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Fell in just below the bottom lock on the Tardebigge flight a few years ago and broke my shoulder.
Not the most dignified way to arrive at A&E - soaking wet and plastered in mud and weed...
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Now I have caught your attention. After reading a thread about Martyn " Nightwatch " falling in which has woken me sufficiently and made me buy a folding ladder I just though that some of us have much more experience than others but experience doesnt always count for everything. I am starting this thread hoping it doesnt collapse into opinions which we all have but more for peeps to post what safety equipment they carry aboard such as Rachael " Naughty Cal " and her ladder.
I have a lifering, lifejackets, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms several rope lengths and all the usual obligatory stuff.
What do you keep onboard for emergency use? Your info could well save a life.
Taa
Unless you have a gas-free boat, you are lacking a gas alarm, IMO...
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Cracking bit of video uploaded by Chris Witts:
"Following several years of being laid up the Allied Mills grain barges at Tewkesbury began working again from 1993 until 1998. At the end of the film are photographs and news of them in the early 21st century."
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Well done Ray, I must have missed this first time around.
Looking at all those people stuffed onto old coal boats regardless of DTI regs, and no life jackets.
Little cruisers with petrol outboards no secondary escape hatches and portable stoves ..... all without a single Safety Certificate in sight.
One can only assume they must have died in their hundreds on that day. Or perhaps common sense and personal responsibility were more embraced?
Naahhh....
Nobody ever gets injured in petrol fires on boats.
Intrinsically safe fuel:
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The point being that all were exhibits that have already been restored, but not maintained after that initial restoration.
If you believe the reports, all but the Northwich, (so 3 boats) are being put into storage at an unspecified location, with a view to restoration (again) in the future. Don't hold your breath, though!
If I read it correctly, Northwich is being craned out there, but will be left on display to deteriorate further, (being the only historic narrow boat still there, I guess?)
Sorry if that sounds negative, but what has been allowed to happen to these boats by BW and now CRT is rather disgraceful, I feel.
There is a better write-up here:
"We are delighted that, thanks to this funding, we are finally able to secure a positive future for Northwich."
If this report is to be believed, there are now funds available to restore "Northwich" - keep fingers crossed!
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According to the "Gloucestershire Live" (Website for the "Echo" and "Citizen"), this 70ft Narrow Boat only weighs 2 tonnes
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I think that Daniel Chipperfield - ("Chief City Reporter" - gosh!) might just be wise to check his facts before publishing them on the Interweb...
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I have been trying to plan the best route for this trip, I was looking at going across and picking up the Oxford and then onto the Coventry up to the T&M and then down to Stafford on the S&W. A lot of the trip I will be single handed so looking at as few locks as possible and was looking at avoiding Birmingham if that can be done,
Hopefully this trip will be later in the year if all things go as planned , Is there a better route or quicker way in getting to Stafford without to many locks
Many thanks..
CanalplanAC is your friend...
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It's so that licence dodgers and chancers can get indignant about curtain twitchers and sneaks. Everyone needs someone to look down on.
As do people who have "paid their whack" and object to having their integrity questioned...
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Unless I'm misunderstanding, then if you buy a 30 day explorer licence, then you are only licensed to be on CRT waters on those days that you choose to use one of your days of credit.
If you use 30 days in a year, then by implication for 335 days of the year you do not have a boat licensed to be on CRT waters.
There is no way an on-line license checker can know if it's one of those rare days you have a boat on CRT waters, therefore I for one am not overly surprised that the system treats you as not having a permanent current CRT licence.
I don't think it is beyond the ingenuity of man to include 30-day licence details in the online system.
Not sure if lockies on the Severn are authorised to refuse a locking any more?. This used to be the case,but I understand they are not expected to confront boaters now,as they are not paid to place themselves in a threatend position.? As they are part time,seasonal,why should they.?
The River Severn Navigation Guide states that:
"Please note that you will not be allowed passage through the River Severn locks without a valid, CRT River Licence for your craft"
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I dont mind sharing my registration number 524286 and if you go and check it.... sure enough.. not recognised.
I appreciate that we all need to pay for our licence but offering a service to check things that doesnt work, defeats the entire purpose.
Id love to know if you get anywhere finding out the issue
If it makes you feel any better, I just tried putting my own boat number into their online checker, and it came up as "not recognised" and asked for a sighting report.
Their system could be busy during the summer when we hit CRT waters again ...
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We purchased a 30 day explorer licence for the canal system last September. Our boat is kept on the River Thames and licenced yearly through the Environment Agency. As we are in Oxford, we knew we would be on the canals for a couple of weeks at the minimum to a months time at maximum in the year up to September 2017. The explorer licence is perfect for us.
What is not so perfect is being reported to the CRT as being unlicenced. When I put my own number through the checker, sure enough, the system does not recognise the number and it asks me to fill in the details of where this boat was sighted. Me being me, I have reported myself and in the commentary section, cut and pasted the copy of the licence email they sent to me when we bought the licence last September. This is the first we are using the licence.
A gentleman with a clipboard who looked official but stated he was not employed by CRT knocked on our boat to ask about our licence. I showed the emails and he looked at me like I had an elbow growing out of my forehead and told me I should get in touch with CRT or I would keep having this problem.
