Bacchus
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3 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:
Perhaps she is a bit crochety?
That's knit funny
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10 minutes ago, Tacet said:
I didn't even attempt a recovery. The most help seemed to be to keep out of the way and allow his mates to retrieve him.
5 minutes ago, Nightwatch said:Was he ‘bobbying’ about?
To be fair, with the feet flattened by years on the beat, he should have been a pretty good swimmer...
Not sure that it appeels though.
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4 hours ago, Tacet said:
A policeman.
That's awkward. You'll never get a copper out with a sea-magnet...
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Hi @Robby789, I think your plan sounds perfectly feasible - familiarise yourself with the resources that @Bod mentions - the C and RT site also has a very useful list of available moorings and the prices which might help you to decide where you want to be.
Another factor - you mentioned getting a "little" job like supermarket etc. - look for a mooring near an Aldi, they are supposed to be one of the best payers and one of the best to work for
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6 hours ago, rusty69 said:
Oh, hang on brexit killed all that.
Ahem... wouldn't Brexit have killed living in Ireland too? Or are there enough inland waterways in Northern Ireland?
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Very bad form to bury the spout of the pump in the beer! That's the problem. If the spout doesn't touch the glass or the beer (which it shouldn't) then there is no risk of transfer of germs.
Of course it happens a lot, especially with keg beer, as it's much easier to stop a lively keg beer from frothing up if you bury the spout, and if you're worried about risk of infection you should probably follow the bartender into the khazi to check that he/she washes their hands properly... this could lead to embarrassment depending on the combination of customer/bartender gender.
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1 hour ago, Tonka said:
What is the pub opposite called ?
1 hour ago, magnetman said:There isn't one by the River there but there is an interesting on in Laleham with fish tanks. I think it is called the Three Horseshoes or similar.
Yes, I was referring to the Three Horseshoes. It is a couple of hundred yards from the river, but there is a good 48-hour public mooring where you could leave the "runabout" boat (unless it's full of over-staying narrowboats/barges, which does happen sometimes...
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33 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:
I have placed an offer.
I don't expect it to be accepted.
Well some people treat an opening offer as an "expression of interest" and a cue to begin negotiations.
Personally, if people come in too low as a starter, I refuse to negotiate with them, but you never know...
37 minutes ago, magnetman said:Laleham reach is alright. That's a nice mooring. Not sure how it works about living there as it does not seem to mention council tax. I have previously investigated the Laleham reach "estate" it is an interesting place. You won't get a lot of privacy I am pretty sure everyone knows what everyone else is doing. There will be self appointed wardens.
The price is normal these days. Even in Reading a mooring with nothing on the land is similar price to that.
I have friends who live down that road - it is very much a community so, no, not for hermits. The plus side is that you do get invited to a lot of parties, and the pub opposite is very nice, although, again, I suspect some might object to the prices... it isn't cheap. Good food, good beer, very friendly staff, but not cheap.
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2 hours ago, MtB said:
£half a mill for a 60ft mooring, jeez!!!
Well if you turned up with 425k in cash I'm sure they'd talk to you... 😇
It may seem a lot, but it's pretty good value for where it is. Lovely spot. Parking. Mains services, and the mooring has been camp-shed (that's about forty grand's worth these days!)
1 hour ago, Higgs said:I can see a couple of garden sheds and a waterfront. Where's the property? Is it an inflatable, kept in one of the sheds.
One of which will almost certainly flood... The water down there had been up by a metre for the last week
1 hour ago, Hudds Lad said:“Cash purchasers only”
Thats me out then
Yeah, me too. I have got cash... about thirty quid.
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12 minutes ago, MtB said:
live on the mooring, or in the garage.
More modest river-side properties are available... this one near me looks quite sweet
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That house has been on the market for aeons
Something puts people off
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I have two "boat" boats - I sold the steel cruiser and took a 27' GRP in p/ex, so have that (nice boat actually) and a trailer-sailer, plus a kayak (inflatable) and a tinker "funsail" dinghy which I use as a tender for the motorhome/camper...
I should probably update my avatar
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16 minutes ago, jonathanA said:
It's scary enough hanging on to the tiller of a 70foot nb...
I got wobbly knees just walking across... not sure that I could do it on the deck of a narrow-boat (and definitely not on a trad stern). The chances of falling off are slim, but the consequences severe!
