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1 hour ago, LEO said:
As said, C4 at 4.00pm weekdays - living of the waterways..............bound to get things 'rocking' - taking over from 'Bargain Brits in the Sun'....
I'm surprised it isn't titled "Bargain Loving Brits on the Cut"
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4 hours ago, Richard T said:
Peter Coates as Alrewas is also very good. They have their own abbatoir and source local animals.
2 hours ago, tree monkey said:Don't forget Bates Butchers in Atherstone, definitely worth a visit.
These are my two of my favourite butchers, both local to me. Coates have a branch in Tamworth as well as Alrewas.
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10 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
I bought a spare glass for the wood burner at home after the winter, I laid it still wrapped in corrugated card in the bottom of the wood burner for safe keeping to not get broken. Someone lit the first fire of the autumn on top of it thinking it was just some corrugated paper I had thrown away. It was still OK
It probably changed it into tempered glass...
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6 hours ago, CruisingRobin said:
Thank you!
We've been delivered documents to sign. I asked about surveys a while ago, and I was told that the boat was surveyed every four years. It seems reasonable to me that I should be allowed to see the most recent survey report before signing, especially as we are buying a share sight-unseen. Does this seem reasonable to others?
It seems a reasonable request. Shareboats are typically very well maintained, repainted and blacked every year.
The two shareboats I had shares in a still around. The 1992 one is now in private ownership and the 2002 one is still a shareboat. Neither were ever surveyed in the time I was a shareholder (1992-2013).
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8 hours ago, IanD said:
You could always fit a Schilling rudder... 😉
With one of those it would probably stop on a sixpence...
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1 hour ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
I'm going to start selling those for people steering their propeller driven boats. No need to stop for lunch!
When I eat sandwiches whilst cruising, rather than stopping and mooring to eat, I call it "lunch on the prop".
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You may need to comply with the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001 if the land you intend to put the tank on is not yours, i.e it is owned by a business such as a marina.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2954/contents/made
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2 hours ago, PeterScott said:
On this day in 2014
Blimey an 8 wheel drive Land Rover. You don't see many of them about...
2 hours ago, PeterScott said:West Kirby, Dee Estuary
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I used a bowline on mine because even if the bank is always at the same height (unusual even on the same canal) the height between hand rail and water will vary because of the trim of the boat, and it is helpful sometimes to move the fenders to provide protection at a specific point.
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25 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:
That is not what he was describing. The "blade" was/is spring-loaded and set at the angle of the post face. The toll was placed over the post and twisted so the blade SCRAPED the corrosion off. there was no cutting of the post.
Oh, and by the way it is perfectly possible to burn a new post onto the old post base if the post has burned away, but you do need to know what you are doing and have the posts moulds and lead available. It takes less than five minutes, but I suppose at today's labour rates a new battery may be more economic.
Up until 1980, when BT adopted VRSLA batteries, they used to use large open 2 volt cells as shown in the attached photo. These cells had replaceable plates, which when they failed, were cut from the group bar and a new one lead welded in it's place.
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1 hour ago, Tony Brooks said:
So you can get your finger under the clamps to ensure the dressing is fully sealing any gap between the post and terminal, can you. if you can, the clamp has been fitted too high on the post or it is the wrong clamp.
1. Two people (me and Tracy) have told you are incorrect, and both of us have had over 60 years in the motor and marine trade (probably in the case of Tracy). You readily discount ll the training and experience on the basis of "I have not had a problem". That is not a valid argument against all the lead acids battery installations., it is a sample size of one against probably millions.
That last time this came up, you were debunked by others with experience in other industries.
You will note that I have talked bout terminal dressing, with Vaseline being just one that is most likely to be available on a boat. I have also said the OP can dress or not dress, but if she does not, then the service life of the connection may well be shorter before more attention is required.
For what it is worth, BT used vaseline to dress battery connections and they were (maybe still are) the biggest user of lead acid batteries in Europe.
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15 hours ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:
as long as they don’t go Tipton I’m not bothered,Ive realised this week I am a NIMBYist.
To be fair, you being a continuous cruiser in every sense of the phrase, it does give you a very large back yard...
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1 hour ago, MtB said:
That sounds a bit like an urban myth to me.
Did they really make the width of all horse-drawn carts the same? And why 4ft 8 5/8in in particular? And even if they did, why would they make the railway lines match? All a bit of a puzzle really.
Besides, standard railway gauge was 4ft 8 1/2in when I was a kid...
That's inflation for you!
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2 hours ago, SnippetySnip said:
Hi All,
Many thanks for all the useful information and replies on the thread. As promised an update after drying out the tank area.
I emptied the tank and left the dehumidifier running for a couple of weeks, this has had the expected effect of drying everything out! I think I have now found the root cause of the water: current theory is that it is nothing to do with the water tank and is to do with rainwater leaking in between the steel and the wood of the bow door frame, dripping down the steel into the area in front of (at the stern end of) the water tank. This was probably going on all winter until I got my new covers fitted last month and I didn't notice until now. Combined with some condensation this seems like the most likely cause at the moment, but...
