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According to Google Lens: The image shows the Rodington Swing Bridge on the Shrewsbury Canal in Shropshire, England. This historic photograph captures the bridge before its abandonment and subsequent uncovering by restoration efforts. The Shrewsbury Canal, authorized in 1793, connected Trench to Shrewsbury and later linked to the broader canal network in 1835 via the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal. The canal was officially abandoned in 1944, and many sections have since disappeared, though some structures like this bridge remain. Recent work by the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust has involved uncovering and exposing the buried structure of the Rodington lift bridge, revealing much of its original brickwork and metalwork.

Supermarket delivery trucks surely.

My boat has a pump out tank with a "tank full" light. Coming from an industry where anything important was duplicated, I worried about what happened if the bulb failed, so I fitted an MCS waste tank gauge. It revealed that the light came on when the tank was about 50% full, so soon paid for itself by reducing the effective cost of pump outs by half.

Lets face it, I though his apprenticeship at a watch and clock maker was a wind up...

We hired from Concoform Marine on July 1976, intending to go to Market Harborough. However come the holiday the Leicester Branch had been closed and partially drained to keep the GU mainline open, so we explored the southern GU instead.

How old is the Vactan? IIRC it has a shelf life of only 12 months. That said it is good of them to replace it without question.

Experience?

Yes, too early to be dyslectric...

That is exactly what we have done. Replanned our routes to avoid anywhere where there is a strong possibility of getting the boat trapped a long way from its home mooring. We have taken shorter more frequent trips rather than one or two longer ones.

Many ex-working boats are 80 plus years old, made of thinner steel than modern steel narrowboats and never had any anodes, but are still around.

Aqua cows, love it. Many years ago we had a holiday on the Llangollen in our second shareboat. We moored up and a little while later some cows came down to a beachy area opposite the boat to drink. One adventurous cow waded across the canal to inspect our boat. When it began licking the saloon window our dog went absolutely mental, barking loudly, which resulted in the cow returning to its compatriots in the field.

I would fit a timer to the immersion heater to eliminate the risk of it being left on.

Can't CRT revoke his licence and Section 8 him?

Is that the one opposite the Wharf Inn (previously known as the George and Dragon)? If so no, as my boat is 60 foot so I didn't risk it.

Glenn, there is a difference between slightly overhanging a winding hole and mooring slap bang in the centre of it!

I always make a point of coming into contact with boats moored in winding holes when winding even when there is plenty of room, only gently mind you. It often results in the owner coming out, all guns blazing, who then back down and claim they didn't realise it was a winding hole when confronted with the evidence. Perhaps CRT should insist on a recent eye test as well and insurance and a BSS certificate before issuing a licence.

I've project managed a few government contracts on behalf of private contractors. Always poorly specified (great for the contractor, who combs the specification for "extra's" before quoting ans, as you say, plenty of last minute changes throughout, all of which as to the costs and timescale. Why the government doesn't pay for a company to produce professional specifications and employ a professional to oversee the work is beyond me, it would save billions over the years.

Ah, so that explains why it is unknown for government contracts to finish late or go over budget... 🤣😅

That's what many of the marina based boats manage and better than many continuous cruisers manage, although there are more than a few exceptions.

Are you otterly sure? Stoats are stotally different but weasels are weasaly recognized... 🤣

How much is an average hours usage? Both of the share boats I co-owned averaged 1100-1200 hours a year and the boat I bought had averaged 50 hours a year when I bought it.

I once got a fertiliser bag stuck over the prop on our first shareboat. Took ages to cut the ba*tard off... 🤣😅

Whew, I thought CRT were trialling clockwork locks... 🤣