(and don’t get me started on the term “influencer” -- the “me, me, me” culture of everyone wanting to be a “you-bend” sensation, get their two minutes of fame, and become millionaires overnight without having to study or work. It is so demeaning to people of genuine influence; the scientists, the writers, the painters, the explorers, and even some of the politicians who have shaped this brave o’erhanging firmament! Spending a day pretending to live on a narrow-boat or turning up somewhere in a VW Camper and making a 2 minute video about “free” camping” before going home to your three-bed semi in Walsall is not influential…)
Also I have it on good authority that this particular "influencer" has got his paddle-board the wrong way round
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21 minutes ago, MtB said:
Yes the documentation seems to be the problem, not the heaters.
This has been an ongoing problem for 30 years initially with Japanese products and now Chinese, which seem even worse. This is possibly the first shot across the bows that the Chinese must document their products properly instead of treating the manual and user instructions as the optional 'nice to have but not essential' attitude they currently have.
This thread illustrates the currently poor standard of documentation and technical support, but I guess that is one of the ways they manage to be so cheap.
As a person considering doing a bit of freelance technical authoring, I sense an opportunity.
I just need to learn Chinese...
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Hull speed in knots = 1.35 x the square root of the waterline length in feet
so for a 65' narrowboat or widebeam, 1.35*8.06 = 10.88
for the 65' twin hull 1.35*11.40 = 15.39
So the cat could go faster, or should use less fuel at the same speed?
(obviously i am not advocating cruising at 15 knots (18mph) on the canals...)
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22 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
Fascinating.
Nothing to say that the product is any way a problem, but the documentation doesn't warn the terminally stupid that heaters might get hot...
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Another dead swan floated past today, and a dead pigeon. I don't particularly like swans, but I don't like to see them dropping dead in such numbers.
Also Sainsbury's had no eggs, blaming a "supply" issue; I did wonder, especially with the very long shelf-life of eggs, whether that is somehow related to the bird flu or just one of these arguments that supermarkets have with their suppliers when the suppliers want to make a living too.
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4 hours ago, peterboat said:
Not seen any dead swans yet but no doubt it will come, this is just more bad news for nature.
It is just nature in action. Creatures live. Creatures die. Other creatures eat the ones that have died. One of the dead swans I saw today had a blood-stained throat, but I suspect that was something trying to have an opportunistic snack rather than the cause of death - The Defra notice suggesting "suspected" avian flu implies a more likely cause of death.
Tens of thousands of people die of flu in a bad year, no different for swans. Life is a balancing act for all of us
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3 hours ago, IanD said:
Where was this? I saw plenty on the Paddington Arm today, all healthy 🙂
on the Thames at Staines
Second biggest swan population after Windsor apparently, so we can lose a few
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A lot of dead swans around today - I have seen a couple just floating down the river (one neighbour reports seeing five!) and one in the car-park for the slipway that I mentioned up-thread, which has now been gated shut and the public asked not to enter. A local character who walks around with a cockatiel on his shoulder has been advised to keep it at home for the time-being, and dog owners are being warned to keep their dogs away from the swans
better get your frozen turkey-burgers in for Christmas dinner, even if the turkey farms aren't affected the prices will inevitably rocket!
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11 hours ago, MtB said:
Yep. Back in the day when my cars leaked excessively, it was time to scrap them or sell them on.
I remember my wife driving really fast in my 1968 Mini through a road flood and passenger getting utterly soaked from the fountain through the rust holes in the floor.
I had the same in my 2CV (except for the "driving really fast" bit, obviously)
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Thanks; I guess I thought as much... otherwise why would professionals spend hundreds on similar gauges
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Hi All,
Does anyone have any experience or comment on the accuracy of "DIY" ultrasonic thickness meters for measuring hull thickness. (this kind of thing -- obviously no substitute for a full hull survey, but are they accurate enough to indicate whether a full survey is needed)
(image in case anyone is reading this after the eBay listing has ended...)
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36 minutes ago, Heartland said:
credit must be given to the Poles for building this
So that's what all the Polish builders have been up to since Brexit... 😇
Pondering on buying a boat (again!)
in General Boating
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As others have said, long-term I would try to keep a toe in the bricks and mortar market. It might go up and down a bit, but the long-term trend is more likely to be up (nothing guaranteed).
I am in a not completely dissimilar position, the principal difference being that the increase in base-rates has affected my ability to meet my obligations... I could possibly go back into the city, but am semi-retired and enjoying my life 🙂; I have been able to care for my mother for the last few years, and I've written a couple of novels so -- getting to the point -- one thing I am considering doing is "air b 'n b-ing" my house for the summer and splitting my time between boat, camper, and mother's house; would a similar model work for you? Sell the glam-pad, release the equity, buy a place that would make a good holiday-type home and perhaps a more modest boat?