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Social care?
I'm a continuous cruiser . Not sure I'd qualify
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I'm wondering why the chap with the windlass, having identified the problem caused by a slightly raised paddle, could not simply have used his windlass and lowered it.
Hardly.
If you had spoken to me like that I wouldn't have pointed out the error of your ways. I would have just sat back and watched you struggle for a while in front of the many onlookers.
Why help an arse?
Sometimes its just easier to let them make a fool of themselves without any help.
I suspect because the OP said he didnt know why the lock wouldnt work
You would be entirely justified too.
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I can't claim I wouldn't have reacted in the same way, faced with that situation, but it's easier to pretend I would have said 'D'oh' with a smile, and perhaps tap self on head.
However, to consider another bit of the same blog post, there's nothing to stop you from going through a lock backwards, Doesn't half confuse people!
I have not tried it yet. I think this would confuse me too though
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So would you really have replied with this?
“I don’t like the way you are speaking,” I snapped, “There is no grace in your tone. You have a cocky & superior sneer. Why is that?”
Unfortunately, yes
I have been thinking about why there are so many arses involved with boating.
Having read your post it would seem that you were the one provoking the reaction. So why feel the nees to write and gloat about it.
Probably for the same reasons that drove you to post your comment
Moving on though, I have a problem that blog tale. Given the OP found he could alight from the stern of boat once winded, I'm wondering why could he not alight from the fore end in the same way, without winding the boat.
MtB
Cheap housing?
MtB
The mooring spot next to that end of the lock is too short
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I've been thinking about why there are so many 'know it alls' involved with boating. My latest blog entry revolves around a little moment that took place on Monday.
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Hello Joel,
I like your style of writing, and the way you use the words, it's very entertaining, and I will definitely be a regular reader of your blog.
Thanks for your link,
Peter.
Thank you, Peter
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Hi Joel, not been in Camden for 50 years, used to live around NW London but escaped in the 80's and now in the Fens
Phil
Hi again Phil
I thought I walked past an Amber Rose in Camden yesterday. Perhaps it was your old boat
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Just my take on naming boat, make it personal to you.
My name is Ambrose so our first boat was "Amber Rose" and our present boat is "Amber Rose Too" though this has prompted the odd numpty to comment "Look, he can't spell two"
Oh love the blog Joel
Phil
Thanks Phil. Are u moored in Camden atm by any chance?
Unlike most blogs I've tried to read (admittedly not that many, due to terminal boredom), perceptive, humorous, even moving in places but, best of all, well written, with grammar and syntax to please all old farts . Good luck to you.
Slainte.
John Wilkinson.
Thank you, John. I am consciously avoiding the more conventional 'travelogue' approach. The ultimate goal is to be able to plug my typing fingers directly into my soul .
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Hi Joel- Blog added to 'favourites'. I like your style.
With regards to London, it's just too hustley bustley for me & too many humans.
Thank you Ronnie . I very much appreciate your support .
Hi Joel.
A great writing style. You should really consider publishing a book of short boating anecdotes. It would make a great Christmas present for some boaters.
Thanks Dean. I am gearing myself up for something along those lines. The blog is partly to get me into the habit and discipline of writing again.
Hi Joel
As an adoptive Mancunian I particularly enjoyed the bits of your blog that weren't concerned with CC-ing in the capital. Keep it up!
Just read "Manchester" in your head every time I write 'london". Appreciate the complement
City Basin lock is actually a good example. There is always someone moored in the lock landing. I've seen a guy not long ago trying to go through in his 70' narrowboat (single-handed) and he was really struggling, he couldn't double moor as there was this bloody dinghy attached to the boat closest to the lock. I ended up giving him a hand as it was quite windy and the boat was going all over the place.
Yes, that's often an interesting area. Last time I went to fill up with water across from there (it was 630 am ) , a boat was moored at the water point and had clearly been there all night (I found out later they had been there a week). I moored alongside them and clambered over their boat so I could connect my hose etc. A woman came out to complain that I'd woken her up. I pointed out the obvious and she told me CRT had given her permission to stay there . There are 5 water points in Central london and hundreds of boats . It was staggering to me that one boater would feel they have the right to hijack one of those taps for their exclusive use. I wish I'd arrived at 4 am instead.
