cuthound

It is possible the data came from River Canal Rescue. They hold data on boats, including insurance as many boating insurance companies now include basic RCR membership with their policies.

Concrete was used in Roman aqueducts and some of those are still.around...

Regarding your second point, the very first question asks if you volunteer, donate or support CRT, which is what the "Friends" campaign set out to do.

I found it most flowery words, or the better parts were too long to be successful slogans. What we really need is another Robert Aickman (founder of the IWA), a man with influential connections and drive to campaign to encourage the government to increase their part of CRT funding. No it isn't Remind me just how long the CRT "Friends" campaign has been running and how well it has done. This is another attempt to reboot it and is likely to achieve a similar level of success.

Time will tell if this is effective or not. I suspect not because it is very difficult to persuade people to pay for something that they have enjoyed for free for decades.

I've just received a questionnaire from CRT asking me which silly and pointless slogans I prefer and why? What a waste of my time and their time and money.

I agree, historically I have run the Webasto for about an hour a month, but since June this year, life has got in the way and I hadn't started it. Matty's post reminded me that I hadn't run it for a while and got me worried about the "sticky fuel" causing starting issues.

Inspired by your post I started my Webasto today. It hasn't run since early June. Much to my surprise it started first time. I will start it a couple of times a week from now on.

Never mind, RCR will be able to refloat it...

Some insurance companies include RCR's "Retention" service as standard with their policy, in which case you pay a callout fee (£60 IIRC) every time you need them. Unless you need more that 3 callouts a year, this is cheaper than joining as a fully paid up member.

Here is a photo of a turtle I found floating upside down...

Wow a property with your own personal cruising ring attached!

I've been boating since 1973 and have yet to find a dead human body in the cut. I feel as though somehow I've missed out...

All the best for the future TM. If you are ever back in your old area and fancy a boating fix send me a PM.

Stainless steel isn't magnetic, so if you take a magnet and it doesn't stick to the water tank then it is either stainless steel or plastic.

Is there a cleaning rod on the side of your stove? If so, try removing it (by undoing the nut on the outside end of the tube the rod runs in) and see if the tiny fuel feed hole (which the rod is supposed to keep clean) has become blocked with carbon. If it has improvise a tool to go down the tube in which the cleaning tool normally sits and clean the fuel feed hole. I used a piece of stuff wire bent to suit when this happened on mine I suspect leaving the rod pushed too far in when the stove is on causes it, as the rod becomes hot and thus carbonises the fuel.