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13 minutes ago, Orwellian said:
Do avoid further ill-informed speculation here's the definitive advice https://www.land-registry-documents.co.uk/news-blog/claiming-adverse-possession-of-land/
We can all Google "Adverse Possession" and then make a pompous statement. Several of the posters on this subject have demonstrated that they have more than a superficial understanding of the legslation. So far you have failed to demonstrate that you are amongst them.
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46 minutes ago, Barneyp said:
The law has been tightened up in recent years, as I understand it you need to prove you have occupied the property continuously for the 12 years, obviously you can go out for the day or even have the occasional holiday but you can't just visit it occasionally to claim occupation. And there must have been no objection to you being there from the actual landowner for the whole 12 years, even if they just send a letter asking you to vacate it would reset the clock on the 12 years.
Certain types of land are exempt, and the right to moor on a canal is clearly a completely separate issue.
It is my recollection that you always needed to occupy or use the land continiously and unchallenged to claim adverse possession. What I believe may have changed is the lenth of time, which I seem to recall used to be 21 years.
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2 minutes ago, Tonka said:
A proper Gypsy moves around with their caravan and when they leave you would not know where they had been. The site was clean and tidy. There used to be one often by the side of the Banbury to Southam road. You probably passed it a few times going to the boat
There are many Romany families who live in a house, there are also many who live permanently in a van on dedicated sites. There was permanent site less than a mile from our house back in the 1950's /60's, and I knew some of the residents who bred and trained horses. More recently I remember a site in Banbury next to the canal towpath, opposite the foundry. When we last passed through it was less than tidy, and the noise (Language) did the residents no credit. -
3 hours ago, magnetman said:
One wonders if established use of the land for storage of random shite might eventually make the land yours after a certain amount of time.
From recollection you have to have used land which you do not own for a period of 12 years unchallenged by the rightful owner under the adverse possssion rules. Where I used to live on the outskirts of London there were quite a few unoccupied building plots which had been purchased before WW11, but were never claimed after the war ended. There were three plots almost opposite our house and one of the neighbours kept chickens on two of them, after about twenty years he registered it as his own land and sold it for development.
3 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:The problem with slums is that they ARE tolerated by society, same as crap estates. It takes a revolution in planning to get rid of them and supply decent housing and living conditions.
If the latter aren't being provided by society, and are actively destroyed as a matter of policy (such as "right to buy") then society is quite happy for a fair proportion of its inhabitants to live in slums. After all, there's lots of money to be made providing them.
PS I think you'll find that the word "pikey" is frowned on in this forum. The usual term is "traveller". Educational, isn't it, this place?
I think you actually mean "New Age Traveller". The term "Traveller" is a generic one used by the Gypsy Community to describe Travelling People of Romany descent, and they disaprove of their historic description being used by by people who they would describe as Gorgers, or Gorgos.
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45 minutes ago, magnetman said:
I believe @Heartland was referring to the possibility that someone with 'attitude' had arrived on the canal with no intention of ever paying for a licence or being concerned with boat safety or insurance. This does happen from time to time and it is reasonably interesting to think about how long it takes to resolve/get rid.
This would obviously be a different topic to someone who through the ravages of ageing and perhaps poor decision making gradually ended up on an unlicensed boat despite initially being compliant and relatively well organised.
If it was the latter, "which appears to be the case", the best route is for them to be encouraged to accept assistance from the social services whose job it is to help house those who are in trouble.
Removing the boat is the right solution for this for a number of different reasons.
Removing the tent and all associated artifacts from the CRT land adjacent to the canal is also the right solution but presumably requires a different legal process.
On Friday Heartland posted that there was a video made ten years ago interviewing Bradford on Avon Boaters, and that Mr Ward stated that he had previously been a traveller, who had bought a boat. So hardly in the catagory you suggest, of having initially being a compliant boater.
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37 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said:
Sorry, I made the mistake of imagining people could think.
He can't claim benefits to pay for the mooring he wants because CRT won't charge him for a mooring where he wants it.
If CRT charged him officially to moor there, he could claim the money off his benefits, so CRT gets money, he still in effect pays nothing, the only difference is that CRT have some dosh, instead of spending a stack of it to get rid of him, leaving all the others dossers laughing.
Canals were a commercial enterprise, they could be again. There's a big demand for cheap housing in towns, and builders aren't going to provide it, so where there's a canal it's a golden opportunity for cheap moorings. You could even restrict them to benefit claimants while the rich have the marinas. No dafter than stuffing refugees into barges.
