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I've gone through all the paperwork and E-mails from the time C&RT announced their intention to start legal proceedings against me early in 2014, with particular attention on the period from 12 June 2014 to the Hearing on 4 July 2014. There is a distinct whiff of sharp practice on the part of C&RT and Shoosmiths, including, shortly after the late service of the Claim papers only 8 clear days prior to the Hearing, an E-mailed suggestion that there would be no problem for me were I to attend the Hearing without having returned the Acknowledgement of Service Form and supporting paperwork. I quote from the E-mail :~ " . . . should you decide not to complete the Form, our client will not object to you attending at Court on 4 July and making oral representations in respect of your Defence of the Part 8 claim." ~ a tempting invitation for the gullible, if ever there was one ! . . . . I wonder if some similar, conciliatory sounding, load of guff found it's way to CLP prior to Andy W's Hearing on 8 October 2015 ? There had been a considerable lapse of time between the expiry date of the S.8 and S.13 Notices and the issuing of the Claim by Shoosmiths, and, aware of their well earned reputation for 'wrong footing' Defendants, I had contacted Shoosmiths on numerous occasions as to the progress of the Claim and the likely date of issue. Below is the chronology from 12 June 2014 : # Thursday 12 June 2014, they notified me via E-mail that the papers had been sent to the Court, and the Court would be issuing the Claim and returning the sealed papers to them. The E-mail ended with a promise to notify me when the sealed papers had been returned from the Court. # Monday 16 June 2014, enquiries at the Court Office in Nottingham, established that the Claim was issued by the Court that day and sent to Shoosmiths. Included with the sealed Claim, Acknowledgement of Service and Notes to Defendant was a sealed 'Notice of Hearing', bearing the same date and advising that a hearing of 10 minutes duration was listed for 4 July 2014. # Thursday 19 June 2014, Shoosmiths advise via E-mail that the Court papers are being posted to me this day. Attached to the E-mail was a copy of the Notice of Hearing. Nothing was ever received in the Post, either prior or subsequent to the hearing. # Wednesday 25 June 2014, a distinctly nervous and sheepish looking colleague of the local C&RT Enforcement Orifice served, at my boat, a very incomplete set of Court papers. The 'Acknowledgement of Service' and the 'Notes to Defendant' had all been omitted. # Thursday 26 June 2014, I contacted the Court re. deficiencies in service, and to ask for copies of missing items. # Friday 27 June 2014, Shoosmiths send 2 x E-mails, one at 1800 hours and one at 1830 hours. Contents of both E-mails copied below : ~ Dear Mr Dunkley Further to our email to you of 19 June which attached a copy of the sealed Court papers and following service of hard copies of the Court papers on your boat on 25 June, it has come to our attention today that the blank Acknowledgment of Service Form in respect of Part 8 Claims was omitted in error from the papers previously served on you. This is a document which you are entitled (should you so wish) to complete and file with the Court within 14 days of the service of the Claim. Please find attached a copy of the Form for your information. As the hearing is listed for 4 July and you were formally served by hand delivery of the Court papers on 25 June, you are still within the 14 day time period for completIon. In any event, we wish to make it clear that even should you decide not to complete the Form, our client will not object to you attending at Court on 4 July and making oral representations in respect of your Defence of the Part 8 claim. Yours sincerely and : Dear Mr Dunkley Further to my earlier email below, it has also come to my attention that the Court failed to attach the "Notes to Defendant" document to the Claim Form prior to us serving the Claim upon you. These Notes explain how to complete the Acknowledgment of Service Form so I now attach a copy of those for your information. Yours sincerely # Thursday 3 July 2014, taking a leaf out of Shoosmiths book, I filed the Acknowledgement of Service and my Witness Statement five minutes before the Court Office closed. Although within the 14 day time limit for filing, this was of course far too late for forwarding to Shoosmiths, and the Court Office joined in with the fun next morning by giving the Acknowledgement of Service Form and Witness Statement to the Judge without telling Shoosmiths about it. I got the impression that the Judge enjoyed the moment almost as much as I did, when, following Shoosmiths rather complacent opening spiel, he handed it over to them asking ~ " have you seen this ?".

They don't do nothing about it, they try and catch the Signal! The last thing you do if trying to protect a species is to remove the native population - that is what wouldn't make sense! ETA sorry but I couldn't leave it there as you have given out some wrong information in this thread about catching them - you stated no licence needed = wrong. you stated that signal would not be licensed if white were present = wrong and you further stated that whites are removed if reds are in the same stretch of water = wrong. Really sorry to point this out but its this kind of misinformation and advice given by people who appear to know what they are talking about that creates the issues in the first place! (i.e. if misinformed people hadn't released them into our waters then we wouldn't need the work now to eradicate them) A post giving good factual information would be fine but when putting false information down you will do more harm than good in the long run so I'm afraid - no, I can't leave it there.

