Tiny

We do this on GU river locks but not on navigation sections where no river enters between locks.

On my local canals fishermen sit by the edge in fear of bikers who will take out anyone as many coming out of towns think the paths are for them only and have got violent to fishermen who leave even a bit of the path with their stuff on it. On weekend I have counted 300+ bikers pass at some spots when moored. Talk about no go area.

I was amazed at the schoolmaster/government tone and the refusal to accept a blank where they expected at least a zero. They let me get away with not giving income. As for the promise of 15 minutes it was more like 45 - but maybe that was my fault for mentioning all the things that annoyed about Robin and Co - though I did not slag of Aunt Sally. I must admit that afterwards I thought of a lot more stuff that BW annoy over but really think the whole idea of the form was to let us 'be consaulted' and to pick up the odd volenteer or person who wanted to give them money by joining the trust or giving a sum just to help Robin's wages bill plus profit sharing.

I once visited a BW office and asked where the next winding hole was. The woman (god knows why) informed me she spoke three languages fluently but had no idea what winding hole meant.

So £5 million for new stuff.Is it worth it. Most of it that I have seen is left while they use the old stuff - apart from the living pods which - unlike the old ones - run night and day so might keep you awake if you moor near one for the night. £5 million - just think what a sum like that might have been wasted on.

I have pipe fenders (six fixed in out position, 4 deployed when needed) for wide canals and no fenders when travelling on narrow ones. For mooring I have nice big fenders that cushion us from the banging that can result with speeding boats passing but I must admit the just occasionally we find we have left one of them down. In Hurleston one locky used to cut ropes on stick fenders if they jammed a boat in either of the TWO bottom locks - he said he had long arms (?).

I tend to buy them new when they come out - got it.

I would add one support to strengthen the bedroom wall but, apart from that the 40 page design we worked out still works for us. And back then (1999) the boat came in at less than £700 with all the fittings, heating to our spec. Of course with time we have put gas taps in as per the boat survey, changed engines, screwed up various bits that were just glued and had the boat repainted. But it still all works as it should. Of course we would like a button and antigravity. The one button to turn the boat into a 25', 6' 10" narrow boat for cruising while once moored the same buttton turns it into a 60' 8' nearly narrow boat when we are moored up. The antigravs are for moving stuff like gas and batteries around - and maybe us too one day.

And get on the odd hire boat and turn it round below the lock for them as Maureen once did while we watched. As far as we saw there was this hire boat flying back and forward under perfect steered by some amazing and very old hirer - we being in King's lock. Arriving at Wardle we commented to Maureen who, having checked we had the top towpath paddle up a bit as she liked to start us rising admitted it was her. (Last time through no Maureen and some woman in a hurry wanting us to slam the top paddles up because 'that woman in the house hasn't got a clue - we know the way to do it properly so get on with it. (Maybe she hadn't heard the Granny in the lock story.))

So if men have male partners do they both go fishing? Sliding scale - it depends how the scale works if you are a maggot or foxy.