tree monkey

I don't I hover exactly 5cm above them

I hate money for similar reasons

A grumpy sod who uses the word hate far too easily, he has probably been inconvenienced or irritated by a WB sometime in the past I can guarantee you could find a wide beam owner who says similar because its easy to target an alternative group, so WB hate NB and NB hate WB, its casual thoughtless nonsense. best ignored Mind you cyclists should all be hung from the highest tree by their chains

You're being wound up, no-one really hates wide beams, ok maybe the odd one or two, but not hate in the real visceral sense, most people who encounter wide beams on inappropriate waterways are irritated by them, it's just an issue of space and of course any widebeam driven in a selfish or stupid way becomes an obvious and easy target. No one cares about widebeams on appropriate waterways but where they mix on borderline wide canals they do create issues, much of which could be blamed on canal maintenance as much as anything else. The aesthetic issue is just opinion and doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things, if you like your boat that's all that matters and let's be honest most narrowboats are not exactly things of beauty in the first place

So exactly how many melodeons do you have?

Thought this might amuse https://chesterwalls.info/gallery/oldcanal3.html

No rush to take out mine

I am also grateful for the largesse

I've wondered about this and I couldn't find anything specific but ... Wood will burn with bottom air but it's difficult to control and you will use a lot of fuel, so I think its more of a control issue than anything else. Coal on the other hand is actually difficult to burn, it needs bottom air, try burning coal in a BBQ or similar and it just goes out. In effect wood is easy to burn but to have any sort of control its best to keep a bed of ash, coal is a bugger to burn and needs the bottom air to support its combustion

That's the bloke, came across as a decent fella

There was a chap on here for a while who did private charter sort of thing where he took guests for a week or however and took them boating, unfortunately can't remember his name, that might be the sort of thing the OP is looking for I wish I could remember the chaps name

Absolutely, it should be made clear at the outset as to the limitations of the survey.