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I know a lot of people are struggling financially at the moment, but I hadn't realised just how bad it is getting. Today I have seen at least 12 family groups of 6 or 8 people who must have moved into 23-28 foot cabin cruisers since yesterday. There were none of them out and about on Thursday when it was raining, but on a sunny weekend it seems 3 or 4 generations have just become liveaboards ... Hmm.

You've never tried eating one? They need to be boiled for several hours before they are soft enough to chew. If you cook them with enough garlic you can get them to taste of garlic, rather than hose pipe. A bit like the recipes the French use for snails and a similar texture.

It's called getting old ? when we moved aboard in our 30s we would hop off onto the bank etc etc, now we'll into our 60s there is no hopping as the knees simply don't allow for it lol.

Still bored so made another one, wall hanging piece this time

With no dry-dock for many miles, the slip at Auxerre proved useful once in fixing a cooling system leak. We hauled Secunda up as much as we dared. The slip itself was installed by the German occupation forces in 1943, when a fleet of armed vessels was brought up the Yonne, They were then hauled out here to be taken across Burgundy by road - the Canal de Bourgogne being insuffiently large for the job. To achieve this 1,500 forced labourers demolished houses along the way and regraded the roads. Special trailers were used, with three tractor lories pulling, and four more behind, primarily for braking on the hills. Those taking these pictures risked their lives, yet none of the craft ever made it. The entire fleet, said to be over 50 craft, was destroyed by Allied aircraft farther south.

If you set it on fire.

Is this close enough or would you like me to message them Fuel boat Halsall - Four Counties Fuels Ltd. 18 June at 08:29 · It's Halsall's 84th birthday this month. Over the next couple of days we will be heading North on the T&M towards Acton Bridge before winding and returning to Middlewich. If you need any supplies please get in touch. Cheers Lee and Roberta.

Not a lot of rain in Jockland this week. Barby time this evening. Heading back down on Tuesday to pick up our new boat ??, hate this house dwelling.

Careful I thought this , I have over panelled and have 6 x 270 w Perlight panels . I have a midnite classic for 96a and am testing one panel and In current light cloud with sunny intervals i am getting 250 watts very close to max and I think on perfect day next week it could produce more that the max output . My old panels would not have got near 50 % of rated output so conclusion is new modern high efficiency perc panels will even in uk hit or exceed max rates output . Make sure your solar controller has a current limit if you over panel or it could end in tears

Recommendations are for boat owners to have the following: An expandable hose for washing down (the ‘crinkly’ looking hoses) A flat hose for filling up water tanks (these allow water to run out after use ensuring no build-up of stagnant water or bacteria) All hoses must have ‘trigger ends’ or shut off valves. As all our marina taps are drinking water at source, the shut off valves prevent non-drinking water flowing back up the hose if it drops into the marina.

Diana slipped of the fordeck while securing the front rope in the pouring rain in September 2018 and her knee still plays up.

Ours doesn't have one either. Obviously the main difference is that you have to remove the pump out hose in order to rinse out, so you can't do them at the same time. Personally I think that's actually good because I reckon it shifts the semi-solids around inside the tank better, and I help it by having a dedicated hose inside that I insert down the loo at the same time. But I don't think it actually makes a lot of difference.

I do if someone is watching

That's unfair. CRT's Reservoir Watch shows that in Mid March reservoir levels were close to 100% over most of the country. But a wet winter was followed by one of the dryest springs on record, so it's no surprise levels are down a bit since March. I image the last week or two has helped, and with few boats on the move over the last couple of months, there won't have been nearly as much lock usage as in a normal year.

My favourite

You could also consider a vaporising oil stove like a Bubble. All the advantages of solid fuel without the mess or the need to store wood/coal etc.

my boat ticks nearly every requirement. It's not for sale though!