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of course they’ll that! but if offered mooring they’ll fight over it, so offer up moorings,

let’s face it it don’t take much to get the ball rolling 😉

absolutely, there’s a cash cow there to be milked, start by gradually turning the London 14 day moorings in to permanent leisure/residential moorings, you could still have the boats triple moored and wide boats paying for two berths, doesn’t have to be extortionate rates but just something to get the ball rolling, £100 a month to £500 depending where they are, hike up the rates later, or auction them to get an idea what folk will pay. Many many of them London boaters would pay for a permanent mooring rather than be required to move, give them the option, You’d soon find how wealthy or not poor they are, people need permanent moorings so sell ‘em to ‘em, (I’m in a sauna so I might not have given it much thought or be thinking right)

what’s the pub/drinking like there these days ? still the Cheese and the Italian to choose from? It’s only a short bus ride to Sandbach too. I was day dreaming about cold beer all day and now I’m at the bar and got the cold beer the air conditioning is not good and I’m almost at a sauna temp 😃 🥵 I spent a week outside the Braunton (?) Arms on way up the Cheshire flight. I’m sure you know that’s an ok shit pub for some cold refreshment on way up 👍 Hope you have plenty of water.

you owe me a pint then 😃 as fantasy CEO would you provide free of charge a regular delivery of chilled beer to all boat license holders during this hot spell please 🙏🏻

Duck! Hanging Basket. today Nickelodeon, New Bentley Bridge, Wyrley and Essington Canal with plenty of water and a bit of weed 😃

cor blimey, where’s that? your K&A aren’t you? it does raise the question of marinas amongst locks which I hadn’t thought of

maybe I’ll have to go back and read the first post yet again, But I bet you a pint when I look back again there’ll be no mention of 28 days just an in the air so to speak lifting of the 14 day limit til water levels improve, which could end up months away 😃

coming back to this opening post, and after reading what others have said, …maybe movement will naturally quieten down too? Perhaps enough to make a difference?? Resulting in the majority of movement being done by them that have booked holidays and them that are working (boat movers/fuel boats etc) there’s most likely a lot of liveaboards with no home mooring (just like myself and at least one other posting on here) that have avoided the canals/flights that are likely to close. A lot avoid tourist destinations in the summer anyway. Perhaps others with a home mooring are rethinking their planned holidays and staying local too? There’s bound to be a portion that will not bother going out the marina this summer that otherwise might have 🤷‍♀️ another idea would be to restrict exit from marinas, so unless the boat’s already out then it stays put, or at least one in one out 😃 (that’s not to be taken seriously by the way just teasing)

Here’s the AI bot’s explanation: Both "cill" and "sill" refer to the horizontal component at the bottom of a window or door frame, but "sill" is the more commonly used and widely accepted spelling. While "cill" is sometimes used, especially in specific industries like canal construction, "sill" is the standard term in general construction and architecture. Here's a more detailed breakdown: Function: Regardless of the spelling, the sill (or cill) provides structural support, helps direct water away from the building, and forms the base for the window or door frame. Sill: This is the standard and most common spelling for the horizontal piece at the base of a window or door. Cill: While technically correct in some contexts (like canal construction), "cill" is less frequently used and can be considered a variation of "sill". but Bots have been known to get things wrongs 😃

absolutely, but there’s no windowsill in a lock, …and no cill under a window But I guess it’s possible to silt up both a window and a cill ? they’re spelt different, but can be spent the same, what’s the fuss?

Weren’t Brindley a bad speller ? Any reference I found (and can’t find again) talks of window sills bla bla but states cill has always been the traditional spelling for a cill in the lock. I think it’s the same bloke who writes Pub on every bridge and he can’t do a nice swirly S so does a C on the locks instead.

what are the needs of an Air B and B person? warm bed, and a pot to go in, ?? isn’t Air B and B a cheap place to ‘crash’ for someone to tight to pay for hotel?

That’s what Im thinking, but again the boat’s in a marina so no engine is needed which simplifies things again I’ve never seen a camouflaged one 😃😃

why not have the boat gas free? The Boat’s in a marina so will likely be on hook up. This boat could be as minimalist as possible if it’s Air B and B, just chuck a mattress in it and tell them it’s like glamping, and charge extra. service block in marina for shower and toilet, maybe a cafe around the corner 🤷‍♀️