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Spoken like a real teacher.

I didn't realise that canal boating had celebrities

We don't even try to leave our multi-fuel burner 'in' over-night e.g. we just close it all right down and let it burn itself out. The result is cold ash in the morning, which goes straight into the tippy. Hopefully there are no dangers with this approach!?

Grenfell highlights / exaggerates the problem that too, too often existing rules and regulations are ignored / not enforced, rather then the effect of relaxing laws too far.

Okay, thanks for that.

May I ask why you would do this, as surely the Lithiums would get more than adequately charged just by cruising? Note - this isn't intended as a criticism; I don't have lithiums, and probably never will, so am just curious.

Thanks, chaps. More useless info to replace stuff I really ought to try and remember!

Genuine question - how many instances are there of pairs of locks on the network, like those at Hillmorton?

I have the Impression that it is not a problem using Lithiums over the range of 10%=>90%, even 95%, percent. Indeed taking them up to 100% is allowable, though perhaps difficult to gauge, you just don't want to leave them that highly charged for any length of time. Beaten to it by Nick!

Okay - thanks for that.

So, does "silicates" equal old or OAT (modern)????

Just because someone is a professional doesn't mean they're any good at what they do.

But what is obvious to a 'brat' may not be obvious to 'the man'