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dogless

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  1. Excel is the best on our stove ... very low ash and burns well, slowly. New Heat is a good substitute. Trial and error on your particular stove is the best judge 👍🏻 Rog
  2. The buoy at Ansty marks (I understand) the stump of a tree which grew in the bank, and would be problematic to remove without rebuilding the canal bank. I assume you mean Hillmorton locks as there's only a single stop lock at Hawkesbury. Hillmorton locks are busy, and often suffer minor break downs, but of all lock flights, Hillmorton seems in my experience to have repair work carried out fairly speedily. Rog
  3. That obstruction and buoy was removed about four years ago, along with work being done on improving drains under the towpath to assist moving ground water, and stone filled gabions added to try and stabilise the bank. If you examine the photo of 1910 , movement can already be seen and at a time when there were few trees. It is a wet bank, made wetter by horrendous rain this winter. Without the budgets for maintenance , and workforce the railways enjoy (being a commercial enterprise not leisure based) it's hard to see what more can be done. Rog
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  8. Searching the Internet regarding this new (to us) mooring site and came across this old thread. Anyone know who operates the moorings ? There's no signage and whilst two or three boats are in there, it doesn't look like a finished project. Just curious, thanks. Rog
  9. From Saltisford ... several boats in front of you ... where we've moored every winter since 2004. Rog
  10. Some of us go boating because we enjoy it Tigerr. Someone deciding to do the locks for us , and boss us around at the same time, reduces that enjoyment considerably. Rog
  11. We came up last Saturday in three hours twenty five ... only used one gate and paddle as it was quite icy. The locks were mostly set for us (but for leakage). No sign of volunteers, or indeed other boats. We're obviously not as old and infirm as we'd feared after five months at home ... and the breakfast in the cafe was stunning 👍🏻 Rog
  12. Unless someone's hit them since 11am that's how they look now 😊 Rog
  13. Anyone know how the story went on these two ? Rog
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  18. Changed the gear box to a PRM 150 . It previously had a mechanical Hurth gear box. Rog
  19. We had a Beta BV 1903 with 3,500 hours recorded when we bought the boat in 2004 at 11 years old. By January 2018 we had a new Beta 43 fitted as the old engine, which by then had over 17,000 hours, had become smokey and needed to be stripped down and reconditioned. Finding someone to strip down the engine and do whatever work was needed would have taken many weeks (a friends took three months to be completed) and at a cost which would be impossible to accurately estimate (the friend's ultimately cost £3,400) depending what was found. Once done several months and who knows what cost later, we'd still have an old but reconditioned engine. We elected to have a new Beta 43 fitted which cost around £7,000 fitted, and took two days. The engine now has over 4,000 hours and is performing as new. Rog
  20. Came across this old thread by accident ... seemed appropriate to update and answer my own question. My broker (Nautical Insurance) required a full out of water valuation survey, giving me 12 months notice of the requirement. I was able to arrange the survey whilst the boat was out for its bi-annual blacking. The boat was 29 years old when I was advised of the requirement, and 30 years old as the survey was completed. I will not be required to provide a further survey for ten years (I'm very pleased to say) Rog
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