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  1. Wish you had mentioned that before I'd made a trip to the elsan
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  9. Would a five mile cruise in one direction, then back to the starting point, cruise five miles in the other direction and back again be definable as being on a continuous cruise? I'm no apologist for the officious application of rules.but It's more what you'd expect of someone with a permanent mooring at the central point. I suspect that's why CRT are getting hoity about it. Might be best to miss a week or two of training and go a bit further, take a few photos, and then go back.
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  10. I am not sure how they say £500 if they dont know whats wrong with it. They may connect a battery and fuel tank, turn the key and it starts. Old diesels often do that. Does it have a weed hatch or do you do scuba diving?
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  11. Of course they don't because within a nanosecond of saying it somebody would be screaming "you can't do that the law doesn't permit you to".
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  12. I agree with nicknorman. Send Cart a recent movement.
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  14. The OP is going to be using the boat first and foremost as their home and have already stated that they will only want limited use of the inland waterways. Space is more important for this then the ability to cruise the entire inland waterway system of the UK. Lets be honest, how many people set out with the intention of cruising the entire system and how many actually do it? I think that would make an interesting poll and I believe you would be found wrong.
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  15. An old post of mine may help. It gave recent prices (2013) at auction of old windlasses visit.-http://canalbookcollector.blogspot.com and type windlass into the search box to retrieve post.
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  19. Why? Gas fridges are designed to operate without a flue. The flue kit you mention is just a placebo for people who know nothing about gas and insist on having one.
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  22. Surely much less of a problem these days when everyone is watching a multitude of channels and catch-up TV, compared with the time when everyone was watching Morecambe and Wise or whatever on BBC1 at the same time.
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  25. I keep seeing the word "'compromise "' relating to this new boat . Can soneone explain how a 65 x 12 ft boat compromises any space . It seems to me the only compromises likely to be made are by the poor bastards who have to get out the way on GU canal as you ponce around your ocean going liner . Get a massive boat , put it on your mooring , count the profits - coa thats wot this about , & hire a narrowboat for your holiday s . You don't exactly sound skint now
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  27. If you are used to navigating on a river, then The Thames should / will not frighten you, although in an underpowered narrowboat you need to anticipate cross flows from side streams and weirs. All the locks have laybys at their head and tails. Many of these are sheltered, so picking up the mooring is easy. It's a narrow river for the most part and sheltered - cross winds are only a nuisance if you are trying to pick up a mooring. It's not forbidden to cruise when Red Boards are displayed - though your hire boat company may / will instruct you otherwise! You can and should use the lock layby as a safe haven under such circumstances.
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  28. Trouble is, if conditions are bad but not really bad the hire company might still send you out towards Newbury, they might provide a staff member to help you through Woolhampton lock (they used to, dunno if they still do). This might be ok for you if you enjoy exciting boating, it might even be great, but if you want a relaxing time then its not so good. My own view is that the Kennet is not the best bit of the K&A. It does have some very pretty bits (as rivers do) but there are not many facilities (pubs) and its a little bit "uninspiring light industrial" in places. ...............Dave
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  29. Agree with all that . We too are regular escapees of the k and a in the spring . If the Thames is running Red , the Kennet and Avon will he more than just a bit interesting . Bunny
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  30. We go up the Thames (K&A to Oxford) every year late April or early May. Its usually ok but once or twice has been not so good. The later you leave it the more likely it is to be calm. Remember that what Old Goat is happy to do, what I am willing to do, and what you are willing to do or will find enjoyable might be 4 very different things. Getting up to Days Lock can be a bit scary when the river is flowing, and upstream of Osney Lock (Oxford) can be pretty traumatic to impossible in a strong flow. You say Plan B is the K&A but this will have to be upstream (West) of Newbury and not the base at Aldermaston. If the Thames is flowing enough to put you of then its almost certain that the Kennet will be a no go area. When we get down the down the Kennet and turn onto the Thames I breathe a big sigh of relief. ................Dave
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  31. Reading to Lechlade and back is a very reasonable plan for a two week trip in typical April weather; I think that would mean averaging five hours of boating per day.
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  32. It might be of Magdalen Bridge, over the river Cherwell, with Magdalen College in the background, but it's hard to be sure without seeing the photo. Essentially Oxford has three waterways: The Thames (sometimes also called Isis in Oxford) which is navigable by a narrow boat (and wide beams) from Lechlade past Oxford, Reading and London. Below Folly Bridge in Oxford (another possible location for your photos) it also has some bigger vessels such as the Salters trip boats. The Cherwell, a tributary which joins the river just south of the city centre. It's mainly used only by punts, although a narrow boat would physically fit a little way up it; I'm not sure if that would be permitted. The Oxford canal, which connects into the Thames at two points upriver from the city centre, and goes north to connect with other canals in the Midlands. This is navigable for narrow boats but not widebeams. A kayak could be used on any of these (subject to having a permit I think; I'm not sure of the rules for those but the EA run the Thames and CRT run the canal, so maybe look at their websites).
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  34. Human poo is not dirty and disgusting. Its non toxic organic waste. There is a potential risk from some of the bacteria that are washed out of the gut along with it, e coli for example but they do not live well outside the gut and will be killed off by composting. Major problems can occur when a particularly nasty bacteria like vibrio cholerae is present and manages to find its way into our food or water. An easy way to start a Cholera epidemic. Fresh urine is totally sterile and is used by many cultures as an antiseptic. Handy to know if you get a particularly dirty cut and have nothing to wash it with. It does degrade once outside the body and that is when it starts to smell. Its a great fertilizer too. I had a bumper tomato crop this year. Personally, I would much rather have a bucket of dry organic matter in my boat than a tank full of foul sludge to which I need to add some pretty nasty chemicals.
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  35. It is not 'that easy', if I catch you burying bags full of potentially hazardous waste in my field I shall fetch you a clip round the ear and call the police young man:)
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