restored with such pace and efficiency.

All boats and people safe. Water levels peaked at midnight. Levels above a fair few pontoons. Odd boats needed minding to watch they did not come back down on the pontoons as levels dropped. Water levels subsided substantially today. Enough to be able to drive onto marina

There was an episode that featured Buz Collins the singing lock keeper together with another friend of mine Andy Robinson accompanying him. Be interested in tracing that one

I think I will try the same. Circular dam but with blue tac. Should be able to contain quite a reservoir.

Although it looks slightly different I think it is the same arrangment. I think this has happened in the past as well. If I remember correctly I placed a jack underneath the arm block and popped it slightly before soaking in oil. In my pictures and chesire cats theres a small hole in the collar. Any ideas. I have inserted a grease nipple in there and greased but had no effect. Assuming that must be to the outside of the bush

Anyone know the make up of this rudder stock Swan neck appears welded to the rudder shaft There are no bolts on the top, just a circular casing There is a grease point on the circular casing but it does not appear to make a lot of difference Mine has always been a relatively heavy and has tightened up more as the boat has had little use over the last year or so Moving the rudder has now become a built in gym Boat is out of the water next week for blacking, so I have the opportunity to try and rectify the tightness