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Ditto Not a good idea to put sea water into a sensitive FW habitat. However a commercial advantage would be that you could load the ships more heavilyif the cana became saltwater instead of fresh.

Which bit of FB are the photos on. I can't find them N

When we were down at Sharpness a few days ago we went to view the Purton Hulks. The ferro-cement barges which had been deliberately holed and left there to reinforce the bank we much the best preserved. In fact, apart from the holes in them they looked perfect. Built in 1941 and in the weather and not maintained ever since. Perhaps we should try ferro-cement narrowboats. They wouldn't need any extra ballast and wouldn't have much room inside either. The ferro-cement was very thick (about 4"?)

I reckion that TD'A asked Chat GPT and out it all spewed. 😁 I was RIGHT!! 😁🙂😄

Note to self: read through reply before posting. Reduce mistakes which make you look foolish.

If your stupid enough to go riding around on wild pigs then you deserve all you get. A mention in the Darwin awards.

Acksherly Tony Brooks had already made the point with an explanation of what to do if it has a box of 'tronics on the end. N

The shunt of itself is not smart. It's nobbut a low resistance across which to measure a voltage. But perhaps yours has some electronics attached to it?

If the weather moves his car he is going to end up with broken shins. 😑

Do red kite eat fishy carrion, say after a flood or when a grizzly has had his fill?

We took note of the closed pub. The mooring now has a laminated paper nitce saying "Private Mooring". Very sad. It looked a lovely place to stop. N

Should be OK. We will be leaving at 0815 (We're in Gloucester Dock) HW will be at 1405 and all the river levels up from Gloucester are at either Normal and Steady or Normal and Falling. Thanks for all the useful advice as ever. Nick

Those were the days when boating was a proper challenge! N

Multithanx N

I believe that there is Elsan disposal at Pershore and Evesham. Are there any more? Are they open and functional? TIA Nick

Didn't see any scratch marks from talons...

Since it's just past the springs I thought that we hight take advantage of the tide to start us on our way to Tewkesbury. What's the best time to leave? I would guess an hour before high water at Gloucester. N

No. I really don't know. It was an assumption. By the size of the scales I would guess that the fish was quite big, so a gull would be my first thought but there are hardly any gulls down here. Surprisingly when you have loads of them up at Gloucester.

When we emerged from the cabin this morning this is what we discovered. Some random avian had been using the cabin slide as a dining table. The scales are quite big and the bones are the size of cod bones. I wonder what was the predator and what was the prey. We didn't remove the evidence immediately as we were all set to view the Purton Hulks but when we got back a couple of hours later the aroma was greater and the wasps were enjoying their share. Plenty of fishy protien to feed their larvae. N

I have neve had a wid turbone but my observation is that it is really hard to find a mooring with a decent wind field. I am on the G&S just now with a steady wind from Sharpness and still the only turbine that I notice was no more than idling. Hedges, bridges, buildings and trees don't allow for good harvesting of the energy of the wind. N

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You would certainly think so!

I was given this picture today. Is the cottage on the right still there. I can't remember.