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Well it's got to be nicer than leaky Thetford seals.

Well I have shared on my Facebook page in the hope that walkers, cyclists etc who appreciate our canals, and don't contribute in any way can help if they wish. Doubt most will. I don't currently have a boat, and so don't pay a license fee. I have made a donation as I want to give a little back

Not much. Boat licences provide about £20m out of CRT's total income of £185m (2016/17). Absolutely spot on Alan. My only complaint with the towpath upgrades is the lack of mooring provision when they go edge-to-edge with tarmac or concrete and do not provide rings or bollards. Goat chains work well if there is something to hook them round, but this is not always the case.

Poetry, art, re-branding, duck-lanes, stupid notices, F***ing stupid notices, resurfacing cycle-paths that used to be towpaths, moving mooring bollards and rings to accommodate cyclists etc.etc. Edited to add A great line from the re-branding press release https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/news/canal-and-river-trust-brand "We understand how important it is to maintain the historic waterway infrastructure in our care and we are spending more money on that vital work year on year." Does anyone here buy that?

Auntie Wainright, can I please get a set of accessories for the 99 I am buying, if it comes with one? You know, raspberry sauce, sprinkles, m&m's etc.

I don't know any of the OP's

If you buy a reverse model, does that take the stitching out of a fabric? A bit like those staple removers!

No cos your an EEeeeeeeeeeeejut

Director of what????

Between 99k and 210k according to the above.

But you are a MupPet!

Iran it past Mrs Rusty as she is a feline fan (other fans are available).She had no ideer,and best suggestion was to sock-it and see.

I can't work this one out. A Persian car pet is obviously a cat, but we are not even told whether the socket set is metric or imperial?

Hi all we posted a report tonight. Hopefully successfully! If not we will have to go through other channels to reactivate the subject of our stolen narrowboat on the forum and post again. our journey since we last posted has been both frustrating, tedious and a roller coaster negotiating the Police investigations and Court procedures. Also the investigations are still on going, therefore we once again are unable to fully report to you the facts. However, the net appears to be closing and we will post on the forum the conclusion and also, if permitted, on the canal world magazine. However we thank you once again for all that you did, the support we received was amazing and carried us through what a traumatic time in our lives. Thank you all!

No it doesn't. THIS is a slipper stern....

BBC Video

To be fair that is not a repair....It is a complete bodge . It is undoubtedly undermining the surrounding stonework so you will see stones falling in around it leading to even more obscene cement bag bodges. If you can chuck cement bags into the gap then you can lift the stones out of the cut and reset them correctly. No excuses...it is a terrible job that should have been condemned and reinstated at the contractors expense.

We know, but you're her knob, Mr Rusty, and she probably loves you nonetheless. Women are kind to us like that.

I would have though a pair of Bet Lynch earrings and a faux leopard skin clutch bag might fit better

Ye olde shoppe of curiosities closes its doors for another day.

Good luck with your offer. Hope it works out for you both.

I thought you said last week you'd already had the op?

Its bad news just like houses. Ok i could sell my boat for more than I paid for it without doubt but its a no win situation cos any other boat I buy will have gone up and as the price is going up it makes it harder for first time buyers just like the poxy housing market. Life without a boat is no life at all.

JEALOUS!

