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For those that have access to Facebook here is a video of automated stop plank installation https://www.facebook.com/reel/1583824312407975

I have an E-Bike. 250watts. I ride it on the towpath, if conditions allow it. It's perfectly possible to ride it safely and without causing injury to others. You can ride a standard road bike in the same way, and just as inconsiderately. UK Electric Bike Laws: Everything you need to know in 2023 (ebikechoices.com)

The one at Meaford has got some protection now but I noticed last month it has still managed to get some new grooves in the stonework

Others that seem to constantly get damaged are, Wrenbury lift bridge, Shirley Drawbridge, Meaford top lock

Hey all, I'm new to boating so please forgive my ignorance. I'm doing the Ribble Link crossing tomorrow. A marine engineer I met on the way over recommended that I check my engine at full revs while moored up (it's a Beta 38). The engine seems happy enough however I'm getting quite a lot of water ingress from where the tiller stem goes through the hull (I'm not sure what this is called). I just wondered if this is a serious issue. I had a go at tightening the two bolts but I only have a small rattle gun with me so I didn't have much luck shifting them. I've attached a picture. Many thanks, MixingWizzard

ok cheers all, got lots of good info from you on places/marinas to contact. When we come down to Oxford in the next week we'll be sure to check them all out!

So you are going on the dearest crossing in the world. If you work it out Concorde over the same distance was cheaper.

Thanks everyone, very interesting. Funnily enough, in our Dutch talk, we mention the Amsterdam Ordnance Datum or Normaal Amsterdams Peil (NAP).

Ebikes, escooters and all motorised transport should be treated like motorbikes , which is what they are. Numberplates and registered to an owner, who is liable for damage no matter who is riding. No reason why a licence shouldn't be required to ride them, either. Just because a government can't be bothered, doesn't mean it isn't a simple solution. They pass enough daft laws - if they can make it illegal to walk slowly down a road, they could sort ebikes.

You can be really geeky and have a spreadsheet of all the OS Bench Marks in the UK 🤓 The one shown as being on the canal bridge abutment is on Blakeley Hall Bridge on the BCN old main line.

The review is definite that THM don't have band 20 and have poorer rural coverage than EE (or 1p Mobile), EE use this low-frequency band because it has very long reach from a mast, which can be a long way apart in the countryside. THM are not the only MVNO to be in this position, and like the others they keep very quiet about it -- and this had been confirmed by users who have dug into this. For the best rural coverage EE or 1pMobile or Spusu or IQmobile (all with the same coverage as EE) are better options. Your personal experience doesn't contradict this, unless you use THM and have confirmed band 20 reception -- which would prove the review was wrong.

Pussers arrow.

Nothing could convince me to touch "filtered" canal water. I've seen enough people shilling those filters on facebook that I'm convinced it's some kind of MLM scheme.

I was going to mention the Thames & Severn and Stroudwater Navigation. It's a bit of a mix to be honest. Most, not all, of the T&S locks from Wallbridge to Brimscombe have the paddles sloping on the downstream face of a flattened-off arched chamber underneath the lockside as above. These culverts enter the lock in the cill. The rest to the Thames seem to be on the upstream face of a flat wall perpendicular to the towpath and are very slightly sloping. The culverts for these enter the lock in the side walls. Both the above wind at right angles to the lock sides so in the case of the latter you are actually winding in to the canal. All the Stroudwater locks have vertical paddles in the upper gate recesses which originally wound facing into the canal apart from Whitminster Lock which has the arrangement the same as the lower T&S except for the culverts emptying into the sides of the lock. I haven't got any pictures here to illustrate it but I'll try to add some later.

I CBA arguing with you though. I’m just trying to help Lady G based on my own personal experience of Ee and THM

The 'horizontal' mark (the reference point for height) is placed over the 'crows foot' / 'Broad Arrow' which is the mark of the Monarch and shows that it is an official Government mark which was 'paid for by the monarch' It goes back to the very early days of the 14th century and was initially used to mark the Trees that the 'Crown' had paid for, for use by the Navy, it eventually (by the 16th century) became the standard mark for all Government property from 'Prisoners clothing' to military equipment. And on a MIlitary Rifle

Benchmark (surveying) - Wikipedia

I believe it to be an Ordanance Survey benchmark. They are used to record a given height at given locations.

A bench mark - read the spot height on an OS map. Chris

So provide some proof -- the SIMSherpa review was definite about this, no 800MHz (band 20) coverage... 😉

I don’t think it’s true though

Can anyone tell me what this is / represents? If it makes a difference it was up on the Leeds / Liverpool near Foulridge.