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    Might it be a Hooded Crow: About the same size as a magpie. Another possibility but unlikely (not normally in the UK at this time and smaller) is one of the Shrikes:
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    Or stand on the towpath side and hop off if things get too hairy! ?
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    Thank you for your ramblings Bill. Fascinating stuff! I particularly enjoyed the (fictional?) exchange between senior staff at Dominion Breweries. You deserve bonus points, tho' I doubt that would be enough to change the result of the Virtual Challenge.
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    It's definitely inside the arch. No wires on it now tho'. More information and pictures here: https://www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org/pole-of-the-month-february-2017/
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    The Exotica Bengal Restaurant in Hillmorton used to be very good but it's a 10 minute walk uphill from the first bridge after the locks (going up) and under the railway. But that's out because Jeff's Mum can't walk that far.
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    I think it was a lock. The report says he was recovered when the lock was emptied. But I take your point - should CRT sign every lock?
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    Which is probably how he managed to get into the cricket team when his only qualification was an ability to scoff buns at tea time. Oh! and welcome to the new moderators.
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    I regard Dan's willingness to review a ban as akin to the parole board considering whether a properly convicted and sentenced prisoner should be released on licence. I'm of the view that we all need to move on and away from the past and I see Dan's offer as a positive step forward.
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    I agree - there is an airlock in the system. Are the bleed valves towards the stern of the boat? Most narrow boats sit nose-up, stern down. If the bleed valves are towards the stern, it is possible that air is trapped at the other ends of the radiators and you will not get it out without either changing the boat to nose down, stern up or reversing the radiators. Can you change the boat's attitude?
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    Is that a steel plate (in which case it is just another form of ballast) or does that slab have sides and ends going down to the base plate? If the latter perhaps it's a holding tank (disused?). Any evidence on the hull or roof of disused pump out fittings?
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    Dear Mross As normal as me talking to an engine. Have you never done that?
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    Google is your friend - just search "silicon grease" And Midland Chandlers stock it too.
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    We will want pics. Don't forget the camera!
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    The boat has a 240v shore line connection. Its principle power source will be 12v using 12v batteries. It has a fridge and, assuming the boat moves and the fridge is used whilst moving, it must be 12v.. As Phil says, you can fit solar panels.
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    I really think this thread has run its course; no new arguments are being introduced and the antagonists are neve going to agree. It seems as tho' it's about to descend into a slanging match. Perhaps it should be closed.
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    It's a long time since I was on the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union but I don't remember any building like this. A quick scan of Google Earth doesn't indicate a building such as this at any of the locks. Including the lock at the junction with the Trent & Mersey, there are only four locks on the branch. It must be on some other part of the SU or even on another canal. Does anybody have any ideas?
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