I read this requirement (a) as being for the importation of 'new' boats into the EU and the request that they be free of tariffs - so how does this affect your current boat & boating There are currently 1000s of UK boats visiting the EU but I cannot envisage there being many (any ?) boats visiting Europe from the Canals of the UK - but, should such boats cross the channel, to an EU country they would be subject to the same rules as any boat visiting from any non-EU country. Any boats from any of the worlds canals that are non-EU based will have the same restrictions and T&Cs to comply with. The concern (appears to me) to be the status of visiting boats, not the status of boats already legally registered and operated in the EU Union Goods status means what ? Simply that it can cross borders with no tariffs being applied - it still must comply with EU construction and use regulations and still be VAT paid in an EU country. Does not registering your vessel in the country then make it a (say) French boat rather than a UK boat ? I know when we looked at leaving one of our boats down it Spain, it had to be Spanish registered and became a 'Vessel under the Spanish Flag' Registration (Matriculación) under the Spanish flag is required for boats spending over 182 days a year in Spanish waters. The majority of Capitania Maritima (Maritime Authorities) are able to register/re-register vessels. The Commandancia de Marina Mercante can also carry out this procedure. The cost of registration includes a matriculation tax of 12 percent of the vessel's value. Once the boat is locally registered the Skipper then also comes under Spanish Maritime Law and must have a qualification to suit the boat. Licences fall into the following categories: Patrón de Navegación Básica (PNB) (Basic Navigation Skipper) Licence to skipper a sailing yacht maximum 8 metres in length or a motor boat maximum 6 metres (with a motor appropriate to the size) provided the boats stay within 4 miles of the shore Patrón de Embarcaciones de Recreo (PER) (Recreational Vessel's Skipper) Licence to skipper a motor boat up to 12 metres, within 12 miles of shore Patrón de Yate (Yacht Master) Licence to skipper a yacht up to 20 metres within 60 miles of land Capitán de Yate (Yacht Captain) No limitations Patrón de Moto Náutica (Motor Boat Skipper) Patrón de Moto Náutica C (licence C to skipper boats under 55 CV) Patrón de Moto Náutica B (licence B to skipper boats between 55 CV and 110 CV) Patrón de Moto Náutica A (licence A to skipper boats from 110 CV) Both Spain & the UK are in the EU and the boat has 'union goods status' but this is not an optional registration. Once registered, the boat become 'Spanish' and UK sea-faring laws and regulations no longer apply to it.

Stop that! You'll set that mtb bloke off on one again.

Does that mean I've been demoted?

I think you've had to work hard to take umbrage here and in your subsequent post Phoenix, and your sweeping repost is probably worse than the original sin you perceived. I'm one of "the rest of you", I do have both sympathy and interest (as I'm sure many of us here do) so I'd prefer not to be tarred by the brush you're wielding. We all share boating interests, and what affects the one often affects the many, so it's wee bit counter-productive to divide and conquer ourselves.

Hand Cranking and that Flake advert... Comedy Gold!

It's that sheeted over thing on the right. (It's a big portable one!)

To be fair, I don't think CRT are suggesting that the repairs won't be undertaken without this emergency fund raising, but if the appeal brings in contributions from folk who wouldn't normally pay anything towards the waterways then it's worth a try.

or when they make a big noise about the NHS pay rise of 6% when you dig into it it's 6% over 3 years (so really 2% per year) or a pay cut of 0.7% if you assume that inflation stays at 2.7%

How do you get milk out of a chicken?

I know one about chickens...

Its against efin-safety init.

It is interesting what you can do with a Persian carpet and a socket set when you give it a tug.

Ok - you are free to go off topic now - I'm intrigued by Persian carpet socket set and a tug - does it work with cruiser/trad sterns as well???

Nothing to do with lock gates. It is often empty because all the wooden boats leak so much that they suck all the water from the pound above.

Take the injectors out, turn the engine over and see what comes out the injector holes

Too much information.

Hi all and thank you for your patience while we frustratingly have had to remain silent whilst the police and the courts were still active, as we did not want to predudice the case. The person who was found in possession of our boat has now appeared at the Crown Court in Nottingham and has at last pleaded guilty and has been given a two year suspended sentence and fined. The thief still appears to be at large and on going investigations are still taking place, The last nearly two years have been thwarted with every conceivable frustration. We will assure you that the whole story of our boat being stolen, recovered, police enquiry, Court Case postponements will be reported in full detail on both the forum and in the Canal World Magazine if possible and I think you will all agree that it will be an intriguing and amazing read. Whilst the final chapter is hopefully being written we must ask once again for your patience. The Forum as you know were fantastic and without you all would not have been able to endure the search for our boat alone. We cannot thank you enough for all of you who were watching for our boat, cycling tow paths, standing vigilant in the early hours guarding our boat etc. You were all Amazing. It has been suggested that our silence may be suspicious can we assure you we are united with our boat and no one we knew as a friend or relation had any dealings with the theft. Be assured we will tell all as soon as we can. You all have been terrific thank you! Watch this space!

I've emailed them suggesting they treat the increase in my licence and mooring fees as a donation. I have even offered to gift aid it. I have also suggested that the 40% of staff awarded bonuses of between £25 and £25,000 last year may wish to donate and gift aid.

I bought a boat from Whilton. I even choose a surveyor off their own list. The first thing he did was to take me into their office and question the management as to who owned the boat. They replied they did as they'd taken it part chop. They confirmed I would get all purchasers' in accordance with The SoGA. That's only part of the story it was all good.