sirweste

Yes was aware you said that earlier. As I find is often the case on here replies to comments often assume the poster hasn’t fully thought through their actions fully, such as you telling me I should give some thought to... but I understand why, you’re smarter and wiser than I am, so you’re educating for the greater good

Yep, whenever I can, find a stick an transport it into the undergrowth. Without digging a hole, which I'll do if the ground permits, throwing it unbagged is the best way

Are you saying the second one is correct!? If so, please pass some wisdom on!

As I now work from home I felt this yesterday, was bizarre feeling the shudder and hearing the ceiling creak / crack. I'm moored pretty much dead between the two quoted centres just south of Slapton at Lock 32

Wendover

It bugs me when people work for free in a regular position, as it's basically undercutting someone's wage. Why would a company gainfully employ someone, if they could get someone else to do it for free. I know it's common for it to be retired people looking for something to do / looking for a way to 'give', but I feel there are better ways than in permie positions Then of course this all comes back to the company / charity being underfunded, which comes back to the gov, then to the economy etc etc

Good access for the water point, spitting distance from the car park and a stones throw from the winding hole. I can see why they’ve ‘dropped’ their boat here, wonder why I never thought mooring there before...

If it can't achieve temp I'd say the gas has got out, which in the domestic fridge world = throw in the bin and buy a new one

Could they!? How do they know who was piloting, purchasing, using the fuel? In my 6 years living aboard I've never been asked to fill in a log book. Rarely get asked what my split is. I've filled out the linked form. I look forward to the ultimate decline of diesel on boats despite being a lover of an old engine chuggin past. Be a nicer place / life when they are gone again.

The P stands for Potato. As other's have said, what happened before this incident is utterly irrelevant. Hope the potato boat person in charge gets dragged through whatever punishment is available. If the video recorder did something different then that should be dealt with too of course.

Just to add, to balance the opinion, I'm more than happy to use the pump out on the offside. Rocking to get the last bits is either done by swinging off the roof 'rail' or popping up on the roof. Can't be arsed with winding just for a pump out.

Yep, there's a few dumpers around here that I would guess would have a perm mooring rather than doing a quick shuffle every 2 weeks. I certainly choose to CC due to linear mooring costs (boat parks don't appeal to me).

Gary is moored up next to me at the moment actually, if there's a message / number you want me to pass on let me know

Depends if you're keen to 'stick to the rules', even when said rules don't really make so much sense e.g. can only go out shopping for essential items, but we'll re-open retail shops soon...you just can't go to them... I've been stopped since just before the lockdown on a quiet bend, a solid 5 minute walk from the van on the GU. Over the last 2/3 weeks there's been a gradual increase in marina boats appearing. By now theres easily 4 or 5 stopped on that 5 minute walk each night, out for a break/holiday spending the nights away from home. Effectively the rule about not staying overnight isn't being adhered to anymore (understandably), so I shouldn't worry about it too much. If you get asked just tell them you wanted to stay overnight so that prior to driving the boat the next day you could test your eyesight by making your morning brew.

Just popped back in to see if there was any new update...we're on to anti-vax with a hint of brexit... love this place, never known another forum veer so wildly off topic with such regularity. My emails from CRT are a bit haphazard e.g. I never received the one telling me to stay put, I'd decided to do it anyway as it seemed logical, then I noticed a post on here. There's been no update on yesterday's announcement I assume? I also assume there's quite a bit of anecdotal evidence for increased boat movements now? That's my experience anyhow

It's people like yourself, and many others, that I think there should be differing guidance. Imposing arbitrary movement requirements on and aging user group doesn't seem sensible. An awful lot of CCers would simply be safer if they were allowed to remain sat still. Issue is that then you'll get some folk taking the mickey.

The email was a little less definitive than that I'd say. It's an anticipation, hopefully things do go in that direction though

So for CCers, I'm allowed to move from the 23rd, but shouldn't touch any structures i.e. can't move through locks for pleasure. On the 23rd the 14 timer starts, so I can wait until the 1st of June, when they anticipate that they will reopen the navigation fully, i.e. implies that travelling through locks for pleasure is OK from the 1st June. However should it not be fully open or instructions change I assume the movement rule will be waived again...?

Interesting contradiction between the requirement for CC to start moving again and HM to avoid the use of locks, though admittedly only by a few days

I'm amazed at this thread, it's not that hard to understand, boating for pleasure ain't yet permitted, just wait and continue to do your bit to keep the population as safe as you can. Anecdotally the number of boats, that appear to be non-liveaboards, that are moving has at least doubled since the weekend. Including a absolutely massive wide beam which moored up next to me for exactly a week before heading back off in the direction it came. We all like our hobbies, but for now we should make small sacrifices with them rather than looking for loop holes in the new rules

I'm not sure that's right, think one of the parents would have to leave the grandson in the local park and they would then go home, this would then enable you to then travel to the park to meet your grandson from a distance of 2 meters

Interesting...so gov advice means that CRT believe folk are allowed out to the boat for a single day's cruise... I'm still sat still on the southern GU, tbh quite enjoying the quiet winter canal conditions but in nice summer weather

Now that the train numbers have decreased significantly I quite like where I happened to be when the movement restriction came in force. I'm moored near bridge 108 in Old Linslade on the GU. Few different dog walk loops I can make, there's Rushmere Country Park a short ride away for some "mountain" biking exercise. Water tank fill up run is either a short journey and a 6 locks or longer journey and 2 locks. Either way presents some brief but enjoyable cruising.