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we are in oford waiting to go onto the thames throught o reding the boat sunk at osney lock does not prevent you going throught he lock as it is only beside the lock however there are currently three lock closures on the river ubntil the 22nd of march

i lost my son and his bike in the canal, he was drunk at the time, but he got out and found our boat again <_<

yes but is a big catch 22, work but cant get initial 14 day moorings until money starts comming in, or 14 day moorings until get work if there is any

thanks for the info this really helps, as soon as we are working we intend to get a ligit mooring as we do not want to cc all the time as soon as we get work, we will pay for a mooring hi Tim thanks for info, if we went nottingham, and like you said living expenses cheaper, when we found work, we would bid for a canal side cart mooring as we dont want to be on the move all the time, just needs must until we get work

banbury

yes doing some research now thanks, also will be looking into housing benefit until we get work as this might get us into a marina

yes looks better going south, not have to be in reading, just south, but am trying to sus out if 14 day or 7 day mooring is feasable, until we get ourselves sorted out

yes i was looking at 14 day or 7 day moorings and moving to keep legal until we save some money

that is good to know, but will still need to find work first, is it feasable to go reading way, is there any free canal side moorings until we do find work, or is it better to head nottingham way or just sell the boat and go homeless

ok guys its me again, we are now due to move our live aboard boat, we are pondering on one of two ways, towards reading and be-oned where there will be the possibility of more work or towards nottingham where there wil be possibility of more moorings, now we cant pay for moorings until we get work, so the first place seems more feasable, so can any one advise, is there any free 14 day moorings near reading either side, or would it be better to go nottingham way, hubby a chef, ime a carer, we are due tomove this thursday, once we have work and gained some funds then we can loo at marinas, but going to take around 4-6 months to save for that, this boating lark is becomming impossible help advice please

yes well we have got to the stage that we will go anywhere, ut want a base so we can work thats all

cant see any at spiceball or tramway at resent, would of been ideal

yes moved on

i loe the life living on a boat, but if we cant hold our jobs down due to no perminent moorings and we are being moved on by ct, so will lose our jobs again, i just cant see how to survive, we are in banbury and thinking of moving towards nottingham, so the money we will have from jobs (no savings), will probaby get us there, than we will have to find work again, just a visious circle really however if anyone knows of any company needing a good sous chef, let us know not about escaping costs, abut letting us live and earn to stay living the way we want

i see thanks for that, seems it is just getting harder to live on a boat, only done it for about thre years and everything just goes wrong, considering selling up and using money to put non depost for flat, that is if we can get a mrgage at age 50 put a deposit on flat i mean dammmmm, got work but have to move on as cannot get perminent moorings whare we are, so could move on but then have no job util we find one, so wont be able to pay for moorings for a while, hell ct make it imossible to live the way we wanted, rant over,, sell boat

can anyone tell me if a residential mooring is taken up, none marina, do oyu have to pay full council tax as we would be getting emptying our own dunnies, getting rid or our own rubbish, just a thought does anyone know

well we, my partner and i were going to go to reading, he is a chef i am a carer for lder people, but after all the research we have done over the past three months we have come to the conclusion, not only is it near on immpossible to get moorings there, but the odd residential moorings are way our of our price range, being nearly 4000 plus per annum for residential,, so we are looking at nottingham area to find work, so would be looking at canal side cruising initially short term, but then definatly residential perminent living on board, if you could give any advice all would be appreciated. thanks anyone moored in the nottingham area that could give some input anyone we really need advice, hubby going up to nottingham next week by train just to look around, we are in banbury at present

any know what thw canal side moorings are like near nottingham, nottinghamshire area

hi we live on a 57 foot narrow boat and was hoping to find work in the reading area, my hubby is a sous chef, so work looks good for him in that area, is there any moorings at all, long term live aboard in reading area or at least within 20 miles of reading i keep scanning the internet but all i find is really dear marinas equating to over 4000 per annum, anyone know of any reasonable marinas or farm moorings or any kind of moorings, if we cant find anything we will probably be looking at derbyshire, nottinghamshire way, but jobs are not so flush that way

of course so really just as cheap to stay with the boat yards and chandrlies

seen a site that sell by the arrel of 2010 litres since our boat takes 150litres i thought it might be cheaper to buy by the barrel

does anyone know of any bulk buy cheap red deisel suppliers, i have brought up a few on the internet but it does not state the price, anyone in the know who can advise much appreciated thanks

we bought a boat without a mooring and yes it is a pain to then find a mooring, but you can cc until you find a mooring and if you are willing to travel around and don,t mind what area in uk you moore morrings are out there, just kee doing you research and if you do get a boat, get to know that boat and how it works as this wil save you alot of money as engineers can charge 45 pound an hour upwards to fix your boat before parfs.....rip of merchants in all. at the end of the day a boat engine is just a marinarised tractor engine, so go for it sorry for spelling, wine set in #

good luck to you on your search for a boat, not a cheap way of living but can be cheaper than on the land, get the seller to ay for the survayor, if the seller says no then there must be a reason for this, so steer clear. as long as the heart of the boat... engine and hull are sound then you should be ok. live on a boat is a bit harder, but very fulfilling, ad yes you can claim beifits on a boat, ive done it, you must be looking for employment, but that is the same on land.look afeter you boat and it will look after you.

we have a beta marina and we seemed to have had the same problems as you are experiencing, we also bled pipes, checked for water and changed filters, did your engine also cut out or lose momentum whilst cruising ?. if it did or does then another option could be that it is your lift pump. that was our problem and we had to get a new one, problem solved now for us, hope this helps