Berengaria

By modern do you mean pre 1989?

I'm calling CRT and reporting you for bridge-hopping

Not yet but I'll be back there this weekend so I'll have a word then I was there yesterday afternoon actually but couldn't see anyone about so I decided to have a few Scrumpies on the back of the boat instead

I think it was actually that they "should" be allowed to consume them but *only* if they're safely contained in yoghurt pots.

I love the Brasenose but fancied a change Trojan is looking peachy though!

Couple of years ago the Red Lion at Cropredy closed at 8:30pm on a Sunday night because, I quote "Everyone's gone to the Brasenose as they have a band on...." Brilliant. We went to the Brasenose too lol.

I always imagined it would be like slowly hitting a giant samosa....crunchy on the outside, soft in the middle.

Yeah I was concerned that I'd be so busy making sure Nina got off the bow safely on the bank that I'd be met by the crunch of fibreglass in between my hull and the armco. I don't know if fibreglass scratches blacking or not Nice to see you again the other day btw Mike

I recently had an interesting time with my header tank. After a split seal which caused complete loss of water and an overheated engine, I topped up the header tank again with water and AF. A week later, I noticed the engine was creeping over its usual 80 degrees temperature. Another top up of the header tank and all was well. A week later, and the engine crept over the 80 degrees again to nearly 100. Topped up the header tank again. This happened 3 times in total and so I thought naturally I'd got a leak. However, the fourth time I went to fill it up, it took very little water to top it up! Ever since, it's been fine requiring no further top ups....I can only assume that the earlier 'fillings' weren't in fact 'fillings', even though it bubbled over the top of the filler cap... I concluded that there must have been an airlock somewhere and only by these repeated toppings up is it now, actually full!

Hahaha My main concern was that several of them were in the water ducking under their canoes and popping up the other side - add to this a boat at the water point, a boat approaching from the other direction, and me needing to moor up immediately after the bridge and it was like level 28 of a 30 level video game

I'm aware that it's a good place to get in and out of canoes if you don't fancy walking, but this wasn't what was happening.

Cropredy was interesting yesterday - just after the lock at the water point there were a dozen or so children in canoes dicking about by the towpath, not even rowing, but just jumping in and out and generally mucking about. This is SLAP bang next to the lock gates and a very narrow bridge, with a busy water point and winding hole, and boats moored on both sides of the cut. I don't want to come across all Victor Meldrew because I believe everyone should be able to enjoy the canals, but given the location and the fact there were at least two adults I could see supposedly in charge, it's a dangerous combination. There were boats trying to moor up to wait for the water point to become free, boats turning, and a constantly in use lock....why on earth they couldn't move 200 yards down the canal to a quieter part is beyond me...

Of course it is appreciated, that's why you appreciated my opinions with the comment above. Responses such as that are not an aid to debate, in my opinion.

What's the canal equivalent of a stinger in case they make a 6mph break for it.

Might take Beren into Banbury for the weekend and sample the delights of whatever pubs are still open!

I thought the RMP were stationed in Uxbridge?

YOU BLEW HIS COVER!

This would make much more sense if the canals weren't run by a government approved charity. What's next, we attack their offices en masse wearing V For Vendetta masks and demand they release their alien hoverboat technology? Anyone with a CC license DOES walk (and boat) a mile in their shoes hopefully every 14 days - I'm signed up to the same contract they are...perhaps they should try walking a mile in the shoes of the thousands of people who struggle but succeed in moving their boats no matter what the weather, expense or personal circumstance? It works both ways.

Allow me to paraphrase. Cart are working for the Illuminati

Holy smoke Ahhh, you were being nasty all along. Gotcha

Help what? To understand the problem at Uxbridge? You've lost me lol

Yeah I thought the same lol

If time allowed I'd be all too happy, and I appreciate the offer....but to be honest I don't need to be personally familiar with people in need to feel compassion for them - I mean I regularly donate to Amnesty but I don't have any Syrian refugees in my address book or regularly around the boat for tea and crumpets

Hmm well I know Uxbridge, my wife is from 'kind of' that area but no not any of the boaters to speak to personally.

It's ok. Heavy handed was a quote from an earlier post that's all But I do honestly think there's room for both compassion and consequences in these kinds of situations. I realise that a lot of people are putting a lot of time and effort into solving this problem but it gets a bit tiresome when every time someone suggests a bit of tough love you get jumped on as if you just suggested the guilty parties relinquish their first born as punishment.