frahkn

We have a Hobbit stove in the back cabin. While we like it, I'm not sure it's up to running a central heating back boiler, it's quite light weight as stoves go.

There is a canal-side pub in Stourport (can't immediately remember the name) where they supply plates and cutlery on their one 'non food' day each week. So the Wellington is not alone, its just 7/7. Considering the extra work (washing up etc) involved, I think it is a nice gesture on the part of a busy city centre bar. Especially one which would be attractive for its beer alone.

Strangely enough I have never brought my own food into a pub nor indeed drank perry. I just chose those as examples of how the two pubs differed. I imagine we differ in many respects, age, gender, life experience as well as pub appreciation. I can only give my opinion (and only I think that is always correct!). The OJS may be excellent in its own way (as a banking-hall conversion?) but not as a pub.

In the case of the OJS, only just! As an example, try taking your own food into the OJS (I promise their response will not be to offer you a plate and cutlery). Or ask about their range of perrys - this will give you the opportunity to examine the bar-tender's dentition in some detail.

Apart from being adjacent, I can see no similarity whatever between the OJS and the Wellington.

As I remember your garden, that "nest" is in quite an exposed position. What with your dog, passing boats etc, I doubt that the moorhen will persist with it.

That's a very good question, I'll check when I get back to the boat.

Could you not just block it permanently? My water-tank has no overflow and I haven't really missed it.

Sorry, I was not clear. Steve just repeated his valuation (as given in his survey report) on a sheet of his headed notepaper. He did this for free, the insurance company was happy and so was I.

When I first insured my boat (it was not new) the insurer asked for the surveyor's confirmation of the value. Steve Hands was happy to provide me with this. I did not wish to provide the insurance company with a copy of his full survey.

I agree, but it does seem to be common at marinas with long pontoons; e.g. Debdale.

I cannot understand what you mean, so can't put a reply together.

I have a similar tap (only one "handle", which tips as well swivels) and found that, with a little persuasion, the cap and rod slide off to give access to the interior.

Leaving aside the impracticality, which to be fair you do mention, a ban would be unfair to me (and others like me) as I take my 'product' home.

Ah well, there are a lot of issues on which I find most people in disagreement with me; they are completely free to be wrong if they wish!? And you are, of course, perfectly entitled to "bang on" about poo or any other matter, time hangs rather heavy in lockdown.?

I'm not sure that the highlighted extract is a fact rather than an opinion. I would fit within your (not my) category of "good composter" but I voted "don't care" because a I don't consider myself involved b My waste (were I to 'bag and bin' it) is not offensive c I can see no way to enforce 'no bin' rule d The possibility of a ban in the future does not convince me Either way, this "good composter" is not interested in persecuting anybody nor in spending my boating time curtain twitching.