Pete & Helen
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Between bridge 74-75 is a nice spot. Your satt view is clear across open land. Good walking round lakes with heronry and owl boxes and every evening at sunset you will see up to two Owls hunting in field behind towpath and across field on offside. Stand on bridge 75 to view both ways.
Directly across from bridge 75 over the field via cut path is a housing estate for parking and bus into wolverton or central MK.
Of course if you want to moor in amongst housing and often opposite moored boats then stay in central MK. If family coming find a nice spot with open space around.
http://boatlife.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/moorings-through-milton-keynes.html
This sounds like a great spot Thanks
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You could try phoning the marina at Peartree -- we left the boat there when repatriating it to the North a few years ago. Not sure how close that is to where you want to be, but the bus service to MK Central station is very good!
Thanks for that but I will be with the boat while in MK, as family will be coming to me. Just after safe spot with no trees for a couple of days
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Having taken out about 12 CaRT staff as part of the 'boating buddies' scheme, I have a standing offer to take Hatton and Lapworth VLK's up and down a some locks in nb Albert allowing them to steer.
The rationale behind the offer is that it would give those VLK's who are not boaters (i.e. the majority) a better understanding of the task that they are volunteering for.
So far this offer has not been taken up.
At a Hatton open day some months ago, I found VLK's completely ignorant of the fact that Ham Baker paddle gear was designed to close by gravity.
I wouldn't knock the knowledge of the VLK's on this interesting topic as I am sure there are many boaters, myself included, that were unaware that these were designed to drop by the manufacturer and not wound down as most people are told. Are there others like this that should be just dropped (although would always control using my hands as a safety break on the spindle if needed )
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Any advice on mooring spots in MK around eaglestone area. would be useful to be clear of trees to keep the solar working. Just going to be there a couple of days while visiting family. Ta
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Going to Langley Mill next week and wondered
1. what the state of the Erewash was at the moment,
2. good mooring and
3. any moorings at Langley Mill it's self
Thanks
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I wonder if they had those huge fenders on the roof hanging down and they got trapped?
As said though, very sad sight and hope it can get sorted out without too much damage
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People selling generators from vans. I can't be certain if they were all Irish. It was one of those consumer type programmes. Similar to "Builders from Hell"
Think it was "Fake Britain" they were Irish, and were selling cheap copy gens and chainsaws that had been branded as Honda and other top of the range kit
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With the weather warnings did an early (well for us anyway) 8am start yesterday on the Aire and Calder from Woodlesford down to Heck Bridge arrived about 1pm after stopping for water at Whitley lock.
What a pain that was. You have to come out of the lock then double back on yourself against the by-wash (which looks like an old parallel lock that is now just left open. Forwards in and reverse out, or reverse in and forward out?? I decided the latter. To add to it there was a line of plastic moored each side.
Anyway. Wind didnt get up till abut 3pm along with the rain and lasted through till 10pm
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Still in the same spot after a quiet night, waiting for this afternoons gusts to come through in about 2 hrs.
Looking forward to calmer days to follow in time for our first Trent trip.
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Thanks Pete (or Helen) - with the most of them that have two holes is one hole for the overflow?
Yes and they normally have an arrow on them showing the direction of flow smiler to this one https://www.plumbparts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/CA1.jpg
Make sure that when you get a PRV, that you get a Pressure RELIEF Valve and not a Pressure REDUCING valve, both can be called PRV's
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I wish I had had my camera to hand a couple of weeks ago when I was going up the Wigan flight. This idiot (the politest word I could use) was racing up and down on a small motor bike, No helmet or care for anyone on the tow path. Showing off to a couple of young girls. Started doing wheelies then it went wrong and the bike shot out from between his legs. He held onto it, just, and it spun around him then hit the floor, the engine stopped but his clutch lever had broken off.
He got back on, laughing as if it was what he intended to do, and started the engine again, because the clutch now didnt work it shot out from between his legs again, nearly ran the 2 girls over, he was hanging on for dear life and it was spinning him around trying (well I hoped it was) to throw its self into the lock. Luckily the engine stalled and he slopped off along the tow path pushing his wreck home.
As for cyclists. I'm high tone deaf and so I don't hear bike bells. So if a bell is rang, it cant be assumed that a pedestrian will hear it.
