Stolan Boat

[Phil.]

25 minutes ago, matty40s said:

Anyhow, towpath telegraph and all that...the Elusive 1 was nicked from North Kilworth, apparently, and caught between Crick tunnel and the Watford flight. The thief red oxided the name panel out, but didnt remove the boat number or licence in the window.

It wasn’t very elusive after all.

[Mac of Cygnet]

Lidl have a good supply of stollen in before Chistmas, but they have to reinforce the floor underneath the pallet.

[Mike Todd]

13 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

When I was 'working' we had an International Marketing Meeting in my offices in Hamburg. Each attendee was requested to bring some of their local 'Christmas Food / Treats'.

 

I took a few boxes of Mince-Pies, and surprisingly, despite the weird and wonderful stuff they eat (pigs trotters !!!), all of the German attendees were almost physically sick and actually spat out their mince-pies.

 

Strange how taste differ around the world. I don't like Stollen because I dislike Almonds.

I once (with family visiting for Christmas) tried making 'original' mince pies from an old (authentic) recipe. They were once savoury, made with minced meat and other flavourings. They were not deemed a success!

[ditchcrawler]

8 hours ago, ANJ64 said:

I'm smiling as the thread drifts lazily away from its moorings.....?

That's Life as Ester Ranston would say . My spelling gave it a way out, even it that was still wrong

5 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

The boat is found - end of story.

 

The thread could just be left to die and moulder away in some forgotten corner, or it can be kept alive with a bit of seasonal frivolity. (It is nearly Christmas).

Christmas comes but once a ferkin, when it does your ferkin workin

[Chris Lowe]

The Stollen boat has made it to the Beeb now, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-54047728

[IanD]

1 hour ago, Mike Todd said:

I once (with family visiting for Christmas) tried making 'original' mince pies from an old (authentic) recipe. They were once savoury, made with minced meat and other flavourings. They were not deemed a success!

Mice pies, according to the spillchucker...

[matty40s]

As if anyone has ever managed 4mph on the Leicester summit in a narrowboat...

[roland elsdon]

Boat it like you stole it?

[Chris Lowe]

I've only ever seen a police patrol boat on the canals twice, has anyone else seen one?

[Naughty Cal]

9 hours ago, buccaneer66 said:

I've only ever seen a police patrol boat on the canals twice, has anyone else seen one?

Yes

 

[Tim Lewis]

10 hours ago, buccaneer66 said:

I've only ever seen a police patrol boat on the canals twice, has anyone else seen one?

Yep

 

[Alan de Enfield]

The story has now reached the Telegraph :

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/06/canal-boat-thief-leads-police-4mph-chase-officers-say-13-mile/

 

A narrow boat stolen from its moorings at 6am on Saturday morning was apprehended by police after a "career first" 13-mile police pursuit down a canal thanks to the quick thinking of fellow boat owners.

Chris Tomlinson, a trials pilot who purchased the Elusive No.1 just 18 months ago, endured a stressful few hours after discovering that his family’s “pride and joy” had been stolen.

He was at the family home between the Lakes and the Dales in Lancashire on Saturday morning when he discovered that the boat had been taken from its mooring at North Kilworth Marina in Leicestershire almost 150 miles away.

 

And what a wonderful name for a stolen boat !

 

"Elusive"

 

[Proper Charlie]

I was told today by a bloke who moors at North Kilworth that the thief was actually the previous owner who had kept a key.

[Jen-in-Wellies]

On 06/09/2020 at 22:01, buccaneer66 said:

I've only ever seen a police patrol boat on the canals twice, has anyone else seen one?

And there is this one of course.

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2019/06/23/canal-boat-chase-ends-in-capture-after-eight-days-306/

 

Jen

[Tim Lewis]

Turns out that the thief was the boats former owner!

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/sad-story-behind-slowest-police-4972527

Edited February 6, 2021 by Tim Lewis

[David Mack]

 

"He was also disappointed the boat's ornately painted name was defaced as the craft would have to be lifted out of the water to be repainted."

Are there no wet paint docks in Leicestershire?

[Sea Dog]

58 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said:

Turns out that the thief was the boats former owner!

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/sad-story-behind-slowest-police-4972527

 

 

Once again, and the reassuring bit of this sorry tale, stolen boat reports are rarely straightforward theft on the cut.

Edited February 6, 2021 by Sea Dog
Removed flippancy written before reading the link

[StephenA]

51 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said:

Turns out that the thief was the boats former owner!

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/sad-story-behind-slowest-police-4972527

 

What a sad tale to read.

[Laurie Booth]

On 05/09/2020 at 23:06, ditchcrawler said:

Can you only eat it in the dark then?

That's "After 8 Mints" silly

[ditchcrawler]

Another one nicked now maybe, last night outside the BCLM

[sueb]

8 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

Another one nicked now maybe, last night outside the BCLM

Now found