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Note to self: read through reply before posting. Reduce mistakes which make you look foolish.
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On 27/07/2023 at 11:42, magnetman said:
Very few ebikes catch fire. Sometimes people fall in from boars and drown.
If your stupid enough to go riding around on wild pigs then you deserve all you get. A mention in the Darwin awards.
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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.
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4 hours ago, rusty69 said:
I don't think the shunt i currently have is smart enough to connect to anything, though I will have a look.
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?
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3 hours ago, MartynG said:
It could be worse
If the weather moves his car he is going to end up with broken shins. 😑
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Do red kite eat fishy carrion, say after a flood or when a grizzly has had his fill?
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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.
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6 hours ago, Francis Herne said:
October last year, high tide Sharpness 0918, I entered Gloucester Lock at 0830, left the bottom gates at 0847.
Outgoing tide plus quite a bit of fresh (last day of yellow boards) was quite fierce in the Partings and especially after joining the main flow at Maisemore at 0936 - I was going backwards at 1700rpm and nowhere at 2000.
Plugged very slowly up to Ashleworth where the tide caught me up (with a noticeable leading wave) at 1022, and after that quickly upstream, by Lark's standards anyway - Haw Bridge 1105, Upper Lode on the level at 1205 after a 10-minute pause at Lower Lode.
Wouldn't want to leave any closer to the tide than that, you need the option to turn around and return to Gloucester if you find a tree stuck across the Partings. That did happen to me on the way down, but fortunately the 70ft widebeam I was following ploughed straight through it!
Bear in mind the restriction on opening Llanthony Bridge between 0830 and 0900. Almost caught me out - you need to be on the right side of it beforehand if leaving that time.
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
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13 minutes ago, PeterScott said:
If All Else Fails
Those were the days when boating was a proper challenge!
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Multithanx
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I believe that there is Elsan disposal at Pershore and Evesham. Are there any more? Are they open and functional?
TIA
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Didn't see any scratch marks from talons...
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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.
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7 hours ago, magnetman said:
Maybe there is a clue in the OP which I missed.
'Some random avian".
Is this assumption or does the OP actually know and wants people to guess.
Is it a gull?
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.
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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.
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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.
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9 hours ago, Bargebuilder said:
Possibly, but if you stop a car, it doesn't drift sideways in the wind!
Surely, with all the experience a bridge operator has, they could very accurately estimate when to start opening the bridge, such that the green light coincides with the arrival of the boat.
You would certainly think so!
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I was given this picture today. Is the cottage on the right still there. I can't remember.
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When we bought our original PartaPotti 365 back in 2007 we bought two holding tanks. Originally we had the one with the pump action flush rather than the bellows type.
In 2018 the pump action finally refused to work (It was sticking and not amount of lubrication of any sort would work) so disliking the idea of a single tank with a Qube we bought a new 356 on Ebay with a bellows action flush. This is the one that we now have, and because we kept the old holding tanks we now have three. The bellows sprung a leak after not very long but we were able to buy a new spare.
Try Ebay for a a 365
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I have just started using VPN because it was offered at no extra charge for my Google 1 (100GB) substription. It seems to work fine with Three tethered from my Fairphone mobile (SIM only contract 30GB/month £8)
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Thanks all. Should have read the notices!
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Slightly off topic but related.
We've just moored at Sharpness (What a beautiful mooring it is!) overlooking the Severn (Which you can't see from the saloon but you can from the bank) closely followed by a beautifully mintained Wilderness boat. The couple from said Wilderness boat told us that the bridges are unmanned and therefore closed for navigation on Tuesdays. We haven't read this anywhere. Are they correct? They said it had been confirmed by a bridgekeeper.
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Thanks all. That makes me feel less inadequate!!
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Best state of tide to leave Gloucester?
in General Boating
Posted · Edited by Theo
I reckion that TD'A asked Chat GPT and out it all spewed. 😁
I was RIGHT!! 😁🙂😄