The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Nick on April 14, 2023, 01:35:54 PM
-
All nice and ready, like eveilgrin:
-
Popcorn seasoning please BM........ Thumbs:
-
Popcorn seasoning please BM........ Thumbs:
Careful, he may still have your out of date stuff.. whistle:
-
And we are off :thumbsup:
What can possibly go wrong?
-
And we are off :thumbsup:
What can possibly go wrong?
We would need far longer than what's left of 2023 to complete that list.. whistle:
-
And we are off :thumbsup:
What can possibly go wrong?
Make a big splash on day 1
-
And we are off :thumbsup:
What can possibly go wrong?
Make a big splash on day 1
lol: lol: lol:
-
And we are off :thumbsup:
What can possibly go wrong?
Make a big splash on day 1
lol: lol: lol:
It's Nick, he's going to need the lock of the Irish to get through the day without a disaster of some kind... redface:
-
Chilly day. Lock heater not working so improvised by microwaving a brick. Worked a treat :thumbsup:
(https://i.postimg.cc/QHzXzWh8/IMG-2002.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/QHzXzWh8)
angel1
-
Chilly day. Lock heater not working so improvised by microwaving a brick. Worked a treat :thumbsup:
(https://i.postimg.cc/QHzXzWh8/IMG-2002.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/QHzXzWh8)
angel1
eeek: rubschin:
-
Save money on energy bills, especially if you use your neighbour's microwave whistle:
-
Chilly day. Lock heater not working so improvised by microwaving a brick. Worked a treat :thumbsup:
(https://i.postimg.cc/QHzXzWh8/IMG-2002.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/QHzXzWh8)
angel1
We have a new pub competiton. How many times can Nick nuke the brick before it goes boom and how much of the shed will be left.. whistle:
-
I did actually hide in case it blew up. redface: redface:
That would have taken some explaining scared2:
-
Chilly day. Lock heater not working so improvised by microwaving a brick. Worked a treat :thumbsup:
(https://i.postimg.cc/QHzXzWh8/IMG-2002.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/QHzXzWh8)
angel1
happy001
rubschin:
-
You might have just used up any scrap of good luck you have for the next millennia...
https://youtu.be/DQlfW2eLijo
noooo:
-
You might have just used up any scrap of good luck you have for the next millennia...
https://youtu.be/DQlfW2eLijo
noooo:
eeek:
-
You might have just used up any scrap of good luck you have for the next millennia...
https://youtu.be/DQlfW2eLijo
noooo:
eveilgrin:
-
Back to the same place today, pointlessly as the river is in flood and there are no boats evil:
-
Another futile day with one boat (nutcase) and my hot brick evil:
-
Another futile day with one boat (nutcase) and my hot brick evil:
Did you tell the nutcase about your brick....?
-
I wanted it for myself eveilgrin:
-
Another futile day with one boat (nutcase) and my hot brick evil:
Strange, the nutcase sounds perfectly reasonable...
Went for a quiet jaunt on the canals today and found some oddball at one of the locks shoving a housebrick into the microwave. I may have come across as a little forceful, possibly even slightly deranged but I wanted to be far away from that dingbat when it all explodes..
whistle:
-
Another futile day with one boat (nutcase) and my hot brick evil:
Strange, the nutcase sounds perfectly reasonable...
Went for a quiet jaunt on the canals today and found some oddball at one of the locks shoving a housebrick into the microwave. I may have come across as a little forceful, possibly even slightly deranged but I wanted to be far away from that dingbat when it all explodes..
whistle:
lol: lol: lol:
-
Off to me lock. like :thumbsup:
-
Off to me lock. like :thumbsup:
(https://i.postimg.cc/Y4NDhrX2/Horatio-Mc-Callister.png) (https://postimg.cc/Y4NDhrX2)
Thumbs:
-
8 hours. Constant wind and rain
No boats evil:
-
The question is was the lack of boats due to the weather or has the legend of the infamous mad brick microwaver made it's way through the boating community.. rubschin:
-
The heater is fixed :thumbsup:
-
The heater is fixed :thumbsup:
How's the brick?
