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Have you the cap to go with the badge?
I think you'll look very fetching wearing that ensemble on the back of the Otley
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1 hour ago, Captain Pegg said:
The legal dimensions should be maintained at all times and when breached should be restored as soon as practicable. I believe it was intended this should have been achieved after last winter’s work at Hurleston but was unsuccessful. Practicable in this case meaning that the canal was reopened in spring for further work next winter rather than being kept closed through a period of high demand.
On the Llangollen is not the case that there has never been a legal requirement to achieve an absolute width suitable for most heritage craft even though most were previously able to transit?
I don’t suggest that CRT shouldn’t endeavour to clear Hurleston for historic craft but I do think it correct that they prioritise in accordance with their legal obligations. In any case the works at Stockton and Hurleston are not mutually exclusive. Given it has taken two weeks to mobilise at Stockton the works are likely to be straightforward and funded by the maintenance budget whereas Hurleston is a rather bigger piece of capital work.
JP
I think you'll find that it's not only historic craft that are getting stuck. there have been instances of private and hire boats struggling through and some getting stuck.
There is some serious subsidence occuring here which has accelerated alarmingly in the last couple of years.
I've been working close by here for a few years now and I can assure you you don't need a laser or tape measure to see the how the lock is slowly collapsing into the sunset........
Hopefully this Winters stoppage will arrest this damage otherwise you'll be struggling to get a canoe up the flight.
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34 minutes ago, Paul H said:
It’s 50ft. A very attractive boat at a good price but the Lister SR3 and the non-authentic counter would put some people off. I don’t know if he is leaving all the cabin brasses but I was once told they take 3 hours to polish!
Paul
I once spent an interesting 3 hours or more searching through the 'stuff' in the hold before I finally found a pair of matching brass escutcheons.
Wonder what happened to it? Maybe it's part of the joblot.
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LMS Hire boats?
SY Cygnet and Teal
Mmmmmmhhhhh Ssssstttttteeeeeaaaaammmmmm..............................................
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On 09/05/2019 at 21:26, Richard T said:
We first hired in October 1974 from Willow Wren Kearns at Middlewich. We hired Larch a 50ft wooden top it was 8berth. We had seven on board so it was a bit crowded. We alawys liked the Willow Wren wooden tops and I have a hankering to own one and return it to something its original condition. They do still exist - there is one on the Trent at Beeston. If you look in my galleryimages you will find pictures of many of the Middlewich boats. I have included a couple in this post. I also have a small collection early hireboat literature.
There were 4 Middlewich boats for sale in Venetian Marina earlier this year including 'Willow' which I and friends hired 4x in the 90's.
My parents hired from The Tardebigge Boat Co. in the 60's. Tardebigge top lock being my first introduction to locks on the cut. Nothing like jumping in at the deep end.
They also hired boats from Wheaton Aston, I think that would be Anglo Welsh but I stand to be corrected.
Our hiring boat days finished off with a two week epic on an Ernie Thomas boat.
I still remember to this day conversations with himself the biggest majority unprintable in todays PC world.............or other stores for that matter.?
I've got a box full of prints, negatives and slides which I keep threatening to convert to digital file.....................one day....................
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Steaming right off track again.....metaphorically that is....
Non can beat the mighty LMS................
Watching a Scots express drifting down the hill through Lancaster or thundering through Carnforth is a sight I'll never forget.
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7 hours ago, dave moore said:
To my mind, the only decent modern windlass is the alloy Dunton. The majority of offerings in chandlers are dismal, the flimsy open eyed things absolutely dire. Over many years I’ve acquired several old ones from working days, including a forged Wheelock and a Harry Neal, the latter being my default option. British Waterways cast replicas based on the Neal, which are also good in the hand, I have several of these. I’ve never tried the modern mechanical types, a bit of regular greasing of the paddle racks might help to solve the issues they are designed to address.
Dave
Thanks Dave. I have to agree, of course I would. Those open square eyed things are chewing up tapered lock spindles up and down the system. That's from C&RT engineers not me but anyone with half an eye can see the damage being done.
So if you want the best, forget the rest.
We are investigating the possibilities of placing a steel insert into the handle on the next batch of Duntons to be cast for those poor souls who inadvertantly drop theirs into the cut. Or we can cast the whole windlass in steel if enough people were interested in purchasing.
