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Post by Telemachus on Oct 18, 2021 9:32:11 GMT
I maybe wrong. Often am.. Ali just asked how do I know it was the RNLI? Pic attached, could be something completely different. pretty certain that is not the RNLI they are flying a Red Ensign whereas the RNLI fly a defaced Red Ensign Well they’re trying to use their boat on a lawn, so clearly not the RNLI as they have more sense.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2021 9:44:39 GMT
I should also (I suppose) take issue with the thread title (well it's quiet today).
We choose not to do rivers because we have a canal boat; moorings are often few and far between on rivers; rivers are often heavily affected by weather which impacts on our plans; and the scenery is often unexciting.
We will and have done rivers in order to access waters we wish to travel on.
We did the Thames to access the K&A and return (on Amber boards too), we did the Soar, and have done the Severn between Stourport and Worcester (a quite boring three hours or so trip) to name a few.
Our boat was built for and first used on the Trent, so it's certainly capable of river work.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2021 10:25:53 GMT
pretty certain that is not the RNLI they are flying a Red Ensign whereas the RNLI fly a defaced Red Ensign Well they’re trying to use their boat on a lawn, so clearly not the RNLI as they have more sense. When I got my bitch from Battersea dogs home back in 1990 we got her back to the house and she started to enjoy the garden. It was a sloped Riverside lawn garden by the Thames and there was some duckweed by our jetty. She merrily ran down the slope and jumped onto the extended lawn which was actually duckweed. That was funny. It turned out my mum, who had a whippet some 30 years previously and also lived close to the Thames, had exactly the same experience with her dog while walking along the Barge Walk at Kingston. They do think it is a lawn.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2021 11:40:47 GMT
I should also (I suppose) take issue with the thread title (well it's quiet today). We choose not to do rivers because we have a canal boat; moorings are often few and far between on rivers; rivers are often heavily affected by weather which impacts on our plans; and the scenery is often unexciting. We will and have done rivers in order to access waters we wish to travel on. We did the Thames to access the K&A and return (on Amber boards too), we did the Soar, and have done the Severn between Stourport and Worcester (a quite boring three hours or so trip) to name a few. Our boat was built for and first used on the Trent, so it's certainly capable of river work. Rog This is another blatant example of some people ruining the forum by constantly re-posting old material and it must stop immediately.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2021 12:03:28 GMT
Well they’re trying to use their boat on a lawn, so clearly not the RNLI as they have more sense. When I got my bitch from Battersea dogs home back in 1990 we got her back to the house and she started to enjoy the garden. It was a sloped Riverside lawn garden by the Thames and there was some duckweed by our jetty. She merrily ran down the slope and jumped onto the extended lawn which was actually duckweed. That was funny. It turned out my mum, who had a whippet some 30 years previously and also lived close to the Thames, had exactly the same experience with her dog while walking along the Barge Walk at Kingston. They do think it is a lawn. Amazeballs.
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Post by brummieboy on Oct 18, 2021 12:39:36 GMT
and have done the Severn between Stourport and Worcester (a quite boring three hours or so trip) Rog If you thought that boring, then it's a good job you didn't go any further. We've always enjoyed Stourport to Worcester as you can see over the banks and there are places to stop.But if you want Sharpness or Gloucester, which are both worth it, then it's something to endure.
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Post by Trina on Oct 18, 2021 12:52:38 GMT
I always think of that area of the Severn as a motorway to somewhere we want to be.We went down to the G&S again this summer,plus 2 weeks on the Avon.Great places to stop en route,just a tad boring getting to them.
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Post by thebfg on Oct 18, 2021 15:06:29 GMT
It could be humber rescue, they cover the River Hull, Trent, Ouse and the River Humber.
If it is, as I said you call 999 and ask for the coastguard, who will call out humber rescue.
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Post by greenman on Oct 18, 2021 15:26:15 GMT
Coastguard will call the nearest available resources,doesn't matter if it's RNLI or an independent rescue boat (provided it's MCA approved)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2021 17:14:34 GMT
Tony ... please. Nobody gives a stuff.This is like groundhog day. The link IS CLOSED in winter ... it's ALWAYS closed in winter ... it has ALWAYS been closed in winter. That's it. Rog Not according to those I've been in contact with today, . . Don't listen to the voices.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 18, 2021 17:19:26 GMT
Not according to those I've been in contact with today, . . Don't listen to the voices. I blame Margaret Thatcher and this idea of "Care in the Community" for the mentally ill. Had TonyDunkley been around a hundred years ago he would be in a mental hospital.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Oct 18, 2021 17:21:43 GMT
Don't listen to the voices. I blame Margaret Thatcher and this idea of "Care in the Community" for the mentally ill. Had TonyDunkley been around a hundred years ago he would be in a mental hospital.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Oct 18, 2021 18:03:49 GMT
We didn't get to do the Ribble link- - - crap weather including gales so our crossing was postponed. Tides then kicked in & it would have been a good few days before the next possible crossing. We didn't fancy hanging around just in case the next crossing didn't happen. Sooo,back up the locks we went. Can you remember what the problem with the tides was, . . was it that they were too big, and would be running up too fast - Springs, . . or was it that they were too small - Neaps - and so wouldn't make enough depth in the lower part of the Savick Brook ? If you can't remember exactly what you were told about the tides that made the trip down the River Douglas and up the river Ribble to the Ribble Link unfeasible, . . can you remember the date ?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2021 18:12:36 GMT
It's like a classical Greek tragedy for the 21st century. There's a whole lot of hamartia going down...
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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 18, 2021 18:48:05 GMT
Tony ... please. Nobody gives a stuff.This is like groundhog day. The link IS CLOSED in winter ... it's ALWAYS closed in winter ... it has ALWAYS been closed in winter. That's it. Rog Not according to those I've been in contact with today, . . none of whom were aware of your appointment as spokesman for all 30,000 odd holders of C&RT Pleasure Boat Licences. There is in fact considerable bad feeling with regard to first British Waterways, and now C&RT's, arbitrary Winter 6 month closures that not only severely reduce the total annual usage figures, but also add massively and unnecessarily to the annual dredging costs. Don't believe everything you hear at the caravan park.
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