-
The heater is fixed :thumbsup:
It's amazing how fast the insurance companies can move when a serious liability is involved.. whistle:
-
And next week taking my new Syrian lock keeping for the day at Lonely Widow Island. What can possibly go wrong?
-
National Watersports Centre :thumbsup:
-
National Watersports Centre :thumbsup:
cloud9:
-
More and more nutters on the river!
A boat stops outside the lock and the owner comes to talk:
Hello, can I come though the lock?
Of course, I will open the gates
I have never been through a lock before. I do not know what to do
Just tie up here and I will talk you through it
Do I have to stay in the boat?
Yes, why?
I suffer from extreme anxiety and claustrophobia and agoraphobia. I may feel trapped as the boat descends and start screaming
OK, but this lock is very deep and if you get out of the boat you will have to climb 30 feet down a wet and rust ladder
He looks thoughtful
OK, I will stay in the boat
We start the process and he begins to cry and then starts screaming
I decided to ignore him angel1
I warned the keeper at the next lock where it happened all over again noooo:
-
More and more nutters on the river!
A boat stops outside the lock and the owner comes to talk:
Hello, can I come though the lock?
Of course, I will open the gates
I have never been through a lock before. I do not know what to do
Just tie up here and I will talk you through it
Do I have to stay in the boat?
Yes, why?
I suffer from extreme anxiety and claustrophobia and agoraphobia. I may feel trapped as the boat descends and start screaming
OK, but this lock is very deep and if you get out of the boat you will have to climb 30 feet down a wet and rust ladder
He looks thoughtful
OK, I will stay in the boat
We start the process and he begins to cry and then starts screaming
I decided to ignore him angel1
I warned the keeper at the next lock where it happened all over again noooo:
noooo:
-
More and more nutters on the river!
A boat stops outside the lock and the owner comes to talk:
Hello, can I come though the lock?
Of course, I will open the gates
I have never been through a lock before. I do not know what to do
Just tie up here and I will talk you through it
Do I have to stay in the boat?
Yes, why?
I suffer from extreme anxiety and claustrophobia and agoraphobia. I may feel trapped as the boat descends and start screaming
OK, but this lock is very deep and if you get out of the boat you will have to climb 30 feet down a wet and rust ladder
He looks thoughtful
OK, I will stay in the boat
We start the process and he begins to cry and then starts screaming
I decided to ignore him angel1
I warned the keeper at the next lock where it happened all over again noooo:
So it wasnt just coz you were operating the lock.... Thumbs:
-
angel1
-
More and more nutters on the river!
A boat stops outside the lock and the owner comes to talk:
Hello, can I come though the lock?
Of course, I will open the gates
I have never been through a lock before. I do not know what to do
Just tie up here and I will talk you through it
Do I have to stay in the boat?
Yes, why?
I suffer from extreme anxiety and claustrophobia and agoraphobia. I may feel trapped as the boat descends and start screaming
OK, but this lock is very deep and if you get out of the boat you will have to climb 30 feet down a wet and rust ladder
He looks thoughtful
OK, I will stay in the boat
We start the process and he begins to cry and then starts screaming
I decided to ignore him angel1
I warned the keeper at the next lock where it happened all over again noooo:
lol: lol: lol:
Bet he can't swim either lol:
-
More and more nutters on the river!
A boat stops outside the lock and the owner comes to talk:
Hello, can I come though the lock?
Of course, I will open the gates
I have never been through a lock before. I do not know what to do
Just tie up here and I will talk you through it
Do I have to stay in the boat?
Yes, why?
I suffer from extreme anxiety and claustrophobia and agoraphobia. I may feel trapped as the boat descends and start screaming
OK, but this lock is very deep and if you get out of the boat you will have to climb 30 feet down a wet and rust ladder
He looks thoughtful
OK, I will stay in the boat
We start the process and he begins to cry and then starts screaming
I decided to ignore him angel1
I warned the keeper at the next lock where it happened all over again noooo:
So it wasnt just coz you were operating the lock.... Thumbs:
Glad I'm not the only one wondering that.. whistle:
-
Had these three in the lock first thing cloud9:
(https://i.postimg.cc/d7B1tJbD/IMG-2014.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/d7B1tJbD)
Sadly, the lock then broke and we had to wait for an engineer to come from Leicester. It begain to rain and they were there until lunchtime redface:
-
Had these three in the lock first thing cloud9:
(https://i.postimg.cc/d7B1tJbD/IMG-2014.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/d7B1tJbD)
Sadly, the lock then broke and we had to wait for an engineer to come from Leicester. It begain to rain and they were there until lunchtime redface:
Something stopped working while you were using it? I can't believe that.. whistle:
-
cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing:
-
It has been quiet on the river for a couple of years. I have only had 14 boats through this month.
