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  1. Hi everyone, I thought I'd post a little update for those interested. We've summed up what we've been up to here: https://www.change.org/p/river-lea-oil-disaster-we-demand-effective-environmental-protection-for-our-waterways/u/22631153 We're still collecting signatures and are working with our partners to make sure any future oil spills or other environmental emergencies are properly addressed. Meetings with the Canal & River Trust and the Environment Agency to discuss strategy improvements are in the oily pipeline. Have a good week
  2. Just blatantly bumping this post again, because unfortunately it's still looking like this in parts of the Lea. These photos including the dead coot are from today....six weeks after the oil spill was first reported. Please sign and post on Facebook / Twitter / Whatsapp it to your mates. Thanks so much to all who are supporting! Just to be clear again, we are very much approaching this in a constructive way and are working on concrete suggestions for future improvements. ✍️ https://www.change.org/p/river-lea-oil-disaster-we-demand-effective-environmental-protection-for-our-waterways https://www.change.org/p/river-lea-oil-disaster-we-demand-effective-environmental-protection-for-our-waterways
  3. Sorry, you're right of course. It was 80,000 litres of oily water. I don't know how much oil there has been, but enough to spread over five miles and still look very thick in places. Yes, THE Feargal is on board supporting the petition. If you're on Twitter, he's very active there too. https://twitter.com/Feargal_Sharkey Just to be clear here, this isn't a "CRT bashing" campaign. We're are hoping to achieve concrete improvements and constructive input from boaters. CRT have opened navigation again yesterday - and just a few hours later the Swan Sanctuary had to rescue two swans.
  4. Yup, had ITV and BBC there, the BBC link I posted above More thoughts tomorrow, gotta get some sleep now
  5. Thanks for your thoughts on this. EA have pumped out more than 80,000 litres of oil, but it was all too slow and CRT didn't close navigation early enough, which resulted in the oil spreading over five miles. CRT provided some oil pads, some areas were boomed off, but again, it just wasn't enough. A group of boaters got together and started making their own booms, using hessian sacks, hair and straw. We fished out lots of debris and rubbish covered in oil, which the EA then didn't collect for weeks. What we need is long-term solutions and an effective emergency plan should something like this ever happen again (anywhere on the system). This was all a bit of a mess to be honest.
  6. Oh, that the polluter has to be found and prosecuted is a given! Investigations are still ongoing, I hope it won't be swept under the carpet. You can't really petition an unknown culprit, so we're concentrating on what we CAN do now, and that is helping with clean-up operations and campaigning for a better strategy. We also sent an open letter with the same text as the petition to DEFRA, EAC and local MPs-
  7. Thanks for signing! We made it on the news.... you have to skip to 13:25 and it's available on the iplayer until 20 March, 7pm: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09w7p2m/london-news-evening-news-19032018
  8. Oh, you're right, thanks for letting me know! I've changed it, should work now.
  9. Dear boaters and friends of our waterways, On 11 February, lots of us and members of the public reported large amounts of used engine oil on the River Lea in East London. The response by the Environment Agency and the Canal & River Trust has been appalling. Too slow, bad communication between them and with boaters and the public...just to name a few. More than 5 weeks later, there is still a lot of oil on the river, and it's spreading further because CRT prematurely opened a lock again. Together with the Swan Sanctuary, Thames21, London Waterkeeper and many others, a group of boaters wrote an open letter and started a petition. The aim is to scrutinise and improve (or establish?) the authorities' emergency response strategy for pollution incidents like this. This oil spill could have been contained much much earlier on. Let's make sure EA and CRT are better prepared in the future. Please sign and share widely: http://bit.ly/leadisaster
  10. Hi all, Thanks a lot for your feedback. Fire resistance is indeed something I hadn't really considered! I have filled it all with slabs of celotex and also bought some spray foam, but it might not be necessary. I'll check again in a while to see if any condensation has occurred.
  11. Hi all, I discovered that a part of one of my cabin sides isn't insulated. Ideally I'd not rip out the built-in cupboard and ply walls... There's a large inspection hatch big enough to put in smaller cuts of Celotex board (about 20x50cm). So do you think it would work to put in multiple bits of Celotex, and then fill any gaps with spray foam? Thanks
  12. Hi guys, I'm on my way to halfords to buy a new starter battery. What do I need to look out for? It's for an old Lister SR2. Min. 1000. CCA I was told, anything else? Cheers
  13. I found this Vespa website where people post photos of their Vespas painted in RAL colours. It's still in screen so not accurate, but I found it helpful to get an overall impression rather than relying on a small colour card. http://www.vespafarben.de/fotos/ral-farben/ I might go for Ocean Blue with Signal Red details.
  14. Yes, Carabo. I don't stay aboard every night, so that makes it harder to keep the boat warm. I think I might get a longer chimney for better draw, as when I reduce the air supply too much the fire often goes out. If I leave it open it'll burn too quickly
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