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Hi, If anyone wants to share the locks going down the Wigan flight on Thursday 24th March at around 10am please get in touch.

With the leaks on this flight the flow will mean the event will probably be over in 10mins!!

We enjoy our farm mooring with our plastic rocket weekender boat, it's our little place in the country and at a tenner a week it's a bargain!!

Last time we came up the Wigan flight a young lout was hanging around one of the locks, I was on the boat with the Mrs doing the locks, I was worried! Can you guess what happened??? .... The Mrs gave the lad the windlass and made him do the lock, he loved every second of it and thanked her, he said he was bored and although he lived there he had never had the chance to operate a lock! I was shocked but it just shows that not all kids are the same and sometimes just give them a chance, however I have no doubt that she would have clouted him if he messed about!!!! We left the boat for 2 days in the middle of the flight and at the top lock with no problems whatsoever.

Thanks for the replies, I use satnav every day with my job and I didn't even think of it!! the coffin idea is good, once the fuel is used up it would be a good place for a)the wife b)the 15yr old were taking, bets are on for the first one I throw in there!! Calverly sounds good as I think they have a services with a shower along that stretch and because the heatwave is coming and we don't have a shower on the boat so showers maybe in as much demand as Petrol !!!

Hi, We have a trip planned aboard (aboard not abroad...shame!) our plastic fantastic jug from the Leeds Liverpool nr Wigan to the Llangollen using the bridgewater, T&M, Shroppy bits, now as we run on Petrol we have found it rather hard to come by within easy walking of the Canal on recent trips so to avoid mass panic I want to mark the available Petrol Stations on the BW (sorry CRT!!) guide maps. So the question is....to save hours of trawling google maps looking for suitable fill up points, can anyone pinpoint garages very near to the canal especially from Middlewich to Llangollen? Cheers and here's hoping the jet stream shifts soon!!

I've just used Jotun paint with international non slip additive, it went on just like a normal gloss, infact I wondered if the anti slip was there at all!! but as it dries the antislip seems to rise to the top and leaves an even finish as long as you apply it evenly!

Hi, I'm about to replace my battered wooden rubbing strake on my tupperware dream! it's the main strake where the upper and lower grp moulds meet. I've got hold of some white rubber D section with a blue insert that will look great as long as it's fixed properly! So.... the question is, has anyone any experience of fitting this and what is is the best method? I'm torn between self tappers and pop rivets?? I don't want a load of screws poking through the internal trim but worry that rivets will be a pain if they need replacing and may squash the rubber too much and deform it? Any advice appreciated!!

Hi, I'm about to replace my battered wooden rubbing strake on my tupperware dream! it's the main strake where the upper and lower grp moulds meet. I've got hold of some white rubber D section with a blue insert that will look great as long as it's fixed properly! So.... the question is, has anyone any experience of fitting this and what is is the best method? I'm torn between self tappers and pop rivets?? I don't want a load of screws poking through the internal trim but worry that rivets will be a pain if they need replacing and may squash the rubber too much and deform it? Any advice appreciated!!

I'll check tonight, but before I go to the Kirkless Inn....don't want to end up in there with him!!!

To put it politely, I think your head is stuck up your bottom and you need to ask yourself who has the social problem.

If they don't want it to move they should buy a house next to a canal instead!

( as of yesterday the dead fox is in the 2nd lock!! lovely to see...not! the gates/paddles etc are still leaking, also some of the gates need 2 people to push open/closed and it started raining at the 7th lock going up and didn't stop!

We left the boat there for 2 weeks early April and it looked like it was being demolished!!! and no progress/workmen over the 2wks!!

I would say its straight down the Shropshire Union, would be a shame to miss out the Langollen whilst you in the area though. Have a look at the downloadable boaters guides on waterscape.com for dimension restrictions etc, however we have found them to be a bit hit and miss, all the bridges that said they were low were ok and others were very tight on the headroom, have a look if the screen folds down aswell as the canopy and see what tools may be needed to do it.