Dave Payne
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On 19/03/2022 at 09:04, mrsmelly said:
Blimey David, what about Tik Tok? or whatever the ridiculous site is called. On morning news tuther dy some kid was introduced as a famous Tik Tok star ffs. Then theres Twatter, established solely for Twats. The list is endless. We need a couple of Canal world superstars, then we might in a year or two have a couple of silly Baftas awarded to members 🤣
Slating social media posters, but has 17.k post on a social media site.
Oh you have to 🤣
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4 hours ago, Loddon said:
A sawn off 410 works well and is easy to conceal 😱
Proper scary that..
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5 hours ago, matty40s said:
There is something strange about this, its supposed to be working with Tadcaster which is now part of Jules Fuels, but not working with Jules??
Anyhow, I dont think they will last the Winter having just moved off a very 2010ish all mod cons boat.
Did she spend time working on a fuel boat last summer though, im sure she is fully aware of the life ahead.
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On 24/10/2021 at 08:06, Dave123 said:
Some people commented on Facebook about this, apparently the farmer has been in discussions with CRT for a year or more about this. They claim it's not coming from the canal...
Dropping some dye into the canal would put an end to the discussion surely..
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I moored in Coventry basin a few years ago, a boat came in and was heading into the arm on the right, steerer shouted 'Oxford this way' and pointed ahead.
She looked sheepish when having to wind and head back the way she had come.
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Yup, seems the worse part was around the area of the Signal box pub when i went down a few weeks ago.
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There is a boat that that cleans up on the cov, Panther i think its called.
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25 minutes ago, Athy said:
If so, thank the Lord they kept them shut when they walked along the Cov through Nuneaton.
To be fair this year the Nuneaton stretch has been cleaner than previous years, i passed through early Saturday morning.
The usual spots around cock and bear winding hole and back of Judkins were not great though.
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I wonder if the person who checked the five and half actually walked it with eyes open!
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ooooo another boat vlog, how have i managed to miss this one, its not like there is an abundance of them on Youtube.
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2 hours ago, MtB said:
It is beginning to look to me as though CRT have employed someone who knows little about canals to design and erect signage willy-nilly to "promote the CRT brand", so many of these pointless signs we have now.
My own example was a little blue sign saying "Life's better by water" screwed to the brickwork of an accomodation bridge in a place where only pedestrians crossing the bridge were likely to spot it.
They put a lovely one up on the outskirts of Nuneaton, the worst place to spend money on anything, it got burnt and spray painted over in days, another waste of money.
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Nice new blue sign next to lock 6 on the Atherstone flight, points towards lock 5, says 'Atherstone Locks - 5 Mins'
Handy that as I was wondering where the flight was.
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If you crack it open there is a little rolled up treasure map inside, telling you the location of one eyed willies lost ship, full of booty!
arrgghh!
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BSS doesn't look for these things, crazy!
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On 27/08/2021 at 08:32, cuthound said:
Looks like CRT have added paddle boards to their maintence fleet! 🤣😂
They were loading that lot up on the vans Thursday afternoon when i used the services at Grendon, nice to see a quick fix, but is it another plaster applied?
Lock 17 on the T&M has a ratchet strap wrapped it to keep it together, been like it for three months, lock 14 on the T&M is leaking badly from the top gate, you can see why when you open the top paddles, boats get pulled in that fast you cant stop so hit the gate, unless of course you open the paddles one click at a time.
Maybe instead of signs telling everyone apart from boaters that its great by water, they could put some simple signs up at certain locks telling people the way the lock reacts, its ok if you have been through it before, but for first timers its always difficult to judge a lock.
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And of course locks 8-9 are dreadful still, leaking badly from all gates and draining the pounds.
Been like it for near two years.
£45m being spent to keep towpaths open for walkers/cyclists and other non boating stuff i ready today.
Life's better by water though.
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Glad we went down last friday now...
It keeps swaying open that one and seems to drop when you get near to closing, wonder if that has anything to do with it..
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15 hours ago, JamesWoolcock said:
CRT Board of Tustees had a meeting on 23rd July at Coventry Canal Basin and as it happened I was moored up just outside (!) which gave me the opportunity to collar Richard Parry and Julie Sharman, the latter of whom was visibly quite irritated at the Trust's local chap's explanation as to why the CRT bins were no longer there and available. Without going into detail, so was I.
So they may well be back if a few folks on here email CRT regarding their disappearance!
That's good then, its fine if you only spend a night or two down the end, but two weeks and your rubbish starts stinking this time of year!
Not sure using the council rubbish bins are a good idea, not the ones in the compound, the littler ones.
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There are no rubbish bins now at the basin, Hawkesbury is your only option.
Crazy!
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3 minutes ago, David Mack said:
I once rescued a sheep from the River Avon. The poor thing looked as if it had been there for some time and was close to expiring. It was quite a struggle to get close enough to get hold of it, and then to drag it up the steep muddy bank. All the while it is gasping as if it was breathing its last.
And then, once I got it onto terra firma it bounded off without a care in the world, as if nothing had happened!
Ungrateful beast!!
That's because you didn't film it!
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Fair play to them.
But i always wonder why people feel the need to film such things, do your deed and get on with your day.
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1 hour ago, tehmarks said:
Sounds fascinating — are you able to elaborate?
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Not sure they had the getsapo running the locks with limited hours 150 years ago...
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Just open a booking system on the web for the busy flights in summer months.
Not really hard is it.
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I sold up last November, had a great seven years on the cut, i am glad i did now due to the rising costs not just on the cut but at home, would have been a struggle and hard to justify the cost of owning a boat just to use every other weekend and a couple of weeks a year.
Plus i sold for a lot more than i paid for it!