roland elsdon

Id rather he smokes what he grows than buys off some unscrupulous , bastard who adulterates the product with synthetics.

The real thing is also available....

Cannabis oil has the active ingredient (thc) removed. In theory. I have very strong views on crank medical and psychiatric treatments, but the evidence is that cannabis oil and thc can assist victims of dreadful conditions. However having seen the effect of it ( in particulat skunk cannabis) on the developing brain, it can have effect of turning kids brains into vegetables.

While some might not like fatboats, at least this gentleman is trying to make an informed decision , unlike other idiots who have slapped unsuitable boats into the water around this area and caused chaos.

We never tried maffers to grove in one go but used to do sections breasted up, and the flights of course.

Yes its possible, just hope you dont meet yourself going the other way. You are on the max posted width at braunston tunnel, though others have gone through at 14 foot. Blue lias bridge is ok. There are many pinch points, the a45 bridges, braunston, buckby stoke bruerne . By the time you get to leighton things will improve. we used to run breasted 14 ft beam almost all the way from london to berko, but that was in the 80s. Do not expect to be popular. The historic limit of wide boat navigation is berko. i assume you are buying at stockton and moving south, rather than pleasure boating...

Just passed droitwich marina. Narrow lock only access. In there funking great fat boat. Are you telling me he has to pay a licence given the thing is landlocked. ( i hope so)

When i worked for the polis in rugby in the 90s the inhabitants of drugby were known for two things. Firstly causing the name of the town and secondly for their high intelligence and skill at evasion. After an assessments in the cells the custody officers used to say ‘ we thought we better get you in because they must be mad to be so stupid’ sorry mate they are just the second...no mental illness, no brain.

Just cycled past wooton wawen levels normai

The bit of worcester birmigham to gas st was ok apart from 2 spots dredging by land and water good, by us good we draw 3 ft 3 when running...2’9’’ counter up

Yep wondered when someone would say that! Deliberately put classic.

The northern stratford was 5 inches off weir today. It took us 7 hours from the junction ( kings norton) to the top of lapworth. The locals kept informing us we wouldnt make it. We got stuck complete stop many times. Crt had a pusher tug workboat that followed us from gas street to almost to hockley heath. I slacked it by just before the pub, and he dredged the rest of the way for us to the lift bridge, where his hydraulic drive expired for a bit. I doubt if we have much paint left on the baseplate. We had to charge some bits at full throttle just to get through. Used more engine oil than in the previous 3 months boating combined, and i am mechanicaly sympathetic to my 55 year old engine and box. Coming down lapworth there was water everywhere apparently ‘being sent downhill,’ and reports that the southern section is low. as for mooring at wilmcote id go top locks in village on armco near winding hole. When i was a member of working class we commuted to work from there to leicester for 12 days, without an issue.

Isnt that true of life in general and specificaly marriage? Besides if sold my half of our boat i’d be sleeping with the dog, and we dont have one...

It was the russians it was a Porton Down employee killing weeds Donald Trump is a russian Teresa May has a mandate to govern the uk. all may have elements of truth but the last

There is a hidden market. Many classic and historics never get advertised. i have 4 phone numbers to call when i wish to sell up. The last offer was ‘ name your price’ i didnt.

Draining the pound is sooo much easier than moving the boat when the 14 days ( or so ) are up. Used up the usual excuses, Im working localy my kids are in school its crt fault, its the only time i can move ive got a hospital appointment/ sick dog/ sick mother/ broken down , ( 4 months on the one near our mooring) Theres no water is way easier, just let that water go...

Good on you, hope you find someone who you can assist. Im sure there are people who would jump at your assistance. my best friend is registered blind from birth,. has worked all his life in spite of being registered disabled . he cycled to work until last year ( now 60) as couldnt get licence. owns his own home, bought from 40 years of manual labour, in spite of relentless bullying at work. won the national veterans age group in cycling time trials twice, in open class. represented his country in disabled class did triathalons. once steered my boat solo from bottom of buckby to stoke bruerne following me on another boat. he never bought a boat because of his fears over an accident or harming others because of his eyesight. He tried to describe his vision to me one day and the adaptations and compensations he made to get by every day were exhausting. as you are aware its others perceptions of you that cause doubt , you simply maximise your potential like my friend. unfortunately for you i am firstly partnered up and secondly have too many commitments, to meet your requirements.

Can we have it back please? Took it out of the cabin to vaccum on the long pound while i was waiting for the batteries to give hoover starting permission. Just at that point the phone rang, i had won the lottery in nigeria and had to send my bank details , of course i dived into the cabin to get them, ( the boat knows its own way being 80 years old). however boat thought it saw an old friend on the towpath, and dived towards it , that proved to be a fishist with size anxiety, who claimed the boat had snapped his 25 foot carbon protruberance. whilst i was discussing his mothers relationship with his many putative fathers i noted the bright orange carpet had fallen overboard, so can we have it back. Leave it on the roof we are coming warwickshire way in a few days.Ta. orange shagpile 8 by 4 thanks

Thats what i assumed . So the usual tall tale recorded and reported as fact by the local ‘historian’ on their notice boards

More attractive and meaningless crt signs on the worcester and birmingham including one which was tripe like’ stop breath and look around you’ or some such pseudo psycho babble . I was sodding stopped, on the bottom, the lister was breathing heavily, and i was looking at graffiti and rubbish. In defence of crt, land and water were dredging well 300 metres up the cut and we hit almost 2.5 mph for the bit they had done. Our speed prior to that from the top of tardi had been 1.4 mph, grinding rocking rolling. they seem to be loading the dredgings in a lorry. In the meantime crt were scattering grass seeds on the bank ( in a drought) and scratching at some bricks on the tardi flight moorings with a hoe. The moorings are 18 inches deep...

Just coming up worcester and birmingham , scattering of yellow signs’ warning slippery bank’, ‘warning cyclists low headroom’ , ‘ warning lockside may be slippery’ ‘warning life may present with hazards, however even if you avoid them all you may not get out alive’ All on yellow plastic zipped tied to things. nearly fell off the boat as aged eyes attempted to read. nb. Only one of these warnings is accurate.

On our mooring at foss when this happened the only thing that could have navigated for two months would have been a hovercraft. The level went down to the trickle left by the ashed up stop planks.

Moored up in droitwich in rain, and went for a wander. In the park there is a rendition of a seven barge built to take salt. This was apparently by sail, down the seven and out to the ports. however they make a claim that one of these trows 64 by 14 was sailed to france under exacting conditions ( skippers son tied to the mast etc etc) , with the implication that this was a normal trip ( apart from the tying to the mast bit) . sounds like a mariners tale anybody know for sure?

Happens every winter. Nothing new. Be on your mooring or off. As its not emergency crt are informing first, so no one can claim they didnt know , and start demanding craning out, which has happened in the past following sudden structure failure. Crt will be sympathetic, but dont suggest you go to liitle venice and plug into a streetlamp for a month because you cant get on your mooring in blackburn

I dream of being asked to slow down, but i just cant go fast enough to achieve it. On most canals anything approaching a lazy stroll is met by the prop stirring up nappies, bin liners, bodies weed etc. if i rev hard enough i reach mud and coal dust. As i go aground on the detrius caused by some of the permanent moorings on the gu i have been known to exclaim look the use triangular tea bags still