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Our "Flamingo" (on the outside, paired with "Cygnus"), waiting to be unloaded at Croxley Mills in 1970 - the year in which this traffic ended.

Thems 'turnbuckles', seeing as no-one else has said ... ?

I have three 'British Waterways' fleet lists for this period, 10 January 1958 - 20 May 1958 - 26 January 1959 all showing COROLLA running as a single motor, initially with R. Hambridge as steerer and then J. Allcott. Many of the captions to images published on the CRT Archive website (link shown above) are appalling, and I would not trust any of the dates unless they are substantiated in some way A number 8 is visible at 4:09, and with other records helps to identify this boat as most likely ARCAS

You are a true dwarfer, I salute you. Have you considered changing your user name to bluestringmidget?

New shoes if they have less than 2mm of tread left and replenish the neatsfoot oil on their tack. ?

Ive had this carp justification selling houses. Want you to reduce price so they can make changes at your expense. Just wait . Someone else will turn up, happy to buy what is for sale , not trying to create their ideal at your cost.

And where's the banana?

You need to get the OK from CaRT for each trip, or regular service. See.

When I DuckDuckGo'd to understand the joke it came up with a clinical phycologist so I assumed you were being less PC! (That Newbie thread was wrong - this place is lovely)

OK, so, not just me then... Thank you! Tbf I would have _liked_ a SS tank on newer boat (which was advertised at ~50% more than old one is up for and is slightly bigger/more boring than popular for holidays/much cruising types) but I'm not considering fitting one! Was ever so slightly worried I'd end up finding the thread about the shocking ad for a vastly over priced Martin Braine tug with inadequate water tank and neglectful owner who has never taken up All The Floor (and removed the cupboards in boatman's cabin?!?) to coat the inside of the hull.

Thanks Ditchcrawler, you were on the button, stack to outer body which was covered up by the end cap. I used 2 Schrader valves in 15mm compression fitting nuts (the cooler nipples are 1/2" BSP which is about 20-21mm dia) The fracture was such that my 4-5 CFM compresser could not build up more than about 20PSI. A new cooler is on the way from ASAP Supplies for £91. I did consider brazing it and have the kit but for £91 it's just not worth it. As an aside, a few weeks ago Bowman told me their oil coolers were specced to 3000 PSI. Hope they're right

You've dodged a bullet. They are chancers. Tell em to sod off and a proper buyer will come along.

Gabriel's mother in law.

Take a look at http://www.keelblack.co.uk/ There have been mixed reactions about it's efficacy but I have used it over 2-pack/Zinga coating and found it OK. It is very easy to apply and a 5L can will cover a 70ft narrowboat. It does have a shelf life of 6months but is is great for re-blacking above the water line. Fertan is an excellent rust killer and I know of one guy that regularly just uses the stuff to black his boat entirely [at Hatton dry dock - but no cover!] But you'd need more for multiple coats!

And all three in your freezer?

My guess is that the Lapworth flight originally included the locks on the northern and southern sections. When leisure boating started the southern section was unnavigable, and so the guide books of the time referred to the 19 locks then in use (nos. 2 to 20) as the Lapworth flight. And from reopening in 1964 until some time in the 80s the South Stratford was run as a separate entity by the National Trust, and so the distinction would have remained.

The very model of a modern Major General?

Probably used in managing the canal as local datums for measuring the precise location of features (including bridges!). That’s essentially why mile posts were (and to a degree still are) provided on railways. I wouldn’t expect a train driver to know the mileage they are at at any point in time to any great degree of accuracy but like working boaters they would know exactly where they were in relation to local landmarks and the paraphernalia of their environment. They may have been a legal requirement; that’s certainly the case with railways. JP

I have nothing against bow thrusters, I have one, but I have watched and waited while Narrowboats try to steer out of a single lock with a bowthruster.

agree. on the Thames where I cruise, bowthrusters are regularly used by gin palaces and canal boats simply because the drivers are incompetent. Instead of steering smartly (i.e with sufficient speed to maintain steerage way) into or out of the lock they wander about left and right, with little or no forward speed, while the lockie gazes in disbelief.

Using a bow thruster to steer a boat is not a sensible thing to do, A ) because it doesn't work, B ) your battery will go flat before you have chance to recharge it. I have never tried a GRP in high wind , prefer to follow what others do and stay tie up until it abates. But I have never experienced any problem with a steel narrowboat except one occasion when we had to winch it off the bank to get into locks, but the day was stupid, we should not of been out.

That's wrong, just so wrong. Wheres the butter

The "k" after the £8 ?