[Boatyard on or near the Caldon Canal]

1 hour ago, Shropshire Landlubber said:

Just googled and discoverd that they're not the same place, but Stoke Boats looks more like what I might need, thank you Arthur

Thank you Jen

Who would think that there is a place actually called Etruria in England -  Not being local to the area I assumed it was a business name, hence the geographical confusion, it being so close to Stoke on Trent and all that !

 

Not only that, but:

 

 

[Incident on the HNC]

That's where the cafe boat (Moonraker?) used to be - I last saw it in Lincoln.  My favourite mooring in Slawit right next to bakery, brewery and dog walks and handy for the best pub, the Commercial.

[Why oh Why don't CRT]

Isn't all this nearly a fortnight too late?

[Replacing an old 12v radio - what's the best and easiest to use out there?]

9 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

 

 

 

Yes, but.......  You have to call her by name before she replies.  I got one for Christmas a few years ago and when I recently dug her out I realised I'd forgotten her name.  Then when I remembered it and tried to listen to any BBC station she went wittering on about having to link my BBC account to a profile on the Alexa app on my phone.  I don't have a smartphone.  I'm sure I could listen to BBC stations without all this when she arrived.  Bloody woman.

Help! I think I've been left behind 

[Just had a nice walk]

I've been twice up the Pocklington, the second time up the newly opened stretch to Bielby (although the arm to the village was not navigable). It was real outback boating - described here 

 

[Cost benefit analysis - coal vs logs.]

Although not a liveaboard, in several years of cruising all over the country between March and October, and stays on the boat in winter, I never failed to find a sufficient supply of dry wood, either fallen or (preferably) standing dead.  I was fortunate in my winter mooring at Sowerby Bridge, in that the Calder & Hebble seemed to have plentiful resources of suitable firewood, although I did manage to find enough in most other areas as well.

 

It did involve a constant lookout for firewood, but that became (and still is at home) second nature.

 

On the boat and here at home:

 

[Diagonal on the HNC]

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,

[Diagonal on the HNC]

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)

[Narrowboat stove flue, coming out of sidewall.]

This just begs the question why on earth would anyone have done this?

[cruising the Nene. Tips?]

11 hours ago, Mike Todd said:

Some people, I understand, devise their own device to insert into the hole near to the rim which acts as a handle to make turning somewhat less of a chore!

Just so that you can send the appropriate crew member to work it?

I had only one crew member, and her paws couldn't grasp the wheel or reach the box.

[cruising the Nene. Tips?]

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.

[Water point speed]

17 hours ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

Hebden Bridge, just remembered,

slowest of the slowest taps, or was,

maybe they’ve improved it,

someone with a weak bladder could pee faster,

 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.

[Waterbus - Request Stop]

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'.

[A pint with?]

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.

[Recipes for sawdust into logs]

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.

[Todmorden Guillotine closure - what do these winding hole codes mean?]

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

[South Pennine Boat Club]

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.

[Looking for a one-week boat share]

Philip Duerden's site is the place to go for share ownership   https://www.boatshare.co.uk/

[upper Thames single handed]

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.

 

[Tar bubbling just above the woodburner]

On 12/11/2023 at 15:08, Machpoint005 said:

I've used that Envirograf stuff. It's really good.

 

And really expensive!

 

 

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.

[Which lock?]

Reading the original article, it says that they have spent their time continuously cruising the River Lea and Regents Canal, so if the pic is of their boat while they had it, then all these other places seem unlikely.  I've looked at my pics and others online of Lea (and Stort) locks, but can't find any revealing metal piled sides, although the lockside structures of some look similar

[CRT Council elections...]

What exactly does the CRT Council do?  Does it have any powers?  I remember lending my name to Dave Mayall's candidacy several years ago.

[Invading my space]

4 hours ago, pearley said:

........ so we can run our built in genie.........

That must be a really useful piece of equipment.  I wish I'd had one of those.

[The Rochdale Curse]

16 hours ago, Unicorn Stampede said:

Did you finish up at SPBC? We've just Moore's opposite the club and I'm  sure I saw a boat called Midnight. Wondered if I put 2 and 2 together correctly.

Did you see him fall in?

[Mooring on the Grand Union in Milton Keynes....]

Well, unless the OP is wandering along in the black dark, presumably he has already decided where to moor in MK!