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2 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
You're right. Named by Josiah Wedgwood for his pottery, where some of the designs were based on Etruscan styles. Nearly all gone now. Being beside the new canal was important, as it reduced breakages of finished pots being transported. Wedgwood was one of the leading people behind the building of the T&M canal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruria_Works
and I think this little circular building is all that remains of the factories and estate.
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no continous moorers preventing you mooring at Etruria?
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11 hours ago, dmr said:
Nah, Ive just paid £4.80 for another one of the Cloudwater beers and it was very good, but still lots of stuff at £3.80.
I was right then 😃
2x £3.80
1 hour ago, Machpoint005 said:No, you'll just want someone else's kids to look after you in your dotage.
Is it a duty to produce off spring? Am I now a freeloader for not having them?
Cor blimey can’t do anything right these’d days
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£10 for two pints in the Crown by Limehouse Basin, eastend pub.
£13 and more in the jewellery quarter in Brum,and £7.60 in Tod, I’m led to believe.
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37 minutes ago, IanD said:
Which is of course where many boaty visitors to London would like to moor, for obvious reasons. And they used to be able to without the problems they have trying to do this today since the number of moored boats has gone up so much. I've seen how the numbers have increased over the last 30 years I've lived here near the canal and especially the last ten years and the difference is huge, even in the suburbs where I am.
As I said, if you're willing to moor further out (sometimes a *lot* further...) and away from shops/buses/railways there's plenty of space. But understandably many would prefer to moor either near these facilities or further in, and that's where the problem lies. And it didn't use to be like this... 😞
and possibly 30 years ago you could find parking space in London,
and some kind soul would give you a push when your battery’s flat
🤷♀️
such is life,
if some have found a ‘loop hole’ to live in London I can’t blame them.
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3 minutes ago, IanD said:
It's resident-friendly but in many cases visitor-unfriendly... 😞
have you visited by boat and if so what’s been your experience?genuine question not looking to argue.
I found coming through to Paddington there were at least two stretches of visitor moorings left unoccupied. I’ll have to look on map to say exactly where but if I remember right both before reaching the Paddington arm for the Basin.
It seemed much more congested in the Eastend.
I was surprised how lock landings (bar one) were left free and water points were not squatted.
Possibly the amount of tourists was a little irritating. Sitting in the way at lock landings with the obligatory coffees (when they should have an ice cream with flake)
and of course when someone is moving they have all day to do the one lock 😂 in a lazy cool continental what’s the hurry manner,
“But Ive come from Cowley mate and want to get to Limehouse.”
where’s Cowley ? they say.
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I’ve heard the many horror stories of Tottenham.
When I came through Tottenham lock on Monday it absolutely threw down the rain and the wind blew fierce. Worst 10min of weather I’ve experienced when boating but kind of fun. And I lost me cap to the wind.
Had no choice to sit for 10min while it blew itself out. And then bright sunshine!On my return journey I’m looking forward to seeing more of the London boating and finding out how it all ‘works’. I’m interested in spending time at Hackney Wick.
And perhaps St Pancreas.
Any pointers, recommendations or advice is welcome 👍
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8 minutes ago, Tonka said:
And the fender is always the same size.
If the bank is low you will want to lower the fender to stop it riding up. If it is a wooden piled mooring the piles can be higher then the gunwales so you need to shorten the rope
Ok
…in that case there is a knot that will shorten a rope and then easily un pull. Dunno what the knot is mind.
my gunnels are quite low and often go beneath a concrete ledge, I keep a small wheel which does the job of keeping me off.
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YouTube it,
very easy,
I like the hemp
looking stuff, I dunno maybe 8mm? 6mm?
2 minutes ago, Tonka said:So the banks will always be the same height when you moor. Never going to moor against piles like on the Thames
Am I being thick?I don’t get what you mean by that,
the gunnels are always the same distance from the hand rail?
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is that a hook that goes on the hand/grab rail?
and can be moved about?
I think I might splice the rope on if so
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44 minutes ago, PaulJ said:
Though to be fair it was also they only place Ive ever been robbed too 😀
what happened there then?any tips, in hind sight was there something you could have done to avoid it?
Ive had bikes pinched off the top purely because I’d neglected to lock them once
once in Brum and once in Nottingham
4 minutes ago, IanD said:Well not to you, it's a waste of effort. Byee...
why are you such an angry man?the earlier comment was regarding the apparent friendliness of the London boaters in response to someone who might be nervous/cautious/wary about mooring next to them.
