Graham Davis

Not a problem. As I sing a few canal songs already, it is another one to think about. Favourite at the moment isn't even trad, but I think one of Jon Raven's (I think), "Captains of the Waterways"

Charlie Atkins He was down KNIGHTON factory loading 18 tons of crumb (but not the one in Powys) The boats name was Mendip, Charlie Atkins was the one On a trip to Bourneville each week and all the kids would say Here comes old Charlie with the crumb, let's be good today He gave them crumb at Wheaton Aston and WOLVERHAMPTON 21 He gave it them at Tipton three they loved them every one That night he'd stop at Gas Street and the kids would gather round He'd tell them his stories as he passed the crumb around Now old Charlie was a gentleman with a weather beaten face Round and tanned like leather, he was from a dying race A character of the old canal who taught me many things How to make fenders, splice rope and lace the side cloth rings He was born down Newport lock on the Shrewsbury canal In a midland coast boat name the BOSCOBELL Saw his first light of day in the early morn When the boat was tied up at the wharf loaded down with corn Well his nickname was roggie, as many people know (AS IN ROGER!) With his corduroy bell bottomed trousers and hair as white as snow He wore a white cravat around his neck and he liked a pint of mild And if you valued your skin you'd never get him riled Sad he's no longer with us, no stories can he tell About the bygone days of the old canal For his memories linger on, they remain with me yet And the skills that he taught me I never will forget So goodbye Charlie Atkins, Charlie of the old canal Goodbye roggie Atkins, the man I knew quite well (SEE ABOVE) I bet you're up in heaven you're loaded finished and done And the angels all around you with your eighteen tons of crumb The angels all around you with your eighteen tons of crumb

Read what you said at #31: Steel is steel. Grit blasted steel has received a treatment By grit blasting something you are cleaning steel and as others have said it will start to corrode almost immediately. Do what you want, but don't complain on here when it goes wrong. Your childish reply above really does you no favours. Good night

Rubbish! Grit blasting is used to remove mill scale, corrosion, paint etc. It does NOT provide a protective coating. That is a different process. And if you want to be really pedantic, steel is not just steel. There are many different formulas and qualities of steel available. Do some research.

Grit blasted steel is UNTREATED!! It has no protective coating because the blasting has removed it. It will start to corrode.rust as soon as the blasting has passed over it. To "treat" steel it has to be given a protective coating such as paint. And you cannot compare a boat to a pre-stressed concrete beam. Totally different, plus nowadays most "wires" are galvanised.

See post #24 above!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221304547723?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

How about this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221304547723?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Quick! Someone find him the link to Starry's famous posting!!

Heathen!! A great Cardiff delicacy!!

It's the "one i's" that don't smile, not the Jacks! And "over by yer" is a general South Walianism, butty. Clarks pies Rule!!!

Yassas! To reduce your mileage, how you considered the Stratford, from perhaps Wootton Wawen, or thinking completely out-of-the-box, what about the Brecon & Monmouth? There are certainly some good pubs on that, and spectacular scenery.

So do I presume that the originator is attempting to stir excrement?

Reading the article it is nothing to do with CaRT and they don't seem to be involved.

http://www.bedazzled.uk.com/12v%20&%2024v%20LED%20TUBES.htm

Apologies, I obviously followed the wrong link.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GYPSY-VAN-CAMPING-CARAVAN-STOVE-BOAT-bush-craft-small-stove-/301000111473?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Hearing_Cooling_Air&hash=item4615013571 £71.99 plus p & p

I thought it sounded more like "up at something middle street" Would agree about possibly the Aston area.

Your problem in wanting something small will not be on the waterproofing side, but with the fireproofing. Most fireproof containers need "mass" both to stop to stop the container burning, but more importantly, to stop the transfer of heat from the outside to the contents.

Bugger!! Nice to know you have got such good neighbours. And the link to the photos doesn't work.

Reported!

120 volt? Are you sure?

There always seem to be plenty for sale second hand on Ebay! All the ones I've seen use AA batteries, so agree about using rechargeable ones, otherwise you will forever be buying batteries. And are they that useful at the top of the Llangollen, since they are basically "line of sight" only?

Met Office this evening: UK Outlook for Monday 28 Oct 2013 to Monday 11 Nov 2013:The unsettled weather expected by late October is considered more likely than not to persist through the rest of the month onwards into the first week of November, leading to slightly above average rainfall amounts for some regions. Temperatures during this period may well remain close to or a little above average throughout, especially in the south, leading to a lower risk of frost here than can usually be expected at this time of year. There are some indications that the second week of November may see drier than average conditions across some parts of the country with temperatures probably returning to average. Updated: 1250 on Sun 13 Oct 2013 http://www.metoffice...st_weather.html

Damn!!~ I think it was Grumpy Week!!