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Mac of Cygnet

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  1. Of course I realised what the original notice was on about. I was just picturing a 60ft boat proceeding diagonally along the HNC. 😀 You'd need a bow thruster of.course,
  2. From the latest CRT notice about the numerous obstacles to navigating the HNC: Huddersfield Narrow Canal Marsden Flight Information Boaters wishing to pass through the Huddersfield Narrow Canal are restricted to 57ft in length (Narrowboats of no more than 60ft in length can pass through diagonally)
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  5. This just begs the question why on earth would anyone have done this?
  6. I had only one crew member, and her paws couldn't grasp the wheel or reach the box.
  7. 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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  9. 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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  11. 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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  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. 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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  19. Philip Duerden's site is the place to go for share ownership https://www.boatshare.co.uk/
  20. I singlehanded the Thames from Oxford up to Lechlade and back down to Brentford a few years ago (with a diversion up the Wey) and found it all very pleasant, except very early one morning at a lock when the electricity ('public power') hadn't been yet turned on. But it was summer, and the river was very gentle, and my boat was small and easily handled. TBH, I have found the Yorkshire Ouse and the Trent much more difficult when singlehanding.
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  25. Just make sure that you can evacuate the boat for half an hour when the stove is lit after using it. It produces some of the most noxious fumes I have ever experienced. OK once cured.
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