Daiboy

Heavy rain last night and a bit into this morning. Quite nice for a bit but it opened up again around 1800hrs when huge black clouds came over. Some thunder and gusty winds. Now just very windy WSW blowing up the ar*e end. Mooring pins have come loose so going to bang 'em in again as is every one else here. I am north of Uxbridge lock about half a mile. Bilge pump ran for about 5 minutes to clear below.

Yes, plenty of in S.Wales. We used to chomp on it when we were kids as it tasted a like rhubarb. Now I just lie here and watch the big red sun come up over the reef (knot) and talk to the flower pot men!!

C'mon Bizz !!

Is that the diesel cap or breather

Or another. http://aliwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/welford-canal-hemplow-hills-welford.html

This so far on Google! Thanks go to Mary Matts and contributors to OUCS magazines for the information on brick markings. The Old Union Canal Society plants living milestones along the Leicester Line of the Grand Union. You know the ones, the trees with black painted steel plaques next to them.

Bleeding hell, and they told me that this was a really relaxing way of life with little worries. I take it I can purchase said keys if and when I get near the Nene. Will the lockies tell you what one might need before they let you through? Thanks for the info by the way. D

Sorry if I'm missing something here. The BW (watermate?) key I have has opened bits both on the canal and on the river Thames (locks). Is there yet another Environmental Agency key that I should be aware of. I also have the "handcuff key" but still to use it. Many thanks. D

Another Taff thinking that this might be a wind up or "trolling" (if that is the right terminology). Well done for speaking out. Anyone thinking of entering an enterprise like this should have an ounce of understanding and that one cannot just "do it" and bugger the consequences.

Oh Bugger, Collidge & Parts doesn't seem to be anyone's choice so far. Oh well, next year eh!

I was moored for 6 months at Langley/Iver until June this year. There was a trading estate (or now called a business park) which had quite a few large companies one of which did the outside broadcast for the BBC. Every lunchtime a van would come a calling, open up the side hatch and people would pour out of the offices and workshops and descend on this van like a plague of locusts. Make sure that your area doesn't have this already. Being facetious, towing a burger VAN behind a boat!! The other thing you should think about is of course your weight distribution on board. These coffee, latte machines are quite heavy.

I hate to see people (scientists?!!) playing around with nature. We're all doooomed. Do Be Do Be

As long as they were "plastic" floaters.

Good idea but as has been stated before, you would have to think of a type of business plan as to what you would provide for consumption. Bacon butties, Chinese, Indian, pizza and the list goes on. You would, I presume, be at the mercy of the Environmental Health rules about cleanliness, 2 sinks one for washing hands and one for washing pots etc.. Would you need a traders licence for operation on the canals or rivers? It will need a great deal of thinking, planning and internal alteration to your boat. Fridges and freezers to keep raw meat separate from cooked stuff, cookers and cool cabinets to keep food stable before selling. Best of luck anyway and if it does come to fruition, let us know where you are operating from as I'm sure that we all will patronise your establishment !!

As your avatar, a picture paints a thousand words; or something like that. You in your outsized tracky bottoms, jacket and shoes, walking a dog through the rain, oh boy

Unfortunately no. He/she will probably be given community work and be banned from keeping pets for a measurable time. Like to go and have a word with them though, with a big stick!!!!!

stiffness or tenderness So the V bottom would seem to have no effect on it. Oops sorry

If you are on your own, sleep at an angle. Ah! Mark99, that's what I mean. Use the hypotenuse angle.

Excuse me people. This is a photograph of the unfortunate deceased on his boat. It could have been taken at any time and not just as he was entering the tunnel. I know the dangers of sitting or standing within the arc of the tiller arm but it does not mean that he was doing this through the tunnel. Yes the coiled rope at his feet is a danger and many other things from the photo could be considered dangerous or slightly ill thought out as one travels. Anything could have happened in that tunnel!

I cannot get my head around all this charging business. Today; battery monitor (Nasa BM2) reads soc at 59%. Went for a jolly to Uxbridge boat centre to pick up my new 3 way fridge and back. Total time around 4 hours give or take. Moored up and soc shows 75%, ok that's great I thought and left the engine running for a few more hours. BM2 now shows 80% at 13.5 volts and 28 amps. All engine stop and have a drink. Sit at desk and use computer and (because it's new) have a sideways glance at BM2. Now showing 90% soc at 12.8 volts and only pulling 0.5 amp due to a light above my computer. How is it still charging when I have no engine or generator running? I think I understand that SOC means "state of charge" meaning how much there is left in the battery bank. Maybe not! New battery bank of 4 x 110 amphour HELP Daiboy