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Put the fox and the grain in the boat, leaving the chicken... Oh, hang on, I think I misread the question.
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9 minutes ago, robtheplod said:
This is looking more like we'll be coming from Brum! I'll keep an eye out!!
at least we'll have the Rivers to do in the better weather...
Having been based where you're going for several years, I'd be surprised if you end up feeling short-changed on river time! You're well placed for the nicest bit of the navigable Severn - up to or back from Stourport and the Staffs and Worcester was always a favourite, even in the winter opening hours. Still is actually, although we start from the Shroppie now. Mind you, we always enjoy Brum too. Nice trip you're on really, eh!
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17 hours ago, jeanb said:
Again, very many thanks all for replying. Basically it is decrepitude, we’re both on the wrong side of 75 and don’t want too much water getting our doormat wet.
Slightly tangental to your query, if you're worried about wet decks and/or doormats, have you thought of something like DriDek matting? I have this in my cratch, gas locker and on the steerer's step - rain or spills drain away underneath it leaving you to stand on a dry and thermally insulated surface at all times. Not cheap, but very effective, good looking and long lasting - similar solutions by other brands and cheaper knock-offs are available.
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1 minute ago, blackrose said:
Apparently it was also Chas & Dave's favourite brand of pressure washer.
I don't care... I don't care...
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19 minutes ago, blackrose said:
Can any of these small pressure washers actually suck water up from a container (or a waterway notwithstanding weeds)?
I've never tried it myself but I just assumed they needed to be fed pressurised water?
The cordless one my son bought works on either a pick up from a container (or canal if you're on one and brave enough I suppose) or connected to a mains fed hose. As I said, it was bought for use in a hosepipe ban. It's more powerful when connected to a mains pressure hose, but perhaps that extra power is unnecessary or even undesirable for our application.
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Have you considered a cordless one? My son bought one from Screwfix or Toolstation for around £100 during a long hose pipe ban in Devon. Using it with a mains water pressure connection isn't far off a low end Karcher performance wise, but is a little more gentle sucking from a bucket. This might be much more suitable for boat use, both for freedom from mains electricity and mains water requirement and by being kinder to softer boat paintwork, window seals, canvas, etc. Haven't tried it myself yet, but it's on my to do list for spring.
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2 hours ago, jonathanA said:
presumably the survey scared the OP off as he's not been back for two months...
Well, it was drawing 2'8" on Christmas Eve, so then it's the holiday closedown period. Perhaps it was drawing 3'8" on Christmas Day, 4'8" on boxing day, etc, so when the OP next went to see it, he thought it had been sold as it had gone?
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8 minutes ago, Cheshire cat said:
I heard whispers that it had been sorted out which is why I asked the question. From the lack of confirmation on here I guess not.
Don't poke the bear I'd say. It being "sorted out" is unlikely to be to our benefit.
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Mildew I believe. If anyone has got out the black stains it leaves I suspect lots of boatists would like to hear how they did it.
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4 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
Has anyone tried the things you connect to an electric drill and wiz up and down
The ones sold by Anne Summers?
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1 hour ago, bizzard said:
Heaters were again optional.
Well, to be fair to Mr Ford, he probably assumed owners of electric slippers wouldn't want to pay more for a vehicle with an unnecessary supplementary heater.
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16 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:
The flue brushes that candlers sell are a waste of time, they fall apart and don't scrape the tar off the flue.
I have a flue brush, whether on not it's similar I don't know. Anyway, it's well old now, still in good nick and seems to do a reasonable job. Recently had the 15 year old flue out to replace the collar and there was no significant build up. That said, I burn only smokeless solid fuel and don't suffer from tar, which might be the difference. Actually, if it becomes necessary to follow rules and start burning fully seasoned "ready to burn" approved logs, it's probably worth considering switching to solid fuel, which stays in longer and also takes up less storage space.
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5 minutes ago, Cheese said:
Blizzard is on to something here. Heated clothing ought to be more efficient / cheaper than heating the whole boat or house). And it would work on deck too.
My Keis 12v motorcycle heated waistcoat certainly works a treat when I steer the boat in winter.
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18 hours ago, Hudds Lad said:
It's why they used to hand out newspapers to the riders in the Tour de France and other races at the top of climbs, they'd stuff them under their jerseys before the descent to stop the windchill on the way down
Same in the Tour de Yorkshire, only it's the fish and chips wrapped in the newspaper that keep you warm...
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1 minute ago, IanD said:
I wasn't referring to you!!! 😉
None taken then...
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3 minutes ago, IanD said:
The problem is that decent pubs are few and far between on that stretch of canal, and if the Willeymoor Lock closes because boaters are (unfairly?) put off from going there, there'll be one fewer... 😞
In my defence, I bought drinks and evening meals there so I did give it a fair crack of the whip!
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27 minutes ago, IanD said:
We went twice because though it was almost empty the food and beer were good and the staff were friendly, which is all I look for in a pub..
Seems entirely reasonable to me. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't awful - it just wasn't a place I'd be interested in using if I stopped near it l again.
ETA. It was September the 13th, so maybe being "black Wednesday" it was an off-night!
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1 minute ago, cuthound said:
I've been forced to follow really slow widebeams in that area a couple of times, but fortunately none travelling that slowly...
I'd crash in those circumstances. My seaman's eye gets very offended and won't let me stare at one for very long.
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2 minutes ago, IanD said:
It was pretty empty both times we were in there...
I'm a bit surprised you went twice tbh - I won't be doing that.
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We ate there in September last. I was somewhat less than whelmed. Quite a few folk obviously off boats in there, but if there were any locals I didn't spot them. My guess would be that the location and transient nature of the clientele means they don't need to try too hard and any extra effort would be hard to justify as it would not figure on their balance sheet in any positive way.
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4 hours ago, Naughty Cal said:
We were the opposite with our Webasto air heater. (Ebersplutter equivalent)
It was turned on just before we got to the boat Friday evening and in the winter often wasn't turned off again until Monday morning when we left for work.
It was only serviced once in 13 years and that's when we had to take it off to replace the fan unit. Other than that it worked like clockwork.
Brilliant piece of kit.
Wasn't yours a blower though as opposed to wet radiator central heating?
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4 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Sorry Alan, you'd already answered the servicing query - which further supports my own "Reliability Centred Maintenance" approach!
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I have 2 CO alarms, one near the stove one at head height in the bedroom. Both normally read zero, although I think I've seen single figures on the one by the stove once or twice when taking far too long refuelling.
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9 minutes ago, Lady M said:I always get annoyed that these notices ask us narrowboaters to take care.
My plan for "taking care" in such circumstances, if on the offside, is to immediately pull in to the towpath side and stop rather than continue and be forced into the trees and shallows.
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Is the the TARDIS it's sitting outside? If so, I can see The Doctor being sued by a postman with a bad back...