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I've heard they have new plans for the basin to really engage the public next year

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 ?).

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?

Is it just me, or do others see a large blue cartoon style ducks head, with a big round eye and an orange beak...?

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.

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 !

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.

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.

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.

mystified, but please don't try to explain tx

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.

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.

Not too late, the race is on, 'pandemics' are great for the environment, a few more to manufacture and the tide can be turned.

But is Walsall Basin deep enough?

Yes

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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?

I've not decided what to do now, I thought I'd move in the direction the boat is pointing, turn right, stop at next Lock, re-assess, but if I follow the Rules to the letter, I need to go to a winding hole, back track to the next place, which is disease Riven Retford, I'm not even considering that level of risk after spending the last year keeping away from high risk activities. I've found a remote place, and I'm going to stay here 'till I am convinced my next place will be as safe. I expect the CRT enforcement officer to use common sense, and btw I'm not being ironic

I drilled 4 small holes tapped them for 6 mm bolts fitted 4 brass 6mm bolts job done.....

As usual, CRT are making themselves look remote, uncaring and foolish. The guidance for Tier 3 says; "avoid travelling outside of your area, including for overnight stays other than where necessary". This is not outside of your tier, but outside of your area. Area is not defined, but in the circumstances, it makes sense to define it in a similar way to "place" from the 1995 Waterways Act. This means that anyone in Tier 3, in order to comply with the continuous cruising guidelines, will have to breach the covid guidelines. What's more important to CRT? Enforcing a poxy waterways act (which allows longer stays where it's reasonable), or keeping your customers safe from a deadly pandemic? Remember what the act says: "the applicant for the relevant consent satisfies the Board that the vessel to which the application relates will be used bona fide for navigation throughout the period for which the consent is valid without remaining continuously in any one place for more than 14 days or such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances." If it's not reasonable to stay put right now, then when the hell is it??

Just be clear, fans do suck air through the alternator and eject it at the fan, however the fan is a centrifugal one so if it is rotated the wrong way it will still suck air through, but not as well as it would do if it was rotated correctly. And then there are bidirectional fans that have flat blades. Although I have no proof, it seems obvious that a handed fan rotating in the correct direction will move more air than a bidierctional fan - otherwise, why bother with “handing” fans? Bearing in mind the overheating issues with charging lithium batteries I would therefore suggest that you should try to get an alternator with a handed fan and of course handed the right way for the rotational direction.

China is making a real effort. You don't see thousands of mopeds pumping out smoke, but thousands of electric mopeds speeding along totally silent. They have invested heavily in electric city buses, the only diesel ones are long distance intercity coaches. They have solar panels on most street furniture (traffic lights, parking meter points etc) plant millions of trees and flowers, but still have industrial pollution from the factories, they are trying. Compared to other parts of Asia they are well ahead in trying to clean up and grow. Singapore is better at the game though.

Thank you for your valid and valuable contributions everyone, I am taking it in.

I can just see it now when someone dives in next summer and breaks their neck, paralyzing them selves for life and taking C&RT to court because the water wasn't deep but the notice said it was.

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

These threads always put me in mind of this sketch

If nobody starts then it will never happen. If everybody hides behind I'm not doing until he does our GRandchildren will probably not live out their natural lives.