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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 18:20:59 GMT
All in, an interesting (but slightly more expensive) day than I had planned.
BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand With bicycle gear and brake cables, sometimes I remove the cable from the sheath and run it through my fingers which have been dipped in the grease pot. So that you know the cable has been lubricated. You can also drop oil into the end of the sheath and see it get sucked in - that will help. Not an a Morse cable it won't.
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Post by ianali on Nov 15, 2018 18:21:45 GMT
Glad RCR did what you hoped for. Always good to have someone to call when stuff happens. The beer will taste good tonight Rog Seems it’s been a good week. Cable fixed, your cars good to go and my new solar panel is attached. Il raise a beer to us all at my snooker match tonight.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 18:24:28 GMT
bow hauling is wicked. I do it at all locks now (40x9ft so not too heavy to haul). Be the horse for a bit (or man as they sometimes had gangs of men hauling boats as well). Its a handy way to avoid the ladders if exiting an empty lock. Not ideal when there are loads of other boats about as they tend to think you had been bow hauling on the towpath as well and they do odd things plus everyone is in a hurry, obviously.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 18:27:04 GMT
The beer will taste good tonight Rog Not if it's just been brewed across the road canal!
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 15, 2018 18:29:04 GMT
They brew it using River Nene water.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 18:35:49 GMT
They brew it using River Nene water. They don't. At the beginning of the 1970s, a partnership was formed between Watney Mann and Danish brewer Carlsberg Group with the aim of rebuilding the Phipps Bridge Street Brewery site into a modern lager plant. Watney Mann ale and stout brewing ended on 26 May 1974, and most of the original brewery was demolished. Above ground the relatively modern office block was retained as part of Carlsberg's brewery, renamed Jacobsen House. Below ground the giant Foundry Street well under the old Albion Brewery stables (which Phipps had enlarged to form the principal water source for the site) was incorporated into the new lager brewery. When I was there Well water was only used for washing down. @newboater, the two towers you can see to the left of the brewery viewed from the rear are the well water and town water. The two you can see to the right are the grain silo's The process cold water is obtained now from two sources. Water for the brewing process is obtained from the Anglian Water Authority and that forcleaning comes from wells on the site. The chemical composition of the well water makes it unsuitable for the brewing of lager, although it had once been used for the brewing of local ales. The water is stored in two cylindrical concrete water tanks on the west side of the brewery. A fascinating document. drive.google.com/file/d/1TF-LHHXUwUfNyORn4glWdOfkiGpWbNYk/view?usp=drivesdk
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 19:20:45 GMT
Nice positive note is, provided you leave before anyone passes you, that all the locks will be in your favour in the morning. You should be in Stoke Bruene well before the pubs open for lunch.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 19:27:32 GMT
When you turn left at Arm End are you going all the way to Londinium? Yes, Uxbridge(y) for Xmas, then (if all goes well...) Lea and Stort in Jan/Feb. Stoppages all ok apart from one that might have me trapped if I wish to come back West (CRT say 'passage windows will be arranged' well somthink like that). If all goes to plan, then I start heading North.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 19:32:07 GMT
Nice positive note is, provided you leave before anyone passes you, that all the locks will be in your favour in the morning. You should be in Stoke Bruene well before the pubs open for lunch. Someone is moored just by me, they came down the flight, was thinking of putting a chain across to stop any numpties going in my direction before I awake tomorrow!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 19:46:08 GMT
Nice positive note is, provided you leave before anyone passes you, that all the locks will be in your favour in the morning. You should be in Stoke Bruene well before the pubs open for lunch. Someone is moored just by me, they came down the flight, was thinking of putting a chain across to stop any numpties going in my direction before I awake tomorrow! Just get up early, I've done there to Wolverton before lunch in the summer, did leave at 0430.....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 19:48:00 GMT
When you turn left at Arm End are you going all the way to Londinium? Yes, Uxbridge(y) for Xmas, then (if all goes well...) Lea and Stort in Jan/Feb. Stoppages all ok apart from one that might have me trapped if I wish to come back West (CRT say 'passage windows will be arranged' well somthink like that). If all goes to plan, then I start heading North. We are just above lock 59 on the offside, depends on the day if we are there or not.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 19:49:21 GMT
bow hauling is wicked. I do it at all locks now (40x9ft so not too heavy to haul). Be the horse for a bit (or man as they sometimes had gangs of men hauling boats as well). Its a handy way to avoid the ladders if exiting an empty lock. Not ideal when there are loads of other boats about as they tend to think you had been bow hauling on the towpath as well and they do odd things plus everyone is in a hurry, obviously. We often haul the boat into a lock - particularly if it’s windy. Some of the downstream approaches to our locks can be a right bastard - a good bit of flow after heavy rain and especially if the wind is blowing well can make it more like pinball than boating if you try to go into the lock pen under power. Using bow and stern ropes makes life much easier - only weighing a bit over 3 tonnes helps too 👍
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 19:59:14 GMT
The beer will taste good tonight Rog Not if it's just been brewed across the road canal! This is good stuff www.amazon.co.uk/Carlsberg-Elephant-Beer-vol-500ml/dp/B01GABW81QNot cheap though. Lots has been brewed under licence by Carlsberg including:- Castlemaine XXXX, Lowenbrau, Tuborg, Skol and Holsten Pills to name but a few.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 20:18:01 GMT
Now Castlemaine XXXX brings back quite a few memories...(RIP Jock....and Sean).... maybe time for my bed...., it's been a long day and someone says I should start tomorrow at 4.30am...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 20:24:14 GMT
bow hauling is wicked. I do it at all locks now (40x9ft so not too heavy to haul). Be the horse for a bit (or man as they sometimes had gangs of men hauling boats as well). Its a handy way to avoid the ladders if exiting an empty lock. Not ideal when there are loads of other boats about as they tend to think you had been bow hauling on the towpath as well and they do odd things plus everyone is in a hurry, obviously. We often haul the boat into a lock - particularly if it’s windy. Some of the downstream approaches to our locks can be a right bastard - a good bit of flow after heavy rain and especially if the wind is blowing well can make it more like pinball than boating if you try to go into the lock pen under power. Using bow and stern ropes makes life much easier - only weighing a bit over 3 tonnes helps too 👍 I do it with the colvic 20 in Thames locks when on public power. Its handy to get the boat clear of the gates before closing up much easier with ropes. I do get comments "will you be able to get back on the boat" but I manage by hook or by crook.
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