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7 minutes ago, LadyG said:
If you can't stop in an emergency, and I've seen a few cyclists training on the towpath, then you are not considering potential accident situations. Several cyclists have passed me as I am geting off the boat backwards, I can neither see nor hear them but they can see me ,and should ring their bell to alert me of their presence. I used to do a lot of training, the towpath is just not suitable for anything other than recreational cycling, if you want to go fast use the roads.
OK, well I said considerately right...which would consider stopping in emergencies.
On a tangent here, but I find car drivers always get mad at me when I step off the pavement, without looking, or listening, while walking backward......
In your opinion it's not suitable for anything other than recreational cycling. I find it can be suitable for me doing sprint training; as long as I'm considerate about where I do them.
And as for using roads...I live on a boat and that boat is next to the towpath, not next to a road
1 minute ago, Athy said:Have you considered the advantages of getting off the boat forwards?
Or even looking or listening, or perhaps both before moon walking into the unknown.
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I like to go fast on the towpath were appropriate, wana get where I'm going as quick a possible really.
I'd argue that the sign should be more aimed at cycling considerately. Consideration is good, speeding along is also good, with consideration
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15 hours ago, RareDigs said:
How does your pooch get along on board? Do you CC with it? Does it swim in the canal?
Post pics of your woofers below!
Fine yeah, seems to enjoy the different places we stay and varied walks. Yes. No.
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14 hours ago, phantom_iv said:
I think the sequence goes hit by tree with engine running - tries to move boat with engine - gets mooring line round the prop - drifts downstream - tries to moor to CRT workboat - swept down towards weir stream - hits bank at branch for weir, secures boat - gets mooring line off prop - motors off back upstream against current.
So the video of him going against the current is actually after all the drama happened.
You're bang on with the sequence I'd say yep. Big mess from start to finish. Several panic incorrect choices made.
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2 hours ago, Keeping Up said:
By some rather twisted logic they claim this to be a deliberate safety feature, because it ensures that the pawl will be in place for the next user. This of course ignores the highly unsafe consequence that you cannot lower the paddle by using just one hand.
Yeah, like a bellend, I slipped my hand off the windlass the other day and it span a full rev in freefall until coming to rest on me wrist, felt great.
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When is it time to bring up the fact that several lock designs mean you can't remove and drop the pawl off the gear. Some times there's a bolt installed ot prevent it, other times it's due to the gate design having a horizontal bar in the way; preventing the pawl being lifted fully up and over.
1 hour ago, bizzard said:Mine was an ex Met Police bike I bought for £40 at an auction.
there's an ex-police, complete with some sort of radio / telephone mounted on the tank, for sale on ebay for ~£10k
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Sad to see the baddies win aye. Cheers for the insight.
Interesting about the telephone line! I recognised the wire but never figured there was an actual phone line on that square wooden post.
I agree it is a lovely spot, sunsets are fab there. I looked at a CRT mooring, but the cost was too high for me to stomach. Was planning to stay 2 weeks there, but heading back to the boat tomorrow to up sticks in light of CRTs confirmation of the news!
The lack of electricity doesn't seem an issue to me really as the spot has good solar, which is an option thesedays. The water is a bit more of a faff, though one of the boats there used to run their hose across the canal when they needed to fill up!
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15 minutes ago, bizzard said:
Years ago I was riding my old 650 Triumph Thunderbird along a country lane,
Presently biding my time for the right sprung hub one of them to come up for sale
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Just had confirmation from CRT that "this is an official business venture". So seems like the offside mooring is no longer publicly owned, or somehow the bank owned by CRT is being used as a private mooring by the local farmer.
Also seems very odd that the renters of the CRT long term moorings were forced off the plot, but then CRT will allow the same piece of land to be used for private long term moorings...
May be of some interest to some, such as @Tanglewood
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I've emailed Mr Jenkins at CRT to let him know. Feel like some folk may end up forking out just to stay somewhere they could do for free!
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Hot off the press this one. Two blokes and a digger have just put up this sign outside me front deck.
I'm not sure if somethings changed since I last raised this topic, but I do note that it appears to have been erected at about the boundary of where the 'gardens' of the previous perm moorings used to be - i.e. it seems like it's been put up at the edge of the farmers land - which is a good 8' from the bank I believe.
If the farmer doesn't own up to the bank, then I wonder if you'll get into bother with CRT should you take a long term rental; as you'd effectively be moored to CRT land and thus overstaying.
First time I've been here since last year, oddly enough to the same month by chance. I won't be staying anyway as the mobile reception isn't good enough for the new world of working from home
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Aye Danny is quite the lad. I actually rode in a crew with him way back in around 2008, was mind bending even then. All of his vids are very good.
