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Post by greenman on Dec 30, 2018 16:39:00 GMT
Hi from me. We did the Forth and Clyde from (and including) the wheel to Applecross basin and back (short break). It is a really nice canal but I have to say, having to get SC to operate everything was a Pita and means you are on a schedule instead of being able to relax. This was the main reason why, despite living in Aberdeen, when we got our own boat we decided to keep it in Englandshire. And then SC seemed to go downhill. But glad to hear things are looking up a bit. Iain_S of this parish (and the other channel) is a Lowland Canals boater (as well as having a boat in Englandshire). Hello Telemachus, I live between Arbroath and Montrose. I considered a boat in England but with my shifts wasn't practical just now. It's been our first year at it and not the best but we live in hope. My eventual cunning plan is to Continuous Cruise in Englandshire or maybe Europe (but looking unlikely)
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Post by greenman on Dec 30, 2018 16:42:13 GMT
Welcome Greenman.. I'm HOPING due to your location, you're a lovely shade of fire-engine-blonde... it's allowed here - DESPITE what Mr Stabby says! Hair has long since departed my head. I do however have a beard that makes me look like I've half eaten a Badger
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Post by Jim on Dec 30, 2018 16:45:16 GMT
Welcome Greenman.. I'm HOPING due to your location, you're a lovely shade of fire-engine-blonde... it's allowed here - DESPITE what Mr Stabby says! Hair has long since departed my head. I do however have a beard that makes me look like I've half eaten a BadgerΒ Which end of the badger did you start at? Just so we will recognise you....
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Post by greenman on Dec 30, 2018 16:49:56 GMT
Hair has long since departed my head. I do however have a beard that makes me look like I've half eaten a Badger Which end of the badger did you start at? Just so we will recognise you.... The head obviously, don't want the bugger biting me
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Post by IainS on Dec 30, 2018 17:17:47 GMT
What's the deal with mooring while cruising up there? I was just wondering how it would work if one were to have a boat delivered by road say in March with the intention of spending the spring summer and autumn on Scottish waterways then remove the vessel back down South at the end of the "season". Would this sort of behaviour attract considerable mooring costs? I mean for an off grid boat with no intention of ever stopping at a marina or other "serviced" moorings. Are there free moorings for people out boating and what are the time limit arrangements ? Scottish Canals will not issue a licence (apart from a transit one) unless you have a mooring. They run all the moorings, with the exception of Narrowboat Farm which is probably the easiest and cheapest place to get one. Mooring at unofficial sites can be a bit challenging, certainly more so than down south, and visitor moorings at the places where the hire boats overnight can be a bit tight. I have been told that the "official" visitor moorings are 24 hour, but most are not signed, so 14 day in my book. In practice, the guys on the ground are quite reasonable and it's quite possible to stay in one spot for a while, by arrangement. (We left Gamebird at the Kelpies for a couple of months once, and it wasn't a problem)
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Post by naughtyfox on Dec 30, 2018 18:33:28 GMT
Tis about a much missed mate, so excuse the details. other than the welcome bit.
No, but if you turn up at a party and say you know Billy you'll normally get in Goat shaggers party? Greetings from a 3/4 Scot (1/4 Aberdeenshire, 1/2 Edinburgh/Fife). John Alexander Millar, boatbuilder of Cellardyke, was my granny's grandfather.
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Post by naughtyfox on Dec 30, 2018 18:36:41 GMT
Welcome Greenman.. I'm HOPING due to your location, you're a lovely shade of fire-engine-blonde... it's allowed here - DESPITE what Mr Stabby says! I do however have a beard that makes me look like I've half eaten a Badger We have a resident badger, and you are welcome to eat him!
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Dec 30, 2018 18:59:42 GMT
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Post by Trina on Dec 30, 2018 18:59:42 GMT
Good afternoon to you too. I also have a hankering to do the Caledonian, I'd have to hire though. We did the Caledonian with Caley Cruisers.Loooooooved it.π We also did the Falkirk wheel etc on a hired narrowboat.
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Post by patty on Dec 30, 2018 19:02:09 GMT
Hello and welcome... I like Scotland and Ive travelled length and breadth of the country. I've also checked out the Falkirk Wheel and The Kelpies(think they r amazing)..plus bit of the canal system in a wide beam on a training day..
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Post by peterboat on Dec 30, 2018 19:18:13 GMT
Yes welcome indeed, I remember the canal when it was being brought back into service, moored next to a section in my lorry, and had a grand walk along it in the evening. I then went back just before the Kelpies were opened fantastic to say the least and the wheel well what can I say, brilliant and made in Ripley, just down the road from us in Chesterfield, made me feel right at home!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 19:28:36 GMT
Welcome.
I'm a friend of Billy's.
Hope you're not shy about posting.
This is a great, friendly place whatever you may have been told.
Loads of diverse boats and boaters.
Rog
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Post by Jim on Dec 31, 2018 7:40:07 GMT
Welcome. I'm a friend of Billy's. . Rog Weel, if ye havnay brought a carry oot ye can fek off!
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Post by bargemast on Dec 31, 2018 8:28:04 GMT
Hello greenman, as many others have said already, welcome on TB.
I've always been attracted to the Scottish countryside, and made the stupid mistake quite a few years ago without doing any research about the midget, to go on my motorbike to explore during the first 2 weeks of august, which worked out to be a BIG mistake.
One way or another the midgets families must have been informed about me coming over, as they were all waiting for my arrival, so after only 1 night I decided that I didn't want to take more risks (wimp !) and drove quickly to the South again, before going back to France.
I would still very much like to go another time, without telling anyone about it, to avoid that they could tell the midgets, just to visit the Caledonian canal and see the VIC 32.
Peter.
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Post by Telemachus on Dec 31, 2018 8:57:39 GMT
Hello greenman, as many others have said already, welcome on TB. I've always been attracted to the Scottish countryside, and made the stupid mistake quite a few years ago without doing any research about the midget, to go on my motorbike to explore during the first 2 weeks of august, which worked out to be a BIG mistake. One way or another the midgets families must have been informed about me coming over, as they were all waiting for my arrival, so after only 1 night I decided that I didn't want to take more risks (wimp !) and drove quickly to the South again, before going back to France. I would still very much like to go another time, without telling anyone about it, to avoid that they could tell the midgets, just to visit the Caledonian canal and see the VIC 32. Peter. Midge factor varies quite a bit year on year. This year, hardly noticed them due to the cold spring and hot dry summer, neither of which they like. No doubt they will back next year, so avoid July to early September! Of course midges arenβt a problem when itβs windy, which is most of the time in Scotland!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2018 9:35:39 GMT
It did make me smile that peter bargemast calls them "midgets"
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