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Well the update is that I have got it working okay. The downside is I am not entirely sure whether it is on an optimum setting. It appears to be one of these pumps that has a built in by-pass valve and if the working pressure on that and the cut-out switch are too close the pump just keeps going through the by pass (presumably until either the batteries are flat or the pump dies). I have tweaked both the cut out and the by pass to get the result but there’s a large element of guesswork. Can I just close this by pass and rely on my accumulator? Then I can set system pressure if I can remember how!

Not long to be fair - but the boat is 90mins drive away which is annoying. I might have to head back up there

If it was the PRV would the pump simply run all the time? This one only starts running when I open a tap then doesn’t stop until I flip the fuse.

Well it runs okay with the taps open, just doesn’t stop, it’s plumbed the right way (I double checked) and I’m pretty sure the voltage is ok. Cut out pressure I hadn’t thought about: if it’s too high then it will pump out through the PRV - is that the suggestion? *the pump cut out is 3.8 bar; the PRV is specced at 4.0

I’ve just replaced my slightly leaky Shurflo with a new one. But the new one won’t stop running. No obvious reason why as far as I could see - and when I stuck the old one back on, everything worked ok. Before I do my Mr Angry at Midland Chandlers am I missing some obvious check? (It’s a different model pump but one of the mainstream MS sellers).

He's filled the boat as well as the canal with water. He turned the inside into a swimming pool! And it still floats. Mad as a box of frogs but the world needs people like him – him and his mates built the whole place in six months, and very well too. He even simulated a leaking lock gate with an ingenious water system.

Doesn't even have a mooring.

Don't look at the bridges, look at the front of cabin handrails for evidence of how widebeams have bashed things - notably bridge arches.

They do run a hire fleet so they have better boatyard back up than many marinas. I guess in the season it has to fit in and around the hire boats.

It's a good marina if like us you have a dog; a lot of areas to walk including a couple of enclosed meadows. And Napton reservoir adjacent and ideal for walking. The Meadows basin is prettier and (again if you have a dog) benefits from wooden gangways rather than steel gridded ones. If you just want to park your boat between trips, then there are plenty to choose from but if you want to spend weekends up there, hanging out on the boat and dog-walking then it rates highly. The staff seem friendly to us and there's a good little chandlery. Only downside is that there are wide locks either side.

Knowle Locks done. Not bad at all after I scared the helmswoman Mrs B into their perils. Volokies on the flight helped a lot. Paddles certainly very heavy though.

Well that's the worst over with - Curdworth to Catherine de Barnes. And it wasn't bad. It wasn't good either though. The Curdworth locks were fine - an excellent stretch of canal. Minworth were okay with a couple of dodgy paddles and even the first bit of GU down to Garrison Locks was pretty decent for an urban canal. But the last couple of locks - vile with bags of rubbish and hundreds of floating kebab/burger/chip trays. Why aren't they banned? No boating problems as such bar a few bursts of reverse to clear the prop. No sign of any 'closed towpath' either despite the CRT alert. Our only problems as such were at Camp Hill locks. One of those laughing gas cylinders got caught behind a lock gate and we managed to get wedged half in and half out of the lock. A CRT man was already on the flight sorting low water levels and between us all we got things sorted after a bit of wrestling. And so on to the easy run to CdB. Not quite so easy; the top end didn't seem to have much evidence of dredging; it was slow going with a fair bit of reverse to clrar the prop. And so many tree branches floating around everywhere, from virtually telegraph pole length downwards. Why I just can't imagine. Plenty of rubbish too; we must have passed 20-30 gas cannisters - the local lads must be high as kites. But we are here; 8.30 start and 6.30 finish. Would I do it again? Probably not. Not difficult or dangerous just not very pleasant and a bit dull. I'll go North Stratford way next time.

Maybe he’s only got basic third party?

Have I missed something or are you just telling me to keep a general check on them?