mrsmelly

I think he has or did have a Dickinson?? but thanks for your input

Hi Peeps. Years ago I had a boat I fitted mistakenly with a piece of crap diesel stove made by Dickinson, it was bloody awful. Fast forward to today. A good friend has seen a boat on brokerage that at first sight seems to have one major drawback, its gas free, never a good sign and has the Kuranda stove fitted. Now does any of you actualy have one of these very expensive stoves and can give any honest feedback as to suitability for liveaboard use please. Such as genuine useability, time to heat up and regulate etc etc. Problem is of course first owner wrongly specified gas free so removing said stove is not so easy as just banging a proper gas stove in but all boats are a compromise somewhere and is the stove a definate no no?? Taa in advance. Genuine advice would be very much appreciated but the usual humour and wind up is also completely acceptable

Iirc the navy ones were built by John Pinder.

There was a pub directly opposite that I don't recall the name of, I wonder if that survives also? And one 100 yards down the road. The area was called The Pole iirc? We were typing together lol. I did remember the name the Pole then lol. It was 91 and 92 we did it, a proper pub then with absolutely no food available and packed each evening and absolutely rammed at weekends.

The Anglers arms, do you know it? Google tells me it's still there.

Manchester as any fool knows is a dump. The missus and I used to run a pub in Failsworth on holiday relief a few years ago, we wore crash helmets behind the bar 😉 running a pub in such places is not for the faint hearted lol.

My last boat had double glazed windows throughout. They cost a fortune but we're of a design that meant every or any window could be removed in seconds. On mega hot days they could be removed and air flow in the boat which was awesome. Another great benefit was being able to pass stuff out for the Barby every few feet of boat length rather than just through side hatches.

I let em all live in my garden. Its fabulous. We get the occasional rat who I think ,lives next door but pops over for a munch sometimes. We have lovely squirrels and indeed are oft visited by foxes and most nights a couple of badgers. All caught many times by our Trail cam. The squirrels sit over our heads in the trees and drop nut shells on us when sat out in late summer. We have slow worms as our garden adjoins the Ceredigion slow worm sanctuary lol. No hedgehogs as yet but working on that.

Ring Ed Shiers on 07922 163072 A first class no nonsense bloke. What he doesn't know about the Travel power isn't worth knowing