Stephanie's boat

And my advice to you ( or anyone else ) in the same situation is to simply hold your ground, a narrow boat entrance is easy to defend and it's already clear these youth need 'egging on' and thus are really not that brave. Probably for the best.

that's just plain silly. it's not 'clear facts' you've just told us one more piece of information. A clear fact is that if you punch someone with a knife, drug-fuelled or otherwise you are much more likely to be stabbed. Apart from the air-rifle the man in the OP did the right thing, holding his ground, inside his boat. What are you suggesting? That like Gareth's fantasy you chase them down the towpath, maybe land one punch and get stabbed in return? or "throw them in the canal" and end up in a cell? That's just plain daft. And your advice to this man is 'he should have engaged them in violence'? even with a time machine it's not hugely useful to a guy on painkillers who requires a carer. The advice is obvious, even without Facebook, he needs a lawyer. A further piece of advice would be "don't admit to a firearms offence on Facebook" but I expect his lawyer will tell him this.

....half a story tells nothing, maybe the lovely lad did get the first punch in and got stabbed in return.

copy them to a computer and use iCloud from there, delete them from the iPad (after backing them up) then you can access them from the iPad again as lower resolution ( or just access certain albums).

he needs a lawyer not a Facebook group. he needs a lawyer not a Facebook group. As for you Gareth, maybe you also want the pleasure of a few months in a prison cell but your fantasy reaction is not the most sensible course of action either.

This is very sensible advice. ?