But you turn it round to suit your political agenda.
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1 minute ago, PaulJ said:
Lol Glad you explained that. 😀
I expect he’ll explain it again before the day is out.
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Just now, cuthound said:
To be fair, you being a continuous cruiser in every sense of the phrase, it does give you a very large back yard...
It does for sure,
but I’m very much not a Southerner, it’s always felt like a different world to me down here,
as if it’s someone else’s back yard 😃
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1 minute ago, frangar said:
Thus proving those in london have no respect for others…I’d also rather not tie up to a boat of unknown pedigree….both the boat and occupier.
I’m neither defending or attacking them,
but yes, just like anywhere it makes sense to be cautious,
but I would say doubling up with the majority of boats around central London would probably not be an issue,
on the whole they appear to be a friendly bunch
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3 hours ago, Captain Pegg said:
The NBTA is the opposite extreme of many here, it’s not the “association of boaters without a home mooring”.
Exactly so,
and why people always connect an overstayer with the NBTA always puzzles me,
especially as overstaying will inevitably increase when home moorers come out for the season,
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Today, Lee Navigation, another Goliath
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14 hours ago, frangar said:
There are bookable moorings to allow visiting boats a hopefully guaranteed spot…maybe a few more of those would help
I can’t say how frequent it happens but I have heard from one boater who had paid to go Paddington Basin how they had to turf someone out of their spot,
it’s most likely pretty common or standard practise to squat them without paying while not being used,
the eco moorings I passed all seemed to be occupied,
looking on line would tell me if they were booked or no,
5 hours ago, Paul C said:I am not sure if you meant MtB or the non-moving boater as the idiot
I was referring to mtb who was referring to himself as feeling like an idiot
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…and because you’re an idiot I get a surcharge?
You say one boat after another,
that suggests the boats are moving?
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15 minutes ago, Francis Herne said:
It seems a meaningless question to me (as a continuous cruiser myself).
If people consistently move just once every 14 days, to my mind they'd have to move many miles each time to be in the spirit of things.
If you're travelling hundreds of miles overall and feel like moving a few yards around the corner one time, who cares?
It would matter if CRT tried to rigidly police every movement in isolation, but they don't. Taken over months it's obvious who's really moving and who's shuffling.
Yes, I tend to agree,
and having a law that says “in the spirit of things” is something I (we?) can enjoy and be ok with,
Its a pretty good law ain’t it?
perhaps there’s them that can’t deal with it,
for some either abuse it or some simply resent the idea of it 🤷♀️
I believe most get on with it
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1 minute ago, Peanut said:
Well, yes 1000 moorings at £10,000 pa would raise ten million, which would help, but where would everyone else moor? Or would it just move the problem further out.
as long as they don’t go Tipton I’m not bothered,Ive realised this week I am a NIMBYist.
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5 minutes ago, Paul C said:
They can’t break the law just because of a lack of moorings in their particular chosen area.
but that’s the argument, what’s an ‘area’?how far does one have to move to comply to the 14 day rule?
there’s long been a chase for that answer but there’s nothing but vague answers that have moving goal posts,
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Just now, frangar said:
How about they pay say £8-10k for a towpath mooring in london. CRT get the cash they need. They get a mooring. After all they are all for the love of the cut…not trying to have others subside their lifestyle or anything
if it were an option I think there’d be plenty of takers,
2 minutes ago, Peanut said:Sorry, I have every sympathy with your plight, but like everyone else, you have to make other arrangements, not just break the rules. (;
Not my plight matey,
I don’t want no kids
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Well yeah, seems simple,
but what if there’s no residential moorings available?
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go on their website and find out,
but I’d hazard a guess they oppose a surcharge for those without a home mooring,
and they have always said they don’t want the license to rise more than inflation,
it’s all pretty simple,
and surprisingly they have always accepted the 14 day rule,
…but have raised objections to it too for particular reasons,
having kids in school on the K&A is an obvious one,
the BIG argument has long been about the distance to travel, place to place or whatever,a distance that CRT can’t really put a number on, for whatever reason,
Boatyard on or near the Caldon Canal
in Moorings & Marinas
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Quick Google throws up some images of what it may have looked like
Samuel Smiles book on Wedgewood is a good read.
I vaguely remember the story of Wedgewood having his leg cut off at the age of 37(?), he’d put it off for years but eventually accepted it had to come off.
and didn’t he copy a piece of Etruscan pottery so exactly that it was impossible to tell the difference between the two?