Maffi Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 Just so you all know the Elsan disposal point in Banbury is locked due to vandalism. I spoke to the guys that shut it and the had no idea when it was to open again. 2 1
Athy Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 18 minutes ago, Lord Maffi of Oxford said: Just so you all know the Elsan disposal point in Banbury is locked due to vandalism. I spoke to the guys that shut it and the had no idea when it was to open again. So, if going North, pay at Sov Wharf or free at Cropredy. If going South, where is the next one?
john6767 Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 8 minutes ago, Athy said: So, if going North, pay at Sov Wharf or free at Cropredy. If going South, where is the next one? Aynho and then Thrupp 1
mrsmelly Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 1 hour ago, john6767 said: Aynho and then Thrupp We have one at The Pig Place. Two quid a go.
OldGoat Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 1 minute ago, mrsmelly said: We have one at The Pig Place. Two quid a go. ?How Much?
mrsmelly Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 1 minute ago, OldGoat said: ?How Much? Bargain isnt it. 1
OldGoat Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 Just now, mrsmelly said: Bargain isnt it. I'll have five... Well I would if we weren't packing it in. Ah well 40+ years of boating has taken its toll...
john6767 Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: We have one at The Pig Place. Two quid a go. Noted, thanks! 1
mrsmelly Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 Just now, OldGoat said: I'll have five... Well I would if we weren't packing it in. Ah well 40+ years of boating has taken its toll... Me too old bean. Life moves on.
ditchcrawler Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 2 hours ago, mrsmelly said: We have one at The Pig Place. Two quid a go. Makes my £8 pump out for 30 days worth of poo very good value 1
tree monkey Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: Makes my £8 pump out for 30 days worth of poo very good value That's a very cheap pump out 1
ditchcrawler Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 1 minute ago, tree monkey said: That's a very cheap pump out Hawne Basin 1
Tracy D'arth Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 How much for a self pump out at the Pig Place mrsmelly? Got 28m of hose.
tree monkey Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 12 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said: How much for a self pump out at the Pig Place mrsmelly? Got 28m of hose. And one hell of a pump I imagine
matty40s Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 47 minutes ago, tree monkey said: That's a very cheap pump out That's just to use the loo.? 1
mrsmelly Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 58 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said: How much for a self pump out at the Pig Place mrsmelly? Got 28m of hose. Lol you would need more than 100 yards of hose.
Jennifer McM Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 5 hours ago, Lord Maffi of Oxford said: Just so you all know the Elsan disposal point in Banbury is locked due to vandalism. I spoke to the guys that shut it and the had no idea when it was to open again. There's a space under the bridge there where kids, and some not-so-kids, looked to be doing drugs, amongst them were some youngsters who looked (to me anyway) vulnerable. It didn't look good as some of the group were aggressive, so I phoned the police. Police said they knew what was going on.... I couldn't do any more
Tracy D'arth Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 22 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: Lol you would need more than 100 yards of hose. There is no blue in it, I could shoot it into the nearest pen like an Indian Pig Toilet ! 1
Ronaldo47 Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) My first canal houday was in 1976, when I was one of a group of 14 that hired the entire original Black Prince fleet of two boats. One had toilets that simply pumped everything into the cut from under the boat, the other had two chemical loos. That one came with a nice shiny spade that the owner said was for emergency use! If no sanitary station was available, we should dig a hole at the side of the towpath and bury the WCs' contents in it. The drought of 1976 severely restricted movements, and as we happened to be confined to a sanitary station-less pound when both loos filled up, one of our crew, who was in the T.A., duly took the opportunity to practice trench-digging at the edge of a converient canal-side field. By the time we hired them again the following year, they had been converted to pump-out operation. Edited May 20, 2021 by Ronaldo47 Typos 1
Nightwatch Posted May 20, 2021 Report Posted May 20, 2021 I have been in and around Banbury for over a year. The Elsan point in Banbury has been experiencing blockages since February this year. CRT, I believe, use Metro Rod to clear such like blockages. Yes, they have responded to call outs. Yes, they have moved the blockage, but no they have never achieved clearance of the blockage. In my opinion they have only managed to move the blockage a few feet. Within a day it is blocked and nye on overflowing again. I’m not convinced there’s any damage to the pipes or channels as suggested by the notice of closure. Just incompetence of clearing a blockage that has been going on for months. Metro Rod are ‘playing the game’ and CRT local management have joined in. What vandalism has occurred? How has this vandalism occurred? Every time I have ‘visited’ the services the facility has been locked and secure. This Elsan point had been an important part of my life for far too long in the past. 1
Tracy D'arth Posted May 20, 2021 Report Posted May 20, 2021 4 hours ago, Nightwatch said: I have been in and around Banbury for over a year. The Elsan point in Banbury has been experiencing blockages since February this year. CRT, I believe, use Metro Rod to clear such like blockages. Yes, they have responded to call outs. Yes, they have moved the blockage, but no they have never achieved clearance of the blockage. In my opinion they have only managed to move the blockage a few feet. Within a day it is blocked and nye on overflowing again. I’m not convinced there’s any damage to the pipes or channels as suggested by the notice of closure. Just incompetence of clearing a blockage that has been going on for months. Metro Rod are ‘playing the game’ and CRT local management have joined in. What vandalism has occurred? How has this vandalism occurred? Every time I have ‘visited’ the services the facility has been locked and secure. This Elsan point had been an important part of my life for far too long in the past. I discovered long ago that the cap off a cassette is a close fit down a 4" drain. The sani station at Cropredy suffered a blockage by one of these. Difficult to find, they pivot in the pipe causing an intermittent blockage. Even more difficult to remove. Maybe this is the "Banbury Bung"? 1 1
Nightwatch Posted May 20, 2021 Report Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) Camera down the ‘Ole required me thinks. These things are easily investigated and solved. Just needs commitment. But who am I to suggest anything? Edited May 20, 2021 by Nightwatch 1
Machpoint005 Posted May 20, 2021 Report Posted May 20, 2021 9 minutes ago, Nightwatch said: But who am I to suggest anything. Someone who knows his sh1t? (spelling and punctuation hazard -- caution advised)
BlueStringPudding Posted May 20, 2021 Report Posted May 20, 2021 9 hours ago, Nightwatch said: I have been in and around Banbury for over a year. The Elsan point in Banbury has been experiencing blockages since February this year. My brother who is in the area told me this too - he reckons the Elsan point has only been working a handful of times in the last three months. So people have been emptying their cassettes into the public toilet there apparently, and blocking that as well. 1
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