Dottyshirl

Well got the lovely Scenescence home, now to make her beautiful ......

Urban Dictionary: obsequious www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=obsequious To use excess flattery. aka: kissing ass, aka: brown nosing. I see, nobody kissed my ass ! But thank you for your explanation of the forum responses, I value your advice, it is hard to ignore somebody who sets out to upset people, but I will try to do from now on x

Not true ! I only asked a question... I thought that was an ok thing to do here, with the amount of flack received to many peoples posts, it is a wonder anyone would trouble some of you. By the way I did figure it out and succeeded in my quest, thanks for all the good replies xxxxxx One of the voices in my head helped me out by the way ha ha ha

Just a Goyt Mill, half way there. Don't be worrying about Badger x too early for wine ..... or is it ? Lol x Just having breakfast yum yum

Hi Betty xxx Through bosley locks yesterday, all in our favour whoop. Today will hopefully see us reach our destination on the Peak Forest Canal....... Better get t'tiller lol

Completed a little more of our journey, came through the Harecastle tunnel today and we're now on the Macclesfield canal all cozy and warm onboard, raining outside.

Lol

He's that nice is he ? I will figure the solo handling of lift/swing bridges. love my boat too much to sell her ....

Lovely advice back there.... "If you cannot figure it out, sell your boat"

Thanks "furness vale" you are always helpful x

Glad I read this Harecastle is our next stint, how long does it take to pass through ?

Thanks for ALL the replies and sharing your knowledge plus the video was great to watch x

The advice offered regarding using the ropes is great and I thank you, as a new boater this is daunting for me but I will figure this situation out and I will deal with it, in my perfect world there would be places to moor on both sides ..... But on the mechanism sides makes more sense to me xxxxx thanks for all the positive replies xxxxx So babe, you should have or could have said "hey dotty you dotty bird read the post Matty made, I could not take offence at that. I like you Dog House and always will x

Exactly no one hardly uses the bridge, I wish we could exchange advice on here without sarcasm or trying to belittle somebody for missing a post !

Thanks x Don't be so grumpy for goodness sake !!!

Has it honestly not twigged or are you being mischievous? You'd moor on towpath side, wind the bridge up a bit (so the car is blocked, but you can get back to the boat), then ask the motorist to wind it up (make sure you're on the correct side - so you can get back to the boat!), you drive the boat though, then get the motorist to wind it down again. Of course, it would only work if the motorist was approaching from the side of the mechanism, otherwise there is no incentive for them to stop and help you. Ha ha ha oh you little tinker ...... So I clamber out of the cut because I always fall in, I get the motorist to do the deed ... He then he launches the windlass back to me, which causes me severe head wound AND I end up in the cut yet again ..... Some plan man x Oh Dog House where has your humility gone ? Grandad x

Meaning I would have to ask him to drive my boat..... Or carry me over the canal ha ha yet me and the car driver would probably be on the same side of the canal looking at me boat on the other side ha ha

Yes ?

This small mooring is on the other side of the bridge, I (in theory) am still stuck on the mechanism/offside with my boat not yet through the bridge, so this mooring would be great to open the bridge to pass from the other side but I would still be moored with a boat that I have brought through the bridge where I could not then get back to the mechanism to drop it ...

My boat is 62ft and very heavy to get moving, it just puzzles me how I do it, please don't stress yourselves, I think I would go in the local pub, ply someone with drink and they would help me ........ No that would not work I would just end up staying in the pub too long and still go back to boat alone lol x

If I moor on the left, cross this bridge, lift it, how do I get back on me boat if I'm on me own x will search for answers x

Please forgive me if I am being more Dotty than usual .... On the peak forest canal there is a lift bridge, you approach and there are mooring bollards on the left, you get off the boat and cross the bridge as the lifting mechanism is on the other side of the canal, you lift the bridge .... How do you get back on the boat if you are a single-handed boater ? There is also a swing bridge with the mechanism on the other side of the canal ......