andy3196

http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notice/452/standedge-tunnel

Or inlander http://www.12v-fridges.com I'm happy with the one I bought this time last year.

Check the installation instructions for your charger. I have a Sterling charger which has 3 outputs, and the instructions stated that if only using 2 then the third MUST be connected to one of the others.

I don't think you're right about that. http://ukwrs.co.uk/gecm/?p=62 if you zoom in shows the "lime farm" arm looping round to come out opposite Yates yard, crossing the current line through the gardens there before crossing back and then heading under the towpath bridge there and heading towards the old tunnel. The "Brinklow marina" arm seems to start just west of Walton's bridge (48) where there is a widening of the towpath. This feels right as bridges 42 and 43 seem old, but the one between lime farm and Yates seems much newer (not sure of its number) as does 48. Also the canal between lime farm and the new tunnel is pretty straight.

And you can find a bit of the Oxford canal, just outside the ring road, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignoles_Bridge

I can't say for certain now, but a few years ago, (about 6), Thornycroft were happy to supply me with a bare S4L. It was the easiest way to do my engine change as they also supplied the couple of parts needed to convert my existing marinisation parts to fit the new base engine. Plus they has no problem with having it delivered to the side of the road near the end of the Ashby. Cost was somewhere in excess of £2K. I suspect that trying to find one from an industrial engine supplier would be cheaper.

There is a little on moving his boat on Bill Davies' website at http://www.billybubbles.demon.co.uk/ plus a huge amount about his years on the European waterways.

Hope it works.

If your computer has Bluetooth, you could try an app like extGPS https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.extgpsforandroid&hl=en This should then be recognised as a COM port on your computer and thus stream the NMEA data to waterexplorer. I say should, as I can't get my computer & horrible android tablet to pair, but my 808pv will pair with the horrible thing, and I've been using the Symbian version of extGPS since the first beta, many years ago. Also I have never used waterexplorer, so can't give too much advice on how to get it to see the incoming data. One thing that may need attention is that windows can assign quite a high number to the COM port, which may be outside the range that waterexplorer expects to use. Can't quite remember how I sorted but think it involved deleting com ports in "my computer" properties, and then reassigning the com port in the Bluetooth settings utility. Of course, with android there is always the chance that this particular app won't work on your device, but there are probably dozens of others available that may or may not work.

I'd suggest the Stourbridge Extension Canal, which I mentioned before http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=58789&page=3#entry1116526 , if you're in your modern boat, not sure if there would be the depth for the old one. And maybe a bit remote if you want to go to a pub for the evening. Though being a lazy boater myself, I would stop shortly after the Stourton locks, it is a nice stretch of canal. (Blowers Green is after Merry Hell)

Just wondering how many of these LTM are actually vacant, and how many are in fact no longer LTM as a result of new marina openings. The list of closed LTM is downloadable at http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/new-marinas-unit/links-downloads-and-glossary One LTM that I used to pass often is Ansty on the North Oxford, which looks to have lost 5 places, but as far as I can recall the posts marking the limits of the LTM haven't been moved. So although it looks as if there are lots of vacancies, that isn't really the case.

That is pretty much my understanding as well, but I'm no BCN expert by any means. I believe the reason for the realignment was that the original locks were built in tha same way as Bratch and that silly pair on Stourbridge, leaving no room for boats to pass, so led to congestion. As as Blowers Green was mentioned, I think that was originally two locks but rebuilt as one deep one due to subsidence, (but not to be confused with the two locks line that bypassed Blowers Green) Wish I had used a few more ropes last time I came up, it was a bit embarrassing watching the boat wandering around the short pound trying to decide where it wanted to visit, and once it was nestled into the bank on the offside it isn't the easiest place to get to. Still, the fisherman found it quite amusing, and wasn't upset at the amount of mud I churned up.

https://www.waterways.org.uk/news_campaigns/campaign_news/red_diesel_and_european_legal_action

Listing details are at http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1040947 (if that works, otherwise a search for Stoke Bruerne will find it & the details for the other listed locks in the flight) ETA: I wasn't the only one looking for the listing.