In the spirit of this forum, keeping things off topic, in the wrong board: The most recent vid that has my jaw on the floor is this from Dennis Enarson:
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1 hour ago, Halsey said:
The "entitled" generation at their best ? - a timely reminder of why we decided to leave the canals behind - particularly after 3 separate incidents of trouble with this generation in Gas St last year.
A result of CARTs outdoor gym propaganda......................happy for them to get on with it now we aren't involved or affected.......................society has moved on faster than we want to.
Entitled...? I don't get how? Their sport involves interpreting the everyday infrastructure in a different way than other people perceive it. They are very polite, if you watch some of their vids the interactions with public, property owners and police is always very very respectful and polite.
And I'm pretty sure CRT aint promoting parkour!
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31 minutes ago, Athy said:
It's good that these lads always seem to be in a posse, so that if there is an incident there is help at hand.
Yeah, looking out for one another is key in "extreme" sports (hate that term), I compete and am part of the gravity mtb world there some stuff you'd never consider without the right pals with ya.
These lads here won't be pushing one another to do things which they haven't done their own risk assessments of. There's various roof top ones on their YT channel which make me hands go tingly!
33 minutes ago, dmr said:I did mean standard for daft young lads rather than me personally, and anyway we mostly hang about on the K&A and Rochdale ?
The Weaver would be a good test for them.
................Dave
I'm quite comfortable hopping a narrow canal, but as you say, the power required to clear it from standing...
Not sure if in their London canal vid they are jumping the full ~14' - haven't time to watch as I'm supposed to be working!
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If you enjoyed it there are others on their YT page which are very good too. I don't believe any of them are gymnasts, though the ginger lad was on the Ninja Warrior thing on the telly box.
Just strong, fit and dedicated to their sport / life.
In general the content they put out is very enjoyable to watch. They are adept at editing and have all become good at talking to the camera.
Just had a quick scroll through their YT channel to find the link below and there's actually a few canal based ones.
This is the first one of theirs I was introduced to:
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I personally wouldn't be interested at all to see this. It's very likely that's what happened, but they've indeed edited the footage to make it the most 'exciting'. Either way, pretty dull viewing in my eyes. Each to their own and best of luck to them with their creativity and click bait career
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Not their best video but still very entertaining. Thought it may be of interest to some given the canal link, and I suspect some will unfortunately be very upset by the potential damage being done through the 'miss-use' of the infrastructure.
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vloggers are just doing what TV has been for years. They put out some content, some think its good and others think its shite, they tempt you in with a dramatic advert or, in a vlog, an enticing picture and title. They call it 'click bait' for a reason.
My friends do it (in the mountain bike world) and make a living from it. There's enough punters out there to make it viable.
Nowt against it, after all superlatives make you the president of america so can't fault them for using them too.
But yes, as discussed, this lock wasn't dangerous in the grand scheme of things and the lack of footage was disappointing / suspicious
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I skimmed the vid, looks like the splashing at 5:40 ish is the topic? Seemed fine to me, would just run off the deck. Even if the deck completely filled I wouldn't have thought it would have sinkeded.
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20 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
I agree, and I have not had my last 17 boats surveyed, and so far, not 'caught a cold'.
The seller was a very nice bloke, he'd only just had the hull painted, there really was no need to get it done. I was only the replies on here that made me have it done. It was sensible to spend £250 when buying a £35k boat though, the advice was correct.
The 'just needs blacking', then it turns out it needs loads of things is a huge warning in this case though. I would 100% have a survey done or walk away.
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When I bought my boat I came on here to ask advice much the same as you are doing. Contrary to some of the advice given I was happy to trust the independent seller who recommended a surveyor, I was present when the survey was done and I was confident the surveyor had done a honest job, picking up some odd minor bits here and there which the seller corrected.
However...if the survey had gone anything like yours has and I had previously been told 'everything is done just needs blacking' I would be very very skeptical. I would immediately start considering that there should be a significant price reduction and I would be commissioning my own survey. I'm generally quite bold with taking risks, happy to assess the situation and go with my gut on things, more so than the advice that is generally given on here...but on this one...I would be SUPER cautious.
And final point, as others have said, try not to get emotionally attached. Decisions of the heart hurt the wallet.
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1 hour ago, The Happy Nomad said:
Oh dear.
I was merely reinforceing the point.
There is really no need to get quite so narky about it. I was recounting based on personal experience of having dog poo splatter over me, not nice.
Fair enough, hard to figure out tone on here ain't it. Apologies for the narkiness
Oh dear
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Posted · Edited by sirweste
But, if you walk off backwards without looking or listening, as you claim, why should the passing public have the responsibility of alerting you to their presence?
I'm sure there are time when going backwards is best, but why this means you can't look around before you do so I'm not clear on. What I am clear on is that 'the passing cyclist' may indeed have to then stop in an emergency, an emergency that could have been completely avoided if there wasnt someone stepping off their boat backwards without looking