It isn't as simple as that. Whether C&RT charge or not is irrelevant, they cannot permit anyone to moor residentially on the section between Bradford Wharf and Avoncliffe because previous applications for residential moorings on that stretch of Canal have been refused by the Planning Authority, it is a somewhat contentious issue amongst local residents.
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4 hours ago, Higgs said:I think it should be clear as to where CRT has authority, it doesn't seem to have registered that is not on private property. Where there is no statutory authorisation of CRT. But that doesn't seem to matter, to most of the people who want to hammer this one guy.
As someone who has lived in the area for more than forty years, with some legal knowledge of the K&A Canal, I can assure you that the land currently occupied by George Ward at "Smelly Bridge" between the towpath and the boundary fence of Barton Farm Country Park is owned by C&RT. It is not private property, so please stop deliberately referring to "Private Property" in an attempt to throw doubt on the land's legal status.
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1 hour ago, GUMPY said:
Interesting, I did a Google check as to who owned Wickes and it still came back as TP.
Deleted : Repeated the information given by GUMPY
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All the Travis Perkins yards around here store their timber in single random lengths in open racks in a well aired indoor store. and have done so for years. Wickes timber was a reasonable quality twenty years age, but these days, since Travis Perkins sold them off, it is poor quality with numerous knots and shakes all tied in bundles which spring all over the place when unwrapped. The stuff that B&Q sell these is very similar to Wickes, and is always undersized.
20 minutes ago, Puffling said:Also factor in Wickes' free delivery on a day you nominate. I had no trouble getting them to drop off materials at a specified bridge number, and the driver even offered to carry to my boat.
Not had plywood from Wickes but Atlantic Timber ply was flat and didn't warp.
Personally.I prefer to select my timer myself rather than rely on the store, which depends heavily on the competence of the picker.
12 minutes ago, David Schweizer said:The other company which I sometimes use, especially for sheet materials is Sydenhams in Keynsham, goood quality and often in sizes which are nor more generally available, and they cut it for a reasonable fee.
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I would never purchase tongue and groove timber for boat fitting from Wickes or B&Q, the quality is poor and the moisture content is often so high that it warps and twists once properly dry. I used a lot of 6" x1" matchboard (T&G with chamfered edges) for the bulkheads and fitted furniture on Helvetia, and always got it from Travis Perkins. I had an arrangement with them that if any board warped or split after three months in dry storage before fitting, they would replace it free of charge. I only ever needed to take one board back.
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45 minutes ago, David Mack said:
Isn't that one of the purposes? Reducing the financial attraction of CCing. And increasing the demand for moorings will in turn (over time) support the development of more offline marinas, so there will be fewer boats moored online.
Something like twenty years ago BW had a stated policy to reduce on line moorings in favour of marina moorings, and started to reduce their own on line moorings. Our on line mooring was one of the victims of this policy, but fortunately we were able to find a better private land off side mooring. Our original BW mooring reverted to standard default 14 day towpath mooring, and rapidly became full of moored boats which were not paying a mooring fee. I think BW soon realised that they had shot themselves in the foot, not reducing on line moorings in a popular location, and no longer raising any revenue from mooring fees. The policy seemed to die a quiet death.
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On 14/07/2023 at 09:45, Tonka said:
https://dcs-ind.com/2014/06/19/your-home-the-science-of-electrostatic-painting-on-wrought-iron/
Found it electrostatic painting
Apparently you get electric paint sprayers
More than fifty years ago, when I worked in the furniture industry, we used electrostatic paint to enamel metal chair frames. Basicly the frames were suspended on an overhead gantry, and a current run through them, the paint, which is in powder form was then sprayed onto the frames. They were then carried on the gantry into a heated booth, "melting" the powder into paint which adhered to the frames. Any paint powder which fell to the floor of the spraying booth was collected and re-cycled back into the powder tank.
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On 11/07/2023 at 09:56, MtB said:
My comment was very tongue-in-cheek. Mainly because I'm as poor as a church mouse myself compared to some on here, and like some prime ministers I don't even have even one little country mansion at my disposal.
Not a Mansion, Just this little place in rural Great Bedwyn
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58 minutes ago, MtB said:
Stand by for an avalanche of posts saying soldering joints is a recipe for trouble!
Meanwhile back here in the real world, plenty of people find it works fine.
