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Post by patty on Jan 28, 2018 17:03:19 GMT
Thats a heck of a postage to pay....
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 28, 2018 19:56:31 GMT
Oh - I found that quote, it was, after all, in my collection of things copied to WORD:
"There is nothing at the end of any road better than may be found beside it."
I think this is true of travel by canal boat.
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Post by bargemast on Jan 28, 2018 20:03:06 GMT
Oh - I found that quote, it was, after all, in my collection of things copied to WORD: "There is nothing at the end of any road better than may be found beside it."
I think this is true of travel by canal boat.That's very good ! Peter.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 20:14:04 GMT
The joy of reading I feel, is that whilst Chagall and I have both extolled the delights of the Lord of the Rings books, having read them we will each have our own visions of Middle Earth and it's characters, which will likely be very different.
We each bring our own imaginations to the written word and create our own reality.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 20:21:40 GMT
Peter If the river comes up again and you find yourself fighting with the elements it might be worth having a look at this I remember libebcnofne and namgalsipsclar from school.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 20:35:22 GMT
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Post by bargemast on Jan 29, 2018 13:10:13 GMT
Here's the latest update with a few photo's that I made 30mins ago. You can see the tree that was, and still is partly under my boat, but not touching anymore, and removed from underneath the pontoons that are floating again, before the heavy branch that the town workers were pulling on with their JCB broke off, the tree looked even bigger and more treatening, now strapped to the tree ashore, I almost could like the bloody thing. I'm starting to feel better, but still suffer from the lack of sleep from the last 7 days. Peter.
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Post by patty on Jan 29, 2018 15:33:01 GMT
hope soon you feel relaxed and safe enough to catch up on sleep
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Post by bargemast on Jan 29, 2018 15:34:56 GMT
hope soon you feel relaxed and safe enough to catch up on sleep That sounds like a dream Patty Peter.
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Post by bargemast on Jan 31, 2018 11:10:24 GMT
As one could see on the last photos, the bloody tree was safely tied to a tree on the bank, where it would have been patiently waiting without any bother until the gardeners would come with their chainsaws to cut the tree into transportable sections. All very nice of course, but not counting on the deranged (or absent of a working) brain of my "lovely" neighbour. I'd been away for a couple of hours, for my 2 weekly bloodtest and my visit to the pharmacy, when I came back, I discovered with disbelieve that the weirdo had undone the rope, and had tried to pull the tree away, thinking that he could pull it against the still much too strong current to a bit further out, and let it drift down. It was quite obvious that that would never have worked, so in the end with the help of his wife, they managed to fix it to the crane on the stern of their barge, and because of that a big part of the tree is now again underneath my boat and has kept me awake all night because of the hard tapping noise. I can't really blame my "friendly" neighbour, as I don't think that he has been very fortunate when waiting for some intelligence, I think that there was nothing left when it was his turn to get some. Peter.
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Post by patty on Jan 31, 2018 11:36:14 GMT
What a plonker...unfortunately the world has its share of those who cannot see possible consequences of unwise decisions... Pity the tree didn't attach itself to their boat...
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Post by bargemast on Jan 31, 2018 11:55:54 GMT
What a plonker...unfortunately the world has its share of those who cannot see possible consequences of unwise decisions... Pity the tree didn't attach itself to their boat... I think that you found the right word Patty to discribe the guy "A plonker". It would have been hard for the tree to attach itself to their boat, as they're not very deep in the water, it rolled underneath theirs to get stuck at mine and the floats that support my gangway. Now I'm stuck with this situation until the current slows right down, and then the tree can be pushed a bit further out, and drift down towards the weir. Peter.
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Post by bargemast on Jan 31, 2018 12:09:02 GMT
What I'd forgotten to write about the tree, when it rolled underneath my neighbours boat he looked at it and before it had rolled out completely, he discovered a nice piece of chain that was attached to this tree, and he managed to stop it from drifting down further by fitting a rope to a small branche of the tree while trying, with success I have to say, to remove the chain that he fancied, he was very lucky as there was a small anchor attached to this chain too.
He said that he would keep the tree attached like that, and I told him that I didn't think that small branch would resist with other debris getting stuck in the tree, but he was sure that it would hold.
Well, as a couple of hours later showed, it didn't hold, and that's how I ended up with this misery until the 4 man with their JCB came on friday afternoon, and managed to strap it to the tree ashore.
It looked all good until his "bright" idea of yesterday, too bad I wasn't there to stop him then.
Peter.
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Post by bargemast on Feb 1, 2018 16:58:38 GMT
Been away for only a bit less than 1 hour, and to my surprise when I came back to the boat, the huge tree wasn't attached to the crane on the stern of my neighbours barge, it had gone.
So with a bit of luck, I won't be kept out of my night rest by the loud banging noises the tree made against the bottom of my boat, at about 1 meter underneath my bed.
The only thing I'm a bit sad about is that I didn't have a chance to take a photo of the culprit when it left drifting downstream.
But I'm very happy it's gone.
Peter.
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Post by patty on Feb 1, 2018 17:00:54 GMT
Been away for only a bit less than 1 hour, and to my surprise when I came back to the boat, the huge tree wasn't attached to the crane on the stern of my neighbours barge, it had gone. So with a bit of luck, I won't be kept out of my night rest by the loud banging noises the tree made against the bottom of my boat, at about 1 meter underneath my bed. The only thing I'm a bit sad about is that I didn't have a chance to take a photo of the culprit when it left drifting downstream. But I'm very happy it's gone. Peter. Hurrah ...good nights sleep ahead....vino, good book....
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