Graham Davis
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2 hours ago, Mike Todd said:
The catchment for the Severn starts back in Wales and water levels at Worcester are reasonably predictable (by experts with the right model!) and you should have a pretty good idea of what to expect before you set off on a week's cruise although if it buckets down in Wales just as you start and you end at Worcester then you may have a problem.
I live very near the source of the Severn and the general consensus from the experts is that a flood here takes between 2 and 3 days to reach Shrewsbury, and between 3 and 4 days to reach Worcester. So if it has been raining heavily here I would not go onto the river at Stourport or below 3 days after seeing high levels here.
And this year they recorded the highest levels since the 60's here, at over 3 metres above norm. -
In fact there are now NO photos in the opening post.
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1 minute ago, jdoe said:
Aye, I’m not too sure as to why it won’t get going maybe just need fuel but even then I can’t get to it as I can’t understand how to open up the fuel cap hence the picture.
You stick a large 6 sided "thing" in the shape in the middle and unscrew it!! -
I think that confirms that the OP hasn't been getting the answers that he wanted!
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So the OP thinks he can CC along the River Severn and "perhaps" charge his batteries by plugging in to the mains on the way.
Perhaps he would like to tell us how he is going to do that when the only sensible mooring points between Stourport and Gloucester are:
Worcester, Diglis Basin.
Upton on Severn, either 24 hours on the Wal,l or in the Marina.
Tewkesbury, along the old Town Quay, which I think are 24 hour only.
Gloucester Dock.
And I see no negativity from anyone. What I do see is facts that don't fit the OP's ideas, so not the answers he is wanting. -
30 minutes ago, Tonka said:
What about this one looking towards the aquaduct.
4 bedroom detached house for sale in Pentre, LL14 (rightmove.co.uk)
Expect lots of second homes/holiday homes in Wales to come onto the market since there are proposals to increase rates on these by up to 300%. -
Surprised, but Google Lens doesn't find anything like this.
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I see no-one has asked the question, so...........
You have checked that you can get your river crusier to the marina, haven't you?
We have had new members who have bought a crusier wider than 7' and then found they can't get it along a narrow canal to get there. -
From my experience, narrow canal boats don't sway to any great degree.
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Westport Lake has always been perfectly safe in our experience.
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Monbiot currently has a bit of a downer on this area, and many here who know about these things don't hold him in very high regard.
As far as I can see the problem, especially with the Severn at the moment, is that we have had an extended period of rain, prior to last week, and this has left the ground waterlogged. This can be seen on nearly every country lane where there are run-offs from fields, streams running more than normal, and even springs showing that have been dormant for years. All this shows that the water table is higher than normal. (*) Then we got a rain storm on the weekend the like of which I have nver seen before around here; you couldn't even see across the road at the front of our house at one stage and that is less than 20 metres to the hedge opposite. That water had no-where to go other than downhill into the already swollen river. Result the river level rose very quickly.
People locally are complaining that the Clywedog Dam should have stopped this, but they have been running water out of there continuously for the last month, and the level was some 2 metres down, but by Sunday morning the Dam had been overtopped and was most spectacular. One of the lcal engineers from STW thought it was overtopping by more than 300cm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clywedog_Reservoir
(*) Another example is a friend's bore hole, where the water was actually coming out of the top of the hole, something he had never seen before.-
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That's crazy!!
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1 hour ago, Bee said:
Flood barriers up at Ironbridge, house in village flooded, river really thundering along ang rising awfully quickly.
And the Severn at Newtown is now 4.2 metres above normal levels, the highest it has ever been recorded at, so I really don't hold much hope out for anywhere further south, especially as the Vrynwy is also running at record levels. -
If anyone is on the Severn, or near it, or thinking about going anywhere near it in the next week...........
DON'T BOTHER!!
The Severn, here at the first town from it's source, is currently at the highest level it has been for 25 years.
And it is still raining!-
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1 hour ago, Jake29 said:
@Tony Brooks & @booke23 I'm using an Outwell Ecocool Lite 24L. It has an eco setting, but it doesnt say anywhere on the product the power rating in eco mode, although i assume less than 45W. All i know is my engine is a Honda 15, but there are several different models with 15hp. Specs online say '12A electric/6A recoil', so im going to run with that for now.
That item isn't a fridge, but a cool box and looks very "power hungry"!
Spec sheet:
https://www.outwell.com/Files/Images/Productimages/a1e7bb5e-b6a6-462e-92f9-1747be84e74a.pdf -
3 hours ago, Heartland said:
I have a recollection that one of the museums in South Wales had a water wheel that fed energy into the grid
The concept should be more widely adopted.
