Mac of Cygnet
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My camera with 2 months of pics, in the L&L. Spent ages with a magnet because I knew the SD card would be OK, but there can't have been enough (or any) steel parts in it. I had sent a pic a day home and a few to CWDF, so the trip was not entirely lost
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All this refers to Englandshire. Alan's link emphasises this (in bold). What about Scotland and Wales?
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I don't think we have any in the Scottish Borders - or Roxburgh, Selkirk, Peebles, and Berwickshire in old money. Although the Tweed may be navigable for a short distance.
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I've twice recently had e-mails from CRT warning of a shopping trolley in the Calder & Hebble.
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When singlehanding, mine always got abraded on lock sides, so I extended the life of the rope by wrapping the vunerable length in very tough (Gorilla) tape.
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That's my wheelbarrow! It was stolen last summer. How did it get to Stourbridge?
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13 minutes ago, David Mack said:
In the Guardian a few days ago:
"Next stop, Twatt! My tour of Britain’s fantastically filthy placenames"
I've been to Twatt. I was attending the wedding of a friend who was marrying a girl called Sheila Twatt. It's a fairly common name in Orkney, but I bet she was glad to become Sheila Sinclair.
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1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:
I still do, and sometimes get a lock of surprise from the staff
They really shouldn't let their hair dangle in the beer, even by accident.
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My son, a ranger in the Pentland hills, was involved this afternoon with the Fire Brigade in attempting to retrieve two dogs which had fallen through the ice on a remote reservoir. Unfortunately they only got one. ☹️
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Six fire engines???????????
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8 hours ago, Tonka said:
Tougher then Barbour?
I'm not posh enough to wear Barbour.
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1 hour ago, Puffling said:
From your experience with Ventile, can you remember whether it become inflexible when wet, or simply heavy?
What I'm interested in is how suitable it would be for working single handed on locks when the fabric is saturated. If it became incredibly stiff, that would be a big drawback for safety when climbing up and down lock ladders and edging along gunwales.
Obviously the fabric needs longer to dry out after a good wetting, unlike nylon material which will often shake fairly dry before replacing in a rucsac.
I don't remember it getting inflexible when wet. I once fell through some sea ice whilst wearing Ventile outer layers, and once I'd extricated myself made my way over a glacier. I don't remember the material stiffening until it began to freeze! It does get heavy, though. The flexibility improves with age and wear - it is certainly tougher than most modern waterproof fabrics.
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Ventile was invented during WW2, and is therefore over 80 years old. It has been used on many major expeditions, including Everest and Polar crossings. I've owned various Ventile garments over the years, from my teens and including British Antarctic Survey issue. TBH, I didn't even know it still existed, so would also be interested to hear of any recent first-hand experiences.
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But I am!
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Also, I see that an apple-based spirit is available using fruit gathered at Chernobyl shortly after the Russians vacated it this year. It's called Atomik.
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Lots of memories there and some familiar faces from my various trips through the tunnel (12 in all). The electric boats are always slow, though. My record was 1 hour 20 minutes. It's quite an experience, but I was always glad to see the approaching light.
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3 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Don't publicise it! I've twice recently found dumped portable toilets at Forestry Commision sites. (And a whole caravan too, but it probably wasn't worth more than a portable toilet.)
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This appeared in my inbox:
We have been informed that a shopping trolley is in the navigation by Bridge 7, Bull at Mirfield, close to the towpath side.
Please slow down and approach the area with caution and be vigilant for its presence.
We are hoping that the shopping trolley will be moved shortly.
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Integrel? Reminds me of the fencing and security firm I used to deal with - Sentinal. However if you read the piece you'll see that the spellchecker has taken exception to their spelling.
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Fascinating second episode, letting me see Cambridge from a perspective mostly not available from that other traditional form of transport which I used when visiting the city with Cygnet - the hire bike. Although I did recognise one or two places, including Kings College Chapel, where I attended the almost requisite sung evensong. The highlight for me was the Scott Polar Research Institute. Amazingly, there were very few other boats moored in the city centre below Jesus Lock in full summer.
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When a boy gathering snow to make a snowman, I was told to avoid the yellow bits. But of course you could say that sort of thing then.
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I didn't realise how old this thread was until Lady Muck made an appearance!
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Is the sequel available? I did that whole journey the year I bought Cygnet (2006) - Calcutt to Sowerby Bridge via Cambridge! But not past Jesus Lock, obviously.
Time lapse video of building lock gates
in General Boating
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I looked up "Temple lapse" as I'd never encountered the phrase, but could only find links to the above video, except for one link titled Temple lapse of how the Stanley Ferry lock gates ... - MyPornVid I haven't included the clickable link. 😲
So what's a temple lapse?