Oh hang on that'll include me then!!! After dropping mine in and later recovering, I began the search for the producer of Dunton windlass and eventually found him.
Here they are then
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This is what you need ?
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20 hours ago, pete harrison said:
I can not speak highly enough of the standard of work so far and I am sure I will not be disappointed with the end result
Talk about crawling!!! So this is how you get ahead of me in the queue.☹️
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19 hours ago, koukouvagia said:
Appeal to a completely different market - to a person who might be thinking of buying, say, a Hudson or some other high end replica.
Hudson, high end????? Really????
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A sad tale indeed. Perhaps when a Mr. S. Priest returns from The Hawthorns ( in a bad mood one suspects as the Baggies only managed a draw against bottom club Ipswich?) he can enlighten, us, them, me when Water Rambler will recommence rambling
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How many pasties did you have on New Years eve pray tell??
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On 19/11/2018 at 12:36, WJM said:
The Dunton Windlass - I have one and i love it! OP, Where did you get yours? I would like to get another.
I have been told that these are the 'Rolls Royce' of windlasses. literally. Allegedly the casting was done as a piecework job by Rolls Royce Aero Engines in Derby.
Aaah the tall tales of the Dunton windlass. I could write a book on them. This is a new one on me though so congratulations. An abridged history on them was featured in both the HNBC newsletter and in this months Towpath Talk.
Please get in touch with me and I'll gladly sort you one out.
On 19/11/2018 at 12:48, alan_fincher said:I think the "allegedly" is probably a bit of fantasy, as they are reported as having been designed and made in the Black Country, (at a foundry in Dudley, apparently).
I have never mentioned the specific location of the foundry only that it is in the Black Country and trying not to be too pedantic they certainly weren't designed there.
The location of the foundry is a secret, even from me. Nick is keeping his cards close to his chest on that one and knowing what he has had to suffer over the past years ( being ripped off, not paid etc.) I don't blame him one bit.
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On 11/06/2018 at 18:52, alan_fincher said:
Well about a year ago Brinklow had a number of part made ones at their yard, and I think a good supply of the cast bits that are used, (such as the doors).
It looked a good product.
Can you currently buy a new Epping?
You can buy new Eppings but it might be easier to try jumping through several hoops of fire.
I may have one for sale very soon if successful in negotiating said hoops, to add to my collection of reconditioned ones also up for sale.
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You can have your bits back if you like ?
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5 hours ago, alan_fincher said:
With or without a front end? ?
I'm hoping I've some sort of fore end, not sure what yet!
I may well be coming into Braunston in astern gear ?
1 hour ago, mrsmelly said:Im interested in a Dunton double as swmbo threw hers in the cut and is at present using other alloy windlasses. I like the DD had them for years. What price and could you post please?
We're sorting prices out tomorrow and I'll also sort out postage costs next week.
If more peeps throw theirs into the cut this time next year I may well be a millionaire?
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I'm hoping to have a selection of Dunton Double and Double+ windlasses for sale at Braunston this weekend. Hoping to be there on Star, that is if Steve can put the gas axe down for a moment.
I could tell you the full story as to how we've got to this point......................................but I'm not.?
Maybe a few beers at the weekend may loosen my tongue.???
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There is a Classic stove in the cabin,
Not anymore there isn't ? 90% of it is in the skip along with most of my fore end ?
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6 hours ago, Paul H said:
Interesting how far the water can overhangs the cabin - close to a point of pivot for easy filling of the kettle and kept secure by the weight of the mop. Nowadays few would be brave enough to do this given the cost of decent cans!
Paul
Do you think the dog is chained to the can? If can and dog get swept of roof it could easily retrieve it.............oh hang on it looks more like a german shepherd than a retriever so maybe not!
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Enterprise is heading to Ellesmere Port From Brinklow.
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There's 12 hours of daylight @ this time of the year...........how much more do you want?
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To Archie
Does this mean your towing job may be in jeopardy this weekend?
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Judging by the depth of those cuttings I think we can safely say that would have been the original and mother of all 'Big Digs'.
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After our conversation earlier Peter I pm'd the poster..expect a call from them
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Ach zo it was only a matter of time.
Hitler has been to Pooley Hall then Braunston now he's apparently on his way to Birmingham.
For you, you 2.1336M schweinehunds das krieg ist zu ende.
Star is up for sale I'm buying a Spitfire.