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Hekaterine

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  1. OT too, but a friend of mine bought a pie at a football match, bit into it and found just half an inch of brown sludge in the bottom. He went back and asked the girl behind the counter what flavour it was meant to be. She gave him a look and said "piiiiee" (badly spelled to suggest elongation of the word). He didn't feel he could complain after that really!
  2. Hi there Some of you may remember that we had a problem a few months ago where our toilet blocked and would not flush. In the end, we contacted Black Prince, who gave us instructions on how to change the electrics so the pump 'blew' instead of 'sucked' and on the odd occassion it's happened since, that has worked fine. This time, we've reversed the polarity to no effect and also the toilet has now stopped making any sort of pumping noises at all, so when we press the button, literally nothing happens. Can anyone give us any help or put us in touch with anyone in the Newark area who could come and fix it? Thanks Karen and Keith
  3. I did think twice about posting to be honest, especially following the post from someone who suggested that people who moor at burton waters are putting on the dog but I thought I'd nail my colours to the mast As a few people have said, it's horses for courses. The world would be terrible boring if we all thought the same.
  4. Sadly, it's very reasonable for the Lincoln/Newark area. We'd love to be bankside but before the mooring tender pilot there were 27 boats on the waiting list and the tender drove the most recent prices for a mooring in Lincoln up to £5250 a year. We're just about to sign a contract at Burton Waters and hope we'll be very happy there. Where we are now is not as nice and is more expensive. See you for a pint in the Woodcock once we've settled in, Phylis.
  5. Thanks for all your help so far. this is really useful stuff. Is there a specific definition of a houseboat then? i.e. not just a boat you live on (sorry to sound thick) EDIT - sorry I am thick - have just checked the link properly and I see the definition is no self-propulsion.
  6. Hadn't thought of that - but surely they have to do a VAT return anyway? Would it create a lot more difficulty for them if some of the fees were VAT exempt and some not?
  7. Hi. I've done a search on VAT and haven't found any topics so apologies if this has been discussed before but... We live on our boat and currently moor in a marina, where we pay VAT on our mooring fee. Our neighbour gets Housing Benefit, which tells me that the Council accepts that some or all of the mooring charge is rent. Surely that means that some or all of the mooring fee should be VAT-exempt? Anyone on here know more about this than I do? I'm wondering whether to have a chat with Customs and Excise. Ta in advance. Karen
  8. Hi Newbird. Some marinas do say you can only get a mooring if you buy from them - usually these are the ones who are full or nearly full so you might struggle to get in otherwise. If you don't mind a commute, we're at Kings Marina in Newark and there are vacancies here at present.
  9. Congratulations. We bought ours 2 Christmases ago and have been living aboard for 18 months. Do you have a moorng or are you off constant cruising?
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  13. LOL. We've just gone for an immersion heater and we love it! No more boiling the kettle to wash up! We didn't have a boss to fit the immersion so had to replace the tank - my MIL bought it for us as a belated boat-warming present and it cost £350. Money well spent - especially as it wasn't my money Wish we'd done it ages ago.
  14. "Hekaterine" is also an ex-BP boat; Duchess Class and originally called Dorset. We've had her for two years. I'll get some before and after pics for you. Karen x
  15. You might want to get a copy of Going It Alone - a guide to single-handed boating http://www.canaljunction.com/boat/singleorder.htm
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  17. Giles you are a star! I never thought of that. It's the Brayford Belle and my OH walks past them every day on his way to work.
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  19. Thanks for that. I thought Burton Water would be ok. If we want to go further we'll take our chances - I guess the worst case scenario would be to carry on to Torksey - I assume it's wide enough to wind there without having to lock through? My OH reckons the stretch by the Pyewipe might be wide enough as well. No way of winding at Saxilby I s'pose? We were thinking Saxilby and back might be a nice day out from the Brayford.
  20. Good luck! You are right about making it more attractive from the towpath, I think it would make all the difference.
  21. Hi there Can any of you Lincoln people tell me if there are any parts of the Fossdyke between Brayford Pool and Torksey Lock that are wide enough to wind a 60ft narrowboat or do you have to go the whole way along? I've looked in Nicholson's and there don't seem to be any winding symbols so the only place I could see would be Burton Waters if we stuck our nose in the marina entrance and turned that way but I think we'd like to go a bit further than that before turning round. Ta
  22. Me again. Just saw this earlier in the thread: Can someone explain GPRS and is that something that is in some places and not others? Sorreee - wish I had a brain for this kinda thing
  23. Hi. My question is less about download space and more about speed. We are currently in a marina with access via ineedbroadband.co.uk which is not brilliant but we get by (although I can't load Facebook - presumably because it's too slow). Anyway, we may well be off on the move soon so need to look into this. Some of the mobile broadband speeds look v slow. I notice Vodaphone have much higher speeds available. Has anyone found mobile broadband to be quite slow? Thanks for the tip of Wetherspoons btw. Good excuse for a beer :-)
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  25. Pleased to see this thread and also that Truculent has been found. Hopefully not damaged, as it is up for sale. I know the owner and she's had more than her fair share of troubles recently and I'm sure she could have done without this. Hope they caught the git that took it.
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