Jim Riley

That's more fun than squabbling. I wish I was flexible enough to eat my nuts. The Pilates is helping.

Ah!

Is that the feed control at Warland Gate, near the swing bridge? My mooring is in that pound.

Who's asking you, I was addressing your carer😂

Certainly not, I'd give people the opportunity. A bit like putting someone in a bucket harness and hoicking them up in the air, or it taking 3 people to help someone experience tightrope walking. By your reasoning, giving them a special set of wheels on a chair is equally patronising. Do you take sugar?

All genders? Men are from Mars, Women from Venus, the other genders from Uranus. New post merged...edit. There's an idea going around that someone in a wheelchair is useless, only to be pushed on and off the boat. Just maybe, they might like to try doing a bit more, whatever they are capable of trying or doing. Taller bollards assist with this. Having worked with people with disabilities they know what they might like to try or be capable of, they may need support and encouragement. Or not, let them get on with it.

On the subject of accessibility, Salter Hebble Guillotine has instructions in Braille. Not sure how that could be used safely by a blind person, how would they know when to hit the emergency stop etc. How does that work then, waterpoints are highly visible but can still be moored on for days. The trick would be to make them Entitled Idiot proof.

Why is Airbnb relevant, you are hiring out your.boat for short term lets Shirley. Airbnb is just the advert, you manage it yourself? Has Airbnb been specifically excluded?

Nah, it's been changed to Pints now😂

A member of the Non Boating Travel Agents perchance, has to stay near work?

Certainly there's a new spillway on Chelburn, just above Summit West, not been by the upper ones for a while.

Not enough water in the broad uplands though, in summer anyway. Whats needed is a few reservoirs around the summit level😉

My initial email told them their info was the subject of much ridicule on a discussion forum.

Latest email back regarding the misinformation, looks like it's being thought about Good morning, Having reviewed your original email and with the correct information to hand I can fully understand your concerns regarding the published information. I have sent over a request to our Web Content team asking for the restricted and unrestricted widths to be published with more clarity and this will be completed in due course. Thank you for raising this with us, i'm sure it will prove very helpful to boaters going forward.

Would 35/36 pound above you be useable if it was dredged?