MtB

You clearly still have only the haziest grasp of the differences in the rights and responsibilities of home moorers and CCers.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MUNSKT-Self-Adhesive-Furniture-Rectangle-circular/dp/B0CMHB5RDG/ref=sr_1_2?

Definitely a BD3.

Nor does it look to me like the BD3 I used to own. In particular I don't remember it having that nice brass gauge in the corner of the photo. Maybe 1stArthur could post a photo of the whole engine, and get a consensus view on what it is.

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 The Beta BD3 is a completely engine from the Beta JD3 which superseded it, even though the two engines look superficially similar and do the same job.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.