Leaderboard

Carved from a 2ft by 10in log using a chainsaw to shape, blowtorch and nylon sanding wheel to highlight

Not be a problem here old boy. The documents states its a problem in europe, not the UK, so all will be well

Watch out for bubbles in the water. It could be scuba divers moving on from nicking catalytic converters.

Yes, thank God for Brexit! Another 'Europe' problem swerved!

Have just seen this cover on a waterways magazine and thought “what an ugly characterless boat” and wondered why buy such a boat? Have the new bread of boat owners gone away from having a nice looking shell with flowing lines, nice steelwork and paint scheme to just being interested in internal layout and what’s inside? Looking at the array of digital antennas and media dishes on the roof I imagine it may be high tech and very IKEA in design but outside square and ugly. I know they have probably designed it to have optimal internal living space, but such a lifeless shell IMO. Others may disagree as beauty is said to be in the eye of the beholder.

Well I'm all for thinking outside the box but the result of that thinking was ..... a box.

Although it is tempting to lapse into scepticism or even scathing cynicism, we should remember the point of such a press release is to influence government ministers into supporting the canal system from public funds. Picking holes and pointing out (imagined!) shortcomings in all the benefits of canals set out in the press release, inevitably undermines this effort.

Thanks for the affirmation. Really appreciated too. Exactly the reasons for our move to the canals. I have many debts that have weighed me down for years, and burnout after 18 years of teaching. We will have no debts, cash in reserve, the boat owned outright and no need to stay in cities to work as I'll be retired at 56 without the stresses of work, but also the option of temp work in the future if the need arises. We need an adventure while we are still young enough. The thought of being stuck in a house is not appealing. Plus, we've worked out we can get away with only 24 Watts for daylight hours, then with ambient temperatures maintained by a stove in the winter, and a heating thermostat we may be able to keep our tortoise happy enough and on board 😊👍