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It is true that by and large canals cost more to run than rivers but if you compare the cost of running a crt river say the lea and stort with one of the independents the independents might well win hands down

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it The lower Lee has a certain character which is not to everyone's taste but persevere it really does get better. its busy all the way to Hertford but there are spaces to moor away from the train stations, pot luck actually getting one of the limited moorings in Hertford but worth it to say you have reached the terminus should be space in Ware on the outskirts away from the festival (or they might take a late booking to join the festival). If you have come all this way do visit the Stort, one of the prettiest rivers and usually lots of space in Bishops Stortford.

"The consideration was that one third of all future rents and fines were to be paid to the Crown with the balance used for the benefit of navigation. " and does anyone know if that is still happening just curious

A search on the duck for 72' narrowboats only came up with 3

This will start you off https://marine.honda.com/support/manuals workshop manuals may be available from Seloc as well as Honda There a re a lot of general books on boat maintenance if you browse, also some specific to narrowboats which might be less relevant.. I use this one The Complete Book of Yacht Care - long out of print bu t available second hand. Nigel Calder's books are worth a look but have little to say on outboard boats.

There are a few in France or Belgium but presumably being more expensive than a normal lift bridge only seem to be used where there is lack of space for the counterbalance here is a modern one near Bruges where they have moved the counterbalance at 90 degrees to the bridge and here is another modern one on a roundabout in Lille actually 2 one each side of the roundabout but thesehave has a rather large machine room and the support wall appears to have a large crack in it so probably not one to copy

This one is still going - just

Not sure about that a 2kw fan heater running flat out would use just over 330 kWh at 30 p per kWh do the math

Which Python was this please

as per my post why would you not use the same signs as other waterways the road sign has a picture of 2 cars even more confusing

European waterways use a standardised system of signs known as CEVNI seems logical for crt to follow suit rather than trying to create their own "Great British " confusing sign.and No its nothing to do with the EU its under a United Nations commision. https://wiki.unece.org/display/TransportSustainableCEVNIv5/ANNEX+7+-+Waterway+signs+and+marking

we had an all singing and dancing opso auto change over regulator one time we came to the boat and found gas had run out, changed bottle and a day later gas had run out upon investigation there appeared to be a plug at the bottom of the unit which had literally blown out (trapped water and frost???) decanting all the gas into the locker (thankfully the drain pipe did its job. So now we have a simple regulator with no opso auto change etc. The company who made the original have gone out of business.

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did you declare for income tax purposes?