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mad dog n' Englishman

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  1. 41 minutes ago, matty40s said:

    It would be far better for Waterside Moorings to sort out their awful website, actually advertise empty moorings as soon as they become available, or even advertise upcoming ones(I know, it's a bit extreme for CRT).

    If you go to the national map now, (on android anyway), it shows zero vacancies, even if you drill down to a known local mooring. You really have to delve if you want to find vacant moorings, and not all of those are shown anyway.

    Perhaps once its sold off like BWML, it will have an improved capability, along with associated higher mooring fees. However, at present, it is not managed well, and not operated to maximise income potential, something that should be a priority at present.

    Buckby top lock, officially 12 mooring spaces. site shows 2 available spots. There are only 6 boats moored here and has been at this level since Feb22. Look at Waterside mooring site and it shows 10 occupied moorings. While I moored there it was never full but almost always showed , no vacancies.

  2. Perhaps, if the boat yards that put these boats on the water were to decline the job. It would lead to less wide boats being on what some see as the wrong canal. Very little point in helping them to get afloat and then moaning about them. pot and kettle comes to mind. 

  3. 53 minutes ago, matty40s said:

    Any boat that has been on sale for 3 months or more now is either overpriced, has had a sale resulting in it coming back to market, or a complete dog......sometimes a combination.

     

    Whilton, down to 8 boats(including a plastic tender) would normally have a massive selection to go and view.

    ABNB a few more, but most of those off site, creating massive viewing issues, again, very little new, the last few email updates have featured Available Again a lot with no new stock. They have also been marketing boats in the previously 'Whilton' bracket, just to keep sales throughput going.

    GreatHaywood, difficult to tell as they are not good at updating website.

     

    I think it should be noted that 2 of the 8 boats on sale, have been reduced in price. One by a hefty £10,000. 

  4. 17 minutes ago, roland elsdon said:

    Ha just realised that my boat is about 1 mile into a tier 3 area.

    I will exercise the 10 miles over through the Northants Warwick border, using my bike .

    Once  in the exclusion zone (I will dodge the happy shoppers) core strength exercise is required ( winding paddles) will bring me back to the sunny uplands of Northants and I can take my essential trip to the chandlers.

    I have exercised, avoided driving in a tier 3 and supported a local business.
    That puts my public service above most politicians.
    Wont bother going back to Warwickshire, I’m sure there will be canal blocks.

     

    Ah, but not before 12th Dec. Buckby closure longer than expected.

  5. Hello, I bought a 9" deep mattress from this company 6 years ago. It was made to my measurements and fitted perfectly. Sorry to say, that although it is used only 5 months per year and gets turned frequently, it is no longer very comfortable and will be replaced soon. It hasn't really been comfy for last couple of years, hope this is useful.

    Garry.

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  6. Interesting, I had quite a lot of work carried out by this yard. Always found them to be helpful, friendly and very good at their job. I would and have recommended them to other, now satisfied customers. Perhaps you caught them on a very bad day.  

    9 hours ago, Athy said:

    We have not had blacking done there. We bought a bottle gas there about two years ago. The service we got was so surly and rude that  we will never give them our custom again. If that's an indication of their general attitude to paying customers, you might consider going somewhere else.

     

  7. 17 minutes ago, pearley said:

    You could try SML Ballistic Black. It's very thick.

    Used this earlier this year, didn't get the same coverage as I am used to from Intertuf. The blacking did flow well and I felt that it will do its job well.

    With Intertuf  3 coats went on, Ballastic black gave 2 full coats and 1 more along the waterline. This on a 60ft boat. It was also much cheaper almost £50 saving.

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