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Ah fair enough, sounded horrific - glad it's not the truth!

Apparently priory marina all use sea toilets, few of the boats have holding tanks. Apparently the pump out is covered in cobwebs! I'm amazed that it's legal that high up the river. Completely wrong in my opinion Priory marina in Bedford Twas false info I was told

There's a lass at work who's entire marina discharges into the river I think. Seems lazy to me

I move, not anywhere near as much as others though and almost always in the evenings rather than at peak times when volockies would be present. This whole thread has basically highlighted the obvious. 1. Most volockies are good, a small proportion are bad; like all things in life really. 2. People who move a lot have significantly higher exposure to volockies than most boaters; so statistically are more likely to encounter bad ones 3. People who move a lot tend to be the ones who do it for the journey rather than the destination. Thus they prefer to work the locks themselves and as such are tuned in to volockies not following training and assuming the boater wants assistance. 4. Boaters happy/welcoming of assistance aren't likely to not notice the foibles of the volockies as they are just chuffed to have saved some time / effort. 5. CRT don't seem to have responded to any of the reports of bad volockie behaviour.

Because slowing the incoming flow briefly, is faster than walking around after exiting to drop the paddles again. So less time is taken with the lower gates exposed to the pound above. Thus more efficient. This method only doesn't work on a lower gates that are leaking fast than 1 side of paddles can feed the lock (such as Dudswell on the GU)

Think this is partially correct, bit of a generalisation like. I don't do a lot of boating compared to other like Nick. Then when I do it's usually late on when there's definitely no keepers around. My few experiences of them has been mixed. I suspect more boating in peak times would mean more experiences of them and statistically they are likely to be good experiences. Usually when boating I have a optimistic destination in mind and would be grateful of offered assistance. Though as Mike said, this would be best if it were opening and closing rather than paddles. One at the three locks in Soulbury I'm pretty sure asked if I wanted help (I'm always single handing), which I accepted. Unfortunately I was new to boating and wasn't comfortable with fully wound up paddles, so I whistled to him to drop it to half and he obliged, but his was pretty miffed about it and made me feel like a tool!! Another at Fradley (now I'm a confident boater) asked if I wanted help (coming down), I agreed. As I was off the boat closing the top gate he'd already opened the paddle while facing away. So the gate slammed shut and I gave up on the planned tying up of the boat, quickly jumped over the deck railing (I'm in me mid 30s) to initiate a hard reverse. I mentioned the haste of it all to him and said while I wasn't bothered really an older person wouldn't have been able to get back on the boat. Can't remember what he said to be honest, but he was a pleasant fella. To be honest I would have rathered have someone on the swing bridge!! And other couple of experiences at Soulbury have been fine. Though to be honest they tend not to assist me much and seem to be there just to teach the Wyvern hirers how to do it.

Down having me dinner on the bench and thought I’d have a nosey dont think the last picture is clear but you can clearly see the ground has sunk where the lock chamber would have been

There's another thread on here about the unusual lock design; both width and balance beam. I always attributed the beams being at differing side to be something to do with the locking being manned or not. I never understood why they made them wider though. The arm was build narrow to save water; it had no feeds other than the GJC. So then why would you build the locks to a slightly wider than normal width - using/wasting extra water

I don't understad why they don't capitalise on pop-culture as an example: sorting out something related to Peaky Blinders

Yer it is that one, making it all the more ironic in my opinion! Still don't know why they need a dozen security lights burning with the intensity of a the sun. Off topic, the does anyone have a link for the end of the Stolen Boat thread? Was curious about it getting found, but hte various threads just petered out

There was a boat moored near me recently named "que sera sera". Which is pretty unimaginative in general, but what made it ironic was that on the roof there was no fewer than 6 CCTV cameras and something like a dozen motion sensing security lights which seared your retinas as you walked past at night.

While W3W is designed to be easy to use by the technically challenged and easier to remember, it has obvious and glaring limitations. Limitations which plus code was designed not to have. Quite simply, if you think W3W is great or you think local knowledge and a map is better, then most likely your not from the tech generation. Plus codes are designed for the future, a future which a lot of you won't be alive in!

I couldn't remember if it was one house or two, but come to think of it, the No Mooring sign in the garden didn't have the notes in the window. I agree though, the more southerly house is generally within the turning circle and I wouldn't moor outside that one.

Interesting geeking out session that. I'm sold on the plus code. W3W gimmick should be quickly killed off imo

I must admit, it's an OK place to stop. Some parking close by and plenty of it so I dont need to risk scratching the oxidation off the van as I bury it in the hedge. No tree coverage so will get solar. Decent bank and towpath isnt muddy. Just before a winding hole. Downside is that the railway is unobscured, so noisey https://www.hypnotherapists.org.uk/therapist-finder/view/plid/5900/ and right next to this should you need any help coping with your neighbours...

Looks like it was sold in 2014. And I also stumbled upon a Hypnotherapy business being run from there

Yer, I'm tempted to move down to there and moor up for a few days. But I would be going out of my way just to annoy them! I've decided to move back up to north of Leighton Buzzard and spend the end of summer up there

So these signs had me a bit miffed last night with their cheek. Wondered if anybody had any back story that gave them some context or had moored there before. I googled the cottage to see if it had been brought up before and I think the cottage was up for sale recently. To me its basically the same as putting up a sign in my window that asks people to respect my property by not walking past. The dog related sign is on the garden fence, then every window at the house has the note in it. Finally the No Mooring sign in the garden. Located just south of Berko

Yer, this is my point. Not sure how feasible that is with my current layout

Dear parents, get in the sea.

Personally I would love to use a composting bog. But I can't see it drying out very well boxed up on the boat. My current set-up is a pump out which is fine, pumping out every 6 to 8 weeks. Sometimes bit of a faff finding a pump out when it lights up as full (which gives about 6 more flushes), but pretty easy. If composting gets easier I'd be well up for it

Aye that's me cousins chippy!

The Sheps is raised up above the road a bit, but still if there was catastrophic failure I'm not sure it'd be safe

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Yer it will, but it will take out the centre of the town on it's way through. I'm from New Mills, young (compared to you lot) and able bodied; if anyone happens across any mountain rescue calls for volunteers could they please link it up or message me. I'm in Milton Keynes but will want to head up to assist