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Post by Telemachus on Sept 25, 2020 8:43:01 GMT
There is not a lot of mooring from the end of the tunnel to top lock..towpath in a pretty grim state(or was). I used to moor up near the first lock ..no signal. Thanks Patty, I was a bit worried about how much mooring space there is after the tunnel. The map indicates a few hundred yards, and if its full I'm stuffed, I'll have to up the Braunston flight this evening. I'll see what time it is when I get to the top of the buckby flight. I can always moor up short of the tunnel and nip through it first thing tomorrow morning. Errr down the braunston flight, surely? From memory you can moor fairly easily just after Norton Jn. The canal gradually goes into a long cutting, which has shelter but also trees to fall on you(!). Don’t think the mooring is great that side of the tunnel, but mooring anywhere is possible, at a pinch (well no, not INSIDE Braunston tunnel, obvs!). Oh and no wind in the tunnel, either! Hint: check tunnel light is actually working BEFORE entering the tunnel. I always did this. Well in truth the only time I ever forgot to do this was entering Braunston tunnel. Needless to say as the darkness encroached, no tunnel light! And a boat fairly close behind so I couldn’t really reverse out. Inevitably we passed many boats, all of whom said “did you know your tunnel light isn’t on?” ... Duh Yes, as if I might not have noticed! All the cabin lights were on though, so the boat was reasonably visible and I had a torch. Of course now we have our own boat, it has a proper electrical system and if you turn on the tunnel light but it isn’t working, a red LED flashes at you.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2020 14:49:39 GMT
Thanks Patty, I was a bit worried about how much mooring space there is after the tunnel. The map indicates a few hundred yards, and if its full I'm stuffed, I'll have to up the Braunston flight this evening. I'll see what time it is when I get to the top of the buckby flight. I can always moor up short of the tunnel and nip through it first thing tomorrow morning. Errr down the braunston flight, surely? From memory you can moor fairly easily just after Norton Jn. The canal gradually goes into a long cutting, which has shelter but also trees to fall on you(!). Don’t think the mooring is great that side of the tunnel, but mooring anywhere is possible, at a pinch (well no, not INSIDE Braunston tunnel, obvs!). Oh and no wind in the tunnel, either! Hint: check tunnel light is actually working BEFORE entering the tunnel. I always did this. Well in truth the only time I ever forgot to do this was entering Braunston tunnel. Needless to say as the darkness encroached, no tunnel light! And a boat fairly close behind so I couldn’t really reverse out. Inevitably we passed many boats, all of whom said “did you know your tunnel light isn’t on?” ... Duh Yes, as if I might not have noticed! All the cabin lights were on though, so the boat was reasonably visible and I had a torch. Of course now we have our own boat, it has a proper electrical system and if you turn on the tunnel light but it isn’t working, a red LED flashes at you. Ah yes- down the Braunston flight. Very much down- as indeed one of my lock buddies pointed out earlier today. Having bought the boat in the lowest-lying region of england, and come from the Old West River along the Great Ouse, the Middle Levels, all the way up the Nene and the Northampton arm, and up the GU to the end of the Braunston tunnel, I have actually gone up in every single lock so far but one (and that was the first one). I think I had started to develop a sort of Pavlovian unconscious assumption that I was just going to go upward in locks, forever and ever. Perhaps going down in locks was something other people did.... I realised at the last moment that my tunnel was obscured by the cratch cover thing, so I pulled over and hastily pulled that apart to expose the light and catch up with my new lock buddies, but alas they were not in sight when I got through the tunnel, and must have given up on me when they saw me pull over just before the tunnel. There are lock buddies and then there are lock buddies, and some them can be very fickle creatures, I find....
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Post by patty on Sept 25, 2020 14:54:28 GMT
There is not a lot of mooring from the end of the tunnel to top lock..towpath in a pretty grim state(or was). I used to moor up near the first lock ..no signal. Thanks Patty, I was a bit worried about how much mooring space there is after the tunnel. The map indicates a few hundred yards, and if its full I'm stuffed, I'll have to up the Braunston flight this evening. I'll see what time it is when I get to the top of the buckby flight. I can always moor up short of the tunnel and nip through it first thing tomorrow morning. Bit nIcer before tunnel IMO
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 25, 2020 14:58:15 GMT
Its surprising how much road noise is due to tyre friction. Cheap tyres are often way noisier than the budget option. Apparently the micro particles that tyres shed are one of the worst air pollutants, so it’s not all about what comes out of the exhaust. I wonder how electric cars are going to solve that one. Is rubber a fossil fuel? Discuss.
