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I last bought Taybrite (20kg) from Sawley a couple of weeks ago, it cost £7 then. Not sure whether it's gone up.

I know, we were extremely lucky, looking at some other pics posted on CW.

Not sure if this'll work, loads of pics, too many to post. My Camera setting ws a month out, so Dec should be Jan http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/kookie.fenwick/SawleyFlood

I havent been out take any more pics, but the flood lock looks like it isnt overflowing so much, and Ive bee told the trent has dropped about 6 inches. We are due more rain though, so possibly will change a bit. The entrance to the marina seems to be causing more problems than anything else. Thank you for asking after Sawley. How is everyone else doing?

Thank you.

Its not the Bubble in question. We have a standalone solid fuel Bubble stove. It's the Webasto I'm talking about. So I was wondering if you can have a back boiler fitted to an existing Bubble. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

was I? I'd have knocked and said hello had I realised.

A few more pics of Sawley, not as good as Norman's mind you. I love the B+W pics.

tis over the 1st gates, its about 18 inches below the second gate flowing onto the cut (or it was this morning at 9am) Apparently last time it was flooded was 2000. Weve only been here a few months, but we lived in Long Eaton for over 12 years, and its about as bad as I've ever seen, my lines are well loosened! Keeping an eye on everyone elses who aren't here.

supposed to be a 350 ltr tank, but we put 390 in, it's right, cos we did it, and I checked, and at Sawley it's 70p ltr!

I don't think we have a fuel leak, I've been all round looking for slicks in the water, and the floor round the engine and tank is dry. The feed is a priority in the better weather. We were also supposed to be drydocked at Mills on the Erewash this week to get the hull done, typical. Weve tried to arrange this 3 times in the last 6 weeks, and the weather stumps us each time. Nothing seems to be going our way at the moment. OMG! the sun has just peeked through the grey!!!!!!!

Yesterday, I really hated living on my boat. Hubby has been ill since Christmas, spent almost 10 days in bed from Christmas eve, flu with a secondary chest infection. Half way through last week, I started feeling really off. Ive been off since monday. We are not people who take time off work willynilly, I dont think Ive been off where I work, and Mark hasnt been off work ill in over 15 years. Anyway, we almost filled our fuel tank up just over a week before Christmas, it was just over 3/4 full. With us being off colour, and the weather, we havent been anywhere, and have only used the fuel for the central heating and hot water. We dont usually run the central heating, with usually being at work all day, other than an hour in the morning and evening. We have used it more this last month, but I wouldnt say excessively. On Monday, the heating wouldnt switch on, ok, thinks me, there will be enought fuel to get round to the diesel pump. I thought the pipes would have been set up in a manner so you couldnt drain your tank using the heating. Mark is feeling slightly better, so we begged some help with the ropes, and off he sets. We had only just left the mooring, and the engine cut out. Bollox!! Thank heavens it was a weekday, and not very windy. We got towed round to the pump filled up, and had to then bleed the engine. It cost us £270 to fill it to the brim, so if it was over 3/4s full to start off with, I reckon we must have used around 230 pounds worth of fuel to keep warm. for a month. I was feeling awful, mybones ached where I didnt know they existed, my head was banging I felt like crying, my dogs were going stir crazy cos we havent walked them properly in a week, and I desperately wished we still lived in a house. I was feeling too ill even to feel embarassed about what anyone else thought about us running out of fuel. To top it all, I darent put the heating on now if thats how much these heaters cost to run (is it possible to fit a back boiler with a bubble stove?) Now, the fuel guage is stuck showing empty. Any other time, I would have laughed sorry for the moan, I feel a little better about it now.

We're having ours done this weekend hopefully, at Mills on the erewash (it should have been 2 weeks before Christmas, but river levels preveted us getting there) We have been quoted 18 to 19 hundred, and this will include the blasting, epoxy and anodes. That seems a good price to me, as we were quoted 15 just for ordinary blacking. I've seen some hulls he's done, and so far everyon speaks really highly of him. I don't think it's a job that we wuld like to take on.

40'' here from when we had a house. It fits ok though.

I like it.

The marina maintenence team have installed a demountable feed to make it easier for us. I think they must have had a giggle watching me try to wind up around a 100 metres of hose pipe. I know the feed might freeze up, but if we disconnect both ends, then hopefully any residuel water should drain out, and if not, we should be able to 'blast it through'. To be fair, the staff at the marina have been really helpful, regarding this and other issues. I can't really fault them. They are also going to take a look at the boat and try and suss out the blocked vent, because I just can't find it.

Some interesting and amsing stories Like I said, I can understand wht they did it, specially this morning when I saw 3 ducks wadling furiosly across the ice for some bread, (the others flew in). It's just that being newbies and everything, we weren't execting it to be turned off for the whole of the winter. I'm trying now to find one of those hosepipe caddy things big enough to wind on 100 metres of hose, it was a right old chuckle brothers episode trying to wind it all up Because wew were in a hurry to get some hose, we didnt have time to look around and wilkos, argos, wickes and the local garden center didn't have any caddies/trollies (or whatever it is theyre called), wrong time of years I suppose so just had to buy loose hose.

Thanks Howard and Keith.

Have checked, and the capacity is 600 litres. We filled it yesterday, did 3 washes and it seems to need filling again, does that sound right. Its is one of thouse small washers, not a full size one. Maybe it is that we are still adapting. Sawley does have a laundry, but to be honest, you wouldn't really want to put your clothes in them :ph34r: I have looked for the vent as was suggested, but cant seem to find one. When I undid the filling cap this morning, it seems to release a bit of a vacuum, and you can feel the air being sucked in, it makes a kind of a hissing noise. Does this sound right, could it be that there is no vent. Sorry if this makes me sound a thicko, but I have come the conclusion that there is no silly question when it comes to boats.