StephenA
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I've been outside Limehouse waiting and they've emptied it by opening the middle - its pretty impressive.
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There are some good moorings below Henhurst Lock and its only a few minutes walk from there into the Town Centre where there are some pretty good Pubs. Detouring into Liverpool is really worth it - but you'll need to book your passage in and out - and has been pointed out on another thread the canal between Wigan and Liverpool is really rather pretty (and there is the Rufford Branch too).
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CRT up for me - watersidemoorings is sulking (not even returning a message)
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We used to moor at what is now Crooke Marina and we went back there last year ... we'd forgotten just how tranquil the whole stretch is.... admittedly its a bit run down in places but that almost adds to the charm. There are lots of good canalside (or near canalside) pubs too.
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What's a cheque book? I don't have one - so unless Sonny carries a card reader then its going to be "send me an invoice"
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We went in there when we were picking our boat up after some work - it was quite pleasant locals were friendly, drank rather a lot of bottled beer but it was pretty good value.
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Gas mark 4 is gas mark 4 ... OK it possibly won't be as big as one at home and it might take longer to get up to temperature but.... According to the specs I can find the oven burner is 1.5Kw (1000 BTU)
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Pillings Lock Marina Liquidation Update
StephenA replied to Alan de Enfield's topic in General Boating
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But you did say: My bolding... So you said that anyone using a river should be qualified and have VHF training.... Unless you meant tidal coastal and tidal river (is there such a thing as non tidal coastal?)
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But not when you responded to Graham
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But you said this : in response to : Therefore that implies that you expect any river user to be licensed...
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If you're saying that anyone who is hiring a boat who will be doing non tidal rivers such as the Severn / Avon / Weaver will have to pass exams (and I assume provide that information to the hiring companies BEFORE they even complete their booking) then do you really expect people to actually hire a boat? How are overseas visitors who go boating supposed to get these qualifications before they even enter the country....
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So basically that will kill the hire boat industry....
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I can see that going down like a lead balloon with those on the canals who never go anywhere near a river, let alone a tidal one...
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Its not much fun when the skier drops the line and the boat cuts across you and the line goes under the boat
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Sign at North end of tunnel is BW Rebuild plaque is BW And then there is this: So I think its safe to say that the tunnel is on the T&M .. also the first "Welcome to the Bridgewater ... prepare to pay us money" notice is north of the northern portal.
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Well apart from it having communication problems which meant it took about 40 minutes to get the thing to sign me in and turn the socket on it all seemed to work quite well - and it even sent me an email when I unplugged the line this morning. Nice to be able to see how much power you've used too - pity the third party website seems to be run on something with almost no resources so it takes ages to actually do anything once you've logged in.
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I've not edited the topic....
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If, as others have suggested, its the ribble link then given the tides its quite easy (I know someone who did pretty much the same thing)... all you need to do is drift out of the channel on a very high tide and you're stuck.
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Well we've got a power point and there is 1 water tap per 2 moorings.. and a small car park. Rubbish and elsan is a 3 minute cruise away.
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Well that's why I was asking .... it all looks so very clever but......
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I assume that no-one else has any experience of them.....
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Sandbach well worth a visit if you like your beer and old architecture, same for Nantwich. Market Drayton handy for Adsa, Morrisons, Lidl, The Joules Brewery.....
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So we got all our details for the new metering system they've put in at Market Drayton. It all looks very clever - I was wondering how well it works in practicality?
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There's always the potential for unfriendly natives anywhere on the canal system. As others have said - don't rush it... and pace yourself on Heartbreak Hill and you'll breeze through it.
