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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 8:31:08 GMT
Amazingly it's the first of May in the troubled year of 2020.
I was quietly contemplating how much can change in a year ... when I consider the worries we had last year, this year is a definite improvement personally.
We were on the Llangollen, about to abhort our trip due to my knee, and family health issues, arranging to leave the boat at Swanley Marina.
So where were you, and what were you doing 1 May 2019 ?
Rog
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Post by Mr Stabby on May 1, 2020 8:37:28 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 8:47:35 GMT
Brilliant moorings, brilliant experience ... ah happy blue remembered hills  Rog |
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Post by JohnV on May 1, 2020 8:56:32 GMT
Hmmm. not sure about the 1st but about then was going to Hazleford lock on the Trent to look at the barge Prodesse and back again on the 10th acting as crew transport (taking a watchman and pumps etc to the boat, following it down the river then picking up the guy from Torksey  SAM_2213 by mudlarker, on Flickr  SAM_2223 by mudlarker, on Flickr |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 9:08:43 GMT
Now nobody's looking JohnV ... what does 'billy' mean with reference to you sea going chappies ? Rog |
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Post by JohnV on May 1, 2020 9:16:15 GMT
Now nobody's looking JohnV ... what does 'billy' mean with reference to you sea going chappies ? Rog It's a dead simple, non rusting, throw it in a corner till you need it bit of kit. You can use it for anything where you need a bit of extra strength. |
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Post by quaysider on May 1, 2020 9:25:30 GMT
Well, we (as in the former Bosun and Capt Ellis) were loitering around Nantwich on route to Llangollen ... encountering strange folks...  and then we made our way up the Llangollen  |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 9:31:28 GMT
Oh damn quaysider ... you've shown foxy the boat number ... he'll be checking up on our licence and everything else Wasn't 2019 a year your business was thwarted again, due to reasons beyond your control ? It if wasn't for bad luck you'd have no luck at all. Rog |
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Post by quaysider on May 1, 2020 9:42:09 GMT
Oh damn quaysider ... you've shown foxy the boat number ... he'll be checking up on our licence and everything else Wasn't 2019 a year your business was thwarted again, due to reasons beyond your control ? It if wasn't for bad luck you'd have no luck at all. Rog oops - sorry.... I'll remove it if you like. I think it's a given now that "every year" will be thwarted for Ellis... it's only a matter of time until we get abducted by aliens and then returned to the Bermuda Triangle... everytime I hear a noise outside, I put the tin foil on my head! Actually - being abandoned by Andy still with 12 weeks to go last year didn't turn out TOO bad... I asked for help and was given it on several ocasions by kind-hearted boaters... financially, a side from solicitors fees for divorce, when I submit the tax return I'll about break even - THIS year was to have been a better one ... hmmm least said about THAT the better... ROLL on 2021 - what ELSE could possible go wrong? |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 9:46:52 GMT
No only joking ... Jane's more worried her hair isn't done Rog |
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Post by patty on May 1, 2020 11:35:21 GMT
I went GP's then drove to Tebay to stay overnight as up to Scotland the next day.. Plan was to take my elderly friend on a fishing boat holiday....it was 'eventful' I knows this cos I write diaries.... |
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Post by JohnV on May 1, 2020 12:26:41 GMT
Huh .... writing a diary ..... that's no good for me ...... By suppertime I probably won't remember what I did during the day  |
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Post by Trina on May 1, 2020 13:23:08 GMT
We were getting ready for our first trip on the Anderton lift & onto the Weaver.
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Post by JohnV on May 1, 2020 15:17:38 GMT
We were getting ready for our first trip on the Anderton lift & onto the Weaver. The trip on the lift is great and I thoroughly enjoyed my (too brief) trip on the Weaver .... I promised myself a return at some time. |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 16:01:15 GMT
Never been on the Weaver. First attempt we decided to do it on the return trip ... and ended up not returning that way but doing the Huddersfield narrow and Standedge tunne. Second time the gear box and drive plate failed. Third time lucky maybe Rog |
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