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16 minutes ago, Mike Tee said:
I don’t suppose we will ever know but when the fuel boat owner eventually spoke to the operator on Halsall, was it the same bloke who failed to record the cash receipt? Does he even still work for them? Because if he does I will personally not be using that business in future on principle.
I would like to hear the company's version of events before making such a decision.
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1 hour ago, magnetman said:
Exactly.
Also if the boat operator company are that bad they miss payments then whose to say they aren't making other mistakes.
It could be wrong identity. Maybe someone else did a £100 transaction it must be a fairly common amount to pay for diesel as its a nice round figure.
As for contact details @Alan de Enfield suggested earlier that the fuel boat company -might- have a legitimate interest in your contact details and it is in the licence contract that the CRT reserve the right to share details. I don't know how one would prove legitimate interest.
I'd hope a fuel boat would not be in this bracket but it is rather an intriguing thought.
If the comms are just text message then one could just block them and see if they can find other contact details. A demand for payment should really come in a written letter or an email if you have already indicated you are happy to use this method of communication.
Definitely not text messages.
You can block emails too. So that only leaves a written letter. Difficult when you haven't got an address.
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11 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said:
It would be interesting to know if it turned up for those registered as a CC but also with a home address that had already had the benefit of the fuel subsidy, or whether it was crosschecked and stopped. As second home owners got it twice, there's no reason it shouldn't have been paid.
I couldn't possibly comment 🤫
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1 hour ago, magnetman said:
This is true however they now have the fuel payment claims.
Well I don't know the CRT has that themselves but .gov have the data. If you claim the payment then you must be living on the boat or it would presumably be fraud.
IF the CRT could get that data then this is a starting point. Obviously some people will no longer be living on the boat but it would help to give a general picture.
I think the CRT probably know more about people on their waterways than one might expect.
No claim was required for the recent fuel payment. The voucher turned up in email inboxes automatically if your boat was listed as not having a home mooring. I don't see how that could be defined as fraud.
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Nowadays we take a marina mooring for a few months in winter. It's not always the same marina although we do have a prefered one in Goole. We might be there for 3 months, sometimes 4. When we leave the marina we stop paying and leave. I notify CRT that we no longer have a home mooring. The following winter we check in to a marina again and inform CRT accordingley. We can't be unusual in doing this. Our licence expires on 31st December when we are always in a marina somewhere and so will have a home mooring at renewal time. I wonder whether we'll have to pay the CC surcharge.
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2 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
Based on @mrsmelly's experience, it would be possible to get a 70' narrowboat to Leeds, as long as it didn't go on to the L&L. The limiting factor is Thorne lock, rather than Keadby, but though short, it is very wide, so a 70' narowboat can go through diagonally. A longer than 60' wide beam would be problematic.
Is this still the case now that the bottom gates can no longer be independantly operated but have to be operated together?
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1 hour ago, MartynG said:
I guess the lock keepers record boat names and index primarily to show the traffic usage.
But their records are on paper so perhaps too much effort to transfer to a computer or tablet.
I guess lock keepers don't get tablets as they might be stolen while the lock keeper is distracted with lock operations or other tasks.
The spotters I met the other week certainly had a tablet.
On Monday the lock keeper at Torksey had a pc in his office that he was entering data on.
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Viking Marina in Goole has lift out facilities and has cruisers stored on the shore.
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On 29/08/2023 at 17:45, IanD said:
The weed hatches on Tim Tyler hulls (like mine) are a "chute" which comes up to deck level, so no chance of a leak. Access is much easier in one way because you can just lie down flat on the deck instead of contorting yourself down a hatch and under the stern deck in the engine space, on the other hand it's a *long* way down to the prop. Swings and roundabouts as usual... 😉
Our boat is also a Tyler Wilson shell (and fitted out by Finesse as it happens) and has the chute arrangement. I like it a lot, it's not difficult to reach the prop whilst lying on the deck. We have a propmate ( https://www.miracleleisureproducts.co.uk/prop-mate-c9.html ) which means you often don't need to get your hand wet. The chute arrangement means that I often don't bother to tighten up the weed hatch at all.
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Bollington Wharf must have facilities. They run day boats and NB Alton does pump outs so must have somewhere to empty their tank. They may of course charge but I doubt if it is much.
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When winding our 58'6" boat in a 70' winding hole I often think "Thank god we haven't got a 70' boat".
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On the Leicester Line. Kibworth top lock. https://hendersonconnellan.co.uk/market-harborough/property/wistow-lane-kibworth/
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4 hours ago, Bronco99 said:
@MartynG You say in at Keadby and out at Shelby is safer than going round Trent End. Bearing in mind that I’m assuming you’re referring to Forest stadium, what is it that’s unsafe about the river north from Nottingham, and if I’ve misunderstood could you set me right!
I’ll probably head to Hull and follow the tide as you suggest. Either way as a regular on the Severn Estuary I’m familiar with a tide table.