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Hi lady muck
Yes, I understand why you would value a mooring right now. We all want and need different things depending on our circumstances .
A real shame you no longer enjoy coming into london. I like being here but there is a stress that comes with it , for sure. It's an odd thing but even though the buzz of london has a huge pull for me, I feel more relaxed when I'm away from it.
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Nice to hear from you again Joel - I too like the honesty in your blog.
I enjoyed crewing on your boat when you did the tideway a couple of years ago. I've still got the link to your video somewhere...
Thanks for the complement. I remember our trip well !!!! I haven't been back on that stretch of the Thames but I did the calmer bit to Oxford last year ! It was wonderful .
Very good! It's great to read an articulate, thought provoking blog.
Bob
Thank you Bob
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Hello Alan de Enfield
In answer to your first question, I am the Joel of the blog . Can I presume you are Alan of the Canal ? May I call you Canalan?
I'm not sure what "ethics" you were referring to. Please clarify and I'll endeavour to elaborate. As for justifying /explaining the extract from my "scandalous" blog post that you quoted, doesn't the rest of that blog post do that already?
I agree that enforcement should makes cruising for all of us easier. However, when CRT sell off vast sections of visitor moorings in heavily populated areas for the winter - at the same, remember, as stoppages and potentially adverse weather conditions are at their peak - the cumulative effect is that the system slows down dramatically . Some boaters then find it harder to move; others simply resist doing so. The consequence, however, is that a larger number of continuous cruisers within that geographical area who are usually happy complying with the t & c's of their cruising license also slow down for fear that if they do move from one spot they will struggle to find another. I'm currently in London and usually double moor (not that I mind doing so). It's unrealistic to expect to be here and not double (or triple) moored much of the time.
Thanks for commenting Alan. Much appreciated
Cereal Tiller ! What a great username. It's a huge shame you feel you don't want to bring your boat into the capital anymore.
I enjoy being here. Actually I enjoy wherever I am if I'm honest.
Double mooring in london i-for me - is just another boating experience . It has it's pros and cons.
I find the vast majority of boaters here very considerate , irrespective of whether they are using their boat as cheap housing or not.
I wasn't boating 10 years ago - so can't compare with how it was then
The main reason we do not take the boat into London any more is that it is now pretty much full of CC'ers.
As a BW chap said to me 10 years ago,"in the 70's the canals were mainly populated by waterways enthusiasts,these days they are considered as cheap housing for inconsiderate people."
The situation does not seem to have improved ?
CT
It's a pity really but 5 years ago with very little enforcement "London area" was pretty much self-managed by the boaters & it all worked reasonably well. Now with the amount of boats it doesn't seem to be a case anymore.
It's a pity really but 5 years ago with very little enforcement "London area" was pretty much self-managed by the boaters & it all worked reasonably well. Now with the amount of boats it doesn't seem to be a case anymore.
It's a pity really but 5 years ago with very little enforcement "London area" was pretty much self-managed by the boaters & it all worked reasonably well. Now with the amount of boats it doesn't seem to be a case anymore.
Yes , I agree, it's very busy here and of course enforcement is critical . My point is that the motives driving that enforcement may not be what they appear to be and this needs to be put into order
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Thanks Mike
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Hello
I just signed up here and wanted to introduce myself & my "angry boater " blog -which I hope some of you will find interesting,
I'm a continuous cruiser , currently in London and have lived afloat for around 5 years now (in both marinas and my current nomadic form).
My blog - rather than chronicling the day to day adventures of a boater. - aims to examine issues pertinent to us. My goal with each post is usually to take an issue and try to explore what it means to me at a deeper level. On other occasions, I simply aim to entertain.
Feel free to add my blog to your reading list or to comment / disagree / praise anything that gets your attention,
It's at
Joel
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Space Invaders - New "Angry Boater" blog post
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Appreciated. Yes, but there is only a short landing there.It's an odd one
If I avoided everything that has the potential to make me angry, I might as well be catatonic