ditchcrawler Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 No, mileage undertaken 'solo' not included. Like the thread title it didn't state anything of the sort so fair game I'd say, sorry n all that. But how often do you change your oil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 1,000 miles in a year? I drive 1,000 miles in a WEEK! Oh, you mean in your boat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Oh dear, reading back now it appears that joke has already been done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 But how often do you change your oil? At 20,000 miles or annually, which ever occurs first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron T Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 About 22,000miles but not many in the boat due to the floods in France,good red wine,good food options and to relaxed in the marina and village to be bothered going anywhere further than the favourite village cafe.But! next year will hit the Nivernais and no doubt clock a few miles up[slowly stopping in the small towns] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 .But! next year will hit the Nivernais . You've got a treat in store. It was the Nivernais, on which Mrs. Athy and I had our first-ever hire boat holiday, which was the birthplace of our enthusiasm for boating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Iirc the oil change on Gardner 2lw is 300 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Iirc the oil change on Gardner 2lw is 300 hours. ...which, I assume, has a margin for error, i.e. a bit less or a bit more time should not harm it. I did, as I promised earlier in the thread, e-mail Walsh's to ask their advice about the proper interval, but they have not replied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Oh dear, reading back now it appears that joke has already been done... You've two boats, so I expect double milage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebulae Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 About average for us. 518 miles 499 locks 216.5 hours. We had to fit a separate hour counter as the one in the rev counter has given up. We have a Garmin 120 which we mainly use for speed over the ground. As it shows our track,can it show miles run in a given period? The miles would of course,be nautical miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHutch Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 250 miles and 200 locks here, not bad for a few weekends. Stats from canalplan. Anderton, Coventry, up the GU and N Stratford, home. Daniel 250 miles and 200 locks.Snap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenA Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 I'm very impressed that so many colleagues have kept such punctilious records of their journeys. I did work out that our "big trip" of the year (Cropredy - Alvecote - Snarestone - Cropredy) was about 170 miles and some 60-odd locks, plus there were numerous short trips. So I would guesstimate about 300 miles in all. Do some boats have milometers? None of ours has had one. My mother kept detailed logs of all our canal trips (after I did the first one back in the mid 1970s). Each night after mooring up she'd dig out the boat's copy of Edwards and work out the locks and the distance. "Mintball" even has a couple of small samplers celebrating her 10th and 20th anniversaries which include the total miles and locks done. We've not calculated the distance for the 30th anniversary. I'm going to be scanning / OCRing all the typed up logs and putting them on line with photos taken on the trips... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Mrs. Athy writes an entertaining log of our journeys when we're "out", but does not record each day's distance or locks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Curious how lots of boaters like recording where and how far they travel, yet when someone suggests CRT do it, a storm of protest ensues... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Curious how lots of boaters like recording where and how far they travel, yet when someone suggests CRT do it, a storm of protest ensues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Curious how lots of boaters like recording where and how far they travel, yet when someone suggests CRT do it, a storm of protest ensues... Greenie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Curious how lots of boaters like recording where and how far they travel, yet when someone suggests CRT do it, a storm of protest ensues... BW was the reason I nearly stopped blogging when they said that they may charge more for a licence for heavy users of the system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryb Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 You guys are in too much of a hurry. So far in 9 months ive done the Stort the Lea, Thames, oxford, leicester, T&M, Coventry, Ashby, All BCN and Stratford.By the time my 12 months is up I'd have the Avon, Severn and Shroppie completed. So something in the order of 500 miles and 400 locks. How you get to see anything at 1000 miles a year defeats me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koukouvagia Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 400 miles. Would have been more but it takes a lot of non-boating time maintaining two historic craft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 Our 2016 total seems to have been only about 325 miles, by a very hefty margin the least we have ever done.However this relates to a year where...... 1) Cath's mum died unexpectedly 2) As a result we gained an extra dog 3) I was in hospital for various operations and investigations 4) Sickle finally had an extended docking to sort out its steel work 5) Flamingo's engine decided it wasn't going to play along with us any longer, and has had to be fully rebuilt. In the circumstances I'm pleased we managed 325 miles! We did still manage to attend festivals at Rickmansworth, Stoke Bruerne, Braunston and Alvecote, which was also good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 You guys are in too much of a hurry. So far in 9 months ive done the Stort the Lea, Thames, oxford, leicester, T&M, Coventry, Ashby, All BCN and Stratford.By the time my 12 months is up I'd have the Avon, Severn and Shroppie completed. So something in the order of 500 miles and 400 locks. How you get to see anything at 1000 miles a year defeats me. It helps that we don't go everywhere at 3mph For example Boston to Lowestoft a trip of some 100 odd miles we did in 5 hours in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryb Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 It helps that we don't go everywhere at 3mph For example Boston to Lowestoft a trip of some 100 odd miles we did in 5 hours in July. 3 mph thats supersonic. I'm on tick o er everywhere. ( except the rivers in flood) :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 You guys are in too much of a hurry. So far in 9 months ive done the Stort the Lea, Thames, oxford, leicester, T&M, Coventry, Ashby, All BCN and Stratford.By the time my 12 months is up I'd have the Avon, Severn and Shroppie completed. So something in the order of 500 miles and 400 locks. How you get to see anything at 1000 miles a year defeats me. Yes, its amazing, especially when they're on ere most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeping Up Posted January 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 One advantage of travelling quickly and seeing only half the things on a trip is that you can do the same trip again and see the other half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter X Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 One advantage of travelling quickly and seeing only half the things on a trip is that you can do the same trip again and see the other half. I find that, as crewing for other people the journey is often the main purpose of the trip. I've added it up and I reckon I did 835 miles in 2016, the majority of it on the NBT coal boats. Quite a good distance for someone who doesn't own a boat. I probably won't, but ideally this year I'd like to do 2000 miles. That's very far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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