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Only my personal priorities of course, however I'd much prefer CRT to be focussing on their "Let's not bother back pumping this year" policy. Without water under you, The Coventry and Ashby Country Lanes won't need clear towpaths, everyone will be able to walk up the middle. The same applies to The Trent & Mersey pathway and The Leeds & Liverpool Bridle Path. After that they might take a rethink about gates and paddles. We are a gnat's wing away from lock flights locked up except for a couple of hours a day. It's a shock when you approach a flight and find moored boats as far back as a mile from the beginning and you realise that by this time tomorrow you might have only moved 20 or 30 lengths nearer. Don't worry about hire boats though, they'll be alright, they tend to get priority under these situations. Why? Well they're on holiday aren't they? Oh hang on so are we isn't that right?

I can remember as far back as the 70s when these over ambitious headlines started appearing.

Was it "Pine" that was broken into at The IWA rally at Suttons Stop in the 80s? After the rally several boats were left for the following week. When the owners turned up to start weekending her back home, they were puzzled at high out the water she was. It seems another boat had been moored on the outside for most of the time. Apart from many of the fixtures and fittings making the short journey, an extensive plate collection disappeared, as well as the engine and gearbox.

Mayflower (in the 80s) had a water cooled Lister (CE2?) from a crane, yes it had a radiator. Martin Fuller I believe, I was also told the propeller was from a stirrer on a brewery vat.

They all are, according to themselves.

... have none of them heard of Brasso? And as for how to coil a rope, don't get me started!

Very informative and it was great to see into the darker recesses of living with a giant Mamod. One question for Daniel and family. How do you view the threats to continued supplies of "steam coal"?

Bound to upset somebody, so I'll post the link https://www.facebook.com/sixties.timemachine/photos/a.814433018611008/2340828109304817/?locale=zh_CN and you can decide for yourselves.

The main one that springs to my mind is The Green Shield Stamp Catalogue which ceased publication in 1972.

Sure is pretty, but I'd find the costumes a bit wearisome.

I'll try rewording that. The OP is in the Rugby area. So I assume he has arranged a mooring in that area. Why can't he arrange dropping it in at the mooring? That should be easy to arrange as all the moorings I can think of on that stretch are either off-side or marina/boat yard. None of which should bother CRT. The only exception, which would be impossible to drop in at, due to being towpath side is Newbold, which I understand is fully occupied anyway. Of course he may not have a mooring and is planning to cc around Rugby 😬

There are no towpath moorings in the Rugby area (except Newbold - which I understand are all taken). All long term moorings are either off-side or marina/boat yard, in which case why can't OP drop it in at his mooring? Or, is there no mooring arranged?

I sympathise exactly ... Mrs. Dial's Dairy was never the same after Jim went.

Strewth, I use my boat to escape TV! I have a radio to listen to amusing snippets on Radio 4. I find the view outside my boat much more interesting than moving wallpaper on the inside. Try checking your settings, someone may have sat on the remote and deselected an input option.

My SR2 is missing one nut from a Rocker Cover. I actually have a dozen or so of them, but they are with the newly missing one. I'm hoping @RichardPowell spinster of this parish or an expert of his ilk, can point me in the direction of a source. It would also be helpful if anyone knows how to subdue gravity a bit, especially beneath my back deck.

I don't see how that works. You can't get your Commercial Licence with a standard boat safety.

Ack now lodging elsewhere.

The word "vintage" is even more meaningless than confusing Historic with Historical. It merely means belonging to a particular time/year/epoch. Hence every single thing is vintage, and only makes sense so long as a clue is given to when it is aligned. "Claret, vintage 1980" Or "Narrow Boat (not narrowboat) with Mitsubishi vintage engine, installed when boat was built 2006" It's all meaningless twaddle anyway.

Now, there lies yer' problem .... "Historical is used as the general term for describing history, such as 'the historical record,' while historic is now usually reserved for important and famous moments in history, such as 'a historic battle." ~ Webster Dictionary So my 1969 ex Stone Hire Boat is historical, yet in order to describe it as historic I'd need to align it to an event in that year. To the best of my knowledge there is no proof it witnessed Concorde's test flight, nor did it attend Woodstock.

It seems to me people are trying to re-invent the wheel here. We already have perfectly good terminology to describe all the boats being discussed without attempting to cross fertilise them or blur the lines (perhaps for the sake of boosting their appeal at point of sale) Long distance narrow boats carried cargoes (not people) and they required a Commercial Licence (triangular in shape). They were registered as domiciles with the relevant Health Authorities, with all that entails. Boats let out for Holiday Hire and Day Hire require to meet all of the criteria as outlined by Waterways, apart from needing more stringent safety certificates they require a Hire Boat Licence. Which is not a Commercial Licence, but more in aligned to a business or traders' licence. The requirements include such pertinent clauses as a relevant mooring, car parking for hirers and ability to attend breakdowns within a timely manner. They are two totally different animals. A Long Distance narrow boat could be used as a holiday or day hire boat. However anyone planning to chuck 22 tons of Household into a Hancock & Lane should advertise it widely. I for one would pay good money to observe that. You can't make lemonade by squashing tomatoes even though they both grow off branches. I've got to shoot now as I'm due down town in ten minutes, luckily my Grand Prix similar Transit is just outside. I raced it once around a car park. Back in the early 80s I had a pair of Woolwich and went through the rigmarole of commercial licenses. I now own a 1969 Stone Boat Building ex hire craft. It might be getting close to historical but it's not ex-commercial.

.... or just trees? Could be ideal for The Caldon, with those wheels.

Seems there is ...

Personally I would plug the hole by by building up layers of exhaust paste/putty, such as: - exhaust putty - Google Search Properly applied it will stand the heat and because car exhausts have to be leak proof to pass MOTs if used as per instructions I'd say worth a try. Thoroughly clean around the 'ole. Dampen the metal edges. Apply a good wodge, tucking it inside the cavity. Build it up to a good thickness, keeping it smooth externally with a wet brush or finger. When cured paint with BBQ paint. Keep an eye on it during first Winter. My old Dad used "Gun Gum" for the most amazing repairs (assuming the EU haven't put the kibosh on the ingredients.)

Instead of a tyre try a bucket