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terriegym

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About terriegym

  • Birthday 26/07/1971

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  • Gender
    Female
  • Location
    Near Slimbridge
  • Occupation
    Gymnastics coach/leotard maker
  • Boat Name
    Chris's Rhapsody
  • Boat Location
    Gloucester & Sharpness

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  1. thank you Alan, sorry we haven't been in touch. how are the Chris's doing? Ive been a bit busy re building the front cabin roof, talk about baptism of fire!
  2. Thankyou Peter I really would love some help when the time comes, as im not experienced i would not feel safe trying to get my boy to help as he's still only 9. he'll throw and catch lines but thats about it at the moment, good info on the keys thanks i havent read about that yet, as their are bridge keepers here i never thought about it either
  3. Thankyou OldGoat. I never saw that one when i looked at YBW earlier i'll go back and have another look. Thankyou ill save that one and look later
  4. Chubby i believe my response below does suggest what sort of advice i am looking for. I also did not say i could not afford a mooring i said i cannot afford 'a marina'. I am well aware of the cost of road transport as my boat came down from Newark as Alan has mentioned above. and i managed to arrange most of that all by myself!! i was asking for advice on this forum as everyone has been so nice in the past and i was hoping to connect to people who have actual real time experience of being on the non-tidal Medway. Now as a 'Mother' my eldest son needs me to help him make his new venture a success. driving for approx an hour each way from near the estuary to Tonbridge every day for work is really not going to be practical. 'She' certainly CAN be bothered to do as much research as needed, but google cant compare to people on the ground. i am working from 3am til 7pm most days to raise the funds for the move and a well deserved holiday, and have 2 sons to look after also, so please excuse me if i can not respond to replies straight away. thankyou for the responses with further information on bridge heights and moving the boat. i will get to each one individually, but we are celebrating having a working oven on the boat for the first time in a year, with Pizza! Thank you Traveller, I really dont have much choice needing to be near Tonbridge. i Pay £267 per month for mooring (no elec or water) and licence at the moment. im not sure how much my son can pay me to begin with so i cant really say what i can or cant pay at the moment.
  5. hi thanks. i cant afford a marina, plus i have 3 dogs and two lively boys. i need to find places near somewhere to park the van but away enough not to annoy other people.
  6. Hi thanks for your response. my boat would have to come down by lorry, we are on the Gloucester & Sharpness canal at the moment. shes a 10.6 wide wood/plastic. i need advise on moorings (cant afford much) bridges, locks (ive never done and am the only adult on board) where i can and cant go, boater communities etc etc.
  7. Hi. i havent been on the forum for a while, its been a year now living on board and we love it, even with no roof for 2 months in the height of winter. things got a bit crazy, front cabin roof fell in and side deck went in with it. so been busy trying to fix it all by my little self. but thats a whole other topic. I am needing to move down to the Medway to help my son with his new business in Tonbridge and need some advice and information. non judgemental please as i dont think i can handle any more stress
  8. Thanks. I've brushed the flue out. Not a lot of muck out of there. Cleaned the burning pot and the diesel is running in fine ?
  9. Hi can anyone help, my heater will burn for a few hours then I'll wake up to find its gone out and I've got a pool of diesel in the bottom of the heater. This has happened for 3 nights running now and we have no other forms of heating.
  10. Thankyou, although i don't feel very brave sometimes. luckily my boys are also CCers (continuous cuddler's!!)
  11. Lol it might have been if I knew what last night was going to be like in that wind. Had to put 2extra ropes on her and an extra fender. Hoping we wouldn't crash into the side heavily or end up half way down the canal while I was sleeping.
  12. Thanks guys. am hoping the tarps will at least hold on long enough to seal up the wheelhouse. will attach more ropes and bottles later. my new song to my boat!! https://youtu.be/UtKADQnjQmc
  13. oh my days, well that was an eventful or un-eventful pump out depending on how you look at it. went to have her pumped out yesterday, nothing happening, so looked at the pipes, not connected, so i try and re connect the pipe, still nothing as the pipe is too large , so i throw a paddy, leave the boat at the pump out station, drive to the garage and get some old pipe i have ready to tackle it again this morning. 6am start at the boat. pipe i have is too small, so sit with cuppa and stare at pipes again, figure out there is a yellow pipe near ish the pump outlet, take apart, clean and reseal all the (house plumbing) connectors that join the other end of said pipe to the tank, attach the other end of pipe to the pump outlet and hey presto, we get a bit of a pump out!! so next step, lots of blue stuff poured into tank and try another pump out when things are loosened up a bit!! and have also managed to get tarpaulin's over her today, just hope they are still on tomorrow. lol
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