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Dave, You need a 3bar PRV and it can be fitted (although normally on top of the calorifier) in theory anywhere in the hot water output from the calorifier. ie just "T" it into the pipe if thats more convenient for you.I would try to get it as close as possible to the calorifier though.
The output from the PRV just goes overboard, or you can just let it dump into your bilge and let the bilge pump get rid of it. That would save an extra hole in the side of your boat
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I don't understand why you think there is some relevance of you speed fit pipe work and a PRV. The PRV is there to save your system from failing at some weak point, and that may well be the calorifier its self.
Once you have filled it up with cold water it be comes effectively a sealed system at the pumps pressure. It will then heat up by what ever heating you use which will increase the pressure further. As the system ages this extra pressure will find that weak spot and once a leak develops your pump will then decide to drain your water tank. Get one fitted. Are you sure that there isnt one on the top of the calorifier already?
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Good luck with your new venture Martin. I always try to support the fuel boats when I need any supplies.
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Been very quiet this last couple of weeks.
Tow path upgrade around Kirkstall, unfortunately when I came past they were sweeping the top surface gravel off again as it hadn't taken - more expense.
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If you are stopping off in Wigan then opposite or outside the CRT offices is a safe place
ETA as above, was beaten to it.
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Came through Wigan, Blackburn and Burnley. You would think you were going through a rubbish tip. It doesn't improve till you go through the Foulridge Tunnel
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Yes there is a 72 hr visitor mooring right outside the Fearns wharf offices so you will be only a few yards away!! There are other (new) 72 hr visitor moorings just below Leeds Lock on the downstream landing, and on the top end of the service pontoon further down (but still not far to walk). Other new moorings include Brewery wharf (48 hrs, non CRT) - above Leeds lock - and top of Knostrop Lock (5 days). I hope you enjoy your visit to Leeds - there is lots to see and do!
Regards
David L
Looking at Google earth I can see what looks like a pontoon outside Fearns wharf so assuming you come through the lock and turn towards the weir then do a 180 when you come off the mooring.
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Where is the best place to moor if going to the CRT office in Leeds. Don't need anything over an hour and wouldn't be left unattended
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Thanks thats nice to know
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Thanks for the info on moorings guys (and gals) I am assuming that most of this is just canal like with bits of river thrown in for good measure.
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Woodlesford is a good place to stop, with a good pub.
Ferrybridge is the pits.
Great Heck has a little mooring and a very good pub just up the road The Bay Horse, with its own brewery And Pollington is also good, but the King's Head was for sale the last I heard.
Contrary to what Tim says, a pleasant walk across the fields brings you to The Old George at Sykehouse.
Reasonable mooring outside the pub at Staineforth (Sp?)
Thorne is a good mooring, with excellent shops. But the swing bridge is an absolute b*gger.
Some of the other swing bridges down to Keadby can be hard.
The sliding rail bridge just before Keadby is interesting - you just wait and it's opened for you when there's a gap in the trains.
Keadby is awful since the pubs disappeared - one shut down, one burnt down. A couple of basic stores. I usually spent a quiet night by the Medge Hall swing bridge watching the occasional train.
The one at Woodlesford, is that the Two Pointers? Mooring before the lock going east
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This stretch never seems to get a mention, so any advice from anyone, Places to stop etc...
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Saying that you have to be a bit careful. We arrived there going north and just missed our slot so we tied up, turned the engine off and tried to get as close to the entrance as we could on foot to peer through (as you do). When it came close to our slot we could hear a boat in the tunnel and it was still audible when the lights turned green. Another boat arrived going our way and seeing we were still moored up asked if we minded them going straight in ahead of us. "No problem" said hubby "but best to wait until the boat in the tunnel exits"
Said boat exited a few minutes later - he either jumped the lights by a country mile or dawdled!
Came through today and it took us 30 mins because we were following a hire boat. Was a pain as I was on tickover most of the way. At least its a straight tunnel so you can see if anything is still in the tunnel. Wish they would do something about the landing on the south side, you need a ladder to get off your boat. A ledge would help.
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The genuine Vetus filter used to have (probably still does) a second number - KC44/1
KC44 is a Mahle Knecht part number for a filter with a plastic drain plug; and it seems that after a little research that the KC44/1 is the same filter with a metal drain plug.
The Baldwin part number being BF587D.
Steve (Eeyore)
Thanks Steve
Voulenteers and signage
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Might eventually meet up with some of you if your in Blisworth for the weekends festivities