If soldered terminals fail, it is usually because it is not done correctly. You need to use proper traditional solder with flux, and fully tin the cable first, getting it really hot, before attempting to connect the terminal. It requires a great more skill than a crimping device, but people are always looking for a quick and easy result these days. The soldered battery cables terminals on Helvetia were still sound after twenty years.
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38 minutes ago, jake_crew said:
For battery terminals you need a hydraulic tool. Various are available on Ebay for around £100. I can't recommend a make as such as the one I used was ex British Rail.
I soldered mine with a gas torch, they never failed.
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Have you considered one of these:- £5.95 from ebay
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2 hours ago, Ronaldo47 said:
Aerolite 306 wood glue is strong and waterproof. I don't know if it is still available though. I got my last pack from Axminster Tools a few years ago.. I have been told that the original Cascamite is waterproof , but haven't tried it myself.
You are correct Cascamite is waterproof, ironic as is a white powder which you mix in water. I haven't used it in years, and gave my last tin to a friend who was repairing a wooden Sash window. Aerolite 306 is still available but is twice the price of Cascamite.
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16 hours ago, RLWP said:
And to reinforce what everyone else has already said - they are difficult to bleed. Especially if you've not done one of these before
The 1.5 is worse...
Richard
An interesting oservation. We had a BMC 1.5 in Helvetia, and once, by mistake, I left the fuel tap closed and ran the engine, until it suddenly died. Another boater on our moorings told me that the BMC fuel pump was self priming, and suggested that I opened the fuel tap and wound the engine to bleed it, which I did, not expecting anything to happen, and suddenly the engine burst into life. In the twenty years we had Helvetia, I never bled the fuel pump. Even when I changed the fuel filter, I just wound the engine with a couple of injectors slightly open, and often it started, spurting fuel all over the place!
Below is a photo of the pump taken during the engine re-build, which I assume was the standard original equipment ! So question, are some BMC pumps self priming or was I just lucky?
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6 minutes ago, Bee said:
And a metric adjustable then you'll be able to tackle anything. To be honest unless you have some ancient machinery you will not really need them, I've got all sorts of sockets and ring spanners and if I can't lay my hands on the right metric spanner I might find some sort of spanner that I can hammer on a nut that 'fits' (Don't tell real engineers though)
If you have a vintage engine in your boat, you will almost certainly need a set of whitworth spanners. I still need them for the maintenance of my two old Lawnmowers.
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As a follow on to my earlier post, the best spanners to look for are Britool, which are still made, but horrendously expensive, mine are more than 55 years old and are still in excellent condition. You could look out for Heyco, which are still made in Germany, but quite expensive new. A very good make which have not been made since the 1970;s is Bedford, who were probably better known for their Files and rasps, but they also made pretty high quality spanners, which you should be able to find in boot sales.
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One of your problems is that no one (well hardly anyone) uses Whitworth spanners these days, so a really good new set will cost you back a couple of hundred quid, even an accptable quaity set will cost something in the region of sixty pounds. I would suggest that you either need to lower your speciofication, or scour boot sales where you should be able to find a good set rescued from "Grandad's Garage" for a few pounds.
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We often moored alone on a quiet stretch, and never had any negative experiences, unless you count a farmer starting to combine wheat in the field ajacent to the towpath at eight in the evening. As the wind was blowing all the chaff towards the canal, we did actually move to alongside the next field which had already been cut.
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7 hours ago, blackrose said:
Isn't PVA water soluble?
Only when it is still in useable condition. When dry all pva gues will resist moisture up to a point, but to be certain use a water resistant type. I use Titebond 11 Premium, which is water resistant, not cheap or easy to find, but much better than the usual DIY pva glues.
Added to warn: No wood glues (including PVA) will resist a constantly wet environment if applied to a porous substrate, such as wood.
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3 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:
I think most of us out there floating about are too worried about how and whether we are going to get home to care too much about people playing with old 70 footers. The history of the canals is fascinating , that of old boats less so. What really concerns most forum members is the future of the system, not its past, and whether it actually has one.
My original post sought to respond to the observation made by Alan Fincher and only referred to the historic aspects of the canals, making no specific reference to working boats. Other posters may have made assumptions, but it is not helpful if people attempt to put words into my mouth.
More robust that a padlock? Best(er) ways to lock a boat
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We also had very substantial bolts locking the back cabin doors and slide, with access via the substantial hardwood single front door which had a 5 lever mortice lock bolting into a steel frame. Didn't stop Mr Finch from gaining acess via a window smashed with a mooring pin!!