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The Wellbeloved
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Warwick & Napton Canal
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Random poultry attack, you can’t make this up !
BD3Bill replied to BD3Bill's topic in General Boating
No. I had something round my prop earlier in the trans Leicester journey but didn’t moan about it as our large(ish) prop seems to miraculously shred/shed stuff, and indeed it did. Which was nice. -
Random poultry attack, you can’t make this up !
BD3Bill replied to BD3Bill's topic in General Boating
Yes I’m sure I’ve seen footage of frozen turkeys being fired at planes, I didn’t feel that threatened!😂 The lads throwing raw meat at me are the boneless ones ...... I just wanted to warn less able bodied folk of the possibility. 👍 -
Random poultry attack, you can’t make this up !
BD3Bill replied to BD3Bill's topic in General Boating
If they threw bags of coal instead that would work for me. 🤣 -
Random poultry attack, you can’t make this up !
BD3Bill replied to BD3Bill's topic in General Boating
Yes Mike, we’ve been at WFB nearly 3 years now. Still pop in and do some chainsaw work for GK occasionally. It’s got potential, the locals were very friendly to be fair . And I won’t let a bit of “silly behaviour “ spoil our enjoyment of a brilliant trip round the Leicester Ring. Absolutely loved the River Soar. -
Random poultry attack, you can’t make this up !
BD3Bill replied to BD3Bill's topic in General Boating
Fresh... ish See above That’s for the fishes to find out... bounced off into the cut. -
BD3Bill started following March of the Widebeams , Random poultry attack, you can’t make this up ! , Fazeley, Coventry, Trent & Mersey, River Soar, Leicester - what's this like? and 4 others
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Today in central Leicester, between PriorsMill and Castle Gardens two very large chicken/turkey breasts were thrown at our boat. One missed me by four feet, bouncing off the pigeon box , the other by yards, bouncing off the gangplank. I didn’t react, just kept looking ahead silently. This is not made up, be aware. I believe there was some stone throwers the other night in the same area.
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Hi David, this fascinating stuff, thank you. I did not know that. It makes complete sense to me now you explain as I understood that the very high quality of rock quarried here at Southam needed ‘watering down’ in the cement making process . I shall look forward to seeing more photos, top man. 👍
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Thanks for sharing this Brian, we are moored on the Kayes arm and I am fascinated by the industrial archeology here. They are still quarrying limestone in the area, it goes by road to the Rugby / Newbold? works, there is also an underground pipeline that I believe sends slurry there too. Nice photo David 👍
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The model was the 3000 , of 3 litres capacity. The earliest model was also called SuperDexta, which had a cartridge type oil filter rather than the later spin on type. I have a list of alternative oil filters , Beta ones are dear. Currently using a longer Bosch P4063.
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Some time later.... Thanks for this Tonka. You do know, of course, that the BD3/CRK3 is a Ford 3000 tractor engine .
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I am sure I will be corrected, but as I understand it the BSC requires no visible scorching. Our stove is 6 ft from the front doors incidentally. Incoming.....
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I do not have that fact.
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Fat boat now freed by Steve Powell and his team, navigation now clear at WFB . I asked Steve how he’d done it, “it’s a gift! “ he replied 🤣👍