BW's increases
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:17:39 +0100
Re BW's stated intention to raise an extra ¡ê5 million from boaters over
the next 3 years:
Instead of joining in the divide and rule game that BW has successfully
fostered, is this not a time to unite to say that this is a monopoly
misusing its position.
Is there anyone here in the legal profession who could ma ...
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Shackerstone
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:03:02 +0100
I have just heard that the Shackerstone Rally has been cancelled due to
the bad weather.
Brian
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Re: ..and the worst excuse for not slowing down when passing a moored boat is..
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:19:15 +0100
On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 20:47:45 +0100, Julian Tether
<pargebarge@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>In message <6i9d87Foot6qU1@mid.individual.net>, John Gwalter
><ernest@stoppage.gwalter.co.uk> writes
>>On a more constructive note, I have experienced waterways where even
>>tickover is too fast to pass moored boats, conditi ...
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Swan Village
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:17:50 +0100
Has anyone recently got up to Swan Village on the BCN? is it still
possible?
It is on my 'to do' list this year and I think some grapple irons are
going to be needed to fish out some trolleys
Robin ...
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Red diesel - again!
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:41:22 -0700 (PDT)
I refuelled at Middlewich a few days ago and asked the manager there
how he was going to implement the forthcoming changes to red diesel
duty, bearing in mind that at Rose Narrowbaots, Stretton, I was told
that they were going to charge full price for all fuel regrdless of
usage to keep admin costs to a minimum.
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DEFRA in more money trouble
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:54:35 -0700 (PDT)
http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/news/SCANDAL-DEFRA-BUDGET-BUNGLING/article-306184-detail/article.html
DEFRA is being hit by another cash claw back which will no doubt mean
that BWB will suffer another cash shortage. ...
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diesel
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 06:03:51 -0700 (PDT)
Test benches Direct from the harvester!
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Weed
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:01:21 +0100
Hello All,
When I first started mooring on the Lee between Hertford and Ware,
some 15 years ago, the pound was entirely free of weed. Five or six
years ago, some weed had started appearing along the edges by the end
of the summer. Two or three years ago there started being a floating
green fringe, but the cen ...
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Basingstoke Dereliction?
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 03:14:04 -0700 (PDT)
Whilst walking the towpath of the Basingstoke - especially in the
Woking area - the current dereliction of the canal was really
depressing. There's matted weed almost from bank to bank, with huge
swathes of bull rushes stretching into presumably what is (or was) the
navigation channel. The water levels are low. St ...
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Basingstoke Dereliction
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 03:09:07 -0700 (PDT)
Whilst walking the towpath of the Basingstoke - especially in the
Woking area - the current dereliction of the canal was really
depressing. There's a matted weed almost from bank to bank, with huke
swathes of bull rushes stretching into presumably what is (or was) the
navigation channel. The water levels are low. ...
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