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  1. I've heard they have new plans for the basin to really engage the public next year
    9 points
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  3. You could have it delivered to Middlewich Wharf Chandlery. If you need it bringing up northwich way then we can Bob it up in the van (if you'd like buy from us some coal, logs, Kindling, gas etc at the same time wouldn't be a wasted journey for us and would be appreciated - virtuous circle of life and all that ?).
    4 points
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  6. As it's only advice, it doesn't matter that it's not defined, because it just doesn't matter. Anyway, barristers and solicitors love woolly laws, that's how they get rich. The trick at the moment is to do one's best to stay alive and healthy until vaccinated, and that's all. Poncing about the canal in a tin box on one's own isn't going to hurt anyone, nor is staying out of everyone else's way. As I suspect most of CRT's staff are laid off, who's going to care what any of us do apart from us?
    4 points
  7. Is it just me, or do others see a large blue cartoon style ducks head, with a big round eye and an orange beak...?
    4 points
  8. You "think". Pity our lords and masters can't be bothered to define such an obvious thing. I can't decide if CRT is a victim off, or party to, the conspiracy to make the rules so opaque and ever-changing that no-one can possibly obey them, thus transfering blame from the government to the people for subsequent events. MP.
    4 points
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  10. Not many canals down here in my part of the world, but we do have the Tavistock canal, built in the early 1800's to connect Tavistock to the River Tamar, to transport various metal bearing ore in both directions. Although it's not exactly the most impressive looking canal ever built (it's only 3 foot deep, generally), it is still in water, as it serves a hydro electric plant these days - it was intentionally built with a very slight "downhill run" - and it does have a 2500 yard tunnel (no access by foot unfortunately), an inclined plane and an aqueduct along the route. As it was a nice day today, we thought it was a good time for an end of lockdown walk. "Arty" type sign attached to bridge : Approaching Shillamill viaduct, the now disused double track main line which used to run from Plymouth to Tavistock and which crosses the canal. Lift bridge and sluice, which leads to someone's garden ! Culvert carrying the canal over farm track. Even in rural Devon, in the middle of nowhere we still have the obligatory "tagging" graffiti !
    3 points
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  12. Absolutely, I can't criticise the authorities to be honest as they are in a no win situation,and why should the police go anywhere near these idiots, who are the type who would spit in their faces? It costs money, diverts resources, and risks the lives of police officers, and colleagues, and their families.
    3 points
  13. I've no idea Athy, but I can guess they are the same type who demonstrated bywalking en mass to demonstrate against wearing masks in shops. The answer is to put them all in a warehouse, and leave them for four weeks to fester, those that get the disease and need the NHS will be given a respirator, and a body bag. They will all have to vive their benefit payments back to the taxpayer, if they don't accept one pety rule, they are not entitled to any benefits Those that don't die will be tagged and sent home, 24 hour curfew until the rest of the Uk is vacinated.
    3 points
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  15. To quibble slightly pedantically, it's not against the spirit of the law, it's against the spirit of the guidance. Bit like tax avoidance and evasion. And, to be honest, if anyone regards any of the advice given by the shower of incompetents handing it out as having any value, I'd be amazed. For a start, what the hell's your area? CRT have been trying to define that for years... Me, I'll just carry on being pragmatically antisocial. As I talk to myself most of the time as I walk along, due to too many solitary years, most people cross the road when they see me coming anyway. Either that, or they've heard about the trombone.
    3 points
  16. mystified, but please don't try to explain tx
    3 points
  17. This is the boat that we lived aboard and cruised around eastern North America for the past couple of years.. Our next boat is going to look like one of those long skinny things in everyone else’s photos.
    2 points
  18. Translated as ... Please keep moving....our T&C you signed up to says you should, and we have people who have paid good money to stay still for 4 months so dont want to pi€€ them off by letting you stay where you are any longer.
    2 points
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  20. Not too late, the race is on, 'pandemics' are great for the environment, a few more to manufacture and the tide can be turned.
    2 points
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  24. But is Walsall Basin deep enough?
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  26. If you are stuck, I could take delivery for you, we are 8 miles from Northwich, and fetch it to you in our car. PM me if you need help.
    2 points
  27. One for the starter, one for both leisure, one spare. It needs to be permanent. Croc clips will fail a BSS exam. There will need to be suitably sized fuses between the batteries and the charger in the positive wires. A suitably rated plug and socket can let you remove the charger in summer. No conflict. One will supply the charge in preference to the other. Which one that is depends. Jen
    2 points
  28. I often wonder when the human race will realise that if it is to survive everyday life will need to change in many many ways.
