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On 23/04/2021 at 22:06, Machpoint005 said:
Could it just be that they put them down, install the spare, then forget them?
No! The places I find them are intentional dumping. They usually have the top section on too!
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30 minutes ago, frangar said:
There’s also some that deserve the insults.
DO you mean Moi!
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Some of you here will be aware that I make a point of removing rubbish from the canal. I'm no hero, no saint, no one special, I just have a lot of time on my hands. I am currently training my Crew Mate to do likewise.
In the 10 years I have been doing this I have removed, among other things, 9 Elsans, all but one full! I lifted one from within 20 yards of the elsan point and rubbish disposal point in Banbury. Why?
Whilst I was away last month I found another two! One at the bottom of the steps at Bridge 18 on the GU and one on the farmers side of the hedge at at Lock 11 on the Buckby flight.
What is is about some people who replace their cassettes, that they can't be bothered to take the old one to a disposal point rather than just dump it on the towpath/hedge?
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2 hours ago, Chris John said:
Sorry I didn’t realise that picking up some litter gives you the right to shout, swear and be generally obnoxious on the cut (on rude on here). I get it now, that’s where I’ve been going wrong....now where’s my litter picker!
Picking up litter doesn't give me any special rights. In the same way you dont have any special rights either. I am still contemplating talking to the police about your threats and stalking!
PS its about 14 tons so far!
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3 hours ago, Chris John said:
Welcome to the world of Maffi where the norm is being rude, arrogant, swearing at others and generally thinking he owns the canal system. Just another day in his world...but of course those of us that point it out or have been on the end of his canal abuse are just liars.
I'm glad you admit it at last!?
Just now, Alan de Enfield said:Down right unpleasant - Sam, Boater Sam & 'Sams Dad', all from the same mould.
Damn is he trying to steal my Crown??
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On 21/04/2021 at 19:32, Tracy D'arth said:
There are several confused persons on here, I have told you before, my friend Sam, Boater Sam as was on here before the clowns drove him off,
That's odd I heard that 'he' was being a bit 'norty' in his posts.
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Update: CRT came yesterday.
They agree it is too hard to operate the bridge.
They will suggest that the contractor be called in to rectify.
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1 minute ago, Nightwatch said:
The second picture of a lock is not Cropredy Lock. DM? The accident was at Cropredy Lock. Honest guv. The boat being taken away on the lorry is of Cropredy Lock. Definitely Cropredy Lock. I’m not normally assertive like this, but this time I know I’m right. I normally back down.
It was taken to Cropredy to be taken out. That was the canoe club only place they could get a crane into lift it!
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6 minutes ago, MarkH2159 said:
Wouldn't know if it has been turned around?
All I do know is that heading south the upper bridge landing is on the starboard side as is the operating gear as is the lower landing, you do not cross the bridge at all.
But this has only been in the last couple of years. Prior to that it was manual and single handers had to negotiate it from the tow path using a 9 foot boat boat hook.
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32 minutes ago, MarkH2159 said:
Thanks for the explanation, but not the rudeness or incorrrect statement part.
Not all Lift and Swing Bridges are like that at all. In fact just a bit further up the canal you will find Mill Lift Bridge No. 205 that has bridge landings and operating gear on the same side and the towpath does not change over.
I did not miss the bollard either, possibly being a "proper boater" might have helped, same as I didnt miss the boat moored just below the bridge using the upper water point, but it was stilll a PITA anyway.
As for 'not being up to it', seeing as you have absolutely no idea what I am up to or not, how can you suggest I get a house - I currently have one under construction, one for sale, one rented, one in Thailand and one in Philippines, what next?
By the way, the post was about the bridge operating set up, not abusing fellow boaters who may have a slightly different opinion to your own.
I wasn't being rude I am just a straight talker. Neither am I incorrect.
Up until just recently the Lift bridge at the Mill in Heyford was a manual lift bridge and operated from the other side, had it been the other way around to 'make it easier to operate from the towpath side how would the horses have got over the beams?
I fail to see how it can be a pain in the A... when you signed up for it! The canal is what it is. Whoopee so you are a man of property! What do you want a medal?
No the post was not about the bridge operating set up it was a plea for people to complain to CRT that it was hard to operate.
7 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:Have they turned it round then, that is the aluminum one that you have to cross to operate at Heyford?
No they haven't. They electrified it and put the control console on the tow path side, via a conduit that goes over the canal.
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13 hours ago, Nightwatch said:
Didn’t think I was going mad. Thought it was Cropredy. We used to moor not far away and remember it well.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1203456/Children-mother-fall-death-steers-canal-boat.html
That is not Cropredy Lock. And why would you believe the DM when they keep calling it a barge?
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On 21/04/2021 at 17:57, ditchcrawler said:
I hate to say it, but its not, its a know risk that could be engineered out. You wouldn't like the answer but a proper guarded handrail around the stern would have stopped her or anyone else falling off the stern of a boat. She is not the only one, by a long way. On lad falls off a bridge he is biking over and dies in a lock and C&RT have to fit suitably designed handrails to all bridges. The fact that a notice said not to cycle over didn't come into it. Why do you think all C&RT staff wear lifejackets when on a boat, because falling in is a known risk. As boaters we accept that risk every day and if we die its written off as an accident, if we were working our employer would be in court.
