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  1. Purple Fairie
    Thanks all. The reason I asked is that I have just been appointed Bar Manager at the Albion Brewery Bar in Northampton and was told by the MD yesterday that Phipps owned Archimedes way back, and used to do 'booze cruises' on the GU. 'And wouldn't it be great if we could find the boat and do that again?'!! Looks like he'll be in for a long wait though? PF
  2. Purple Fairie
    Without dragging up the controversy surrounding Archimedes, does anyone know where she is now and what she's doing?
  3. Purple Fairie
    Another point worth mentioning, the Northampton arm will be closed for winter maintenance from January 4th
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    Mr Grumpy has got confused (!), it's not Travelodge it's premier inn being built, but yes, it's just by the royal and derngate theatre so within spitting distance of the marina. Their plan is to have it open by Christmas so it might be a possibility? I'll see if I can find out any more
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    Thankfully, there was only 2 drinks on the round that Tree Monkey 'bought' ?
  6. Purple Fairie
    Have you spoken to smudge?
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    IWA is holding a major waterways event on the river Nene over the August Bank Holiday Weekend in 2015. The event, will be centred around the waterfront at Becket’s Park and will have an array of attractions on and off the water providing a fun day out for all the family! Up to 200 boats, including leisure, trade, heritage and working narrowboats, are expected in the marina and along the river front as well as a wealth of smaller craft such as canoes, rowing boats, sailboats, windsurfers and ribs. There will also be opportunities for visitors to get afloat on board trip boats and water taxis. Boat, campsite and trade places are still available as well as pitches for market and fundraising stalls. The Northampton Festival of Water is being organised jointly by IWA Events Team and IWA Northampton Branch, with the full support of Northampton Borough Council, the Environment Agency and the Canal & River Trust. The Festival of Water also aims to promote Northampton’s riverside, to recognise the value of the waterway to the town and its people and to encourage more people to use the river for boating recreation and leisure. Northampton is the gateway to Peterborough, Ely, Cambridge, St. Ives, Huntingdon and Bedford via the Nene, Middle Level and Fenland waterways and the Environment Agency are making special temporary licensing arrangements to encourage boaters to explore these little travelled waterways. Both the Environment Agency and Canal & River Trust are offering a two for one deal on boat licences purchased as part of the event booking. Find out more https://www.waterways.org.uk/events_festivals/festival_water/northampton_festival_water_2015
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    Removed due to not reading rest of post! Doh! Aww Smudge is not a happy bunny, lost wallet and no win ?
  9. Purple Fairie
    Thanks for bringing this to my attention Leo No2, I'm in charge of updating our IWA Northampton Branch Facebook and Twitter pages, but hadn't looked at my computer today until I popped into the forum on my phone and saw this!
  10. Purple Fairie
    Just spoken to EA, one of the pipes next to bridge 2 has cracked and leaked kerosene into the canal. Obviously they don't want boats coming down and flushing the pollution any further than necessary and Gayton Marina has been evacuated as a precaution.
  11. Purple Fairie
    Huge thanks again to Richard and Sue for letting us crew for team Tawny for a third time. A brilliant weekend with excellent people, lots of laughs, food and of course beer, and I even got to drive! (I think the mattress was a joint effort between me and Smudge though - oops :#) )
  12. Purple Fairie
    I've just had a phone call from Allan Keeping Up, saying that as they passed Spon Lane Junction they noticed a sign saying navigation closed. We've had a look on the stoppages page but can't find any mention of it, so he suggested I post here to tell everyone to keep an eye out and keep checking stoppages. See you later!
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    Smudge and i are heading up the arm next week so I will check this one out, thanks. We're (IWA) working our way down clearing the bywashes so I'll see if this one needs special attention.
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    The Northampton Branch of the IWA adopted the Arm 2 years ago, I've recently been co-opted onto the committee after attending many work parties and making various 'suggestions'! We have persuaded CRT to bring forward the work that needed doing on the Arm for the Northampton Festival of Water this August, most of the work has been done, ie reed cutting, offside vegetation, but the areas that needed 'deep reed cutting' (or dredging the roots out) has been put off until later in the year. They have assured us it will be done before the Festival, and believe me, we will keep reminding them!
  15. Purple Fairie
    Yes, it's free entry! https://www.waterways.org.uk/news/view?id=164&x%5B0%5D=news%2Flist Sorry you won't be joining us Alan but have fun at Alvecote
  16. Purple Fairie
    When I fell in the river at the water point at Bardney (on the Witham), hubby had to haul me out as the river is deep there and the only ladders were in the lock. I wrote to BW, as it was then, to inform them, not complain, and when we returned 2 weeks later ladders had been installed. It is worth reporting these things.
  17. Purple Fairie
    It seems that we were either very lucky or at least, in the minority. We couldn't find a second hand boat to our spec (60' max, 3 bedrooms) so had to go for a new build. Had to wait a year for the build slot but we weren't in a rush so no probs there. Found a small family run business in Chorley, paid in stages (we had to remind him when payments were due!), Liverpool hull. Boat ready on time and much better fitout than we were expecting for the price. Lived aboard for almost 10 years now, only moving into a marina with hook up last year, and no problems at all! And before you ask, the boat builder has now retired, sorry.
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    With regards to 'sharps', when I fell in at the waterpoint at Bardney (river Witham), where it is very deep, I ended up with a long, deep cut along the side of my foot, so I don't think river/canal depth is an excuse.
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    Report it! When I reported a tree that had fallen across the cut on the Northampton arm they knew nothing about it, despite 3 other boaters telling me about it. We've also had this in the marina. We found out 3rd hand that the hot water was off, everyone assumed someone else had reported it and when it wasn't fixed immediately complained that they couldn't have a shower!!!!
  21. Purple Fairie
    20 odd years ago when I was a signmaker, the girl in the office took a phone order for a Chinese takeaway shop fascia. Whilst fitting the sign the owner came out looking horrified and when asked said the spelling was wrong. The name? Legal Food! BTW it's still there!!
  22. Purple Fairie
    Aww MP, I thought you liked coming to see us? ;-)
  23. Purple Fairie
    You should know, you were there! ;-)
  24. Purple Fairie
    Off topic - I've just noticed your name, my maiden name is Toyne and my middle name is Jayne!
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