http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37835 <pre> And just how do you get to the Pub? We probably would have "planked" it as the next option but it was getting quite dark. Last time I used the plank was on the K&amp;A - I set it down onto the weeds and promptly disturbed a hornets' nest, thus imprisoning ourselves inside for half-an-hour and thereby missing the first few trivia quiz questions in The Barge. ------------------------------------ </pre> derek-g-/r06uHMkKnwAvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org 2013-05-18T14:33:40 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37834 <pre>Date - 18 may 2013 Day - Saturday Start - 1015 End -1330 Prickwillow You will find our latest position and all our past travels with photographs on our blog at http://nbharnser.blogspot.com/ Last nights moorings at Station Road are in my opinion the best ones in Littleport. They are well away from the main roads and also the most distant point from the railway. This morning we were away at 1015hrs. and we could see that the water level had dropped by quite some distance overnight,a PhotoDSCF1807 so the EA must be expecting more heavy rain in Cambridgeshire. Again we didn’t meet any other boats all day. About three quarters of an hour latter we were turning into the Lark. As we turned we could see the moorings at Diamonds were also empty, just like the ones opposite the Swan. Making our way down the Lark, Tom’s Hole Farm moorings were also empty, such a shame we didn’t want to stop here. It was not long before we were at Littleport. Again all the moorings were empty, not a boat in sight. We stopped j</pre> Brian 2013-05-18T14:00:51 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37833 <pre>On 17/05/2013 19:33, captain.beeky-AJ91bsLKfcsqdlJmJB21zg&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org wrote: Yes, you are quite right, Mick Wright the Dog In A Doublet sluice keeper locked us up at silly-o-clock, left sluice up in top guillotine and told us to spend the night in the lock....this was twelve years ago...how time flies...2001 the year we REALLY got value from a Gold Licence Medway/Thames/Nene/Great Ouse/Welland :-) http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_01/fen11.html Come to think of it we also spent a night in Cowbridge Lock on the WND's...we were ejected at 09:00 the next morning as drain men wanted to take weed boat though. </pre> Neil Arlidge 2013-05-17T22:24:09 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37832 <pre>Date - 17May 2013 Day - Friday Start - 1430 End -1530 Littleport You will find our latest position and all our past travels with photographs on our blog at http://nbharnser.blogspot.com/ We arrived back at the boat a little after 2pm. We had bit of a diversion on the way along the old A47 as a coach full of pensioners had caught fire casing the police to close the A47 just west of the end of the Norwich bypass. Once on the boat we went upstream through the moorings to wind and then back down to the end of the moorings to load up from the car. Just after we exited the Little Ouse, turning left along the Great Ouse a Narrowboat came from the Denver direction and followed us all the way to Littleport where we pulled in to moor just ahead of NB Balmaha. As Diana adjusted the front rope to give maximum room to moor for any boat to moor ahead of us the passing Narrowboat called out to ask if we were just going. There would have been room for him ahead but he just kept going. The afternoon was spent drinking </pre> Brian 2013-05-17T20:21:27 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37831 <pre>Anyone fancy a trip on a 60ft trad powered by a 20hp Thornycroft engine? The deal is that you get to hand crank the engine as the owner can't do it, and I won't try! David ------------------------------------ </pre> David 2013-05-17T19:42:32 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37830 <pre>Neil remembered . . Sounds of whirring and kerchunking of worn out memory. Laziness also prominent - not bothered to check the trip records. What about after the Wash crossing from Surfleet ? Didn't we overnight in that tidal lock near Peterborough. Beeky ------------------------------------ </pre> captain.beeky-AJ91bsLKfcsqdlJmJB21zg< at >public.gmane.org 2013-05-17T18:33:04 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37829 <pre> Oh yes, forgot about that! :-) We were going to do the Basy on our way exiting from Harefield...but seeing as I have always done the whole canal, we went straight up the GU towards the Ashby....then got kind of lost. Linda smelt a rat on the Caldon, when I rescued a bit of 2x3 from the canal (No handspikes, left in garage as Linda deemed them surplus to requirements :-) We very lucky getting Earnest back to it's allotted entry and pick up (Linda was most precise) from it's new mooring...especially as we seem to be one of the last boats to successfully get into Cromwell Lock, before they shut it for dredging out the sand bar below. I had heard that it was silted up, even though the Keadby lockies claimed to know nothing about it!...we arrived 3" off HW. Even so we had to do some early starts and a bit of night boating (Tamworth in the dark is much more appealing) </pre> Neil Arlidge 2013-05-17T16:25:35 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37828 <pre>Neil explained about spending the night in a lock on the HNC. Didn't you also spend the night in Woodham lock on the Basy in 2006? That was where we found you. Graham www.jannock.org.uk ------------------------------------ </pre> Graham 2013-05-17T15:03:08 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37827 <pre> Did you get a picture of the "TNC handspike creation dance"? :-) </pre> Neil Arlidge 2013-05-17T08:15:34 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37826 <pre>On 16 May 2013 as I do recall, Mack, David wrote: [snip] What if you left (tied?) a gate open? </pre> Harriet Bazley 2013-05-17T01:51:35 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37825 <pre>....... Interesting and novel use of the C&amp;H handspike. Pity the Dewsbury Reporter can't spell "practising". </pre> Martin Clark 2013-05-16T23:40:57 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37824 <pre>When we visited the Derwent / Pocklington in June 1997 there was no where safe to moor up on the Derwent, as it was in flood, and up around 8ft....so we moored up (Loose centre rope, to keep boat away from cill) in Cottingwith Lock (entrance to Pocklingto,. which at that time was straight through! :-) http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/T97_Imag/cwithlk.jpg http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/T97_Imag/DerQ.jpg As for the HNC, we finally did Standedge self steer (1hr 40min, with Fred!) a couple of weeks ago, just after Diggle lock repair. Also the first time we have done it with opened out Sellars and the new new Lock 3E. Much easier W to E, as the notorious shallow pounds are on the east side, so coming down, you are always letting water down into the pound you are about to go into. Martin Clark directing lock operations, so we did not fill the next lock, until boat nearly up to it. As for lock landings, we did not go near them, if crew travelling on boat they were bow dropped off / picked up at ent</pre> Neil Arlidge 2013-05-16T20:36:10 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37823 <pre>derek-g-/r06uHMkKnwAvxtiuMwx3w&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org asked: If you leave the boat in a full lock overnight there is surely just too much risk that you might end up with one end on the cill by morning, unless you are going to have a crew member on watch all night. An empty lock isn't much better, as it might fill and then empty during the night leaving you with the same sort of risk. If you really can't get into the bank anywhere to moor you would be much better just spending the night in mid channel. Pull the bow in as far as you can, so you can tie off to a mooring pin and maybe put a plank across to the bank if the gap is too far to jump, and just leave the stern in midstream, or tied off to a mudweight if you have one. David ------------------------------------ </pre> Mack, David 2013-05-16T16:44:40 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37822 <pre>Further to this thread title, has anyone tied up overnight in a lock? Or seen it done? I had to seriously consider it on the Huddersfield Narrow last year as it was almost impossible to get close to the towpath above Slaithwaite account depth, weeds, collapsed bank etc. Eventually, we found a lock landing that was barely usable before it got too dark. (There were no other boats moving in the torrential October rain and we planned to leave early!) I had thought that, if I did moor in a lock, it would have to be full and I would have to keep the top gate paddles open to avoid a slow drain. I was hesitant to use any ropes in that situation. Would it be safer if the lock was empty? Jus' wonderin', like. ------------------------------------ </pre> derek-g-/r06uHMkKnwAvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org 2013-05-16T16:34:29 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37821 <pre>The trip boat has town Center moorings. They should make nice 24h moorings for people passing through Kind Regards Philip McGaw </pre> Philip McGaw 2013-05-16T06:17:05 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37820 <pre>On 10 May 2013 as I do recall, Mack, David wrote: Definitely! </pre> Harriet Bazley 2013-05-15T21:46:45 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37819 <pre>On 13 May 2013 as I do recall, Richard Tanner wrote: [snip Adrian] In my experience (albeit generally short-handed in anomalous boats) using a rope on a boat in a narrow lock is a Very Good Idea. </pre> Harriet Bazley 2013-05-15T21:54:39 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37818 <pre>Looks like John Slee has been hacked. I've placed posts from his address under moderation. I've also deleted that post from the archive, and also the three replies (as they each repeated the offending link). Maybe this will stop these posts from appearing in the digest ... or maybe not. - george [canals-list co-manager] www.canals.com ------------------------------------ </pre> George Pearson 2013-05-15T15:03:50 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37817 <pre>Hmmm, probably a good idea. Note to self, WAKE UP. Richard On 15 May 2013 15:24, Mack, David &lt;david.mack-GIpndV7Ljkrk1uMJSBkQmQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; wrote: [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ </pre> Richard Tanner 2013-05-15T14:27:55 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37816 <pre>Looked to me like the sort of link best avoided! I just deleted the email. David ------------------------------------ </pre> Mack, David 2013-05-15T14:24:47 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.recreation.canals/37815 <pre>Access denied Richard On 18 April 2013 14:15, John Slee &lt;john-x1RXIu5UR5NDQyt5CbRCnw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; wrote: [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ </pre> Richard Tanner 2013-05-15T14:23:02 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.recreation.canals