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Bubblebuster

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  1. F'sure pump are the only thing I have ever experienced in the past and the only cassettes I have seen truth be told is on/in my brothers motor home.
  2. All good stuff guys, guess I'll stay with cassettes and see how it goes.
  3. Sounds better that what I have seen on youtube so thanks, will take your advice and see how it goes. What's the worst that can happen! 😃
  4. Probably not actually as I can see the savings, but having seen a read about how unpleasant it can be to tip out your waste and not infrequently, I have begun to wonder. Guess I need to talk more to those with cassettes. Point taken, but surely it's going to be cheaper to do any work before the boat goes into the water rather than afterwards? No lifting out and putting back in for starters.
  5. Thanks Peter. Guess a visit first (without any boat of course) would be the order of the day,
  6. Not sold on cassette loos (or compost come to that truth be told) - so how difficult or possible is it to convert from cassette to pump out as I guess having the latter involves having a poo storage tank fitted . Big job on an existing boat, but easier on a new build even if it's not in the original build spec? Not the most pleasant of subjects, but we've all got to do it. 😊
  7. Well further checking and it looks like that in 2020 at least the entrance to Lydney was silted up and a map shows the section from the marina is not navigable so...
  8. Equity release? Not in this lifetime - it's akin to giving half the value of your house away! Terrible idea and only for the desperate. Renting our house out also not on the cards as we've experienced too many horror stories to go down that road.
  9. Thanks for all of the above guys, and all taken on board. Not new to baby boomer adventure having sold up once before and moved to France for a few years. Restored an old fermette, travelled around most of the country as work allowed and then returned to blighty on the back of that recession a few years back. Aware of confirmation bias with this as well but, gonna give it a go I reckon... along with steady she goes.
  10. Thanks guys, and to be honest my advice might well be the same but at the end of the day a house is only bricks and mortar and if the DWP don't get there first should (Gods forbid) we need to go into care, the kids will inherit what's left. The boat will value and we'll still have a bit of dosh in the bank so... We've been in what was meant (after a lot of restoration) to be our forever home for some ten since early retirement and all we are doing now apart from twiddling our thumbs is stagnating until the end. Daft if we do, daft if we don't. 🤠
  11. Inspired by others and with at least some experience from many holidays afloat, we have decided to sell up, take the plunge in our retirement and live full time on a narrow-boat. Lots to consider and a fair bit of homework to do, but from the sale of our modest home we should be able to buy a near as damn it new boat specific to requirements, along with some rainy day money in the bank. So from those who have done it, first thoughts on emptying out a home of so many treasured and memorable possessions from over the years (which normally would be disposed off by the children after we have gone) but what we are now going to have to do ourselves. It's going to be a wrench with giveaways, selling, and 'passing down the line' in order to drastically downsize.... but someones gotta do it! 🙂
  12. Anchors of course! Never thought about that if crossing over a river, as for fuel polishing never heard of that either - Googled, YouTubed and now better informed so many thanks for the heads up. Seems that it mainly affects boats of around 15 year old. Good to know, cheers.
  13. Also I expect the insurance company would require it.
  14. Ah right, thanks. All interesting stuff and pays to stay safe. As an ex 'fishing boater' some of the things I've seen coming off the slip at Mumbles near Swansea would make your hair curl.
  15. Yes I had read about that weir. Presumably you would need a pilot especially if you were a first timer, to cross from Lydney to Sharpness.... or not?
  16. So what's the story for crossing the Severn from Lydney and then up to Gloucester... or down to Avonmouth. As a first timer (and no disrespect intended to the experienced) but I guess you'd need to either be foolish or have a pilot on board take charge. Have watched a couple of videos and it looks mighty scary!
  17. Thanks for that, a bit of optimism at last! The Mrs went for a walk along the canal path to there this morning and thought as much so I'll check it out next week as we are back home to west Wales t'morrrow for a few days. Cheers. Well they charge slower of course (still daylight during the say in winter last time I looked 🙂) and maybe not enough, so fair point. There again, there are mains plug in points available?
  18. End to end in a day? Not sure about that. We are house sitting for one of our daughters who lives near the canal and having walked only part of it...
  19. Thanks for your reply Tracy. Not full time no, planned to potter up and down and 'park' wherever, just considering where we might leave the boat for more that a couple of days or weeks. Is it not better to have some sort of home base?
  20. Are there mooring available on the Monmouth and Brecon Canal? Thinking seriously about spending our retirement on a narrowboat having spent many past summers on hire boats with the family - so they are nothing new to us. 😉 It might be that we'll have to buy a narrowboat with a mooring of course, or go on a waiting list. Any advice appreciated. Cheers.
  21. Next door SA38 here, so might well do. Cheers. 🍺 Now that's cheered me up! 😃
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