I have used the moorings on the Stourbridge Extension Canal a couple of times, once about 6 years ago in midsummer, and more recently in April this year. Really quiet with no houses that near. Although it is a fenced mooring, it isn't actually secure as there is a bit of the fence missing at the far end, and the latch on the access gate had been "modified" so the padlock can be just slipped off. 2013-04-18-0650 by andy3196, on Flickr I don't think they get used at all often, as the next morning one of the local dog walkers did comment that he didn't realise that boats could get up there. It isn't often that you get to have a whole canal all to yourself Maybe I should mention that my regular crew consists of 1 GSD. The BCN does have a lot more reasonable moorings than the official CRT VMs, I found the BCNS list really useful for the time I spent up there earlier in the year. I couldn't find a copy on the BCNS website last time I looked, but it is available at http://indigodream.wordpress.com/bcn-moorings-guide/

Delph is a lovely flight, a real hidden gem and would be one of the networks major attractions if it was located somewhere else. It's worth taking a bit of time to have a walk down the old line, you'll find this behind the stable block, and it gives context to the "arm" between locks 1 & 2 and the bend in the canal there. There are numbered posts down the old line which I guess are the actual locations of the locks. 2013-04-17-0636 by andy3196, on Flickr

But almost canal side if you moor at bridge 168, even if you decide to move on after shopping. I've happily moored there overnight, but in the middle of winter, south of the bridge rather than on the relatively new piling north of it.

Just realised I should have said it's off the North towpath so same side as NIA. There was, as is common in urban areas, a bit of rubbish lying about but I can't remember there being any real nasties like broken bottles, but would be wise to look out for stuff like that.

I usually try to moor as close to St Vincent Street Bridge and take Lyra off along the towpath out of town. Just past the little basin, there is a bit of scrubby land that your dog might like, I suppose it's about a five minute walk. Or there is a park off the Soho loop. There is also some nice walking round Rotton Park Reservoir. I usually try to moor as close to St Vincent Street Bridge and take Lyra off along the towpath out of town. Just past the little basin, there is a bit of scrubby land that your dog might like, I suppose it's about a five minute walk. Or there is a park off the Soho loop. There is also some nice walking round Rotton Park Reservoir.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10562324.UPDATED__Rescue_mission_as_digger_rolls_into_canal_at_Bingley/ appears to be the one in Bingley. As itwas the boatyard staff that recovered it, and it went in down the slipway at the boatyard it would seem to have no connection to either CRT or their contractors.

http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/July_2013/03-07-13/3.DEFRA-Transfer-Environment-Agency-Navigations.pdf (62KB)

I guess they were just making sure that they had all the necessary information, given that there are two sets of bridges on the Grand Union numbered 17 to 109 as they start the numbering from Braunston in both directions. I don't know if there are any other canals like that. Incidentally the cows near 80 do tend to find their own way out fairly quickly, by the time I had got to the farm, told the farmer and got back to the cut, the one I saw was out and the herd off at the far side of the field. The fully grown cow I came across a bit further south waited until I had found something to tie to, and then got out with little effort. The water buffalo part way up Napton are another story, that took a while and I think it had to be locked down into the next pound (or it may be that that was what happened on a previous occasion)

When mine has done the same, it turned out to be that the immersion heater had worked itself loose, no a huge amount, just a fraction of a turn was needed to tighten it up. not that surprising really with the amount of vibration it's subjected to.

I'll just add to the list of options by suggesting the excellent Canalplan, which for a while has had links to the Wolfbane predictor on it's gazetteer pages, down near the bottom, for example http://canalplan.org.uk/cgi-bin/gazetteer.cgi?where=Braunston%20Marina%20Entrance is where lots of forum members will be this weekend. Have been using this since the unfortunate non swimming smartphone incident robbed me of straight line navigation in the maps app, but hopefully that will be resolved soon.

You'll find it a lot better on the Oxford south of Rugby down as far as Braunston as that is the length that they were doing extensive offside tree work on last winter. Hopefully they will have the necessary funds to do from Rugby up to Hawkesbury this coming winter, as there are a few places that could do with it. Some bits of the Coventry were cut back a few years back, through Polesworth and around Marston Junction, which made a huge difference, meeting an oncoming boat at the Polesworth VM used to be a nightmare. It's a shame that you didn't go up the Ashby as the whole length was cut back on the offside last winter so is in the best condition (in terms of offside vegetation) that it has been in the 10 years that I have known it. At present there is nowhere where you would be anywhere near branches when passing an oncoming boat. So tree work does get done, but I suppose how much depends on what other priorities they have in terms of maintenance, there isn't an unlimited budget. Edited to add: and how could I forget the Grand Union above Hatton, it would have been very unpleasant back in March if the supply of logs wasn't there