Hudds Lad

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From Here To Etruria

A Barbridge Too Far

The Constant Gardner

The Hunt for Red Diesel State Fairlead The Bilge on the River Kwai Its the Great Pumpout, Charlie Brown Tiller’s Crossing Tumblehome Alone

i’d imagine you might have a problem with distance too unless projecting down the boats length? or is less than 6ft ok? and how about daylight operation, do projectors not need it to be suitably dark?

from what i remember they complied with the "rules", but instead of mooring somewhere and then cruising for services and returning to same spot, they moored somewhere went for services then found another mooring in a linear direction towards other services. so continually moving not returning to same spot? suppose its how you choose to interpret said "rules". we passed them moored just out of Braunston in late September on our way back to Dunchurch. they had Boating Beyond moored behind them, who shadowed them down to Etruria at least.

cheers all

where do you get a full-size 3pin round type plug these days? at the foot of the bed on our boat is a 12v 3pin round type socket, i’m assuming it once upon a time powered a 12v tv. i got a 3pin round type to lighter socket adapter from Midland Chandlers, but the plug is half the size!?!

my mum got one of those in the 80's for our two dogs, basically required a four foot square hole digging, stones lining the bottom and sides, then it was a sort of bucket in the bottom with a second mesh bucket on top. Idea being an amount of water and "solvent" went in the bottom bucket, you slid in the dog eggs and let the chemicals break it down, then you tipped in a bucket of water that made the mush rise and filter through the mesh and stones. Add more chemicals and repeat. Sounded good in principle, didn't work in practice. We had to abandon its use for fear of contravening UN Resolution 1540. Think it would have been fine if you had one small dog that only took a squat once a week, it did not cope with an Airedale and a Ridgeback/Boxer cross to say the least. It's still there somewhere under a redcurrant bush, nice surprise for someone if we ever sell the house

some dogs can be very particular about where they poop. in my childhood we had a neighbour with a Sheltie that would only poo as it crossed a road, also i had a friend with a Lab that insisted on backing onto trees to poop. our own Cocker Spaniel couldn't do it in one go, had to waddle about whilst doing the deed, once this lead to me nearly sliding down Nantwich embankment trying to bag-up after her in the dark with a torch. She was fine due to being a 4x4

doesn't look like fox, usually some fur or such in it and pointy on one end, also a bit musky as you say. how rural is the location though, if it's grown accustomed to raiding bins instead it could make it more like dog. that said, my money is on dog, or possibly fisherperson?

ahhhh, you mean those who refer to their pets as "fur babies" usually the first ones complaining on Facebook when there's so much as a sniff of a firework due to the complete lack of training for their pet. the same idiots who let their animals freely roam off-lead because they are so well-behaved yet have zero recall, when anything goes wrong loudly proclaim "they've never done that before", and can't understand why pets should be under control in the vicinity of livestock. i once had a massive toe-to-toe argument with an idiot who was letting his labradoodle chase sheep at Dovestones reservoir, it was ok because the dog was just having fun and the sheep were not bothered as they weren't getting bit ?

unless they've merged with Typhoo

It's because he's dropped in a more dramatic sky, its easier to wipe out thin fiddly elements than to keep them in place, especially if you don't have a high enough resolution original image to preserve clean, crisp edges. you also run the risk of leaving a "halo" of a different colour if you're lazy with your masking, a good telltale if there's a subject with wispy or curly hair. I'd guess the rails were removed to balance the image as they only appear on one side of the bridge. you can also tell the sky has been replaced where it has been fluffed and blurred around the tree branches.

its from when the Owl’s divorce from the Pussycat was finalised

when i was little my mum had them on an LP, i can just hear him now, “Sam...Sam....pick up thy musket”