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DaveG

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DaveG last won the day on December 14 2011

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    Apart from the boat - music and musicianship, current affairs, maybe a spot of fishing.
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  2. Whilst the "Caravan Tax" reduction is very welcome news for 7,000 workers in East Yorkshire, the U-turn hasn't been driven by the desire to protect jobs and business but as a result of pressure from wealthy land-owning site owners, including one very vocal Tory Party Constituency chairwoman in Suffolk who threatened to take her membership elsewhere as the tax would, allegedly, bankrupt her
  3. I generally find Car Boot sales to be a waste of time. Been to loads but never yet managed to get one for a 1982 Saab 900.
  4. I think it's far too early to get excited - the Met Office reported yesterday that March was the driest for 29 years so a few days rain isn't going to make a huge difference. Here in the East Midlands it has been heavy showers rather than persistent rain and, whilst the Nene is up a bit, rivers act as funnels and this is as much to do with the EA getting the water out to sea as quickly as possible. Dig down an inch or so and the ground is pretty compacted still which means the water runs off rather than being absorbed down to the water table.
  5. Probably explains why parts of the Nene seem so low - the downstream floating pontoon at Thrapston lock has been sitting on the bottom for over a week now. We drove up to the coast through the Lincolnshire fens yesterday and many of the "drains" are completely empty.
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  8. I don't know if it's worth mentioning, but any business generating it's own electricity and then selling it on to it's customers has to have an Ofgem licence and conform to a whole raft of regulations to do so.
  9. We went up to Rutland Water at the weekend and there are places where the water has retreated more than 50 metres from the bank. The small river which runs through our village and on into the Nene is normally about 3-4ft deep at this time of year - it's about 3 inches at the moment and comes just over the dog's paws! Even the snow melt hasn't changed anything. I really don't think it bodes well for the spring and summer once boats start moving in quantity again as I suspect there will be very early-season closures and restrictions....and a lot of grumpy boaters! Strange times, indeed.
  10. The local news has just reported that rivers and reservoirs in the region are at their lowest since 1921 = even the Welney Wetlands risk being renamed the "Drylands"! The visitor mooring on the Nene at Thrapston Bridge appears to be about two feet lower than is normal even in summer.
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  12. Just to add - I wrote to this chap this morning at his work e-mail address asking what he is seeking to achieve and offering to provide whatever he needs but haven't received a reply as yet - hopefully something will turn up tomorrow.
  13. Hi. Hope all is well at Billing - the Nene seems incredibly low for the time of year, especially around Thrapston and Oundle. Probably going to put the boat up for sale after Easter and call it a day, we think, as the "hassle" element is starting to overtake the "fun" these days.
  14. Danny1 - this is twice now you've reposted my comment of 28th Sept but with no related comment of your own. I'm at a bit of a loss as to why.
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