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You really do need to sort out which you have. The Beta BD3 is a completely engine from the Beta JD3 which superseded it, even though the two engines look superficially similar and do the same job.

What's the weird-looking stick for??!!

Mr Rusty69 could alternatively downgrade to a fattie ... 😱

So, them needing to write all that in illustrates towpaths are not a public ROW. Special measures are needed to give the public a right of access. "Right of way (no hyphens), is the legal right, established by grant from a landowner or long usage (i.e., by prescription), to pass along a specific route through property belonging to another." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_way Arguably the clauses you list comprise a "grant from a landowner", so perhaps a ROW does exist! No doubt a court could make a ruling at enormous expense.

Yes the whole idea strikes me as bizarre.

I think mrsmelly has it right. The best solution is to use clean tap water in the first place which does not need filtering, instead of canal water.

@Clare Peel What a kind offer. @Clare Peel

My heaviest internet use is posting rubbish on here.

On that, I was idly looking around a car lot flogging VW campers. I looked at a particularly nice one with £7,995 on the screen and I thought blimey that looks good value. Then I looked again and it was actually £79,995, lol!

4G is fine for run-of-the-mill internet, I find. 5G is fast but the latency is massive when my phone shows a 5G connection. Like 30 seconds to find a URL, but one found, virtually instant download of masses of data. Frankly I prefer 4G.

"Washing machine 4x weekly"??!!! That'll soon wear off, lol!! I reckon I run mine twice a month....

I've never met a poor insurance broker.... Quite a few seriously wealthy ones though. But underwriting is one whole level UP. Two levels even!

"Where are all the boaters?" I'd say they are all moored up for free on the public towpath. Given that CRT appears to have ceased all enforcement activity.

Listing says it's been a residence since 1984. I can't ever remember anyone living there. Been derelict for decades AFAICR.

Why does it matter if the pump doesn't activate immediately? I'd have thought the pressure switch would still turn it on when needed.