rusty69 Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 6 minutes ago, Detling said: Remember CRT want a series of static ponds separated by sealed locks so we can't damage them. Only canoes inflatables and paddleboards will be able to move in the shallow water and all canalboats are to be residential paying to be there. Nice and cheap to maintain and a decent revenue to pay stakeholders and bonuses. Housing crisis sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicknorman Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, rusty69 said: Housing crisis sorted! Don’t laugh, that’s pretty much what is happening in Scotland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George and Dragon Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 6 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said: The canoeist will need a powerful light, as bright as the typical boat tunnel light (excluding the silly bulldozer vaporising LED things some boats have now). A boater approaching a tunnel is going to have daylight adapted eyes, particularly on a sunny summer day and just isn't going to see a glow worm torch inside. Lots of decently powerful LED torches around now. Canoe mounted, rather than head mounted. A head mounted torch is moving around a lot and is harder for a boat skipper to interpret. Have had a couple of run ins with canoes on narrow bends and bridge holes where some quick avoiding action was needed to reduce the risk of squishing them. I don't think they realise just how much canoe squashing power there is in a 20 ton narrowboat even if it is only going a couple of miles an hour. Jen Agree 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHS Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 Chirk tunnel is surely unsuitable for canoes & kayaks due to its flow. Last time we went upstream, progress was terribly slow. I can’t imagine what would happen if when cruising downstream we met canoeists coming the other way. I don’t know if it would be possible to reverse out against the flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar Gypsy Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 On 19/08/2018 at 19:25, Alan de Enfield said: Thank you that's the nicest thing anyone has said to me in the last 5 minutes. Trying to find a wreck to fish was pot-luck. DECCA - accurate to about 1 mile if it wasn't raining or the sun shining - we had a saying "if you cannot see the top of Holyhead mountain it is raining, if you can see the top of Holyhead mountain it will be raining within a couple of hours" As far as I remember, the Decca mast near Wormleighton is still there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Scholar Gypsy said: As far as I remember, the Decca mast near Wormleighton is still there... A bit far away from Chirk but, hey ho. In my early days of sailing offshore used to use Decca. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/13481 Most probably used for mobile communications now. Edited August 21, 2018 by Ray T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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