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Post by Mr Stabby on Jan 19, 2018 19:14:20 GMT
Has anyone on Thunderboat ever done this?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 19:20:44 GMT
Didn't Nick go and hang out with Alan Fincher and his besties on this?
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Post by JohnV on Jan 19, 2018 19:34:14 GMT
thought about doing it in Shapfell ........ just to uphold the honour of yoghurt pots ....... and to grt up the purists nose
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Post by Telemachus on Jan 19, 2018 19:56:27 GMT
Yes, did it once and thoroughly enjoyed it. Well worth doing at least once. We haven’t done it since mainly because May and June are the best months for gliding in Scotland.
Low point: alarm going off at 5:15am having tied up at 11:25pm. High point: Jeff bringing me a bacon and egg butty 30mins later as the dawn was breaking as I chugged along the old main line!
Lots of other “good points”, like the beer from Ma Pardoe’s at the finish. Hic. so anyone contemplating it should just do it!
Tip: have good lighting for night cruising, I added an extra fog lamp stuck on the roof since our 11” Francis lamp has a fairly small bulb / sub-optimal light spread for night cruising (but perfect for tunnels).
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Post by Telemachus on Jan 19, 2018 19:57:11 GMT
What is it? Speeding round Brom? Don't the crusties shake their fists and shout SLOW DOWN! as you zoom past? There are no crusties in Brum, it is a crusty desert. But anyway its about endurance and locks, not speed along the flat.
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Post by Telemachus on Jan 19, 2018 20:11:21 GMT
thought about doing it in Shapfell ........ just to uphold the honour of yoghurt pots ....... and to grt up the purists nose You wouldn’t be the first, there’s a yoghurt pot that regularly enters, nice chap (Darren, iirc) with 2 daughters. He puts inflatable chairs on the bow for lounging, sells pâté for charity en route.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jan 19, 2018 20:15:15 GMT
Isn't "pâté" what poncy people call meat paste?
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Post by Telemachus on Jan 19, 2018 20:16:30 GMT
You have 24 hrs max cruising time within 30 hrs (mandatory minimum rest time 6 hrs). You get points per mile and per lock factored according to the dodginess of the route (eg x 3 for the dreaded Walsall canal). Also some factors according to boat length, towing etc. There are also bonus questions, a bit like a treasure hunt. You can start where you like, but there is a prearranged finish point (with beer!). So the skill is to pick a route that gets you the max points and gets you to the destination at the right time (penalty for being late).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 20:18:09 GMT
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Post by Telemachus on Jan 19, 2018 20:18:22 GMT
Isn't "pâté" what poncy people call meat paste? No, it is what normal people without shoulder chips call a paste made primarily from liver. (Btw the iPad put in the ^, it wasn’t me and I don’t think it’s right.)
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jan 19, 2018 20:27:58 GMT
Isn't "pâté" what poncy people call meat paste? (Btw the iPad put in the ^, it wasn’t me and I don’t think it’s right.) No, it is right, it's called a circumflex and it's supposed to be there. Had you gone to a proper school, you would have been taught this sort of thing if you insisted on referring to meat paste in French.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jan 19, 2018 20:31:44 GMT
Some "pâté" earlier today.
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Post by Telemachus on Jan 19, 2018 20:37:56 GMT
Some "pâté" earlier today. No thicko, that is not pate, pate is made from liver. You won’t do well on the BCN challenge if you can’t tell your duck liver from your cow and pig meat.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 20:42:24 GMT
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Post by Telemachus on Jan 19, 2018 20:44:28 GMT
Pate can be made from anything I guess, but when the thing is not mentioned it is presumed to be liver.
Of course things are confusing because we are using a French word but with its English meaning. Pate in French does mean paste, but in English there is a big difference between meat paste such as mrsT linked to, and what we call pate.
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