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  1. You were brave filling up with water just outside the "hairpins". 🙂 Any time we have been there there has been a hose fixed to the tap and lying on the dirty ground. As we couldn't get that hose off we didn't take on water there. We have had no problems mooring in the hairpins and although there are usually a couple of what look like permanent boats there the rest were visitors. Nice quiet mooring unlike through the first lock of the nine where there is an almost constant footfall and there is not much distance between your boat and the wall. Ok for a night though. It used to be good when you could moor round past the pub though.
  2. What water point are you using? It looks highly suspect to me !
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  8. haggis

    Licences

    Fairly standard now with most things. If you need to make a change mid term there is an admin fee.
  9. haggis

    Licences

    I know but you could always give false info :-). The question here was "do C&RT have the right to check insurance details?2
  10. She has had articles in the last couple of Canal mags - Canal World, I think. I too had missed her regular stories of her exploits.
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    Licences

    Presumably C&RT only check insurance details if there is some doubt about them . For example, if a customer is being investigated for something else. Also, if a boat sinks and C&RT are involved in raising it, they need to check/communicate with the insurance company. I don't see them checking everyones details. In Scotland they ask to see a copy of your insurance certificate every year. But there are not so many canal boats up here.
  12. haggis

    Licences

    We got this letter too as our licence is due on 1/4. Fairly straight forward we thought. If you haven't changed your mooring, no action needed (C&RT will have seen your boat at your declared mooring so they presumably don't need anything else unless your marina is not regularly checked and they MAY need you to provide proof of mooring in the future). If you are a new boater or have changed marinas, you need to provide proof (a copy of your contract presumably). Apparently when we get the bumff about renewing our licence it will tell us how to provide proof of our mooring if we need to. Presumably this will be able to be done on line by attaching a copy of your mooring contract to your account details. I dont see this putting much extra work on C&RT as it will presumably be done automatically. No proof of mooring = continuous cruiser licence
  13. I wasn't thinking about the person wanting to use the car park but the car owners who live in the pub. If members of the public were allowed to park overnight their response to "where is the car kept ?" would have to be in a public car park . However, if no cars allowed to park there overnight they can say "in a private car park" I think this would have a bearing on their premiums. I appreciate that for punters to park there for one night wouldn't affect their insurance and that is not what I said 🙂
  14. I don't know but I wonder if their own car insurance would be affected by the fact that is is a private car park as opposed to one open to the public. I think where your vehicle is parked when not in use has a bearing on your premium.
  15. The article was abut the boat which broke free from its moorings and ended up across the river at a bridge. Not the Kegworth lock sinking It was basically the article which was on here with the video about raising the boat
  16. No idea what day it was! The day Iain nabbed a pint it was busy with lots of walkers outside. Any boater going during the wet weather would be advised to moor below the lock in view of the mud bath above it 🙂
  17. That's disappointing if it has gone down hill. We didn't manage to stop there last year (although Iain had a pint while working the lock) so it is about 18 months since we were there and we found the food excellent and it was busy. We were lucky to get a table. No other boats moored there so the diners were presumably local.
  18. I find it a lot less stressful to just not read any posts by our resident expert in everything but I did nearly fall off my chair when he said he didn't know everything about boats. Fooled us all 🙂
  19. It sounds as if you are planning to rent out your boat but swerve round some of the conditions. Not a good idea methinks. What is to stop the hirer taking the boat, changing its appearance and you never see it again? Or has happened a few times, the hirer doing something which resulted in the boat having to be scrapped and the insurance not paying out as the boat was not insured for hiring. I know it is done but you might be risking your boat
  20. This reminds me that I would like to have new curtains made for Kelpie but although I have all the measurements, I haven't done anything about it - I don't do sewing :-).
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  22. Good news, Tim and may you have many happy years with your new dog. I dread the day when we lose Meg as I have never been without a dog and I hope that an older dog looking for a home will cross my path. Meg is only 8 though and I hope we will have her for a long time yet.
  23. Thanks for keeping us in the picture!
  24. Sounds as if they did have a survey but the seller didn't put right matters it was agreed he should. Just a possible explanation Must type faster 🙂
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