I'm going to give it another week of drying out and then do a test run filling the tank, checking hose connections etc and then will report back again.
If the problem is the doorframe, then I'll have to have a look at dismantling it and resealing or something like that.
Hopefully the damp there hasn't caused too much damage to the floor or caused too much rust!
As a first course of action with tiny leaks I always use Captain Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure. https://captaintolley.com/
If it doesn't work, you have wasted about £10, if it does work it has saved you a lot of time, effort ad cost.
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11 hours ago, magnetman said:
Place the tube beside the spigot and mark where the hole goes.
Also why has the OP changed the tiller bar for a new one?
I don't see these as items which wear out so I suspect something unusual about this particular arrangement.
Possibly there was a bar which was too short and it was replaced. It seems to me that putting it beside the new one could help with working out hole position.
I had mine replaced after I has the bends in the tiller eased, to raise the tiller so that I didn't trap my hands when steering in the hatches with the doors closed. Whilst the boatyard did an excellent job of easing the tiller and keeping the tiller level, they left the brass extension on whilst easing the bends and the heat split the brass tube.
Sadly they didn't quite drill the hole in the correct place so I now have a 1mm gap between the brass extension and the tiller bar. I filled the gap with a large "O" ring.
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3 hours ago, Mike Todd said:
But can you devise a system for collecting that does not cost more than £10 a night? (or, more realistically £1 a night of it is to make a difference)
Only by using technology such as GPS. However this would be difficult for CRT to implement unless having an onboard device was made mandatory with a penalty of having your licence revoked if the device was interfered with or removed.
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12 hours ago, MtB said:
Charging faux CCers for overnight towpath mooring every night could fix a helluvalot more...
I wouldn't object to.CRT charging all boaters say £10.a night to moor on the towpath if they stayed longer than one night.
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6 minutes ago, Oz Mandius said:
Hi all, could someone let me know what the correct coolant mix should be for a Thermo Top Evo. When I took the boat over the previous owner said it was neat coolant, but I’m not sure. I’m having hot water problems with the Webasto and don’t know if this is a contributing factor.
I filled my Webasto with a 50% mix of water and antifreeze but found the radiators wouldn't get hot until I drained it all out and refilled with a 25% antifreeze 75% water solution.
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2 hours ago, dmr said:
Coming up the Rochdale through Newton Heath year before last we had eggs thrown. Somebody said the locals have gone soft, they used to throw bricks.
Going towards Wallsall we got stuck on shopping trolleys under the bridge to the supermarket. Locals on the bridge started to tear up bread and throw the bits at us, a bit like feeding the ducks I suppose.
At Gas street the chef in the hotel wrapped all the breakfast leftovers in tinfoil and threw them at us, some went in the cut but we caught most of it.
Hope you told them not to feed the boat as it would get too fat to pass through narrow locks...
Many years ago I had a young lad who was fishing on the Leigh Branch fire maggots at my boat. I handed the tiller to Mrs Hound and leapt onto the bank with a windlass in my hand. The lad took off leaving his fishing gear behind. It was a pity that his rod fell into the cut when I accidentally tripped over it...
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14 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
It is not a case of the board deciding what information they wished to release - it is a case of they have proven themselves to be unreliable and prepared to alter the facts to suit the situation.
I repeat - they TWICE put in writing that they had never had / seen any previous issue of the report (with the full survey results) before they were given the 'Final' issue that was published.
Subsequently it was found that in fact the board had seen the earlier 'final' issue.
I would agree if the redacted pages changed the flavour of the report but it doesn't.
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20 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
But when C&RT (at the highest level) denied twice that they had been issued with a previous version, and, not only was it proven that they had been, but when they still denied it, a copy was shown.
(C&RT has had a whistleblower for some years).
That is (at the very least) telling lies, and supressing the truth.
Unless of course the board determine the form of the report to be issued...
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49 minutes ago, jonathanA said:
When I worked at Preston main exchange, it had a massive Mirlees diesel. I was told it was a "submarine engine" it drove a half megawatt alternator so guess it was a big un.... you could hear and feel the rumble through the whole building when it started up. Can't remember what the donkey engine was.
Later engines (from 1969 IIRC) were badged Mirlees Blackstone.
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45 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:
The trick to avoiding the midges is to go to Scotland whenever we are there. It is always persisting it down when we go so no midges to be seen.
Not had a problem with them yet.
Mind you that has probably jinxed next years summer holiday around Dumfries and Galloway
Whenever I have been to Scotland on business the weather has been fine and midge free.
Whenever I have tried to holiday in Scotland the infamous "Scotch Mist" or worse has appeared. I have been soaked but again midge free.
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4 minutes ago, LadyG said:
What is this WFH, another acronym which may or may not be essential.
WFH = Working From Home.
A broad view of canal boat licence fees (The other side)
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My understanding is that CRT can't refuse a licence if the boat is insured and has a current BSS certificate, however I do like @MtB's suggestion.