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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 24, 2018 18:57:04 GMT
Who knows, indeed? - whichever way the wind blows... Hope you got stocked up at Aldi there. Waitrose at Berko next?! Did you stock up for Anne??!!! Ooh yeah, Baby!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 19:01:50 GMT
River Wey this year is Β£34 for 3 days or Β£69 for 7 days. (40ft boat).
3 days into a 7 day trip and we had to stop at Guildford today as I had a norovirus. Which was less than pleasant to say the least! Still well and truly nackered but hopefully OK by tomorrow.
Official advice is that if there is no rain before August they may have to lower thr levels but for now the weirs have surplus water going over them.
Just in case you did decide to have a little trip on here.
It is quite a nice little navigation.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 24, 2018 19:07:57 GMT
I'm not sure what my timetable is at the moment, although I'm provisionally planning to do the tidal Thames on 13th August due to favourable tide times. I might do it earlier if I can because I'm only really 5-6 days away from Limehouse. After that, I don't know although the money is starting to run out so I might have to drag myself back to the mooring and another few months of wage slavery.
How was the Wey?
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 24, 2018 19:07:57 GMT
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Narrowboat Owner's Group (of which I am not a member) it must be admitted that "The Floater" is a pile of tedious old wank. Yeah but ...
Nick No-one HAS it!!
Too kind Mrs meta annoyer!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 8:49:40 GMT
I'm not sure what my timetable is at the moment, although I'm provisionally planning to do the tidal Thames on 13th August due to favourable tide times. I might do it earlier if I can because I'm only really 5-6 days away from Limehouse. After that, I don't know although the money is starting to run out so I might have to drag myself back to the mooring and another few months of wage slavery. How was the Wey? The wey is a delightful little navigation. Very relaxing and basically pleasant. Its a bit twee and "private" but I always enjoy it this is about the 7th time I have cruised it since 1994 which was when I bought my first nb from Pyrford marina. I think its actually an interesting "model" for a privatised waterway system. You pay your cash you do your boating. I could see the rest of the system being broken up and operated in a similar manner in future. I wouldn't call it immaculate (fortunately) but it is in generally good order and looked after. Obviously the idea of this will ruffle feathers but it seems to me that it would result in more permanent moorings for people who want moorings and more availability of 24hr stops. One thing about having a limited amount of time (Effectively a toll) is it keeps you moving which is the objective of boating.
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Post by bills on Jul 25, 2018 9:11:13 GMT
3 days into a 7 day trip and we had to stop at Guildford today as I had a norovirus. Which was less than pleasant to say the least! Still well and truly nackered but hopefully OK by tomorrow. That's pretty shitty.
Lay off the oysters in this weather - I say.
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Post by Allan on Jul 25, 2018 9:51:02 GMT
Just been having a giggle at the 8500 member Narrowboat Owners Group over on Facebook taking the stance of banning 'The Floater' and any of their members mentioning it, due to its extreme anti-CRT stance.π 'I have removed the post with the link to the Floater. If the Floater wasnβt as Anti CRT we would have kept it. Zieg Heil Adi Hickman & NOGβ Not the first time that this has happend. It invariably increases readership as people wonder what all the fuss is about.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 10:44:09 GMT
Just been having a giggle at the 8500 member Narrowboat Owners Group over on Facebook taking the stance of banning 'The Floater' and any of their members mentioning it, due to its extreme anti-CRT stance.π 'I have removed the post with the link to the Floater. If the Floater wasnβt as Anti CRT we would have kept it. Zieg Heil Adi Hickman & NOGβ Not the first time that this has happend. It invariably increases readership as people wonder what all the fuss is about. I think the problem is that the vast majority of the readership rarely (if ever) do any boating. So the only input they get is the CRT spin through the media. You only need to travel around the system to see that CRT management are not keeping up with their responsibility of maintaining the infrastructure. Most of the money is being spent on an illusion , not a reality. The guys who work on the front line do a great job where they can. I have a lot of respect for them. I do worry about their morale being affected by the same management phylosophy. Then again serves us all right for wasting our time procrastinating. Things only happen for real when you get out into the real world...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 11:50:24 GMT
You only need to travel around the system to see that CRT management are not keeping up with their responsibility of maintaining the infrastructure. Most of the money is being spent on an illusion , not a reality. Have come off the Bridgewater which is deep, cleanish water, and wide, with no weeds infesting it, onto the T&M and the first thing we see is our prop churning up mud. Our draught is only 1ft11in. It would be interesting to see where all the money is going, from boat licences and from the Government. Itβs being spent on the illusion and the ever increasing CRT βmanagementβ empire. Funnily enough, similar to the EU. Maybe thatβs where the idea came from... ;-)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 13:20:58 GMT
Vote leave!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 13:28:00 GMT
Well yes, we did that regarding the EU. If democracy really exists in this country, we will leave. However, I canβt see much democracy where CRT is concerned. Funded by the public, so should be accountable to the public? Hmm..
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 25, 2018 20:51:44 GMT
Well yes, we did that regarding the EU. If democracy really exists in this country, we will leave. It doesn't, and we won't. The controlling class will never allow it. There's no way they are ever going to give up that army of third-world labour to work on their farms and in their factories.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 20:58:48 GMT
Well yes, we did that regarding the EU. If democracy really exists in this country, we will leave. It doesn't, and we won't. The controlling class will never allow it. There's no way they are ever going to give up that army of third-world labour to work on their farms and in their factories. Iβm with you. So do we we want to become part of that 3rd world?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 21:09:12 GMT
Well yes, we did that regarding the EU. If democracy really exists in this country, we will leave. It doesn't, and we won't. The controlling class will never allow it. There's no way they are ever going to give up that army of third-world labour to work on their farms and in their factories. Just to add to my last post..did you know that about half of the top 10 richest in this country havenβt even got British nationality?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 21:23:02 GMT
Iβm with you. So do we we want to become part of that 3rd world? Why not? Β As soon as they have raised their standards to vecome a 1st-Class nation. Well actually, that WILL happen unless mass genocide is part of the agenda. On the subject of standards, do you really think the majority of those in third world countries have βlow standardsβ? Maybe they have no choice...
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