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 25, 2020 15:02:46 GMT
Thanks Patty, I was a bit worried about how much mooring space there is after the tunnel. The map indicates a few hundred yards, and if its full I'm stuffed, I'll have to up the Braunston flight this evening. I'll see what time it is when I get to the top of the buckby flight. I can always moor up short of the tunnel and nip through it first thing tomorrow morning. Of course now we have our own boat, it has a proper electrical system and if you turn on the tunnel light but it isn’t working, a red LED flashes at you. An easy thing to do is to put one, two, or as many as you like battery-operated torches on the nose of the boat. Some hold on magnetically - or use Blue Tac, or masking tape to hold them in position. We have LED torches both sides of the sliding hatch, and a couple at the back of the boat pointing backwards. Well, why not?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2020 15:17:10 GMT
Thanks Patty, I was a bit worried about how much mooring space there is after the tunnel. The map indicates a few hundred yards, and if its full I'm stuffed, I'll have to up the Braunston flight this evening. I'll see what time it is when I get to the top of the buckby flight. I can always moor up short of the tunnel and nip through it first thing tomorrow morning. Bit nIcer before tunnel IMO It was nice before the tunnel but I ended up going through it, with the idea of carrying on through the Braunston flight today, with a nice couple who said they would share the flight, and that we'd be through it by teatime. It was a tempting prospect to get through there before the boat traffic picks up tomorrow, but I had to stop to clear my headlight before the tunnel, and my prospective new lock buddies could not afford stragglers, and were already out of sight when I was through the tunnel. I pulled over for a few minutes, and another boat passed me- so more than likely he would be pairing up with the couple anyway for the flight. But its not too bad, I will say that. They must have tidied it up a bit recently. I've moored up a couple of hundred yards after the end of tunnel, there's plenty of space and lots of armco, so I don't have to trust mooring pins, and its nice and quiet. I even have mooring chains, so nothing short of a nuclear detonation immediately behind the boat will cast off my ropes. Apart from if a local scrote goes past.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2020 15:20:35 GMT
I remember that mooring as being perfectly okay but have not been there for well over a decade.
I've also moored in the pound below the admiral Nelson with no issues although these days with leaking locks may be a bit more problematic.
Braunston is a bit special for me as I did my first winter on a boat around there and up towards the Ashby. 1994/1995. Time flies !
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 25, 2020 15:33:43 GMT
Apparently the micro particles that tyres shed are one of the worst air pollutants, so it’s not all about what comes out of the exhaust. I wonder how electric cars are going to solve that one. Is rubber a fossil fuel? Discuss. No. It's a renewable resource. The trees it comes from feed on the many nutrients in the soil. When the tree eventually dies a new one is planted. Or perhaps more accurately: millions of acres of rain forest are destroyed in order to plant the likes of rubber and palm, destroying entire eco systems. Just because we're using something that's 'renewable' doesn't mean that we can go out and consume whatever we like, increase our hordes in perpetuity and expect the planet to say: 'thanks humans, for saving me'.
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 25, 2020 15:38:26 GMT
Is rubber a fossil fuel? Discuss. No. It's a renewable resource. The trees it comes from feed on the many nutrients in the soil. The nutrients have taken millions of years to accumulate... so rubber could be seen as a 'fossil fuel'. I wonder if Peterboat's vehicles have tyres made of rubber. And are parts of his cars made of plastic - derived from oil, a fossil fuel? Oh dear!
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 25, 2020 15:49:44 GMT
No. It's a renewable resource. The trees it comes from feed on the many nutrients in the soil. The nutrients have taken millions of years to accumulate... so rubber could be seen as a 'fossil fuel'. I wonder if Peterboat's vehicles have tyres made of rubber. And are parts of his cars made of plastic - derived from oil, a fossil fuel? Oh dear! That's true but if we apply this logic Greta and co., munching on their carrots, are equally culpable.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2020 15:53:07 GMT
Its been a bit windy today but it hasn't rained despite the forecast, the boat in front of us obviously failed to get onto the lock moorings from Wansford up to Warmington as all the locks had not been emptied and every guillotine was down. To be fair we failed at Mickey and Warmington nearly ending up across the weir at Warmington. Today has been a bit hairy and we are happy to be moored at Fotheringhay awaiting the farmer coming to collect his £5. Tomorrow may well be shyte as the pillock in front wont have reset the locks as he is a twat, not sure how far we are going suspect it might be Titchmarsh VM as no one seems to use them.
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Post by Jim on Sept 25, 2020 16:07:02 GMT
The map indicates a few hundred yards, and if its full I'm stuffed, I'll have to up the Braunston flight this evening. I'll see what time it is when I get to the top of the buckby flight. I can always moor up short of the tunnel and nip through it first thing tomorrow morning. Why not go straight through this evening? Oops no silly me, it's dark in the tunnel at night. 🙄
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 25, 2020 16:10:44 GMT
The nutrients have taken millions of years to accumulate... so rubber could be seen as a 'fossil fuel'. I wonder if Peterboat's vehicles have tyres made of rubber. And are parts of his cars made of plastic - derived from oil, a fossil fuel? Oh dear! That's true but if we apply this logic Greta and co., munching on their carrots, are equally culpable. Yes, where is that little hyopcrite? Greta, Greta, come out wherever you are! Oh, here she is. When I say 'she', really mean 'it', as I wouldn't like to be accused of being transphobic! "My gap year from school is over, and it feels so great to finally be back in school again!"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2020 17:53:28 GMT
Its surprising how much road noise is due to tyre friction. Cheap tyres are often way noisier than the budget option. Apparently the micro particles that tyres shed are one of the worst air pollutants, so it’s not all about what comes out of the exhaust. I wonder how electric cars are going to solve that one. Maglev technology. For sure.
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Post by kris on Sept 25, 2020 18:11:17 GMT
Apparently the micro particles that tyres shed are one of the worst air pollutants, so it’s not all about what comes out of the exhaust. I wonder how electric cars are going to solve that one. Maglev technology. For sure. You will have to clear that idea with TD first.
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