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£ 2400 ?????? Man, get some really good waterproofs instead!

What day are you hoping to make keadby?

I saw his original boat brass rivet up for sale this year . As you say, he was hogging the services every weekend when we were around there last year, his customers used to leave the toilets in a right state. I think his plan is for the wide beam to become a restaurant boat

Nah, can't of.

As I said , is he at the services below the lock?

Is he selling from his own mooring now or still hogging the services?

Nice one, can only imagine it's someone's great idea who has never been anywhere near Selby lock!

How will it work, what with the Ouse being tidal? It's a bastard of a lock as it is, let alone without a lock keeper. As has been said, utter madness

That's a great idea! It happens a lot in Thorne and Barnby dun in south Yorkshire so chaining on is a must

Mate, my boats a ex hire boat that was really well maintained and serviced by the hire company and it's still smashed to shit, forget yor plan

My old grandad used to say he had a bath once a week wether he needed one or notMy old grandad used to say he had a bath once a week wether he needed one or not Bloody echo!

Get them into production. Proper belt and braces engineering, bang on

Well done that man on the Thorne/ Hatfield peat moors.

Get the heaviest danforth anchor you can lift, you will need to deploy it in an emergency so no good if it's too big but equally useless if too small, make sure it's got at least 6ft of heavy chain, don't count that in the weight, it will follow the anchor overboard on it's own! I also have mine on the back next to me with the rope tied to the front of out narrowboat with the rope stored neatly so it won't catch on anything when on the Trent, i want it in the water pronto if the shit hits the fan

Can't you wait until your moored up for a drink?

No, you have totally lost me there

Since when was dressing in camo gear a sign of wrong doing?

Just fired ours up in the Siberian wasteland that is Yorkshire

Even if you have to buy fuel for fire you are still burning less than trying to heat even a small house

A lot of us are on the bones of our arse's and still love this way of life, it's well worth a few 'sacrifices'

The way I see it is this, how hard a life is it living in a Marina with all services? Surely roughly as hard as living in a house? The other thing is heating, how many oap's cannot afford to heat their houses and are having to decide on heat or food? It wont happen on a boat, coats pence really to heat the boat.

That's the answer!