boaterbear

Boats are now moving through Bollington three just set off towards Maccelsfield

There are a few of us waiting on the Marple side waiting to come through and another boat arrived today canal is filling slowly and temp dam and stop planks still in place

They are clearing the bund of mud out and filling the canal today

Flavours of Flora Crown Courtyard by the Libary between high st and canal

Found a lovely spice shop in Stone just across from the t&m canal he filled my own spice jars with organic herbs &spices of my choosing .It was so easy only had to pay by weight-buy as little or as much as you need

He gave us beautiful boats that we are proud to own and are privileged to become one of the extended Hudson family RIP

Looking to buy a new narrow boat that is 60 ft long and was wandering if anybody has been successful in getting a 60ft boat up or down the huddersfield broard canal or as far as sowerby bridge have been that way before on my 50 ft boat and didnt want to miss out traveling it again by buying a boat thats too big

I have rearranged the pipes to the coil on the tank to give a hump on return pipe higher than the inlet hope this stops the thermocycling.Also spoke to the man at the chandlery in Middlewich and he suggests to stand any vertical tanks on a piece of insulation topped with 6mm ply to stop heat being lost out of the bottom that will be my next job

thanks alan i am going to try and make a rise in the outlet side above the inlet as i have enough lose pipe rather than disconnecting and changing the pipes over see how that works

thanks for that i will try and change the pipes over at the moment it flows into the top and out at the bottom .i was thinking that a none return valve might stop the flow and didnt want to buy one just to find it didnt work .will keep you posted on progress

Was wandering weather to fit a non return valve like the ones fitted to water taps to prevent back feed to engine as the hot water cools down overnight even if i have not used any out of the tank since stopping the engine. Would like to have shower in the morning without starting the engine. Where would be the best place to fit the valve on the pipes from the engine to the coil on the calorifier which is vertical

thease conectors are used in the auto trade i have one on my pump i got for the central heating that fitted a vw try a scrap yard now you know what you are looking for

came through the lock today and the men are moving in to replace the lock gate on monday

think you have had enough bad luck without that happening always a worry when leaving your boat anywhere i usualy stop around for a couple of days to suss out the area before leaving but not everyone has the time to do that

i have always done my showers with a tile effect lino very quick and never leaks and warm to the touch when in the shower on those cold days