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Hi Nick. We left Keadby at 08.20, and arrived safely into the lock at 10.35. My hunch this very wet morning to be let out 30 mins earlier was correct. Tony’s hour earlier would also have been better. There was a strong head wind all the way and the tide had turned early and with the fresh coming down there was a fair flow. It needed lots of revs for the last 45 mins. Good job we’ve got a reliable 43hp and large prop. I nailed it into the lock without touching the sides, so was v happy. Surprisingly very little debris in the river, but think the tides not as high as a week or two back. 5B84E653-BBCE-47A8-8EF5-0BD4C1766847.MOV Cheers Mike & Wendy

It wasnt, it was footage of a boat coming in and mooring up and then another boat ramming the first one. There is no similarity to a bridge hole situation.

Edwin Starr would disagree DIG THAT FAT SAX!!!

Or even a bit like a fascist, like Hitler.... ?

The thread has legs yet. It's not quite followed thought the CWDF arc. Four stages to go. 1) Yes - there is a parallel thread talking about the same issue 2) No - no-ones flounced yet 3) Yes - there are those asking everyone to stop it generating another 10 pages 4) No - no one has called anyone Hitler yet 5) No - no poll set up yet 6) No - mod intervention

Heywood really makes a fool of himself in that doesn't he. He performs a deliberate 'punishment' ramming because he felt entitled to a mooring, even though approaching downstream on the wrong side. In his own words he claims a 'hirer' stole 'his ' mooring - reeks of 'boat owner' entitlement. What has the hire status of teh boat to do with anything at all? His ramming was potentially dangerous and certainly damaging to a fibreglass boat - he was using his weight and steel as a weapon. His nonsense claim about being unable to steer - is either a total condemnation of his capability or simply a lie. I know that mooring spot well and I certainly could have stopped, easily, well away from the vulnerable cruiser. On the road - he'd be guilty of dangerous driving. Like ramming a cyclist with intent. Not a trace of apology for ramming and possibly damaging the boat - he was still swearing as he moved away. As a driver, he'd be breathalysed - from his behaviour he appears out of control of both his boat and himself. You have to ask if he should be in control of 20 tons of moving machinery in that condition. He'd have got away with it if the cruiser skipper hadn't been filming - so the question is how often he's done that sort of thing before. Other posters have suggested this is behaviour they've seen before.

The the hire boat would have been through the bridge hole and clear of it long before encountering Steve, who then aims his narrowboat at it and rams it. Hope that helps...

Alternatively, now might be the time to go to a manual pull cable stop. use something like a bike brake cable and outer, or old fashioned car choke cable through to the control panel, with a pull knob there. Attach the other end to the stop lever on the injection pump. No more electrical worries and save £290 of your £300.

Bring back I Player or get Sounds to work before introducing it! Also, why are IT 'upgrades' always introduced without a hint of user advice. Back to the subject, I'll make it bedtime listening

I haven't tried the David Cameron Black Pudding yet but I hear it's f***ing brilliant!

If you want to make Black Sabbath Pudding, instead of normal Black Pudding, you need to use War Pigs instead of normal pigs.

Not properly black pudding if the bits of fat were white. Only if the white bits are black. Some Michael Palin for the OP Python fan. Jen More British cooking with black pudding. The fry up!

The difference in letter height may be due to computer cut lettering adding a bit above and below the letter line on curved letters such as O, S, C etc. Computer cut fonts over exaggerate the difference to me, intended to give the impression that all letters are equal in height. Vinyl is font perfect if soulless. I can’t paint letters with their precision, nor would I care to. Mine live....

Aarrgh! <pedant> It is silicone with an e, not silicon for the gooey stuff used to make water diversion dams. As bad as Amps per hour!</pedant> Sorry, one of the consequences of studying Materials Science long ago. It was a lot easier back then as not many materials had been invented then. Flint, reindeer sinew, wood, tree resin. Jen

We're gonna have to move to the recipe section, but one of my favourite navy breakfasts was "sh*t on a raft", aka devilled kidneys on toast.

You need a thermostatic shower valve. A domestic one will be fine.

The NBT autumn coal run is temporarily paused due to the Thames having too much water in it, still many red boards. We went from Goring to Burghfield on Monday before things got too exciting, some yellow boards then. I've just got home and will be returning to the boats when the captain decides it's safe to proceed, probably in just a few days but we'll see. Anyone between Reading and London who's waiting for their solid fuels, please rest assured we'll get to you when we can. There is some spare stock on the boats for anyone else along the way (including the Wey!) who wants it, so just call the usual number, or you could contact me quickly before I set off again.

A mask and two slugs is all you need.

There. I've edited my post to take account of your point.

Spray can and a stencil for that ' nothing worth nicking on this boat' look.....