plainsman

This is a real sod. First hire boat with spouse from here donkey's years ago

Which soundbar do you have, is it 12v?

A lot of energy and sometimes emotion are spent on this subject. Why all the fuss? We should accept that it costs a certain amount to maintain and manage the system (wether that's' done efficiently is another matter), and one source of income is from licenses/mooring fees charged to users. The shortfall created by those who do not pay the due fee is picked up by the rest who accept their responsibilities and pay up. May not seem fair but that is the way of the world Is it really worth the effort and anguish to try to exploit weaknesses in the rules?

Ok, thanks for replies. Uphill/downhill it is then. Now where's my OS map?

The reference to upstream and downstream on CRT Stoppage site has been puzzling me for a while. As there isn't any flow on canals (exceptions I know), does it relate to nearest lock? What about lock free canals or sections? Is it up and down in relation to big towns/cities as on railways? Not a major issue but I would like to know.

I'm with you on this, Monty is very pleasant but overrated in my view. Deeper draught boats can find some moorings difficult. Still it's worth a visit but I'm in no hurry to return. Prefer the Llangollen main line.

Don't know about the £95 fee but CRT will charge annual mooring fee of half that of the nearest CRT mooring

I understood EOGs were not transferable, new owner needed to reapply to CRT.

A look on Companies House site for the directors and their involvement with other companies and a further search on those other companies is a brief but interesting read.

It was Thatcher that stopped the development of flue filters to trap Co2 for power stations. She also chopped the research funding for burning coal underground to extract energy and trap pollution. Scargill not the idiot, he exposed the Govt biased funding for nuclear power. At that time if the coal industry received the same subsidy as the nuclear energy, coal could have been given away and still made a profit and kept communities intact. Scargill's methods and approach are questionable but by no means an idiot.

I bow to your knowledge and consider myself appropriately chastised

Some CH systems have a motorized valve to separate the heating circuit from hot water. These can stick/break

Boat share is a good entry without the major outlay and useful if you are still working or limited to the amount of holiday time including, as you mentioned kids school hols. This was my route to boating some years ago. Personally I'd go for a members/private syndicate as to avoid management fees, although a managed syndicate is preferred by some folks. Important to have a sound and clearly understood weeks allocation arrangement and most of all a stone wall disputes resolution procedure. Like having the fire brigade, will probably never need it but good to know it's there. As others have said, take a good look around for the arrangement that suits you and go for it. Best of luck

Nuclear is not pollution free. Thousands of tons of nuclear waste has been buried and continues to be buried in Cumbria. Not only stuff from UK but imported. This stuff remains toxic and highly dangerous for thousands if not millions of years. There is a constant search for other 'suitable' sites to dump this stuff, mainly in the north of England. When Calder Hall (first nuclear power station) was opened with much fanfare we were promised cheap if not free electricity. The same promises now tell us nuclear is safe and clean. Go for solar and tidal turbine development.

Whoes dictating or imposing opinions now????

Two or three hours OK and reasonable, but five hours plus is really inconsiderate. I note the good practice of a long charge but this is in the context of cruising and what boating is all about. The threads you refer to and the same good practice you concur with frown on running the engine 'light' and support cruising to recharge the batteries as the best option. If people choose to live off grid they should accept the responsibility for their own lifestyle and not impose the consequences of such on to others. In my experience most liveaboards behave responsibly and invest in solar, wind or hook up, the selfish ones just create bad PR especially with an attitude as demonstrated to me at Wheaton Aston.

I thought I was fairly tolerant of engine running until last week when moored at Wheaton Aston visitor moorings. Livaboard moored opposite decided to runup the engine, all well and good but after four hours I asked if they could switch off as engine noise was spoiling a nice sunny afternoon. Reply was quite toxic "I can run my engine till 8pm if I want". I was only asking for a reasonable use of engine. Engine was eventually turned off at 7.30pm after 5 hours of running at high speed. Not very considerate in my view and not good PR for livaboards. I hope this behaviour was the exception.

Maybe your right but I would still like a repaint although paintwork is OK. It's just the pinhead spots. I have suffered stoning year before last so could be that. How long should a paint job last?

My boat is 12 years and am considering a repaint and taking account of the long lead for booking slots I am making enquiries now. It was repainted back to bare metal via a scabbler five years ago. The existing is OK but has a few pin head rust spots on cabin sides. I've checked a few painter sites and some say grit blast others don't mention it. Any views on this would be appreciated.

OK, thanks for that. A brush it is then. To be honest, I've little experience with rollers so I'm reassured by the advice given. Cheers.