cuthound

Blimey an 8 wheel drive Land Rover. You don't see many of them about...

I used a bowline on mine because even if the bank is always at the same height (unusual even on the same canal) the height between hand rail and water will vary because of the trim of the boat, and it is helpful sometimes to move the fenders to provide protection at a specific point.

Up until 1980, when BT adopted VRSLA batteries, they used to use large open 2 volt cells as shown in the attached photo. These cells had replaceable plates, which when they failed, were cut from the group bar and a new one lead welded in it's place.

For what it is worth, BT used vaseline to dress battery connections and they were (maybe still are) the biggest user of lead acid batteries in Europe.

To be fair, you being a continuous cruiser in every sense of the phrase, it does give you a very large back yard...

That's inflation for you!

As a first course of action with tiny leaks I always use Captain Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure. https://captaintolley.com/ If it doesn't work, you have wasted about £10, if it does work it has saved you a lot of time, effort ad cost.

I had mine replaced after I has the bends in the tiller eased, to raise the tiller so that I didn't trap my hands when steering in the hatches with the doors closed. Whilst the boatyard did an excellent job of easing the tiller and keeping the tiller level, they left the brass extension on whilst easing the bends and the heat split the brass tube. Sadly they didn't quite drill the hole in the correct place so I now have a 1mm gap between the brass extension and the tiller bar. I filled the gap with a large "O" ring.

Only by using technology such as GPS. However this would be difficult for CRT to implement unless having an onboard device was made mandatory with a penalty of having your licence revoked if the device was interfered with or removed.

I wouldn't object to.CRT charging all boaters say £10.a night to moor on the towpath if they stayed longer than one night.

I filled my Webasto with a 50% mix of water and antifreeze but found the radiators wouldn't get hot until I drained it all out and refilled with a 25% antifreeze 75% water solution.

Hope you told them not to feed the boat as it would get too fat to pass through narrow locks... Many years ago I had a young lad who was fishing on the Leigh Branch fire maggots at my boat. I handed the tiller to Mrs Hound and leapt onto the bank with a windlass in my hand. The lad took off leaving his fishing gear behind. It was a pity that his rod fell into the cut when I accidentally tripped over it...

I would agree if the redacted pages changed the flavour of the report but it doesn't.

Unless of course the board determine the form of the report to be issued...

Later engines (from 1969 IIRC) were badged Mirlees Blackstone.

Whenever I have been to Scotland on business the weather has been fine and midge free. Whenever I have tried to holiday in Scotland the infamous "Scotch Mist" or worse has appeared. I have been soaked but again midge free.

WFH = Working From Home.

CRT have appointed consultants to provide the answers, as detailed in this thread.

Yes, I ran over something submerged once by the Pooley Layby on the Coventry which ripped the tiller from my hands, and would have pushed me in had I been standing alongside the tiller rather than in front of it.

The above only refers to free access. I suggest CRT "think out if the box" and put turnstiles on all exits from the towpath and charge for these...

I recall seeing many 4 cylinder Listers in small TE's, but no Gardners. I don't know of any that made it into a canal boat. The medium to bigger exchanges had Blackstone, Perkins, Dorman, Cummins etc and the very largest TEs had high speed (1000 rpm or more) turbocharged Cummins, Dorman, MAN etc or low (400 rpm) or medium (600 rpm) speed engines such as WH Allen, Ruston etc.