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  1. Went past yesterday, and seems pretty well occupied. It was very very windy around there but and as it's a relatively new marina, it looks as though it needs more time to "bed in". A good spot in terms of cruising options with links to the North and Middlewich and Barbridge and Hurleston Junctions to the south.
  2. A couple of pictures of Byfield snapped earlier today. The small Ricky Fornax is the wooden motor on the inside.
  3. Thanks Steve. I hope it's sorted sooner rather than later. It would be nice to hear that they are bringing the annual maintenance of the aqueduct forward to coincide with any work they're doing at Barton Lane so it doesn't have to shut twice (if it's even open by then!) but that's probably too much to ask.
  4. Hi Steve... Is the canal still in water between Barton Yard and the Aqueduct or have they drained it again? Any sign of action or work being done? I'm stuck from getting back to base on the southern side at the mo.
  5. Oxbow subsidise the cost of their official Oxbow branded coal bags. I know they do this with Excel so I assume they do this across their product range. If you get Excel that's not in the Oxbow branded bags then I'd ask questions as the merchant would be better off with half cost bags than spending the full amount on generic "smokeless fuel" bags.
  6. If you don't have the hand starting gear and starting handle you can reach in behind the flywheel shroud and turn the flywheel manually.
  7. Oxbow produce both Excel and Newheat. They also produce two non authorised fuels called Glow and Red. The problem being that the same mould for Excel is used for Glow and the mould for Newheat is shared with Red. I'm by no means saying all do this, but there are some unscrupulous people out there who will sell Glow as Excel and Red as Newheat. Unless they are taken to a lab there's no real way to tell the difference.
  8. Have you pushed ice through your hose at any point? It has an abrasive effect and strips the inside of your hose of any nasty build up.
  9. There's obviously a reason for it otherwise I doubt he'd do it. The obvious one to me is that you'd put a few bags in the front under the cratch cover so when its blowing a gale and chucking it down you can refill the coal bucket easily and in relative comfort. You've got too many bags to store in the front though so the others go on your cruise stern. When you're in the mood during a dry day you restock the forward well with bags from the stern end. Makes sense if your stove is in the front half of the boat. I don't think he actually carries them through the boat, probably around it outside.
  10. Probably because Richard orders a good few bags at a time and is being sensible in not blocking an emergency exit with several bags of coal.
  11. Richard and Ruth on Mountbatten and Jellicoe but due to the works ongoing at Hurleston, they're doing deliveries by road. Tel: 07754 003834 https://chamberlaincarryingco.co.uk/
  12. Yes, after Tim's unfortunate passing, it went through the tender process. There seemed to be a lot of applications (myself being one) but ultimately Claymoore won out. I think they mainly got it to service their own boats as all the times I passed, I've only ever seen about three private boats using it. It was always empty with the dock full of water. After Claymoore's demise it went back through the tender process. I think there was alot of interest again (I wasn't involved this time), and it has now gone to a partnership (in a business sense). Edited to add - interestingly, the original Claymoore Navigation site at Preston Brook Wharf has also been taken over. But this must have been arranged privately as it is the Bridgewater Canal and not owned by CRT.
  13. It's nice that they gave notice this time, unlike Saturday 25th Jan when I arrived to find a "Bridge Shut" notice cable tied to the handrail! Fortunately I made it, but stopped briefly whilst I had a quick look at what's going on. Hopefully the videos I post work. The problem is with the Barton Lane Aqueduct (not the swing aqueduct) in that the canal is leaking through or around the iron trough the canal runs through at this point, and is appearing through the gaps in the bricks. It will be interesting to see how this pans out. 20200204_184501.mp4 20200204_183958.mp4
  14. After the demise of Claymoore Navigation, the lease of Dutton Dry Dock has been taken over, so I guess it's a case of watch this space. What with Dutton, Runcorn, Northwich and now Middlewich theres no shortage of dry docks in the area.
  15. Theres one on the Bridgewater. A tidy little boat that was overplated last year.
  16. Quite official then, that answers that
  17. I've always assumed that they were the same but Red is an Oxbow product so can't understand why it would be rebranded as Winterblaze? It does seem to be a regional thing with Red in the north and Winterblaze in the south. Not that I'm doubting as I think they're the same but have you heard or read from anywhere official?
  18. Theres a certain amount of Petcoke in most if not all processed briquettes. Their makeup generally consists of petcoke and anthracite, with a few other things and molasses as a binding agent.
  19. This may help, it's a list of the approved smokeless fuels and gives their makeup, where they were made and by which company etc. https://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/fuels.php?country=england
  20. Petcoke is to be found in many of the manufactured smokeless ovoids, both approved and none approved. Excel has something like 70% petcoke in its makeup.
  21. Oxbow Red is one of the reasons that the identifying line was introduced to Supertherm.
  22. Should have moved there years ago! It's a great place
  23. Where abouts are you? I'm sure some of us could recommend various spots and some may know of vacancies. Fair enough. Depends where you are I suppose but I was talking generally...
  24. Start off with a mooring that's a reasonable distance from where you live. One that provides good options for cruising but not too far away that if you forget your keys or some other bits and pieces you don't waste a day travelling there and back. If your plan is to only go to the boat for holidays and weekends where you'll be off cruising then go for a simple online farm type mooring rather than a fully serviced "posh" marina to keep the costs down. Your choice of online mooring would include access to CRT facilities a reasonable distance away. And after a week, month or year, you find yourself hankering after a 240v hookup, water point or marina cafe etc then as you already have a mooring then you can weigh up your options without being pressured into having to jump at the first available spot
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