panacea Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Hi everyone ,We lived aboard for 2 years,then jumped ship and went to France in 2003,now maybe we saw the best of times but there has'nt been a day we hav'nt missed the cut ,the duck tapping on the side of the boat, the thought still puts a tear in my eye, anyway we are now coming back .flog the house buy a boat to live aboard,find a winter mooring,so my question is whats changed ,will it be what I remember,I know diesels gone from 30p to over a £. Has the place and people changed that much, I joined the forum only this morning ,because I really do need your help, My boat was thePanacea.cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canals are us? Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) Hi everyone ,We lived aboard for 2 years,then jumped ship and went to France in 2003,now maybe we saw the best of times but there has'nt been a day we hav'nt missed the cut ,the duck tapping on the side of the boat, the thought still puts a tear in my eye, anyway we are now coming back .flog the house buy a boat to live aboard,find a winter mooring,so my question is whats changed ,will it be what I remember,I know diesels gone from 30p to over a £. Has the place and people changed that much, I joined the forum only this morning ,because I really do need your help, My boat was thePanacea.cheers Welcome back I'm a newbie of 4 months and find the lifestyle great and the canal community very helpful Is your previous boat listed here? Just type the name in. My link Exciting looking for a boat isn't it? James Edited March 5, 2013 by canals are us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daftmare Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Welcome back Panacea! Nothing's changed - the ducks still tap on the side of the boats Jo x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 as everyone else has said :-) welcome back and enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueb Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Welcome you are a bit late for a winter mooring this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickspangle Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 What's changed since 2003? Well, BW have changed to C&RT but are still muttering about cracking down on continuous cruisers, it's all noticeably busier down south, it's all starting to creak a bit due to cuts in maintenance budgets over the years and people are still arguing about toilets. Mobile phone reception has improved, mobile Internet is a lot faster, LED lights and LCD TVs have cut power consumption as have the amount of things that run off batteries and solar panel prices have crashed to the point where you'll make your money back in a couple of years. Other than that its all much of a muchness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panacea Posted March 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 What's changed since 2003? Well, BW have changed to C&RT but are still muttering about cracking down on continuous cruisers, it's all noticeably busier down south, it's all starting to creak a bit due to cuts in maintenance budgets over the years and people are still arguing about toilets. Mobile phone reception has improved, mobile Internet is a lot faster, LED lights and LCD TVs have cut power consumption as have the amount of things that run off batteries and solar panel prices have crashed to the point where you'll make your money back in a couple of years. Other than that its all much of a muchness. Thanks Mick,thats a big help,new high tech is going to take a bit of learning ,norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panacea Posted March 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Welcome you are a bit late for a winter mooring this year All the mags are advertising moorings,when do you normally have to book for a winter mooring,thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopgal Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 I've been on a boat called Panacea in recent months - wonder if it was yours...? It was lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcol Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Good news, welcome to the forum and of course happy cruising Ive done what, what ive done because of this forum im still here, proving docs wrong, living on the water and loveing it col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panacea Posted March 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 I've been on a boat called Panacea in recent months - wonder if it was yours...? It was lovely! The boat we owned by amazing coincidence is on the contents page of the "waterways world" april edition,spooky eh,we've not seen her for 10 yrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopgal Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 The boat we owned by amazing coincidence is on the contents page of the "waterways world" april edition,spooky eh,we've not seen her for 10 yrs I'll get that edition and see if it's the same boat. I met the owners in a charity shop in Whitchurch of all places and we've stayed friends ever since. They are very contented CCers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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