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I have a pond on the farm here and took these pictures. Some were taken yesterday, the rest a few days ago. Parent feeding its chick(s). We had 5 chicks, two died and three survived.
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Thanks guys. Here is a close up of the keel hole (image 2). The red ant is for scale 😀. It looks like fibre glass?
I have another tender (image 1) which is plastic moulded (SportsYak) on another of my ponds but the use I have for this fibre glass one is in a pond 1/2 mile distant:- saves porting the plastic one over rough land so worth repairing.
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Good advice - I will go there later and have a good look for the presence of strands
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I found this boat sitting abandoned in the long grass - I'm about to make a low offer (to the current landowner) to buy it as it will be good for maintenance tasks . Any tips how to repair the keel? I assume epoxy/glass fibre kit after rubbing down?
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50 minutes ago, Ogwr said:
Built originally for Frank Muir who was on TV 60/70s taken on ny Desmond Briscoe and his family. . Mr. Briscoe produced the Narrow Boats LP featuring songs by David Blagrove. He also worked for the BBC radiophonic workshop produced the Dr. Who theme and probably the Dlaleks voices.
Fruit and Nut case
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Best wishes to Tim - I don't visit here much lately so just seen this.
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https://www.bagshaws.com/property/the-white-house-consall-forge-wetley-rocks-stoke-on-trent/
Next door to the pub at Consall Forge, think it's been hawked about before.
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Slightly OT, We have 9kW here (26 panels). On the ground poles they are easy to clean so I spent some time giving them a good clean last summer only to see the kW being generated remained identical to the dusty state. In a way I was happy cos it meant I would not be fretting about cleaning the beggars.
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Croxley had a coal device - not sure who made it though. Just before Common Lock.
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Sorry no idea of date.
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1 = Walkers with lots of wood stock. 2 = Ricky with the Chess/gasworks shown.
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Not sure if this has been put here? Napton
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/151579481#/?channel=RES_BUY
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7 hours ago, Tonka said:
You selling the farm now that the boat is under offer
Sold
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On 20/01/2025 at 09:33, Alan de Enfield said:
That is a very close match to our house, (4000 sq feet, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms) except ours would come with 10 acres of land and would be about £8 million cheaper.
London price premium I guess !
How about 41 acres, a mile of river, 6 bedrooms, a 1 bedroom flat, and £8M change oh and an old canal in the grounds (not navigable) 😂
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I bought a fair few acres of flood meadow (for wildlife) and entered into an overage for 20 years. There is zero chance of anyone ever getting permission so it was a benign clause really. The owner insisted on it or would not sell.
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Walking On WaterSub-Lieutenant Alan Hogarth of the Royal Navy walking on the River Thames at Tower Bridge on polystyrene shoes which he constructed himself, London, UK, 18th May 1971.(Photo by D. Morrison/Daily Express/Getty Images)
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On 26/07/2024 at 20:11, ditchcrawler said:
You are only one bid a bigger mug that the other person who bid
Underbidder backs you up
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"Skipper' businessman Jack Hornsby, with his 17 year old daughter Stella sailing pillion, during a try out on the River Thames, London. It is an amphibious motor scooter fitted with two floats which are let down before entering the water. A paddle fixed to the back wheel, and it is steered by a rudder controlled by the handlebars 20th October 1965"(Photo by George Greenwell/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
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Robert Bill, a resident near us (Alton/Farley, Staffs - through which the Caldon Uttoxeter Branch ran through) was quite an inventor and held patents for various things - this one being to do with building of canal boats. Our local historian Hazel Mills found these papers very recently.
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19 hours ago, Gybe Ho said:
My friend from London wants to know if the big green thing, with copper pipes coming out of it, is a sauna heater?
It's a hot tub. 😃
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13 hours ago, Mike Tee said:
I apologise for my comment which in view of your last post may seem in bad taste. So sorry for your loss.
No need - please don't worry. 🙂
22 hours ago, Jon57 said:Back to it's form glory. Are the pictures you posted of it recent Mark. 👍
22 hours ago, Jon57 said:Back to it's form glory. Are the pictures you posted of it recent Mark. 👍
This was it before the last winter under trees..... the algae and slime from the trees soo get a grip. Hence the two days with a scrubbing brush 😃
Oh, the peace!
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Otters in my little bit of river here. Have them on trap camera a few times now.