[Specialist Surveyor for 1900 era Dutch barge. Serving Oxford]

Elliot at marserve marine..

[Cooking Oil dumped in GU Paddington.]

Could you capture it filter it and run one’s vessel on it??

seems like a opportunity missed to me..

 

[Dog box]

Those internal screw heads look terrible..

 

[Altering flue to fit collar?]

You don’t want the flue pipe touching the collar at all, no where, the flue will rot out quicker with vibration from the engine where it touches..

[3 Million Posts!]

50k of MtB dribble over the years….

[Princes meatballs]

2 hours ago, pearley said:

My wife never disappoints !

She certainly doesn’t…..

 

[Foxton is Rubbish]

On 06/09/2023 at 11:54, Victor Vectis said:

Welford Lock gets my vote as being the nicest on the whole system.

The Welford Arm is lovely,   Even more so now as the “ Friends of the Welford Arm “ look after it and carry out maintenance..

 

20 minutes ago, IanD said:

 

For example Llangollen which is much busier midweek when most of the weekend-to-weekend hire boats arrive and leave than it is at weekends when they're back at base being turned round.

 

Where are the nearest hire bases to Foxton nowadays?

 

I fondly remember Keith Jones's base below the locks, the office was a converted 45' goods van. Worth it to hire a steam-powered boat (Firefly) for 2 weeks though... 😉

 

That’s going back a few years, I guess 30yrs plus some.

 

[Buckby-style, but who?]

I’ve a couple of buckby cans in my dads shed.

been in there for the last 25yrs and at least 45yrs old.

must dig them out and ask your opinion on them…..

[Braunston Historic Boat Event 24th and 25th June - That's this weekend.]

Drove through yesterday to get to Daventry and drove to the show and parked up, traffic absolutely fine, no probs..

cracking show, really enjoyed it this year, a good turn out of vessels..

Some legs on that jaguar…..

 

[Should we expect some serious flooding?]

1 hour ago, matty40s said:

Cant get any more in at Sulby/Welford and Naseby.

Rode my bmx across the middle of there about 35yrs ago when it was propper frozen…

 

[The Big Getaway....or not...]

1 hour ago, matty40s said:

Well, it's such a lovely stretch, and pretty lock, we did this, and a fantastic meal at the Wharf Inn late afternoon following a walk round the absolutely full reservoirs.

Just round the bend……

 

[Chairs]

Wilson’s of kinver.

Are they still in business?

We had a couple of captains swivel chairs of them a few years ago and would like a couple of new ones.

Any info anyone??

 

cheers. 
 

[Running my Own Gas Line]

On 02/02/2023 at 22:27, matty40s said:

We do all of our gas pipework and joints, feeds, pipe clamps, hoses etc, but only after agreeing everything with the guy who is going to be connecting everything up and signing it all off. 

I have done the same on my own boat, with the same advice.o

Who’s “we” matty40s ? 

[Secret canal system - Honing, Norfolk]

14 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

Which one of the three mentioned?

Oops the Honing one..

 

 

[Secret canal system - Honing, Norfolk]

Some bits are still visible from the road as you drive past.

and a lock if I remember correctly.

[Coal cage]

Couple of thin block pavers job done.

[Powerbank purchase and recycling]

On 16/11/2022 at 11:34, philjw said:

Depending how much the battery weighs it could make sense to take it to a scrap metal merchant. The last set of leisure batteries (4 x115 Ah) paid out nearly £50 in Daventry.  If you do this take photo ID and your bank details.  Or maybe a local scrap merchant could collect from you?

Charlie’s on the industrial estate…? 

[Mystery thermostat - can't work out what it is for]

It’s a pipe stat.

I had one on the hot pipe of the fire back boiler, when it got to a certain temp it kicked a circulation pump in and pumped hot water through the rads.

[Cutting Thick Aluminium "Box Section"]

I’ve a electra becham chop saw saw I use for fine woodwork it has a 80 tooth non ferrus blade in it and loves cutting aluminium..

[Bantock, have you seen her?]

Was that 101 that went out Leicester way? 

[Generators]

1 hour ago, MtB said:

True, but the whole point of a boat is you can move away from the arseholes.

 

The arseholes always reappear though…

 

 

[Geldeston lock's renovation.]

Is the pub open now??  As I understand it it has a bit of a cult following and was recently shut/sold?? 
the previous company had ploughed a few pounds into it? 

[Idiot alert!]

The 1/2 really matters doesn’t it.. 

 

[GU Leicester Section Water Levels.]

Nothing low about that,  the little island pond is not evident yet. 

[Longest time with the same berth. And how the cost of moorings have increase.]

This is a great question,  I shall ask this one on the face book page tomorrow.