    2 points
  29. Hi all Just thought I'd post a battery build that I've written an instructables guide for. I wanted to build a portable battery that I could charge at work and take to the boat to relive some of the usage on the boats battery system as its a little outdated and I'm not ready for the system redesign. Its working nicely running all my low to medium voltage equipment and means I'm not enjoying anyone in the evening with the engine noise and smoke. see the link below if your interested and your thoughts would be most appreciated https://www.instructables.com/12V-Lithium-Ion-18650-55ah-Portable-Battery/
    1 point
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  31. There are several posts at the moment aimed at millionaire hobby boaters that use electrical propulsion. How that electricity is provided is far from clear in most cases. wen we cc which we have done many times over the last 30 plus liveaboard years and are doing again next year we travel every day and moor up then move again, moving every 3 or more days would be crap and more akin to cmers than ccers. We have this brilliant gadget fitted that propels the boat, charges all domestic batteries, provides 3.5 kw of mains power and oodles of hot water. Lasts for may thousands of hours with minimal maintenence and an abundance of places to get the fuel, summer or winter. Having looked at brokerages there seems to be many of these fitted to boats up and down the country but I have copied a foto and am putting it on here. They are also hugely less expensive to buy at the outset and I recommend them to new boaters who read this forum.
    1 point
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  33. In my experience of 40 years in the classroom (the majority of them working with the lower 50%) most of them are unlikely to refuse things like vaccines. It is probably the averages and very slightly above average who think they "know".
    1 point
  34. Certainly, it was in response to the 'Anti-Vaxer' rubbish posted - it is a sad truth that 50% of the population has below average intelligence. It is just a good job that the majority of the population appear to have some social responsibility and want to protect others by having 'poisonous chemicals', injected.
    1 point
  35. Too small? ...the whole model is 4" deep by 7" wide, the narrowboat travels around the scene. (no canal, it's usually a train)
    1 point
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  37. What scale are you looking for? (94) Remote control model canal boat - YouTube (94) 1:12 scale model narrowboat in steel part 6 - YouTube (94) Model narrow boat - YouTube OO gauge model railway 1:76 scale 4mm Canal narrow boat with open hold 0270 | eBay Narrow Boats Model for sale in UK | View 54 bargains (for-sale.co.uk)
    1 point
  38. On Monday 1st 2014 most of the boat owners had gathered ready to move below the next lock whilst the pound (bief) was drained. I went with a local man to look at the situation only to find it was completely dry the canal having closed at the end of October. Madam Vallet the vnf director from Tonnerre turned up in her car to tell us that we must move and they had started running water. After she left the local foreman arrived and I asked if it was ok to let my boat rest on the bottom, no problem and he let slip that the reason they were draining was to get a big coping stone out and repair the wall being able to charge the lorry firm for the time. This coping was on the opposite side to the accident
    1 point
  39. If the filter is dry and oil free, then it must either be the oil pump or there is no feed to the pump, maybe a blocked or missing suction pipe?
    1 point
  40. No way. They could have easily used the word tier. They didn't. They used the word area to minimise travelling. Your interpretation is just bizarre because few people will know where their 'tier area' ends. I'm in tier 3 right now. The local authority in this area is Sandwell. More widely I am in the West Midlands combined authority area. I have no idea which of these is my 'tier area'. And I have no need to know. All I need to know is that I'm in tier 3, which means I don't travel unless it's for one of the prescribed reasons. Following CRTs 14 day rule is definitely not one of those. Which is another reason why this so called 'common sense' which CRT are expecting us to use, doesn't extend to themselves. The common sense thing would be to suspend the 14 day rule for everyone within tier 3. At this time of year, who even cares? Maybe CRT are just worried about people demanding refunds for winter mooring permits, assuming anyone still bothers with them?
    1 point
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  43. If you buy a tin of Quality St toffees there is a selection of clear coloured cellophane papers. Just stick the colour of your choice over the lamps. Green is cocoanut. Red strawberry, purple nut, blue cold nose flavour I prefer Celebrations though.
    1 point
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  46. The first is James at Shipley. It could be Monk's James, which was built as Comet for Canal Transport in 1938, though Crooke and Thompson, one of the Blackburn coal merchants, also had a Janes, built at Riley Green in 1947. The photo was taken just after launch. I was told the second, at the top of Wigan, was Monk's Wilfred, built as Spica for Ben Walls in 1928. I believe it was bought and moored above the locks by the local angling club to be used as a club house
    1 point
  47. Scrap all the privately owned hulking great prestige cars and SUV's with stupid great polluting engines that bung up all the roads and car parks with their massive bulk. Small very low emissions 1 litre petrol engined cars would serve the purpose beutifully and hardly pollute until such times in the future they have electric cars right, small, lightweight and all the proper infrastructure ect is properly in place and the price is low enough to be attractive for ordinary folk.
    1 point
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