Idunhoe
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Craft insure gets my vote, but don't forget it is the value insured and not the length that determines the premium
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One thing I learnt from bitter experience when winterising your boat, make sure the water pump is completely dry and well protected from any possible frost, even a small amount of water here when it freezes can do serious damage. So much so that I now remove the water pump when laying up for winter.
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Have I missed something? Fill the water tank
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Collision regs. Require only one set of lights, but as NC says thet are only a gesture at best on a narrowboat
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Whilst the original question was about water points on the Caldon between Etruria and Leek for those able to pass through Froghall Tunnel there is a water point adjacent to number one lock of the Uttoxeter Canal
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Caldon (without 'u') canal water point at Etruria service station and Park Lane services just beyond Endon.
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Penkridge market (Saturday and Wednesday) is a great place to pick up what you need. Enjoy
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Days get even shorter after next weekend when the clocks go back.
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There are currently in excess of fifty boats listed by Jim Shead named Isis.
Isis - the name given to the River Thames as it flows through Oxford.
I think that it is sad that perfectly acceptable names are high jacked ( no pun intended) by and only associated with terrorist organisations.
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Bottle - radio waves also travel at the speed of light
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I have a simple approach to locks, going up hill stay well back in the lock, going down, stay well forward in the lock. This has the added advantage of keeping you away from any cascades of water coming from worn gates. Unless of course you are in a full length boat..... Plus I firmly believe that the steerer and the lock wheeler should maintain eye contact at all times.
Locks are safe places until the moment that concentration is lost.
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It's a well known fact, you take the same stuff to the boat regardless of whether you are staying on just for the night or away for a month.
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I agree, if heading south it is better to moor about one mile up the Macc canal. Avoid mooring at the northern portal of the tunnel. The southern portal is OK. Westport Lake is good for up to 48 hours similarly the industrial museum at the end of the Caldon is OK for 48 hours. Continuing south mooring is not recommended until Trentham or Barlaston. If you decide to venture up the Caldon good mooring either below or above Engine Lock (lock number 4), after that mooring I'd good anywhere along the Caldon.
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To Graham Davis, I will confess to being prejudiced against everyone.........everyone that is who shows a complete lack of common sense and manners.
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On which canal is your mooring?
Where are you hiring from?
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Absolutely brilliant. Is there a link to your original list please?
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Androo Someone did indeed sadly die very recently but the cause is as yet pure speculation.
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Similar 'gushers' can be seen on the bottom gates of very many narrow locks, where clearly using a single gate is simply not an option. The causes are many and varied ranging from something jammed between the gates, poor or overdue maintenance to careless boat handling.
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Saga say they won't insure me again until the boat has had a full out of water survey as the boat is 25 this year. Costly! Even tough it has a current BSS which has 3 years still to run. That's not good enough apparently..... So just a hull survey won't do.
This is quite normal either at the 25 or 30 year old point if you want comprehensive insurance. If you are happy to take the risk and settle for third party insurance then you will fulfil the requirements of CaRT for licensing purposes and will not require a full out of water survey.
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But, as the rubbish is for the most part neatly bagged, the dustbin men will take it away, so what is the problem?
Rats, Foxes etc
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At a recent CaRT user group we were given a lengthy presentation about the plans to increase the use of the towpath, but when it was pointed out that there would have to be a corresponding increase in facilities and improved facility management the reaction by CaRT was one of 'this will not be necessary as only boaters use the facilities'. And when they were reminded that many cyclists and fishermen have purchased BW Keys in order to avail themselves of the toilets/showers and rubbish disposal facilities it was akin to pointing out that the earth was not flat and they had never heard of such a thing before.
I am usually a defender of CaRT but in this case they really do need to get their act together.
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Which canal?
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This topic has been covered before, many times. Just do it.
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The Sentinel maintains it's poor standard for report writing as ever, do the not employ a proof reader any longer?
winter ban
in General Boating
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Surely if you are going to be onboard then the fact that the contents of your fresh water tank has frozen is likely to be the least of your troubles. If you are laying the boat up for winter then why not follow the time honoured idea of draining the system?