johnmoly

According to the Governments Office for National Statistics, Merseyside is the second safest area to live in the UK, second only to Tyneside. Of course we don't expect most people to know that, but at the rate of hotels being built here it can't be that wrong. As I said, most areas of the UK are suffering from the extra crime rate due to the lack of police on the streets.

I think we all know crime is on the increase everywhere, all because of Government penny pinching, less police more crime, anybody with an ounce of common sense can work that one out.

I assume you mean 2019 !!.

Reminds me about a story I heard years ago from a mechanic who used to work at a Rolls Royce dealer. Just after WW2 finished a Major wanted to go to France to view some battlefields he had been in, so along he went with his wife in Rolls Royce car, just a few days into his holiday in France the Rolls broke down. He contacted RR in England and they sent two mechanics to him about two days later. They repaired the car in a few hours. The Major continued his tour of France, and back in England a few weeks later thought to himself I haven't had the bill yet from RR, so he contacted them and explained the problem. He was told he must be mistaken, as RR cars don't break down.

Try the Lancaster Canal, lock free for forty miles. These people do pet friendly boats:- https://www.lancaster-canal-boat-hire-holidays.co.uk/

Between any of the four locks on the Middlewich Branch, especially summertime and over a Saturday /Sunday. Its busy enough during the week in the summer.

I read an article recently in the Daily Telegraph where it said that while the wages of those living in the south east where 30% higher than the rest of the country, the cost of living was 66% higher than others.

I was under the impression that the Trent and Mersey stopped at the Dutton Stop Lock, what otherwise was the point of the canal companies putting the lock there. That is approx 100 yards from the Preston Brook tunnel so I would agree that the tunnel is on the Bridgewater Canal.

Isn't it best to mention which canal you will want to buy the fuel ?

Not the operator, you are , or one of your crew. That's if I have read your question correctly !. If not been on a boat before the hire company will provide you with some training before you take command.

On Merseyside you can get an elderly persons Travel Pass at 60, which will cover bus, train and ferry. The English bus part will only become effective when reaching that age, which Merseytravel will automatically send to you.

Years ago I was an HGV driver and was told not to use easy start even though the garage used to stock it. Being in my twenties I ignored such advice just to get the engine started, well that engine didn't last long although I suspect it was on its way out anyway. To get other engines started in the cold weather I used to light a page of yesterdays newspaper and hold that by the air filter intake and pressed the starter button - worked every time.

I had a 4 berth trad stern narrowboat out last year from Claymore Navigation at Preston Brook, Cheshire.

Still is. Both my daughters work in the retail business in cosmetics and they say its amazing the number of chinese people coming into shops to buy makeup that makes them look 'white', meaning that they didn't work out in the fields, so they look like either stay at homes or work in offices making them seem wealthy compared to the ordinary plebs. Most of these cosmetics are then sent back to China.

Should this be Vicars Hall Bridge, number 56. Anyone know if indeed work did start today.

Works ok on my PC.

Really sad I missed the stove top fans at Aldi. Search around, their still available in stores, I saw some the other day in Aldi, Old Swan, Liverpool.

If its vinyl lettering, just get a hairdryer and apply over the letters, that always brings them off, then using white spirit remove any traces of adhesive.

You could try Canal Boat Cruises of Riley Green, their in the Preston area on the L&L. Claymore boats are on the end of the Bridgewater canal by Preston Brook near Runcorn.

Have you tried Collingwood in Liverpool.

Seen something very similar in Florida.

There is only one racecourse near Liverpool and that is Aintree, so I also expect it to have been built by Aintree Boats.

Article in today's Daily Telegraph:- An ex-RAF man who refused to buy a £400 river navigation licence for a "boat" that can't be moved won a High Court victory yesterday. Glen Parker was prosecuted by the Environment Agency for not licensing his houseboat at Hartford Marina, in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. But the Appeal Court ruled that the home - which is permanently attached to the marina's bed, has no means of propulsion and is connected to mains electricity, sewage and water - is not "a vessel" and does not need a licence.