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Amber34

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  1. Heading for Walsall town arm, just had to clear the prop FOUR times in about 100ft. The fourth was actually weed. Our guest crew member, Craigie, is more focused on collecting litter, the bigger the better, but mainly sticking to the themes of got wheels or classed as tube or pipe. Personally I'm quite happy filling sacks with bottles and cans but the fellas have taken some nasty stuff out.
  2. Watch out for tearaways riding motorbikes on the towpath
  3. Not sure if this has been posted before. They have checked with CRT and have the boat details but specifically looking for next of kin " AT AROUND 10.20 PM ON THE NIGHT OF THURSDAY 22 JANUARY 2015, A MAN WAS FATALLY STRUCK BY A CAR OUTSIDE THE BELL PUB ON FOREST ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW. No identifying documents were found on the man and he has never been formally identified. Police believe he was living nearby under the name of ‘Brian Wallace’ and had worked as a local builder for many years. It has been suggested that he had family in Sheffield and possibly a sister in Neasden – but it has not been possible to verify these details and no family members have so far been traced." https://locate.international/brian-wallace-appeal/
  4. How's the planning going for this? Have many signed up? We've been spreading the word this weekend as we met other boaters at the locks, although I doubt many will venture far enough from London to take part.
  5. My prescription sunglasses at the finish line of one of the BCN Challenges (2019, I think) A cordless drill the OH had borrowed from a client in order to fit our 'lump of oak' seat. I whipped out my extending landing net (previously declared 'unnecessary clutter') and fished it out pretty quickly. Funnily enough, Himself now tolerates be bringing my assorted 'good ideas' onto the boat 😇 Numerous mooring pins, the most memorable being both pulled out while we took an 'afternoon nap'. It was only the blackberry bushes on the opposite side of the canal brushing the window that alerted us to the fact we were drifting away Bottle opener (on Friday) - the one with the corkscrew. My only bottle of wine onboard actually has a cork! Luckily I am resourceful or it could have been a dry weekend 😙 A packet of cheese and chive pastry straws, last night on the Limehouse cut
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  8. This is something we have been discussing having done. We've new windows going in later this month so timing could be just right
  9. for me, this worked: 2) Select "Unread" 1) & 3), follow as above I take that back, it looked like it worked, until I actually wanted it to work, when it didn't
  10. Sadly Bess was found deceased ?
  11. https://www.doglost.co.uk/dog-blog.php?dogId=152667 WE DESPERATELY NEED EVERYONES HELP FROM BRAUNSTON to FAZELEY and beyond PLEASE ... It may be possible she is trying to get to the beginning of her journey If anyone lives near or around the areas in capitals below and can help in any way to look/look out for her, poster areas, check local found pages, share, like her page and invite your friends too Bess and her family started their canal journey at BRAUNSTON, travelling on to RUGBY, nr BRIDGE 24 for a week or so then travelled on next stopping at the NORTH OXFORD CANAL, ANSTY for 1 night. They then travelled on to the Coventry Canal, passing between WEDDINGTON and TUTTLE HILL, mooring around BRIDGE 24 Atherstone side for a few nights. Their next stop was at ATHERSTONE TOP LOCK for 3\4 nights. Their next stop was BRADLEY GREEN Spon Lane GRENDON for 1 night before moving on to POLESWORTH around the 22/12/19 where she was spooked by fireworks and bolted off, her family have stayed there waiting for Bess to return. https://www.facebook.com/Bess-Missing-B78-Canal-Towpath-104567114419968/
  12. We're also having issues with our Webasto, but think it's a fuel supply issue. Just rigging up an alternative temporary supply to test it (well, he is) Butlertchnik.com have lots of guides and manuals on their site and also invite you to phone them for technical help I found loads of wiring diagrams via google but we are getting guidance from Jim's Mobile Marine - he has a group on Facebook and his number is supplied there
  13. Had very similar issues with installing ours last year - himself is suggesting the following, based on his hours of frustration getting ours going 1. make sure the fuel is getting through - disconnect the fuel line at the Webasto, fire it up and make sure you are getting a little spit of diesel every time you hear it tick 2. If fuel is getting through, make sure the exhaust isn't flooded - this happened to us. had to disconnect and run it to burn off excess fuel 3. Method of reset in the manual says take one connection off and put it back on - this isn't a complete reset. You need to pull 'the other plug' as well - bit like completely restarting a computer We were given the number of a brilliant engineer who very kindly talked us through getting it going on a Sunday - I'll try to find it Edited Jims Mobile marine 07845277058
  14. We bought this - it's a little bit oversized, but incredibly comfortable and we've not regretted it. It comes in 4 sections, so no problems getting it onto the boat https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/tidafors-two-seat-sofa-hensta-grey-90276947/
  15. Yay, thanks Sue, I don't envy you sorting that lot out. Many thanks to you and Richard for organising this. See you next year
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