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Mac of Cygnet

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Mac of Cygnet last won the day on June 22 2020

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    Scottish Borders
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    Retired Nurseryman
  • Boat Name
    was Cygnet
  • Boat Location
    Sowerby Bridge

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  1. This post cannot be displayed because it is in a forum which requires at least 10 posts to view.
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  3. This just begs the question why on earth would anyone have done this?
  4. I had only one crew member, and her paws couldn't grasp the wheel or reach the box.
  5. Just to tempt the OP further, a couple of pics. It became really important when approaching a lock to see whether it had a box or a wheel.
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  7. That is indeed the slowest I've ever found. Knowing this, I once risked going off shopping while filling. It took another half hour after I returned from the town centre.
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  9. There was a water bus stop sign at Cooper Bridge on the C&H until relatively recently. We always referred to the mooring there as the 'bus stop'.
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  12. Patrick Moore bought me a pint once (he was in St Andrews collaborating with my housemate, an astronomer, on a book). My main memory of him was that he was so large that he required two chairs, side by side, one for each cheek. I met him again at Jodrell Bank, with another astronomer friend. No pints involved that time, unfortunately.
  13. I produce enormous amounts of sawdust each time I cut up one of my woodpiles (each stack lasts most of a year). At first I attempted to use the sawdust as fuel, but it just wasn't worth it - lasted very little time and choked up the stove. So it has accumulated to about a foot deep over several square metres. The only thing I do use it for is instead of salt to put on my steep icy drive. It doesn't get rid of the ice, but makes it possible to walk and drive on. I put several sackfuls in the dry for this purpose each winter. I did wonder if anyone would want it for animal bedding, but not the present lot as it has quite a high proportion of yew in it.
  14. Rochdale Canal Location: Rochdale Canal Lock 19 - Guillotine Lock Starts At: Lock 19 Ends At: Lock 19 Up Stream Winding Hole: RD-020-001 Down Stream Winding Hole: RD-017-004 Thursday 18 January 2024 08:00 until Wednesday 24 January 2024 17:00
  15. Having left my boat there a couple of times, I can confirm that it is all the OP claims (indeed he tried to persuade me to moor there a few years back, but I was quite happy with my mooring at the time). However, it is a long way from the vast majority of the boatowners on this forum.
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