Rob-M
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Wasn't there only 25 episodes for series 2, all of which have been screened.
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I remember looking at lists posted on notice boards around the network that listed stoppages. Notices pinned to lock gates for emergency stoppages.
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Most annoying was the lady crew looking at the goods and the chap on the boat standing on the stern waiting for her to come back and open the gate rather than going and opening it himself. Then they eventually left the lock and tied up just beyond the lock landing for a cup of tea as they had just worked up the locks and were worn out.
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Our Craft Insure policy was about £50 more expensive than last year and had changed from joint names to be in just my wife's name so I rang them up to sort the names out. They had to do a new quote and it went down to about the same price as last year so renewed with them.
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I've had it happen twice at Audlem, once I was waiting for them to come out the lock so I could go in, travelling in opposite directions and the other, the time they took I would have probably emptied the lock, filled it and cruised past them.
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Don't always put them back down, just depends if we think about after the last lock. The fender is usually resting on the T stud so in the way of the bow line so makes it easier if it is dropped back in place.
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We lift the bow fender on the working boats when passing through locks to give us a bit of extra room as it can be quite tight. A few locks require stern fenders lifting as well otherwise we can't open the bottom gate.
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Last few times we've been up the 21 CRT have arrived to sort the pounds out starting around 7:30 and have left over half the flight set for us.
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Too many words for me to read
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Try other insurers, there are a few left. Also you could do an RYA helmsman course then you would be an experienced helmsman.
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It is very good but best visited before or after using the lock rather than leaving the boat in the lock holding me up whilst deliberating over what to buy which is what the boat in front of me did last year.
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Nothing currently showing on CRT stoppages.
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Never done anything with our water tank and always drink the water straight from the tap.
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Not very wise, what do you do when you have to single hand a lock.
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We did the same, insurer wouldn't change the value but new insurer was happy to accept my valuation estimate.
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Looks alright on these...
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Don't go too close to the motorway pillars as they extend out some way under water and the boat stops absolutely dead if you run in to one as I found out when I once got too close.
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We went up there over the May bank holiday weekend as part of the BCN challenge, it was slow going to get up to the pools. The pools have been dredged so no problem once you get in to them. Didn't have any weed hatch visits.
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The wind can cause havoc with an unloaded working boat, especially with the front cloths up. Coming out of the Oozells Loop in Birmingham I've ended up with the bow being blown right when I am tiller hard over trying to go left but failing to fight the wind.
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I have the same card which I always carry in my wallet.
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Just watched episode 20 and saw myself on it as I steered Scorpio through the Tipton festival.
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I find with a good butty steerer you can take a pair round bends and junctions quicker than with just the single motor.
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The rowers on the Gloucester Sharpness are in a world of their own especially the coxless so they don't even have a lookout. I used to keep a straight line and see how many I could get doing a shout of oars in.
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A lockie at Watford used to permanently moor at the end of the lower lock mooring, not sure if he ever went cruising.
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I stopped going in to locks quickly when I once had a prop shaft coupling decide to separate as I went in to reverse. Never got off a boat with centreline to strap the boat to a stop so fast to save hitting anything.
