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Try a acoustic mirror and aim it at his bedroom window at 4am. He soon get the message, when he jumps out of his hatch demanding who's woke him and find that it was himself. Firesprite In the office

Build yourself a mockup and try for size. You find just how useless a shower that size is. I replaced my shower with a standard 760 x 760 tray. Now I can shower with ease. The old one was just too small. Firesprite in the office

Not to waste money on non waterway items. Firesprite Middle Levels

Iam at present putting together a set of Navigation Notes for the Nene, which will included photos of all the sites where you are allowed to moor. To give a example of information that will be included, are the notes on Northampton Riverside Located ¼ mile south of the town centre, 50 yards from local supermarket, ¾ miles from the railway station (Direct trains to London and Birmingham). The mooring is hard faced with mooring posts. Northampton is best known for shoes which are still made in the town and for its bus station which was voted 'Britains 2nd Worst eyesore'. There are a number of Pubs and restaurants within ½ mile of the moorings. You can get a good cheap meal in the supermarket cafe. Be warned this can be a noisy place at night. For a quiet night move onto the next mooring. These notes when finshed will be available as a download in PDF Format. Subject to my workload, these notes should be finshed in time for Easter. Firesprite Middle Levels

This is starting to be a increasing problem for liveboards. This week I went along to my doctor's(1st time in two years) where I found that I been de-registering as a boat mooring is not a vaild address according to Cambridgeshire PCT. To reregister at a practice, I would have to produce Photo ID and a copy of a utility bill with a home vaild address. Seems this is to prevent misuse of NHS services by people from overseas who fly in for free treatment. Firesprite In the Office

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You not been bitten until the 'Blandford Fly' has taken a bite. I still have the lump on the arm where one bit me 20 years ago. They even named a beer after it, such was the bite. Firesprite In the office

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Bridge Boatyard at Ely had £1.35 on the Pump (Fixed 60/40), Tesco's next door £1.16. Firesprite In the Office

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Far better than any mooring pin (Which just pulls out), A rond anchor digs in and holds. When the 'Swamp duck' races passed the anchors hold, pins just pull out. For a narrow boat use the largest (3/4 inch). Firesprite In the Office on today of alldays

Point of Order Mr Chairman. There is no such thing as a 'Road Fund License', It was replaced in the Financial Act of 1936 and replaced with the 'Vehicle Excise Duty' that year (VED has never been officially known as "road tax"), The Road Fund itself was finally wound up in the Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act of 1955. Firesprite On the Train home

On the main section, water level is down six inches on normal summer levels. Firesprite In the office Cambridge

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I resigned to take up a new post who's daily rate is higher than your weekly rate, So while you have your hand down a loo in this heat, I be sat in my office looking out over the river with the AC on. The boat that hit me was not painted light blue and for South Oxford readed North Oxford. Once I was back on the Nene, where hire boats are rare as a scotman buying a round in the pub. No rush or chaos. As for training my two part RYA day skipper ticket took six full day to compleat, which included five days on the water. The hirer of boat that hit me claimed he had little training (10 mins and was sent a DVD). Firesprite In the the cool office Cambridgeshire

Lets face it, Hirers are poorley trained, if at all. Most companines just send out a DVD and do ten mins training at most. These companines are leting people who have never handled a boat, To be in charge of a 70ft rammer with little training. This is like handed over the keys to a HGV to someone who has never driven before and sending them out on the road. I myself was hit by a 70ft hireboat on the South Oxford, knocking the rudder off its bearing. The hireboat had just left its base and was snakeing down the cut, hitting the banks on both sides at speed. Firesprite Middle Levels

The person you need to speak to is Darren Taylor on 01733 464918. email: darren.taylor@environment-agency.gov.uk You can get licence in Person from Aqua House which is just over the bridge from the embankment, next to where the old B&Q was. The Office is open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm. At the weekends see the lockkeeper at Dog In a Doublet lock. Firesprite Middle Levels

'Alexander the Great' had his own simple method to deal with a 'Gordian Knot', He just chop it in half with his sword. Firesprite Middle Levels

I agree the EA do have their Act together unlike BW. When I go on the Nene from the Middle Levels. You can just moor up and pop into the Office and get a visiter licence on the spot, I don't even have to do that, As iam on the system, I just ring and pay for the number of days required and it is recorded on system, No need to display a licence. With BW, I had to troop to MK fill in a pile of paperwork which then sent of to Leeds, The licence arrived today, four weeks after i returned to the levels. I had been on BW for a month. Firesprite Middle Levels

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You can push a 1/2 inch hose down a breather which is fitted in to a bollard. A Diesel thief came in all ages. The one who shoved a hose down my breather was only nine years old. Had to let him go, as local plod never turned up. Kept the Jerry Can. Firesprite Middle Levels

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