David Mack

Ice and stoppages can be an issue. River flow isn't. About the only place I can think of where strong flows might be a problem is the weir below Coppermill Lock, which comes in square to the navigation, and can push the unwary across towards the towpath, but its not a big deal.

Rather than rely on hearsay on hear, why not check the BSS itself? (And from memory the BSS doesn't specifically mention solar, so the normal wiring requirements apply).

After my father died and I was cashing in his various investments, one insisted on paying me by cheque. I followed the bank's instructions to pay in using the app, got to the end of the process only to find that there was a £500 limit. Ended up paying it in via the Post Office instead.

Why go to the cost of that, when AI can create a video in minutes? Does anyone recall a stoppage notice for the filming?

Or even hammer and chisel, followed by rust converter.

It has been said that when Brindley's assistant, Samuel Simcock, laid out the original line of the Birmingham Canal, he was trying to immortalise his initials.

But you started out 30 or 40 years ago. Is it still the same now in the era of Applepay and sumup terminals?

Only below the water line. What about the rest of the hull?

All gates closed, as otherwise the flow may deposit silt and other debris on the cills, preventing the gates from closing properly (and so wasting more water). One or both paddles each end. The former is easier, the latter may fill (or empty) pounds quicker. If I'm on my own and going uphill through a series of low pounds I usually walk up 2 or 3 locks and open one paddle each end, then return to the boat and work through, leaving the lock as soon as I am confident I can get out over the top cill without touching - no need to wait until the pound is full to weir level. The pound is usually shallower than the cill, so I tend to bounce my way through, sometimes having to wait a bit longer for the level to rise further. The aim is to get through those next 2 or 3 locks with just enough water to get through, so I don't take too much water from fuller pounds ahead.

Discussion on Will's own forum: https://diysolarforum.com/threads/battleborn-batteries-is-suing-will-prowse.125758/ I've seen a few references online to the Streisand-Battleborn effect.

The Dragonfly (BB's parent company) stock price has been in trouble since well before Will Prowse started finding faults with their batteries.

My understanding is that Battleborn is a long established US brand, that has for some years supplied batteries to a number of US RV manufacturers, as well as selling to other sectors and to individual customers. They claim their batteries are tested to US standards (although copies of actual certifications seem to be elusive), but with numerous cheaper competitors having entered the market in recent years, their products are increasingly seen as overpriced. Given their history and (now) premium pricing, it is easy to see why some customers thought they were doing the right thing by buying American 'quality', rather than cheap Chinese imports. And Will's videos have shown those customers are getting nothing of the sort.

If you are buying a boat advertised on social media, or from a friend of a friend, or the price looks unusually good, do a reverse image search of the photographs used in the ad, and a Google search of some of the key text. It is not unheard of for fraudsters to copy text and images from genuine sales sites. If you pay such a fraudster you are unlikely to ever see the boat, the 'seller' or your money again.

Went under Brentford High Street Bridge once on a high spring tide, and had to take my tiller pin out, crouch down, hold the tiller from below and steer directly along the line of the arch crown to get through!

Will issued a video a day or two back saying he was being sued, but it looks to have been removed from YouTube. Here's Louis Rossman's response.