Cambridge to London advice needed

[freewill]

I have a dutch barge with a 12 foot beam. I'd like to move from Cambridge to London... is there a way I can do this on the water with a boat this size, or will I have to take her out and put her on a lorry?

 

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

 

[David Mack]

By sea or by lorry. Unless you are pepared to wait until the Bedford-Milton Keynes link opens.

[Bod]

How did the boat get to Cambridge in the first place?

As thats the way it will be to get it away.

 

Bod

[MoominPapa]

You can't do it on inland waterways. If she's seaworthy you could go out at Kings Lynn and back in up the Thames. (Assuming that the you are or can find a suitably experienced crew, of course.)

 

MP.

[FadeToScarlet]

It's a lovely dutch barge and it probably came in by sea through Kong's Lynn and Denver. You can't get through by canal because of the narrow Northampton arm, and your wheelhouse is too high for bridges on the GU.

 

In fact, as I think it's not a folding wheelhouse, have you checked in London about air draft etc.?

[Graham Davis]

And do you have a mooring in London to go to?

[Athy]

It's a lovely dutch barge and it probably came in by sea through Kong's Lynn

So the giant ape's girlfriend helped it on its way, eh?

[FadeToScarlet]

So the giant ape's girlfriend helped it on its way, eh?

Yes, he was gibbon it a hand.

[blackrose]

And do you have a mooring in London to go to?

 

What's that got to do with you? Have you got a mooring?

 

The man is asking a question about moving a boat. How do even you know he intends to moor long term?

 

You shouldn't make assumptions about people you don't know.

 

For all you know he may not be intending to stay in London long term and might be moving the boat up the Thames.

Edited July 17, 2014 by blackrose

[FadeToScarlet]

What's that got to do with you? Have you got a mooring?

 

The man is asking a question about moving a boat. How do even you know he intends to moor long term?

 

You shouldn't make assumptions about people you don't know.

 

For all you know he may not be intending to stay in London long term and might be moving the boat up the Thames.

I think, possibly, it might have been an attempt to say what the real situation is in London. There is a lot of misinformation, according to people who are there and who see people going to London, about what the situation is like- phrases like "yeah, I'm going to take the boat and CC around Hackney and Islington." Several forum members do their best to dispel these myths and allow people to make decisions based on facts not rumour.

[Graham Davis]

 

What's that got to do with you? Have you got a mooring?

 

The man is asking a question about moving a boat. How do even you know he intends to moor long term?

 

You shouldn't make assumptions about people you don't know.

 

For all you know he may not be intending to stay in London long term and might be moving the boat up the Thames.

Another addition to my Ignore list!!

You seem to take delight in being objectionable.

Edited July 17, 2014 by Graham Davis

[junior]

 

What's that got to do with you? Have you got a mooring?

 

The man is asking a question about moving a boat. How do even you know he intends to moor long term?

 

You shouldn't make assumptions about people you don't know.

 

For all you know he may not be intending to stay in London long term and might be moving the boat up the Thames.

There seems just as much assumption in your post. For all you know he maybe have been going to reply with "well in that case check the dimensions to make sure you can get through to your mooring".

 

So Blackrose, (in your own words) don't make assumptions about people you don't know.