Tom and Bex

I recall something similar being agreed during restoration of the Bridgwater and Taunton canal in the 90's. Local authorities agreed to fund the difference in maintenence between remainder and cruiseway on reopening, so not the first time this happened. No idea of the details or duration of that agreement, or if there's any ongoing obligations.

I seem to think I've seen a photo somewhere of the canal blocked off at Salford junction as well.

Typhoo Basin in May this year. Have moored there in the past but with no access off the boat. Will be interesting to see what it's like for mooring when redevelopment complete.

The new Cello TV's have much better speakers now!

I wonder if they're going to restrict the trip boats in Stratford basin from locking down onto the river every hour? They didn't last year so still needed to keep a feed going even though the locks down to the basin were shut!

I wouldn't say it really heats it up as such. Stove bearly gets warmer than ambient, but the flue does get warmish. Going to try wrapping some insulation around the flue for the upcoming heatwave. Tried several options to vent, but all had major drawbacks. This let's us set it up and just sit there all summer not taking up much more space then the coal scuttle it replaces and ready to use as required.

We've got portable aircon unit, draws 557w input power. Enough to keep front room and kitchen comfortable in very hot weather, and that's with poor insulation and large windows (curtains closed). Not too noisy, and just sits in front of fire instead of coal scuttle during summer with vent hose going into fire and venting up the chimney. Easy to run it off grid with 600ah lithium and 2.4kw solar.

I'm sure there was a question on that bit one year.

Walsall definitely seemed better than previous years for us (and no weed hatch trips which was an unexpected bonus!). Birchills to Pelsall however was very different.....

I know we didn't do as well as usual having had a difficult Challenge, but think Tatty Lucy should have scored higher? Looks about the score expected from just our first day?

Tatty Lucy will be there as usual. Limited by start location as have to pick the girls up from school at Lapworth before heading onto the BCN as no inset day this year. Looks like we might just about get to Old Turn by 10pm so working on routes from there which is not the best location for starting.

I'm sure the rules around this has changed and it's now expected you take all the 6hrs rest in one go. Can still take it all at the start, end, or any time in the middle! We have split the rest before, taking a 2hr later start to allow others to get ahead and refill the empty pounds in the morning, another evening pub stop, then boating though the night, but don't think this is allowed by current rules.

They might have floating pontoons, but this is what they looked like during the floods last winter😱

And I suspect this is why the straight lithium replacements I mentioned in the other thread work fine with no problems. Yet some suppliers state in reply to questions that is perfectly fine to rely on the bms to control charge, and just rely on the internal bms to shut down charging on high cell voltage trigger. Even though this will shorten the life sightly, I still think LFP treated like this will far outlast LA and with no real increased risk other than slightly shorter lifespan. This is undoubtedly the best simple lowish cost option, particularly for twin alternators. If doing this, I'd wire both alternators to start battery, and run b2b from there to lithium (and know several who have done this).

Kept LA starter, replaced domestic LA with LFP and just rely on bms to manage them and don't worry about limiting charge. 100's of camper and motor homes have this exact setup as well - split charge relay connected direct to lithium as @Peanut mentions in his quote. Yes it might not be the ideal way of managing charge, but seems to work for lots of users. Might not get the maximum lifespan, but does that really matter at around £100 per 100ah battery?