1. Has anyone else experienced this.
2. Are there really people who are not being paid, running around checking everyones licences and then when shown proof of one, looking at you like you are making the whole thing up. Am I obliged to explain myself to these people.
3. How can it possibly be that a number that CRT gave me and is on the plates they sent and the licence I paid for, not recognised by their system.
Frustrated
Alison
I bought a 30-day explorer licence last year.
All I received back was an email to acknowledge the payment and a PDF file with a load of squares on it that an 11-year-old could have knocked up on a computer in 30-seconds flat.
I queried this with CRT and they confirmed that the document that they sent was not the licence. It was merely an aid to keeping track of our usage. They also confirmed that they do not issue any form of licence.
I have kept a copy of their email on my boat just in case.
I've only used 4 days so far, and passed though manned locks on the Severn with no enquiries at all about our licence status. I therefore concluded that the lockies have access to the relevant licence information, as the policy on the Severn is "no licence, no pass".
One would assume that if the lockies can check licence status, then so could an "official" licence checking person.
Therefore any enquires about our licence status in the future will be met with an invitation to "go forth and multiply".
Personally I could not care less if the enquirer is "official" or not. If CRT saw any need to check for a paper licence, they should/would have issued me with one.
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Well that's spoiled a fun thread
Oh no it didn't...
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I've just asked the Ebay seller about this item and received the reply below:
"Hi Paul
Yes you are right there is NO slit in the bar it is solid.
Hope this settles the argument.
Regards
Toni" -
Brilliant!
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I have used this company for all of my LEDs
they have (literally) 1000s of permutations have a search for your Fluorescent equivalents.
It normally takes 3-4 weeks for delivery, but at the prices I can live with that.
For the 'doubters' I have not had a single failure, burn-out or any problems with interference from any of the 30+ I have installed in the boat.
Edit to add the link for their "12v Tube-Lights"
http://www.miniinthebox.com/narrow/dc-12_v75873t0/led-tube-lights_c5469#nohash
Example :
Scroll right down the page for the specification.
At 'under a fiver' (including delivery) isn't it worth a try ?
I needed some more powerful lamps in a couple of areas, so on Alan's recommendation, I bought some of the 5W ones to try.
Cheap as chips (actually, cheaper than chips, come to think of it!)
They work fine. Arrived about 3 weeks from my order, which is not bad considering it was during the Christmas rush.
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About a mile and a half, about two kilometers, 5 mins in car, half hour walk. Hope that's clear, for the pedants.
Then the work starts, locks either way, being moored at the top of the hill.
How long does it take on a bicycle?
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It's a reflection on the outer part of the tube.
Here's an enlargement. You can clearly see that the end of the tube is circular with no cut.
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We paid £69 for the Phillips one when it was on offer. Their website is a little optimistic on price I think!
Loads of choice here:
A bit more like it!
:-)
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2.6 miles or 10 minutes.
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There are moorings on the Upper Avon (ie above Evesham) by many of the locks.
Decent moorings in Evesham and Pershore. Asda in Pershore is close to the moorings and a good place to stock up.
Moorings in Tewkesbury at the Marina, or near Avon Lock (fees for both).
On the Severn, most of the pubs have moorings, and there's a BW pontoon at Haw Bridge.
Check tides on the Severn below Tewkesbury here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast_and_sea/tide_tables/12/522a
Anything more than roughly 8 metres will overtop the weirs at Llanthony and Maisemore.
If a tide is due, speak with the lockies at Gloucester or Upper Lode for timing. They won't usually let you through if a big tide is due as it often brings a lot of floating debris with it.
Upper Lode Lock 01684 293138
Gloucester Lock 01452 310832Going downstream you need to speak to Gloucester lock before you enter the Parting - there's a big sign with the phone number, or VHF Channel 74.
On the G&S in Gloucester, the moorings between Sainsbury's and Monk Meadow dock are 14-day.
Plenty of VM's on the G&S.
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That can't be right. Nuts are minor components
Richard
The nut at the end of the tiller is a major component.
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What is a Lead Crystal Battery?It is a VRLA but with a special electrolyte that solidifies and doesn’t dry out giving much longer life and more cycles resultingin less gassing and many other features resulting in greater benefits to users of batteries.During the charge/discharge cycles the electrolyte solidifies and forms a white crystalline powder which results in a safer, higherperforming environmentally friendlier battery with much longer service life.I was not aware that an AGM battery changed it's electrolyte in to a powerThey also require slightly different charging characteristicsKeith
I'd like to see the results of any independent tests that verify the claims that are made by the manufacturer.
Perhaps you can point us in the right direction?
Edited to say - from the manufacturers website: "Lead Crystal® technology consists of special features: A unique micro-porous high-absorbent mat (AGM), thick plates ...."
So they are AGM. The manufacturer says so.
http://leadcrystalbatteries.com/technology-lead-crystal-batteries/lead-crystal-technology-details/
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No, it's not. And even that article doesn't actually explain where they get the figure from and how it's calculated.
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Actually, it seems it is. The Groanpeice petition talks about "huge new business rate taxes on solar"
It's go nothing to do with a "tax on solar panels" as the OP suggested.
If the rises do go through, it won't affect anyone unless they are a business that pays business rates.
Are there any narrowboaters that pay business rates on their solar panels?
Carriage of Grain by water
in History & Heritage
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Hell's teeth, that's fugly...