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Prof

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  • Birthday 05/05/1950

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    Worcestershire
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    Old Peculier
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    Austcliffe

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  1. You're right about the Droitwich moorings, just up from the basin but I can't recall seeing any at Salwape bridge, but you may be right, memory isn't what it use to be!
  2. We'll Ditchcrawler, You're right there are good moorings 2 locks up from the river. We use them often, even when we are just passing up or down river. (Then reverse back down fthe 2 locks to the river)! Having come down the Droitwich a couple of months ago, I failed to see any new moorings, the only places I saw the reeds cut back were where the fishermen had cut them in order to see the water! It's a lovely canal and a great way to cut through to the Worcs. & Birmingham. The mooring basin in Droitwich is great, if you get there early enough to get a mooring; and I would recommend people to use it, but it could be so much better!
  3. Well Alan and Dave, if you think that things are bad on the Monty, come down my way and have a cruise on the recently restored Doritwich Canal, LOTS of hard work done rebuilding locks, bridges, and dredging, BUT only after vast new reed beds were created etc etc. THEN the reeds grew back to the extent that there is now barely enough room for ONE boat down the middle! (baring in mind this is a wide canal for half it's length! PLUS the only moorings are at Droitwich, so you tend to find boats moored over night on the lock moorings, you can't even SEE the towpath for most of the canal; very annoying when trying to work through! As you would say, the "tree hungers" etc have more say than the boaters! EQUAL RIGHTS FOR BOATERS!!
  4. I'm afraid you're CORRECT in your assessment Allan!
  5. Your a braver man than I am Dave, referring to "Tree huggers" but I feel you have hit the nail right on it's proverbial head with all 3 points; NON of which are insurmountable, given the will amongst the powers that be at CaRT!!
  6. Please don't patronise, I may not post much on the site, but have been a member for some years, and as a boater of 55 years, and boat owner for many of those years, I do have SOME understanding of what goes on, I have also worked as a lock keeper and in the hire boat industry. I obviously have a different opinion regarding how restored canals should be used, bearing in mind that much of the restoration is funded to a greater of lesser extent by BW/CaRT. I also reiterate that I was under the impression that we were all entitled to an opinion, which you are welcome to disagree with, but I don't see that it is necessary to denigrate me just because I have a different opinion to you, or because I used another site which you disapprove of!
  7. "Corrective feedback"? Surely that suggests incorrect statements?! And I was thinking we were all entitled to our own views? Obviously you don't agree!!
  8. Yep! I don't remember how long ago, after 55 years of cruising it's difficult to get timings correct! My first trip up the Llangollen was over 40 years ago, but at some point I seem to remember access am and pm!
  9. As we intend to revisit Llanllogen again this summer, I thought it would be good to finally go down the locks at Frankton and have a couple of days on the connected section of the Montgomery Canal. As we've passed over the years, I have seen the locks progress from dereliction, to a fully restored, working flight, and thought how nice it would be to go down them and explore at last. I knew there used to be a system of booking for a few hours in the morning and a few hours in the afternoon, but on enquiring I find that now the booking restriction is 12:00 until 14:00 everyday! This would mean adding a minimum of3 days to our trip, instead of the 2 I had anticipated! Time I would love to spend there but unfortunately cannot afford. Why oh why do CaRT seem to be determined to put people off using the Montgomery, when so much time and effort has been spent on it's restoration?! Surly boats arriving at 9:00 are no more likely to disturb the newts than at 12:00? But the idea of making life convenient for boaters seems to be alien to CaRT!! As someone who volunteers myself, I am aware that it would cost very little more to man the locks morning AND afternoon than just at lunchtime, if manning is indeed necessary! and it would be so much more convenient for boaters! I do believe CaRT have lost sight of the fact that their prime role (after maintenance!), is supposed to be "customer service"! Am I alone in these thoughts, or do others feel forgotten by those with the responsibility to organise these things at CaRT? Get Outlook for Android
  10. We have a standard domestic thermostatic shower mixer on our boat, and it's a great improvement over the hot/cold tap version it replaced. it does not have a bath outlet as we have shower only, but is very similar to the one below which HAS a bath outlet. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Modern-Thermostatic-Bath-Shower-Mixer-Tap-Deck-Mounted-Shower-Valve-Shower-Kit-/221764146837
  11. I'm glad to say the garage (Turners Garage) in Wheaton Aston is most definitely NOT closed! I spoke to the owner today, and "rumours of the garages death have been greatly exaggerated" - in fact totally fabricated; he says that this happens occasionally, allegedly generated by a jealous competitor! So, the source of cheap diesel is still available.
  12. Prof

    Aqua Filta

    Thanks Alex Looks like a much better bet than the Aqua(NOT)filta AND its more cost effective!! Cheers Mate Graham
  13. Prof

    Aqua Filta

    Having had a situation where silt in my water tank was stirred up and then come through the tap at the galley, which is fed via an Aqua Filta (Jabsco), I contacted Jabsco to ask whether I had installed the filter incorrectly. I was ASTONISHED to discover that according to Jabsco the Aqua Filta is NOT a FILTER! They say: "The Aquafilta is NOT a purification device, it is designed to improve the taste quality of the water, effectively it is to freshen the water when it has been in the tank for some time to remove any stale taste. We would NOT expect the Aquafilta to remove silt from the water." On their website they state "For bright, CLEAN, fresh tasting drinking water" surely to "CLEAN" it insinuates FILTERING? When is a filta not a FILTER - When it's made by JABSCO!!! I thought I should bring this to the attention of those who read this forum, as many of you may be under the impression that you have a filter fitted in your water system when in fact it's just a "freshener"
  14. The BM-2 has the same display format, it just has BM2 in the top right corner instead of BM1! I agree entirely about the accuracy, but for me the ability to see changes and trends where state of charge, and times to charge and discharge are concerned are more important for spotting problems with batterys and charging systems, than accuracy. - It's also useful to be able to monitor the engine battery, even though its only volts!
  15. NASA has bought out a new version of the BM-1 battery monitor - the BM-2! It has a capacity to handle up to 200amps as opposed to 100amps for the old one; it also has the ability to monitor the voltage of the engine battery, two very useful improvements in my view. I am aware that many people think that the "SmartGuage" is a superior unit from the point of view of monitoring the battery, which, if you need an ACCURATE assessment of the battery's state of charge is true, BUT the BM-2 has a number of other useful features well worth having; not only volts but amps, time to charge, time to discharge, engine battery monitoring etc. ANYWAY, I've decided to try a BM-2, ordered it Monday, it came today and I'm hoping to fit it at the week-end. Will up-date when the job's done. We'll see how things go? Prof
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