It is remarkable that the early technology of the charcoal ironmasters should not be forgotten
Locations such as Tintern Abbey Furnaces and Wireworks when operating had a supply of cordwood for charcoal burning and had ore brought by barge along the Wye and the feeder stream provided the power for the blast, chafery and finery.
The National Trust Aberdulais Falls, in the Neath Valley is where you are thinking of.
I also know that the Town Mill in Lyme Regis does the same.-
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19 hours ago, john.k said:
I read in an Engineering magazine that when the national grid became reality in the 1950s,the use of water power was banned by the UK Govt ,and all the mills that had water tubines had to remove them entirely ,and lower the ponds......I wonder if the law is still in force?
No it isn't still in force..
There are several mills that have hydro-generators feeding into the grid. For example, Lyme Regis Town Mill.
There is a converted Chapel near here that uses Hydro as they are completely off-grid, and yes he does have to pay the Environment Agency to use the stream, and having spoken to him in the past he said that it wasn't the amount of water but the fall that was more important. He was able to construct his to give a drop of just under 2 metres and this he says is more than adequate, but more would be even better. He has no solar as he is too far down a narrow, steep valley to get any decent sun, even in mid-summer. Luckily the stream has never dried up!
He uses the same stream as his water supply! -
8 hours ago, BEngo said:
IIRC The Severn locks were on short hours, but not completely shut, at the tail end of the 1976 drought.
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There was a year since then that happened, but can't remember which. -
1 hour ago, tree monkey said:
Obviously as I was a responsible authorised track side worker I would have never done that, nope never did
And no-one EVER dropped them down the chimney of the platelayers hut, whilst they were having their lunch bait.-
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39 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said:
Obviously i’m massively ignorant in the workings of the railways, i just find it amazing that in this day and age explosives are still used.
I think the main point is that they are simple and effective; they do the job!-
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10 hours ago, Hudds Lad said:
Do they still use these things on the railways? It seems like a bloody stupid idea to alert a driver to danger with nothing but an explosion. If someone has had to take the time to go lay them on the track, why not stick up a flag/banner instead? Probably less traumatic for the passengers too who would no doubt fear the worst upon hearing a loud bang.
Yes they are still used, and their use is laid down in Emergency circumstances in the Rule Book.. All trains carry a supply.9 hours ago, tree monkey said:I only ever had my basic PTS to work trackside but I think if there was ever a track obstruction or other danger it was the lookouts job to lay out the dets at an appropriate distance from the obstruction as a warning to the driver
Correct!6 hours ago, Mike Todd said:I seem to recall that it was the driver's responsibility, in the event of a breakdown, to walk back down the track and lay a detonator to warn any oncoming train. Is it still so? (I know see that the q has just been answered above!)
Driver and/or Guard. Generally driver will go forward, guard to the rear.
And if it is failed train, then if they know what direction the "thunderbird" is coming from the whoever went in that direct should stay there until the rescue arrives and he then "conducts" it to the blockage.44 minutes ago, AndrewIC said:Some signal boxes had levers operating detonator placers.
I understand that all "det placers" have been removed, and now they can only be placed by hand.
Last time I had personal experience of their use was about 5 years ago, on a trip down the Heart of Wales line. Our train failed at Cynghordy and the Driver laid dets in front of the train and the Guard to the rear. Eventually we were told that a "rescue" unit would come to us from behind so the Guard walked back to the dets and waited there. He then removed them and conducted that unit to us. We were then coupled together and proceeded the way we came and "blew" all three dets. They did wanrn us there would be some loud bangs!-
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19 hours ago, magpie patrick said:
I notice a lot of comments that a boat is not much cheaper than a house or flat
To rent a flat in Frome, where I live, is likely to be £600+ plus bills - council tax, leccy etc (the rentals never seem to have gas cooking or heating) is likely to push this towards the £900 a month mark. In all my years of having boats they've never cost me getting on for £900 a month.
I recall similar comments when i first bought my first boat Ripple, they were made by people who had paid off their mortgages, or at least taken them out years earlier when house prices had one less nought on.
I can confirm those figures, as they are exactly what my son found there. He couldn't afford bills like that at the time, so instead he moved into a caravan in the woods near Farleigh Castle. -
A short news day for The Argus!
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Err?
What half baked story?
A link might be useful.
Severn
in General Boating
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We once brought a boat down to Worcester from Stourport and went straight through Holt Lock with all the gates open!