R. Nene warning

[Alan de Enfield]

1 minute ago, buccaneer66 said:

............ chatted with the farmer he'd had to bring his loader as the flood had been so fierce that it knocked over his concrete entrance bollards,

 

..................... and then folk ask "can I use a mud-weight instead of an anchor ?"

[matty40s]

Apparently theres a couple of boats up on the banks on the Nene.

River Tove still flowing well. A couple of the lock stop planks have been washed down so it must have been high last Friday!!

Kiwidad and mums nb Ashdown behind us.

 

[GUMPY]

Stoke Bruene bottom last Thursday

 

 

 

 

Not the best of pics they were sent to my by SMS 

Edited December 28, 2020 by Loddon

[matty40s]

Theres a boat at Grafton Regis using one of the stop planks as an ice fender, strapped to the outside of his boat!!

[nbfiresprite]

The two boats that sunk on the March visiters moorings in the town on Christmas Day. Have since been removed by the Middle Level and relocated to their yard. Once the Middle Level costs and outstanding unpaid licences been paid, the owners can have them back. The owners are howling 'Humans Right's ' claiming the Middle Level have nicked their boats and made them homeless, 

Edited January 5, 2021 by nbfiresprite

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, nbfiresprite said:

The two boats that sunk on the March visiters moorings in the town on Christmas Day. Have since been removed by the Middle Level and relocated to their yard. Once the Middle Level costs and outstanding unpaid licences been paid, the owners can have them back. The owners are howling 'Humans Right's ' claiming the Middle Level have nicked their boats and made them homeless, 

Sounds the same as last time it happened

[nbfiresprite]

14 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

Sounds the same as last time it happened

This one where the fool spend all the GofundMe money trying to sue the Middle Level.

 

https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/topic/78084-narrowboat-fire-whittlesey/

[Mike Todd]

16 hours ago, nbfiresprite said:

The two boats that sunk on the March visiters moorings in the town on Christmas Day. Have since been removed by the Middle Level and relocated to their yard. Once the Middle Level costs and outstanding unpaid licences been paid, the owners can have them back. The owners are howling 'Humans Right's ' claiming the Middle Level have nicked their boats and made them homeless, 

The fact that the boats had sunk makes this case different from dealing with overstayers. There are specific provisions for dealing with sunken boats that need salvage and, in any case, the boaters could hardly claim that they were living there, unless they are submariners!

[nbfiresprite]

6 hours ago, Mike Todd said:

The fact that the boats had sunk makes this case different from dealing with overstayers. There are specific provisions for dealing with sunken boats that need salvage and, in any case, the boaters could hardly claim that they were living there, unless they are submariners!

It's not unusual with these sort of people who are NBTA members.  They do their sob story to the press and pass round the begging bowl. They claim they will

refloat it themselves and liveaboard once refloated doing repairs. The last time this happen was in 2015 when the Cicely Mary was burnt out and sunk on Kings

Dyke. The fire was suspect, as the engine, stove, oven, hob and water heater had been removed before hand. The hull was itself was in poor repair and had to be

replated by the new owner.  

 

 

 

Sob story in the Cambs Times

[nbfiresprite]

Another one has sunk, Just east of Nutters' Moorings on the Old Nene downstream of March. Karma in this case,

the owner is the one who attacked the lock keeper at Marmont Priory lock a few months back.

 

 

 

 

 

[ditchcrawler]

14 minutes ago, nbfiresprite said:

Another one has sunk, Just east of Nutters' Moorings on the Old Nene downstream of March. Karma in this case,

the owner is the one who attacked the lock keeper at Marmont Priory lock a few months back.

 

 

 

 

 

Perhaps his Gipsy mate will come and rescue it for him, I understand he claims to be one.

[Alan de Enfield]

16 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

Perhaps his Gipsy mate will come and rescue it for him, I understand he claims to be one.

 

A water-pikey ?