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Armstrongs might be of interest - any idea on prices? Also any idea on gearboxes - Parsons?
Sarah - AS2?
PM sent!
Regards
Dan
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Come on then, that's not fair - you can't leave it like that! What sort of engines?
Kelvin J3, AS1, AS2, a Ruston VROM 4, and other various restoration projects including Kelvin, Fowler and Kromhout!
Regards
Dan
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i know where there are lots of engines, some of which are looking for homes, should you ever need one!!!!!
Regards
Dan
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thats fair enough, congratulations on getting "Ling"!
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so, its been a few months now, with the exception of "Ling", and those boats withdrawn for "operational reasons" do we know where the rest of the boats have gone, i'm intrigued!!!!!!
Regards
Dan
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my wife and I also went, and spent alot of my time sat outside the coffee shop, and whilst there weren't many owners around, it didn't detract from the nice couple of hours we were there, watching the world go by and taking in the atmosphere. it was nice to see so many historic craft in one place, and you don't need to wander in and out of them to appreciate them. alot of the time, the care and attention is spent on the exterior, not necessarily the interior; (with the exception of the back cabin which the owners are living in!) and the old mentality of "once you've seen one hold you've seen 'em all!" sort of kicks in! I have to say though, to any forum members whose boats were at coventry at the weekend, they were all splendidly turned out, and looked grand! regards, Dan
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Hi all,
I'm looking for a solid fuel stove with a back boiler and came across this Clicky and wondered if anyone had any experience of them? on paper they look very favourable but i'd love some feedback from people other than suppliers!
Regards
Dan
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Right, here you all are, this is my carrot cake recipe, hope you all enjoy!!!!
12 ½ oz CARROT
2 oz WALNUTS
4 oz SELF RAISING WHOLEMEAL FLOUR
4 oz PLAIN WHOLEMEAL FLOUR
2 TSP CINNAMON
1 TSP GROUND CARDAMOM
1 TSP GROUND GINGER
1/2 TSP NUTMEG
1 TSP BICARB
6 oz SOFT BROWN SUGAR
4 EGGS
2 TBSP GOLDEN SYRUP
6 FLoz GROUNDNUT OIL
2 FLoz WALNUT OIL
FILLING
7 oz CREAM CHEESE
2 oz UNSALTED BUTTER
2 oz ICING SUGAR
1 TSP VANILLA EXTRACT
These Quantities make a 9” round cake
start off by grating carrots and chopping 2 oz Walnuts. Put to one side
sieve together self raising and plain flours, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cardamom and bicarb. (Tip the bran pieces back into the mix once sieved)
whisk together groundnut oil, walnut oil, sugar eggs and golden syrup ands add to the dry mixture. Mix until smooth. Stir in the carrots and Walnuts.
Tip the mixture into a greased lined tin and bake at 160 centigrade for approx 1 hour, or until cooked.
For the topping, mix the cream cheese, butter, icing sugar and vanilla extract and chill until the cake has cooled. Decorate as required
I tend to double up and make a layered cake, it tends to hold the moisture better!
regards
Dan
edited for spelling!
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Apologies if this has been covered before but i have just come across a website: Clicky
and I thought I would share it with you all!
Regards
Dan
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Hello mate!
when i get home i will send you an E-mail with my recipe, its a bit weird and uses some random ingredients but stays moist and tastes fantastic!
Hope your well
Dan
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Yes it is the same elum - closer inspection shows that what I took as the lines of the edges of the planks in the
blade are actually lines of weld!
springy
Nice to see it surviving well, and it's good to know that from a distance the lines work a treat!!!!
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I'll have a proper look at the elum tomorrow, I agree about looking better without the conversion.
springy
Do you know what it is potentionally going to be paired with?
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It is Meteor, having had the conversion removed during a recent sojurn on the bank,
you may remember the thread on her "disappearance", meteor thread, I met the new owner
when she was being craned in and IIRC he intended to pair her with his motor and
use her for carrying, though unfortunately I can't remember any more details.
springy
edited to add that I think she must have had a new elum
It looks like the same elum, or if not a direct copy, we had the metal one made in about '96 when the wooden one gave way, but it wasn't an original small woolwich one, so it will look out of proportion to the hull. I hope it will be used for carrying, and not converted, too many ex working boats go that way. It looks better already, just by getting rid of that "conversion"!
