Smoggy

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.

It's running pretty hard through st.neots so there's plenty more coming your way. So when do you recon the hosepipe ban will come in to force?

With all the stories of it struggling you are duty bound to help out by having a few extra pints Mr. Nogster. It's a hard task but someone has to do it.

Bright and cold always beats mild and wet as long as the boat has good heating.

Nothing to stop you passing a ranger on breydon as long as you do it with consideration and don't bounce them all over the place, speed is irrelevant.

That's the summer hours as well.

Sorry forgot to mention tuesday and wednesday closed is their usual hours.

But a floating barrier would sort of...... float?? It would just rise with the tide and the water would still pass under, would need to be full vee gates to act as a one way valve and open again once tide dropped, for surge tide deployment only it would probably be a relatively cheap option with the new bridge as a mount point as they'd just be chained back when not required and would probably slow the flow enough even without a proper cill on the bottom to close against.

Have a pint of albion or three for me.... I like the angel now, the chinese over the road is good too.

I'm with Gracie on that comment, we run a 13 plate skoda fabia estate with 115K miles and plenty of battle scars, it has a gouge in the dash from a length of stainless bar I got for the boat, too many stains inside to list, stoved in radiator and intercooler with all the surrounding bits bent from a large brick that bounced from a skip lorry 80k miles ago but runs absolutely fine, apart from usual service items and consumables it had had a rear wheel bearing that cost me £45 and took 15 minutes to fit, and it happily drags 200 litres of diesel plus our stuff to norwich on a regular basis at "just over 70 officer, honest" that's my kind of motoring, a proper workhorse. (and the emissions lie apparently, naughty vw/skoda ) I say we run but it's her car with me as named driver, I've not owned a 4 wheel vehicle myself for over 30 years, 2 wheels is plenty.

The one saving grace over losing my mum was not having to deal with any of this stuff, she was still sharp (a bit forgetful but sharp) and independent, sure the house was dirtier than at first obvious but not a complete disaster. But even clearing the house after she'd gone still felt like looting. You have my sympathy for the task at hand and admiration for carrying on, I'm so glad I didn't have to battle with social services or care homes, we were in the process of trying to find a cleaner.

You sold the kids???