Dave Payne

Usual harsh comments on here from the usual crowd... I got caught out by the winter closures a couple of years ago, my first winter, had to reverse a good way and go back up some locks in reverse to wind. 5 weeks though is not to bad, just stay there for two weeks, then go back a mile or so for two weeks then go back to the lock for a week, you might get a mail from CRT, but if you then carry on after the lock is open and put some distance in, you will be fine.

The Punk IPA was also £5, but not as bad as £6 for 330ml on a flight last year!

How much more?

£5 for a pint of doombar in the summer down that way.. Ill take my own next time.

I didnt think the 20 years old sounded right, so i got in touch with vikings afloat and it turns out my boat is only 14 years old.

Fishermen?

You dont like much do you....

I am with craft insure, 57ft, 20 years old, under £120.

This would be enough for me to say shove it, and watch youtube videos on how to fix myself!

They had an outing on the Ashby a few weeks ago, i cruised past on tick over, cup of tea in one hand, big fat bacon and egg sarnie in the other, saying hello to each one... You could see the hatred in their eyes as they grumbled back and lifted their poles out the water.

Whats this?

I am all for standing my ground and telling the maggot fiddlers to sling it, but only if i was going to be aboard my boat all day, i remember a tweet a couple of years ago where a boat got painted with some choice words down the side, allegedly by a maggot fiddler not happy as the boat was in his spot..

Bypass the rad with pushfit and plastic pipe till you get a plumber in, simple job really.

The price!!

He wrote that story, there are a couple of floaters.

I cook a bit on mine, i found you need to create an air gap between pot and stove, otherwise the bottom of the pot gets to hot and burns the food. I use a standard ceramic casserole dish with lid, then put some steel/metal bars under it to lift an inch, it slows down the cooking also, as direct will cook quite quickly if your fire is high. jacket spuds cook quickly in the stove also, double wrap and place to one side, best to put a brick on one side of the stove and sit the spud on that so its not direct on coals, keep checking and turning. I warm pies also, just sit them on foil and then again on bars to create a gap, go a couple of inches and let the heat pass through the pie, can take a while though.

Indeed, but the op may not have one or the invertor to run it and any boater should have a hacksaw at hand....

The Ashby is cracking this time of year, i am spending all winter on it this time... Saturday night will be spent in the rising sun.

A hacksaw would do the job, file down, fill and paint.