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Hiya, I'm not 100% sure, but there's Little Woolwich Butty in the Grove at Norton Canes, it has no name on it, but it looks like it could be Meteor. She was based at Aldridge Marina on the Daw End Branch for quite a while and had a weird conversion.
Butty in the Grove on the Cannock Extension
Meteor at Aldridge Marina
it looks like Meteor, if it has metal gunnels, extended cabin and a metal elum it should be!!!!
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I must admit you (and your dad) easily win the category of actually currently owning the most diverse and interesting collection of engines.
+Garage full and garden goiing the same way.
Don't even think about starting to fill my garden or sheds!!!! We don't need any more!
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Have just passed through stoke Bruene, and notices say no mooring after 3rd Jan as all pounds will be drained for maintenance
Hope this helps
Paul
hey guys does anyone know if this has happened yet, it would make for an interesting walk!
regards
Dan
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here in MK we have nothing more than .........nothing!
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Hi there,
The unfortunate thing about risk assesment is that you have to do individual risk assesment for eah activity, rather than a generic one to cover all bases, so for example,
stepping on and off the boat,
walking along gunnels,
working a lock,
steering,
using stove / cooker,
walking on towpath / uneven ground etc....
at the end of the day it is common sense but these days it all has to be on paper!
Hope this helps!
Regards
Dan
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Araldite.
not gaffer tape?
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I believe she was built as the "Taunton". About £9,000 too expensive though!!
Regards, Dan
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If it still has a B.C.N. gauge plate it will be riveted to the inside of the original stern end, most likely on the left hand side about 8 feet from the stern post.
So did you record the "crudely welded BW index no.s on each end" as these may give us a clue ? I have only seen photographs of this HERON but they have never been clear enough to read any numbers !
There was an extended "deck" welded over the back end, over what would have been the hatches, but no evidence of any plates forward of that, however it was full of rain water so we could have missed them, the mess boat idea rings true, there was evidence of a stove and seating in the cabin. Regards, Dan
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This came from me, and no it can not be substantiated but is being banded about as 'gospel'.
I found the 'British Waterways' records that prove the fore end of the iron L.M.S. Station Boat DELHI was converted into the hire cruiser WATER VIPER in the winter of 1959/1960. The stern end of DELHI was not converted in a similar way and a memo in 1961 stated that a spare iron butty stern end at Ocker Hill was not to become a pleasure boat. The memo does not specify what this spare iron butty stern end was or how it was to be used, but DELHI was converted to WATER VIPER at Ocker Hill. Putting two and two together as well as looking at the fate of other iron L.M.S. Station Boat sterns I speculated that the maintenance boat HERON and the missing stern of DELHI COULD be one of the same. There are however other iron L.M.S. Station Boat sterns that are not acounted for and could be the maintenance boat HERON.
I suspect that the maintenance boat HERON may well have lost its true identity over the years as I would be amazed if it still retains a B.C.N. gauge plate. Interestingly B.W.B. are giving the original build date of their HERON as 1930 but is that from their records or has that come from their advising
'enthusiasts' who are quoting DELHI's build date ?
Many thanks for increasing my boat knowledge Pete!!!!
no evidence of any gauge plates on "Heron" from what we could see, only crudely welded BW index no.s on each end.
Regards
Dan!
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The bow of this boat is indeed formed from the stern section of a Yarwood's station boat but not Willow Wren's Heron ex-Caleb. This boat is still full length and is a houseboat at Oxford. I co-owned it for awhile and would have noticed if BW had nicked the back end! It has been suggested that BW's Heron is ex-Delhi but I am not sure if this can be substantiated. It is likely however to have been the bit left over from one of their pleasure boat conversions from a station boat around 1960.
Anyone ob the Llangollen want to buy Heron?
Paul H
I stand duly corrected, my apologies for the error, i think the last thing you would have wanted is someone stealing your back end!!!!!
Regards
Dan
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And if anyone is after the boat Heron at Norbury, bear in mind BW apparantly can't get it through Wheaton Aston lock as it is a bit fat.
PaulH
Having been to have a look at "Heron", it is indeed a "Bit fat"! 7' 3 1/2" at the cabin! It currently measure at the 42' mark, give or take. It is the back half of "Heron" / "Caleb" with a crude "bow" welded on. A bit of a project to say the least!
Regards,
Dan
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I can recommend the plough at Simpson and the Black Horse at Great Linford, both great eateries, with plenty of moorings and whilst not the cheapest places to eat, the food is excellent.
Regards
Dan