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It's one of those local terms for a bread roll/bap whatever you call them. In the North West it's common for chippys to offer a chip barm, chips on a bread roll Not sure exactly where you are or are heading @LadyG but around Blackburn they get a bit weird with bread rolls and what they describe as teacakes.

My dad used to like black pudding rings, boiled not fried, with tomatoes, mustard and a barm cake. Not the Bury black puddings, the ones from Thornleys Bolton with proper chunks of fat in them. Not sure if they are still going.

As has been shown in some recent threads, value is what someone is, or has been prepared to pay, either informed, or not . That can be based on aspirarions, wealth, life circumstances and lifestyle choices, emotion, understanding, knowledge, desperation, wanting a floating caravan for leisure etc. The lack of a standard (or standard desired) boat product, the various reasons/drivers to buy a boat, and the limited number of boats out there, are going to make this a difficult project.

I'll let others reply with the obvious risqué comments. I think there was lots of experienced advice on this topic and from that it was not a given a good tug could do it. Happy the OP is sorted though.

Out of interest. What happens to "dead" boats. Who takes them out of the water and who pays for it?

5mm hull -1.2mm pitting equals 3.8mm in places which is below the 4mm insurers want for full cover. Third party only cover only is available but that would affect the value. Price is what someone is prepared to pay for it.

If you are having to work down the shaft for something this won't deal with, wouldn't the attached cutter become a serious hazard?

Is that just for the boat being towed out?

Don't assume that the 1, 2, both, off switch is wired up correctly. It may be but might not.

I feel for you. Our transport system is completely broken at the moment,especially in the North West. Glad you actually got back home.

Wheelton services are closed today. https://mandrillapp.com/track/click/10513099/canalrivertrust.org.uk?p=eyJzIjoidzM3OXZyUVZSdGJZZFRHazNSdUVGRk9nc0d3IiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjoxMDUxMzA5OSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2NhbmFscml2ZXJ0cnVzdC5vcmcudWtcXFwvbm90aWNlXFxcLzIzNjY4XFxcL2FkdmljZS1qb2huc29ucy1oaWxsb2NrLXNlcnZpY2VzLWxlZWRzLWFuZC1saXZlcnBvb2wtY2FuYWwtXCIsXCJpZFwiOlwiYTJiYTE0ODVlMmI0NDI1MTg1ZmE4NDA5NjA3ZTEzZGNcIixcInVybF9pZHNcIjpbXCIwNmI4M2FlZTI3NTFhNjg3ZWUxMzM1YTJmMmVhYmE3YzdiNTY2NmE0XCJdfSJ9

Further clarification. There are very limited specification circumstances where an asylum seeker can work. But generally they can't.

I've had a few asylum seekers volumteer with the charity I work for. They can't work and want to contribute something. The article is misleading and sloppy in its use of language which promotes confusion around asylum seekers, refugees and illegal immigrants. Asylum seekers can't have bank accounts and can't work but can volunteer. Refugees have had their asylum claim accepted and can work thus us just the start of their new problems From Citizens Advice. "If you’ve claimed asylum and been given refugee status, Asylum Support and 'section 4' support will stop 28 days after the decision. This means you’ll: stop getting your cash allowance have to move house - if you’ve been given somewhere to live as an asylum seeker" They have to open a bank account, get a NI number, find somewhere to live, get a job or sort benefits. All within a very short period. This is where many can struggle and can end up homeless. Illegal immigrants, may or may not be asylum seekers, as its hard now to find a way to claim asylum without entering illegally to be able to do it. The people I met were mostly well qualified, really nice people, who had fled persecution, either on their own or with their families from places like Libya, Egypt and Syria.

Sugar soap any good? Or soda crystal solution.