Is there any mooring available in York central?
Yes mate, fibreglass Atlanta 27 running a single Penta aq131c
There are plenty of visitor moorings in York, most of them marked as 48 hours. Favoured ones are alongside Museum Gardens on the right after you have gone upstream under Lendal Bridge. There are other moorings at King's Staithe and Queen's Staithe either side of the river before Ouse Bridge. There are however no flood safe moorings available for visitors, they are all occupied by the trip boats. If a flood is likely (keep an eye on the weather 30 or 40 miles away in the Dales) you'll need to run away downstream to Naburn Lock or upstream to Linton Lock (quite a long way). There is a water point near Lendle Bridge but it is where the trip boats pick up passengers all day long so you can only use it early in the morning or after the boats stop in the evening.
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On 11/09/2021 at 11:51, Mrs_A said:
Barby Wharf bungalow on the market
£750,000
On 11/09/2021 at 12:03, MtB said:Never really understood why that bungalow has so much featureless lawn surrounding it. Looks a prime opportunity to build a few 4-bed houses in the garden and make a fortune!
I'm sure they must have thought of that....
Today the bungalow looks like this.
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9 hours ago, robtheplod said:
I am surprised and fascinated by this... i assumed the Atlantic or Pacific were too low! (someone left the paddles up?) never considered they would be fed by lakes.....
I think it has a summit pound.
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Going back to the Upper Thames: every gate has a long pole and hook resting on hangers that you use to open or shut the opposite gate. If CRT equipped all their wide locks with such poles they'd all be nicked within about a week.
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We got told off by a lock keeper for only opening one gate at one of the Upper Thames locks above Oxford. After that I did notice that there was minimal mitre leakage at all the Upper Thames locks.
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Just now, Grassman said:
I was referring to the marinas and boatyards not navigation authorities. The clue is in the title 😉 🙂
Aqueduct Marina used their stop planks when the Middlewich breach occurred .
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Another one on the South Oxford. Nell Bridge. https://www.hamptons.co.uk/properties/17481838/sales/DED100169#/
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1 hour ago, MumHunOnTheCanal said:
Godshill
will keep you informed - may start a new thread and add pictures too!
Red boards can be encountered at any Thames lock not just Teddington. Any red or yellow boards are displayed here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/river-thames-current-river-conditions .
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A few years ago there was a dead cow floating up and down the tidal Ouse near Selby for many weeks. Don't know what happened to it, maybe it eventually ended up in the Humber and out to sea.
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On 10/07/2023 at 11:37, Jen-in-Wellies said:
The Pocklington is accessed via the River Derwent, theoretically navigable for 22 miles to Stamford Bridge, plus a short section of the Wharf can supposedly be navigated. That gives enough for a long weekend to see all of it, without going on to the tidal stuff. I don't know what getting to Stamford Bridge is actually like, or even practical at the moment. Still shorter than the connected Chesterfield, but something people might want to do as a hire.
For the Chesterfield the big thing would be if/when the River Rother link is ever made. This would allow narrowboats to connect to Yorkshire waterways directly with no tidal river and with the whole canal open again a (partly tidal) cruising ring too.
Sutton Lock (sometimes known as Elvington Lock) has been closed for a few years now and is unlikely to open again. The bottom mitre gates are rotten and need replacing. But those gates are owned by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and they don't want boats there at all so are unlikley to replace them. The top guilotine gate also requires attention but I think is owned by the EA. The EA are not the navigation authority (I don't think there is one) so they are not inclined to spend money on them unless required to for flood protection. Although the lock is not officially closed I doubt it will ever be able to be used again.
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14 hours ago, mrsmelly said:
There is absolutely zero chance of going over the field, the landowner simply will not allow it. The previous house owners tried for years to get access. Removals isnt a problem though, Jock and Katy off Dusty are the go to removals firm and move furniture up and out of there on their work boat. Same with any other supplies its no big deal. The realy dreadful thing about the location is there is no pub in Somerton, therefore the house is worthless. House owners used to sell icecream to you whilst in/waiting for lock walking the towpath but as Ive downgraded to a house now I have no idea if that is still the case. The lock gate is a tad heavy but my old missus could still do it on her own when we packed in boating, I have seen groups of blokes struggle to do it, its technique, not brute strength thats needed there, tis quite deep.
Jock and Katy made their final Dusty run a couple of weeks ago. I have not heard of new owners setting up the business yet.
How do Watford Staircase locks work?
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Every time I go through the Bascote staircase on the GU (Ham Baker paddle gear) I try to work out how the disused side ponds would have worked. Every time I fail to work it out. This staircase has "proper" side ponds and is a "proper" staircase. I get how proper side ponds work as at Hanbury, Hanwell, Bosley etc. but Bascote always defeats me.
Actually the side ponds at Hanwell are also confusing because they have three different levels.