midnight cowboy

Precisely what I had meant to say! I plan to go up to Llangollen from Nantwich last week of April

The Wales.gov website suggests holiday lets might start BEFORE 12/4 so you should be able to go to your boat there

I’ve been watching on all4 streaming. Sheila is great! Hope I can still steer etc like her when I’m late 80s! let’s get boating, overnight stays restart on 12 April!

You used to be able to do limehouse to teddington with just a mobile phone - check the Pla website. as well as Paddington there are bookable moorings at Little Venice alongside the park -named after it - the name escapes me. enjoy your trip, it’s worth the effort

Never used to have to book Anderton, but you do now and pay an admin fee- as they can’t charge licence holders for passage.

Couldn't get the link to work, but saw it via Leo's post link - long links to FB never work for me. Terrifying!

The grief occurred in Greenwich reach near the O2

CaRT have removed both tree and boat according the notice you link to

I would definitely go out into Bow Creek - less exposed to weather and tidal currents which can both be strong round the Isle of Dogs, that's what a bunch of us did for the Diamond Jubilee Regatta. A very experienced colleague nearly came to grief trying to go in atf Limehouse from the Thames after the event

Used 2 copies last week 2008 and latest, and old Pearson’s too. They all vary. How did the working boater ever manage? I also always print an itinerary out from Nick Atty”s excellent ac canal planner before a trip on a new cut

Correct why would you also assume I wasn’t logged in to FB?

Well I am on FB and here is what it reports: The page you requested cannot be displayed at the moment. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may be broken or expired, or you may not have permission to view this page. Not so stupid - why post so agressively???

Me too - has the video been taken down?

Try Middlesex & Herts Boat Services at winkwell

You missed out one that is flown from most rural houses in the USA - the stars & stripes. We saw loads when boating up the the Hudson & Erie canal in NY State - perhaps the Americans are so insecure they needed to be sure and remind us we hadn't reached the Quebec border?

or possibly stuck in and see if you can get off the mud

I agree - their animated map of the history of the canals is also interesting - even if full of mistakes How about sending them some constructive criticism, such as OS grid refs so we know which hole they are talking about? from the midnight navigator

Try soaking in vinegar and brushing. If that fails try borax solution

See here: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/original/24987-boaters-update-4-dec-2015.pdf

But what about the dimensions of the cut? Our boat can hit 9 knots or more on a wide deep river, but no more than the statutory 4mph, often 3 or less, flat out on a shallow/narrow cut. I won't get all geeky and technical about fluid dynamics - but just look at your prop pulling the water fast past your hull when you are going too fast on a shallow silted up cut and you'll understand why there's no point trying to open up the engine in such circumstances. I drive an old Town class with a Lister air cooled - which is noisy on tickover so the moored moaners think I am going fast when I am not. The earlier contributor who pointed out that it is speed through the water and not engine speed that affects the bank/moored boats etc. Our boat is so heavy she is like a tanker - takes 100 metres to slow right down from cruising speed. As I say to our trainee skippers - ANTICIPATE, ANTICIPATE!!

You should never use a centre line as part of your mooring up arrangements - it should only be used for short term control of the boat - e.g. at locks etc. NickF states one reason. Most of the people I pass who shout at me have not moored up correctly - there is an excellent post called 'Oi! Slow Down!' by Nick Roberts in Dec 2015 Boaters Update on the CaRT website giving a full explanation of how to moor EFFECTIVELY - please can everyone who has a problem with passing boats read it before shouting and posting to sites like this. https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/original/24987-boaters-update-4-dec-2015.pdf

Hi All CaRT invite us to nominate sections of the network that need dredging - there is supposed to be a webpage to put up suggestions - but I have never found it - but I have been able to get a response from the relevant regional office whenever I have had concerns - has anyone tried it for the Peak Forest ?Macc?

Depends how you reverse your prop - assuming you have a modern all in one lever control always pause in neutral - i.e. 12 0clock until the engine revs drop to idle before moving onto forward or reverse. On our old Northwich we have a separate throttle wheel and a reversing wheel - works the same. Only reverse without waiting in neutral in an emergency (probably too late to stop anyway!)

gunnels? or gunwhales?

Well said - how can we get this to happen though?