Hudds Lad

You're absolutely correct, he never even owned his own home as a house came with the job, and on retirement they moved to a small rental property on the estate (albeit at a very reasonable rate). He sadly passed last year and is sorely missed.

Agreed, i think some folk are mistaking farmers with landed gentry. Father-in-law never had anything overly expensive for gamekeeping, i'm guessing the Colonel up at the big house may have done though to be brought out on shoot days and the like.

Our pontoon neighbour had to have words with the boat the other side of him for doing just that, probably doesn't help that his boat is pale blue with cream coloured pram and cratch covers so it really showed up the overspray

i think the technical term is "cougar"

Fair enough, as i said i'm happy at the mo with what we have so not looked into it too deeply. But it always pays to shop around and look at options, even if only to then rule them out.

That's not how i read it WIFI Modification – Converts the internal WIFI antennas for external antenna use providing you with 2x SMA WIFI antenna ports. Full Mod – Provides 2x 4G SMA ports and 2x 5G N77/N78/N79 SMA Ports.

Might be worth comparing price of a new router with price of modding what you have already. Unsure if this works out cheaper or not. Someone like https://router-mods.co.uk/ could be used as a comparison (i'll add i've never used them so not a recommend, just a point of reference). I'm still happy with my 4G setup with omni external Poynting, but this may change if we move marinas next year and find the internet lacking with current setup.

Problem is, as soon as you hear that, all you can see in your mind's eye is Kenny Everett and his inflating trousers

@W+T ??

Unsure which model we have, looks to have the same construction as the Kingston but with less overhang and has a foot bench with it. Very comfy in all 3 modes (sport, leisure or bed ), sometimes a little too comfy after a long cruise. Stores all the bedding inside: in our case thats a double duvet, two pillows, fitted sheet, double mattress topper (used on the dinette bed), some vacuum storage bags & the desmo legs from the dinette table. Friendly company to deal with, we also looked round as they're only half hour or so away in the car. Good delivery right into the boat, arrived on time and very helpful.

I spent too much time on that

Not really i'm afraid, it was an Ownerships (originally) shareboat built in 1999 and we didn't buy in until late 2016. Besides, you wouldn't want the other features that came with the welldeck being so low, which was any water that accumulated there drained straight into the cabin bilge where it was expected to run all the way to the back to be pumped out This had been changed in later years so it just drained under the welldeck where it was removed by it's own dedicated bilge pump. Also if we had any prices they'd be nearly 25yrs out of date

Tumblehome could have a restricting factor on that. Although if a new fitout you could probably get the bath in the general area before the bulkeads etc. go up, future replacement then becomes SEP.

When we bought Alluto in the back end of Nov 2021 it was sat on a private mooring at Bourne End on the Thames, with my father-in-law's help it was a mad 4 day dash onto the Oxford to beat one stoppage and get to a temp mooring at Enslow until another stoppage ended to allow us to get to Cropredy and then wait over winter until another stoppage ended in 2022 to allow us to get to Dunchurch. Good times. Much anti-rain dancing was done to ensure no deluges and red boards until we were safely up Dukes Cut

Our shareboat had bi-folding doors on to the floor level welldeck, you could pretty much get anything through them with no problem. Full size sofa bed, mattress without bending it, you name it. Our own boat has two small doors onto the raised welldeck, things will go through with some thought and contortion (or bending of the fabric of reality). That's just two examples, there are probably as many variations as there are boats on the water. The shareboat also had a corner bath, in the five years we were owners i don't recall anyone using it as a bath. it was great for hanging wet clothes above to drip though

crevices too big for the wool they had and some kingspan on hand? I dunno, i'm guessing now

It was detailed in the previous stoppage notice, the newer one doesn't mention the wool though I've seen it on another bridge on either the Oxford or Coventry and wondered why they'd stuffed the cracks with wool, so i now assume it's for a similar reason prior to repair. A bit more environmentally friendly than just blasting it all with expanding foam i guess. 🤷‍♂️

That's actual wool that they stuff in all the crevices after a bat survey to ensure the little lovelies don't take up residence between the survey and demolition.

As they only occasionally move from Braunston to the marina and back it’s not really an issue. I believe technically they could move to the top of Hillmorton, but none seem to do. As far as i know Barby don’t accept widebeams anymore so theres no reason to go beyond Dunchurch. How long? In my opinion not at all, if it’s banned. This was a one-off due to an admin cock-up, you’re making a mountain out of a molehill.

Everyone's a critic

We have an L shape dinette, often wish it was a Pullman-style. This usually happens any time it has to be made into a bed or have the table moved due to it being a very large substantially constructed table top (it'll have me fingers one day). Mostly mitigated now by using the small table top i made and the addition of a sofa bed rather than the captains chair we got shut of, so the dinette usually stays as a dinette. I'd prefer an off-corridor bathroom, rather than the walkthough we have. It could be easily changed to this, but i'm not allowed by the powers that be (wife ). More kitchen worktop area would be nice, but this would mean losses elsewhere or a big re-jig of oven, hob, sink, fridge etc. Oh, and i'd swap the washing machine for a dishwasher in a heartbeat. I'm allowed to remove the washing machine, but only if i replace it with a cupboard