Oddjob

Build a freight line from channel tunnel up the centre of uk with branches to major cities depots every 50 miles for on off onto local lorry’s or canal boats lol. As we sold the boat and returned home to India (wife half Irish half German but born here heady mix I know) anyway Iam going to send the locals to help with HS2 these guys dug up a round about and built a 35 foot tall plinth for a statue in just 2 weeks. Takes years to fill in a pot hole but a statue wow only weeks. Miss the boat life but off to Oz doing a15000 mile off road camping trip leaving in a few days time looking fed to it.

As a cc’er for 3 years before being forced to sell for health reason we moved every day except when in a marina for work on the boat. I think the 14 day requirement is to long except for over winter when maintenance stoppage stops one moving. As a side note now back to full health and doing a 15000 to 20000 mile off road camping trip round Australia should take about 6 months. Off grid in the outback of oz instead of the outback of the Leeds and Liverpool lol

tut tut who left the gates open lol

If you want to be a volly lockee just turn up with a windless and get cracking how on the west end of the Leeds and Liverpool there is a Facebook page you go asking for help going down and they turn up mob handed!

The fact it’s in the Guardian rag means I pay no attention to it. lol. Getting back to heating a boat it’s wood, coal or diesel none of which to your avg Guardian reader is good so there can’t be many Guardian readers living as CC me thinks. Sad to have sold the boat wife and myself miss it, however living in Goa India we add to global warming by having the air con every night lol. What ever humans do it’s bad for someone somewhere so get over it stoke up the fire and have a beer and a burger for us. O that’s right raising beef increases methane because of cow farts a global warming gas. lol. Canals will be closed and filled in soon because of methane gas form the greenery rotting on the bottom of the cut. (Poke the bottom and see the bubbles come up) Relax people take a chill pill and continue living your life and enjoy the cut we wish we still were.

I’ve done it singlehanded no issue but some drop out moored on the lock landing which forced me to leave top gate open which as O I found it. Had to throw a hook on a rope over it to pull it closed. Boater causing the issue was so bombed out of his mind and his boat was a public health hazard I let it go and kept on my merry way. Miss the boat but enjoying the life back in Goa India which is home for last 10 years.

Make tea and wait for wind to die down

We spent all of lock down cc img no covid. Returned to our home in Goa India our permanent home after selling the boat still miss it within 1 month wife got it then gave it to me lol. Boat best place away from the crowds shopping on line no issues at all.

I never well almost never give to main stream charities because they cream off so much in expenses. We have returned to our home in Goa India having sold the boat still miss it. We do charity by buying 100 veg patties in a small bread roll total cost 20 pence each drive round the local area and give out to the daily wage workers on the road side. Nothing better than seeing the food going into the hand then the mouth with no middle men creaming off their cut. We were CC full time for the 3.5 years we had the boat and so enjoyed it winter summer and what ever the uk weather Gods sent us. Next adventure off road camping in Australia for 4 to 6 months. See canning stock route on YouTube for a taste of what we are doing. All the best to all boaters Ken & Denise

Offset into the flow ie about 30 deg to the left when going up stream lots of power let the flow push you back in line by then your about 2/3 past the major part of the flow and just about online to enter the lock. That worked for me when I went through. But my God don’t moor between the bridge and the lock you must go through bridge and enter lock in one go.

Stayed in this location in summer 2021 and spotted this guy who I seen on a YouTube video from 2016 I think and here he was still there. The collection of sh*t tip boats taking up a nice mooring spot tee’d me off. Council had a skip there full of rubbish generated by these boats. We stayed in the area a few days waiting for a brush pack for our alternator then we went down to Bristol and round to sharpness on the lumpy water. There many other boats that need “taking out the water “ London being a place they need to get a grip on with CM’s taking up all the space. Rant over as boat sold now sorry to say next adventure is 6 months off road camping round outback Australia then it’s saga cruises from then on lol

I was born in New Addington at #15 xxx moved to #19 xxx when 4 and left when 21 never to rtn but to visit parents.

When I was a 11year old back in the 60’s I did a milk round on weekends on Sunday that was 1200 pints the milkman his son or daughter and me. My pay was 2 shillings a day 10 pence in todays money lol milkman today I bet doesn’t do 1200 pints in a week

Croydon was ok back then now it’s the knife capital of London. Not going into reasons as to why that is so because I will get cancelled lol.

Murderer got 37 years for that I was a prosecution witness in the case, last time in court was as a 21 year old in 1973 racing my Triumph Trident round Croydon lol 6 month ban and £160 fine.