This was a Kate boat, they do have rails? In fact HARRY especially had rails. It is possible that whilst sitting on the rail in reverse the boat hit the cill and the tiller swung over and knocked her off, hitting her head on the way down.
Ergo never stand or sit in the arc of the tiller!
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On 21/04/2021 at 21:29, Nightwatch said:
Agree.
Agree.
Always thought an accident may come into the category of ‘not intensional’. Spell check.
No an accident is something that is unavoidable despite all best practice. Unintentional is a bit like my mooring. I am sure people don't want to hit me, but I know they will, however it is avoidable if passing boats were to adhere to boating convention and moor properly when using the bridge instead of hovering, over which they have virtually no control.
1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:This at Atherstone
Story?
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9 hours ago, MarkH2159 said:
I came through this bridge a couple of weeks ago and did not have any problem with its operation, other than the fact that the access to the 'operating' side is blocked by a Tooleys barge and the 'official' bridge landing is on the wrong side
Being single handed made it a PITA to walk back down and around the lock when going north.
Hydraulics were easy to operate and everything worked well.
The "Tooley's Barge" actually belongs to The Oxford Canal Trust. It is on the 'official' Tooley's wharf mooring. Had you come two weeks later I would have been moored on the outside of that Tooley's Barge and that is also an official mooring! The canals were not designed for single handers. The bridge landing is on the correct side. Were the bridge the other way around how the fecking hell would you get a horse over the beams. All lift and swing bridges are that way round for the same reason (with the exception of bridges like Thrupp where the towpath changes sides.
You may have missed the bollard on the operating side that proper boaters use to access the workings.
Yes it may be a pain in the A..., but you chose to be a single hander. No one forced you. If you ain't up to it get a house!
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Just now, Tracy D'arth said:
Never have a problem with it. Take it slow and steady rather than furiously winding and it moves just fine. And I am a lot older than 70 and quite feeble some days.
Be my guest come down and try it now since they 'fixed' it!
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1 hour ago, Rob-M said:
I checked with the wife who operated the bridge in both directions and for another boat whilst we were filling with water and she doesn't recall it being difficult to open our close.
The elsan though was b@##£y disgusting, I did as far back as possible to use it as I didn't want to get too close.
Please come up again and try for yourself.
From my vantage point I can see everyone who opens it. Most struggle. It does have its moments, a13 year old girl today seemed to have no trouble, but she had some padding. The next several people who came along really struggled. One even said the bridged is wedged.
Its partly to do with the fact that the balance is wrong. Whilst the contractors were 'fixing' it, they were manually opening the bridge, the hydraulics having been removed, it took three grown men hanging on those beams to open it! The one at Thrupp which is probably bigger could be done with one hand on a dry day before it was mechanized.
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8 hours ago, Nightwatch said:
Didn’t know about the Varneys lock incident.
Any accident is just that, an accident. A slip of thought, distraction, whatever.
That was the only death on that stretch in the last 9/10 years.
And accident happen when all reasonable precautions are taken and still something goes wrong. They are generally unavoidable. Most "accidents" incidents and are avoidable. In this case (Cowroast) the driver of the boat said he knew he was wrong. Ergo not an accident but an incident.
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1 hour ago, David Mack said:
So what do you mean by 'proper'galvanising if not hot dipped?
Electroplated?
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13 minutes ago, Victor Vectis said:
That bridge in Banbury is a doddle compared with Bridge 28 on the North Stratford.
(the one just after, or just before Lapworth Top Lock)
I would agree with that. Last time I went through it nigh on killed me!
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This is all I asked!
"Can we please, whether or not you have been to Banbury, contact CRT and tell them the Bridge is b*gg*r*d. The more complaints we make the better the chance they will fix it. Thank you!"
Not about elsans, police, or short term solutions. Just please call! Ta!
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2 hours ago, Athy said:
Yes, a much narrower one over the lock.
Are you forgetting the 10ft wide one over the tail of the lock?
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On 17/04/2021 at 12:43, booke23 said:
A very lucky escape. Reminds me of that fatal accident on the Oxford canal a few years back.
That was different. Varney's Lock. The woman was on the boat and to allow the bottom gates to open she reversed back hitting the cill, fell over the stern and hit her head. She was dragged under and forward by the reversing propeller and then trapped.
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7 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
Steve obviously had the boys on it.
SP isn't on the Oxford anymore!
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12 hours ago, wakey_wake said:
- I've heard stainless steel can crack at the welds. Is there a better material? Anyone heard of bunding a water tank, other than "it drains into the bilge and the carpet drinks it up"?
Only a straw poll of one, but my SS tank has been in 15 years.
Elsans
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Elsan is a generic term like hoover.
Point of order Jerra elsan is used as a generic term.