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Yep.

Here you go Mr.G There was a pod of dolphins in the tay that inspired him.(he is a sweaty) In all fairness had it been a badger that inspired him it would be crap.... He liked mice. And frogs. Yeah the skirting board paint needs finishing but this little family are running up the stairs, they've lost a few ears and the odd tail to vacuum cleaners but still a cracking bit of carving. Such a shame to see such talent dwindle.

Oh yes he did! @Mr.G I'll have to send you some pics of the mice and stuff SWMBO's dad carved when he still had control of his hands and his marbles, absolutely brilliant craftsmanship.

It seems the pub also does takeaways, I took away 2x double krakens, guess who forgot the sodding rum.

Calm down Gracie!

Poppy is bang on, if you drop feet first into water an lj will likely pop straight off when it inflates without a crotch strap.

One for Gracie Can highly recommend the Christmas dinner in the ferryhouse, come hungry it's huge!

No you ain't wrong, overtightening might damage the threads in the actuator as it's usually plastic but won't pierce the cylinder.

Of course, it always is this time of year. Will be tomorrow too. I

The scary thing is that he wearing my underwear too.

Nope.

But which pub?

Suggest it to the BA Mr. G, it is likely more will use them for the reasons you mention. We use lj's when on swinging moorings having to use the dinghy to get to the pub and it's a right pita having to lug a rucksack around, we usually have mini flares with us as well which I don't like leaving lying around.

With a mobile WiFi router to give data the right phone and provider will give the option of text and calls over WiFi. My old s10 samsung on a cheap lebara sim let's me do it.

I would imagine to remove port status would take an act of parliament not just lack of usage.

Just to make myself look stupid I'll correct my previous post (after further reading and a crappy memory), 150N and upwards is the standard with 275N being the full foul weather gear jobbie, larger people don't need higher buoyancy as they will have the same "in water" weight.

The benefit of a jacket with the cylinder inside the bladder is the cylinder does not corrode as long as you test inflate using a pump not breath and if they do leak you know because the bladder inflates, but you do need to check the cylinder is tight on the action from time to time, this can be done without taking it apart though. Auto jackets have a calendar life on the action where manual actions don't. 175N is the standard, 190N is usually for full foul weather gear, think trawlerman not a winters day on the broads.

The bit that makes a cut through is Bargate, if you turn through the markers that say shallow water you are going into surlingham broad, the broad itself is not a large open water area these days it's more of a maze of narrow channels and if you follow the right one it will take you to surlingham staithe but you would have to get under the fallen tree at the end of the staithe and it's very shallow that far up, the staithe is up the lane from the ferryhouse and down a little lane on the left just past the white cottage.

Vacuum bags are great for a full change of clothes onboard as they can stay there all season without getting damp, we learn't that one after having to be served dinner on the boat from a pub on the great ouse as Ali was sat in a towel while she ate, yep she missed the edge. (didn't laugh, honest! (lie)) We're both very lax about life jackets and I doubt that will change despite me being a poor fairly swimmer (not tried in years), I always have them at the ready when heading out to sea so they can be put on at a moments notice but we don't need to go out on deck while out. Remember an auto jacket can be dangerous inside the boat if it's going down as it's a lot harder to get out. The hammar action auto jackets are better than the plain auto ones as a bit of damp won't set them off while hanging in their pack in a cupboard and hammar is a must for an auto jacket in any spray as they need to dip under water by a certain amount before the water gets to the rice paper. I once hopped over to help a guy pull a girl out of the water up the side of his boat and despite her being tiny and there being two of us it was bloody hard work, if someone is close to an edge turn them around so they face the river before dragging as you don't need to lift them as far, if all else fails dunk them under and you'll have some inertia to help when they bob back up, it's much easier to keep something moving than it is to start something moving.

Don't know nanni's, I know some of the bowman bmc radiator cap spigots were soldered in although the later ones were threaded, I do know a man with weld in aluminium rad cap spigots if it's any use (he's also a bloody good ali welder), they take a standard cap so plenty of pressure choices.

Yikes! What engine?

I use lebara, cheap as chips.

I remember long ago a friday night after a night in the pub me and a mate started tinkering with bits on a Z650 that was sat on a table in the kitchen with no forks or wheels, that was accepted as normal behaviour up until I muttered the words "d'ya recon it'll go?" and spun the engine over on the starter motor, the acceptance levels dipped sharply and rude words were shouted from the living room, we didn't fire it up...... #notthatbrave

Your boat is fine Mickeyboy, just had a lovely trip up the river, and yes it's been nicked....

If you find yourself in St.neots our regular has quite a few gluten free beers, the chewy stout I drink is gluten free, I'm not gluten intolerant though I'm just a pi55head.