It's not common, but it is an acceptable practice. Just google "boat stretching" to get several options. Streethay are probably the best known for doing it.

I am interested as to why the thread was locked, as far as I can see there was no norty behaviour, a bit of banter and a few opinions but nothing that I could see that warranted locking the thread. Phil

To be awarded that sort of money is a joke, I am deaf and enjoy cycling and walking if a bike comes from behind me whist I am walking I dont have a clue its there cyclist dont understand that I have not heard them and think your being difficult when you dont react and get out of the way.A cyclist should always have to slow when approching a hazard so if needed they can stop in a controled manor without causing a hazard to other persons.If I go out on by bike I hope that the way I ride my bike improves the relationship between cyclist and other users of the towpaths and trails

I can't understand why people keep comparing a Dyson V6 with a Henry. They are totally different. The whole point of the Dyson V6 is its small and cordless and always just 'there' ready to pick up and use when you knock the salt pot over for example, yet performance is phenomenal. Unlike a Henry which needs to be got out from its cupboard, cable unwound and plugged into something, and the inverter fired up. Then packed up and put away again after! It's a bit like comparing cars with trains. Neither is intrinsically 'better', they are both good in different ways although both are 'transport'.

After 20 years in the business I'd thought you'd have understood that the word "Hoover" has long been used by the British public as a term for all vacuum cleaners, irrespective of the actual manufacturer. Hoovering can also used as a verb even if you're using a Dyson. These usages may be incorrect, but they've been in use for so long and are so common I'm surprised it still bothers anyone.

What colour was it before it fell down the flue?

I keep my boat off CRT waters in the winter, and pay for a licence for the 6 months in the summer when I cruise their waterways. I think it is terrible that they have not sent me any correspondence at all to remind me about their charges for my next licence.

Hello Tecka. I have a diesel stove. It is a Deville 2000. The instruction manual was horrendously remiss and I found very little info online regarding this particular model. However, it may be useful to note that it seems many diesel stoves have features in common. I gleaned maintenance and service info from other makes and models. I agree with what is advised from other posters so far, especially the gradual increments if you require to adjust from the standard heat level that is used for lighting (number 2 in my case). I found this on a totally different model online but it was the same setup: Look where the fuel pipe enters on the outside of the burn pot, see if there is a small metal lever there. This is used to de-coke the fuel line. Pull this outwards whilst twisting it around and then do the same when pushing it back on. You will probably feel and hear crunching noises... this is the carbon being cleared from the fuel line, where it enters the pot. I do this every other time I light the fire. Before lighting make sure there is enough diesel in the bottom of the pot by waiting a few minutes before putting the firelighter in. Do not wait any longer as you really do not want to light a flooded diesel stove... it's frightening! Keep an eye on it to make sure the diesel has ignited. Diesel takes a while to ignite as it needs to warm up first, which is why you do need firelighters. After about 20 minutes (this can differ depending on cleanliness of the pot and flu temperatures) the flame should begin to burn with a predominantly blue colour as it stabilizes. In a very clean stove and when the flu is not freezing cold to start with, this can happen very quickly. A tall chimney gives best results. I personally clean the pot and its fittings about every month. I vacuum the pot itself, lift out and scrape the fittings to remove carbon. Wipe around the air holes. I really cannot see what there is to actually service on these stoves. Good luck.

Out of our three attempts at launching only one was successful. It was too windy on the night. The first was struck by a powerful gust of wind when it was let go and blew straight into a big bush and set it alight. The second attempt was a more hairy one. When I said earlier that everyone needs to let go at exactly the same time, well a girl Fiona didn't and was a second behind the others, (she might have been a relation of Corporal Jones). Because she delayed letting go by a second it slewed the balloon over towards her, the flaming wad dragging past her head and set her hair alight, honestly!, we were quick to react to save her luxuriant locks, at first she wasn't even aware that her hair was aflame until I tipped half a pale of water over her head to extinguish it, we had prudently kept the water bucket handy in case of such an unforeseen emergency. It was the hair spray she wore that fed the flames. As I said at this point she wasn't aware that her hair was alight at first and started thumping the hell out of me thinking I'd tipped the water over her for some sort of joke and blaming me for the whole catastrophe. After I'd towelled her down and dried her off, she thanked me quite nicely though and for her new frizzy kind of Afro hairstyle she ended up with which after a glance in a mirror like the effect very much. The third attempt went off ok, it soared up into the night sky travelling southwestwards from here and last seen sailing by by a friend living at Thorley who phoned us to say that it was on course for Harlow town centre.

Cubito Deturpant .