PaulJ

Try White Mills, Lilford Marina , Northampton Marina or Blackthorn Marina for some completely different marinas and a good starting point

You wont get a widebeam in Crick. Nene is a lovely River but you wouldnt want to try moving about it all Winter-especially if you need to get to school. As it floods.Alot. The locks are also 'reversed' (locked and opened both ends) so you are well and truly stuck when SSA is on. Marina would be OK if you like that sort of life. 12fters are OK on the Nene-Ive played on a few up to 70 x 12.5 ft but its a big boat..

Seem to manage it in Northampton though- some have been in the same spot for years..😀

The V380 IP cameras can be accessed (according to the manual) via an AP link which doesnt need a wifi network. You would need the V380 app on an Apple or Android phone/tablet to view. https://v380-camera.com/blogs/news/v380-ip-camera-installation-manual

I came through a few weeks ago at 11am- thought it was a fluke but hopefully not.

They have the infrastructure to be quite a force. Do quite enjoy trying to deliver to as many as I can. Theres a few to go yet for the full set and some I doubt I ever will..

Its a funny thing reputation- you tend to hear more bad than good . I shifted a boat for a chap (who'd actually owned it for a few years) who was telling me what a great deal he got. Come getting the survey the boat needed loads of work which the broker (and declared owner) covered. So not all bad always. Shifted some nice boats from there too but will admit to dodging some too...😀

I bet the humungous organisation that is Aquavista would be well chuffed too at being missed out 😀

Yep- some more than others. I did inspections for a well known and reputable brokerage for a short while. Nothing dodgy as too why I didnt do it for long- just the amount of paperwork and information was incredible and Im definitely a doer and not a cleric. Anyway, there was a sliding scale of proof required to determine if a boat legally belonged to the people selling it and without satisfying this it couldnt go on brokerage.

Apologies as well off topic. Silvery Ouse used to run passenger boats from Fenlake to Bedford embankment. One of the boats may well still be rotting at the back of Rookery Nook where I think they operated from originally. Not sure on that though as there used to be a small marina/moorings next door too (Barns Hotel site)

Probably looked like this. (AV2RMR) Pic isnt great- reduction box is there but in the shadow if you look carefully

Ducie Street Junction is OK. I once had the pleasure (and survived it) of overnighting there on a boat with no front doors - just a blanket to help stop the draught. The only place Ive ever had any hassle was someone who obviously thought they could kick their way in through the cabin side- that was at the Boat and Horses. Suspect the owner of that boat had upset some locals at some point.

Does on the Thames. EA tried to do this on the Great Ouse and Nene but there was an outcry and they actually backed down in the end. Shame as I would have actually been alot better off 😀

To be fair that was taken the day before I met Captain Pegg on the Lapworth-so a little while ago. Reason I was there was I was making a diversion as I arrived at Braunston just in time for them to announce Stockton was going to be delayed 🤢 It wasnt really on the way to Alvechurch 😀

If anyone ever asks you to take one of those ink blot evaluations- refuse 😀

At least CRT put plenty of notices up on the B&F lock gates so anyone who had missed the closure notices had some warning. I'll give CRT that one...😀

I must have met a really diplomatic one. He wasnt overly impressed with the horn volume and gave me an air horn asking me if I would drop it back to the other end of the tunnel for him..😀

I thought this was a log on the Selby Canal until it started waving its flippers about 😀

Anywhere that involves an overnight stop at Laughton Hills 🙂 Stuck on SSA on my own boat as well as customers- Im so jealous and developing cabin fever now..😀

I did chuckle when I first read your post. I was moving a lovely boat not long ago, everything on it and about it was great- except the morse control was at about knee height.What a pain -even I had to bend down to reach it 😀

Its the same as mine- cover pops off and fits as M_JG says. Qualified to answer as Im not very tall 😀

Maybe the EA is- Wollaston stoppage has just been extended again 🤬 There is still quite a flow heading your way from Bedford so will be a bit yet..

Someone in IT has been busy. Back working again

All the EA sites seem to be showing the future since late last night! Hopefully for all those watching Rivers at the moment, it will be up and running again soon..

Im genuinely suprised you dont find that. I dont doubt there are some ,erm, less than diligent brokers around- Ive come across some 😀 but find boats with completely knackered batteries all to common. Especially the last couple of years where theyve probably sat unused. But then to be fair my opinion is probably not totally balanced as I only tend to pick up boats from the better brokers 😀 Always nice to buy a boat and not have to treat it to new batteries straight away. Hope you remember to cancel the txts though when the new owners take over 😀