Chatting to one of the stuck boaters today, he ventured that it was the price of fuel. He had just filled his tank with diesel. It cost him £2500 Shocked:
His boat does 10 miles per gallon eeek:
-
It has been quiet on the river for a couple of years. I have only had 14 boats through this month.
Chatting to one of the stuck boaters today, he ventured that it was the price of fuel. He had just filled his tank with diesel. It cost him £2500 Shocked:
His boat does 10 miles per gallon eeek:
eeek:
But wasn't it that same couple of years ago you started lock keeping whistle:
-
Off to me second favourite lock, like, tomorrow. Bank Holiday weekend and a popular place, but the Coronation rubschin:
Wonder if there is a Republican wing of the Boating Association rubschin:
-
Off to me second favourite lock, like, tomorrow. Bank Holiday weekend and a popular place, but the Coronation rubschin:
Wonder if there is a Republican wing of the Boating Association rubschin:
The Provisionals in balaclavas...? scared2:
-
Today
1. Took my Syrian so he could wander about the riverside. He seemed hesitant and asked if there were any predators eeek:
2. First boat of the day (11.00) was a mahoosive steel barge piloted by three guys who were all bladdered. Chaos. Sent them on their way and broadcast "ALL BOATS" warning on VHF radio
3. Woman asking how to get to the other side of the river as she had noticed people over there and wondered how they got there. I said they live there. She looked bemused. I explained that South of the Trent there are towns, places like Radcliffe (in this case), Leicester, Kettering, London, Brighton, then France, Spain and Africa. I asked if she had seen pictures of such places. She seemed confused noooo:
-
Today
1. Took my Syrian so he could wander about the riverside. He seemed hesitant and asked if there were any predators eeek:
2. First boat of the day (11.00) was a mahoosive steel barge piloted by three guys who were all bladdered. Chaos. Sent them on their way and broadcast "ALL BOATS" warning on VHF radio
3. Woman asking how to get to the other side of the river as she had noticed people over there and wondered how they got there. I said they live there. She looked bemused. I explained that South of the Trent there are towns, places like Radcliffe (in this case), Leicester, Kettering, London, Brighton, then France, Spain and Africa. I asked if she had seen pictures of such places. She seemed confused noooo:
lol:
-
Lock semi broken noooo:
One boat all day noooo:
Bitten by gnats or summat. noooo:A blind person could read my bumps noooo:
Stung by a wasp evil:
-
Lock semi broken noooo:
One boat all day noooo:
Bitten by gnats or summat. noooo:A blind person could read my bumps noooo:
Stung by a wasp evil:
Drink tonic water...... Thumbs:
-
Lock semi broken noooo:
One boat all day noooo:
Bitten by gnats or summat. noooo:A blind person could read my bumps noooo:
Stung by a wasp evil:
You should have rubbed the sting with Garlic like... Thumbs:
-
Spank2: Spank2: Spank2: Spank2:
-
Lock semi broken noooo:
One boat all day noooo:
Bitten by gnats or summat. noooo:A blind person could read my bumps noooo:
Stung by a wasp evil:
You should have rubbed the sting with Garlic like... Thumbs:
:thumbsup:
-
Lock semi broken noooo:
One boat all day noooo:
Bitten by gnats or summat. noooo:A blind person could read my bumps noooo:
Stung by a wasp evil:
What did you do this time? noooo:
-
WELL!!!!
Good: had this beauty in this morning
(https://i.postimg.cc/xXsDyJDF/IMG-2037.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/xXsDyJDF)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Lqndy9m4/IMG-2039.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Lqndy9m4)
BAD eeek: eeek:
A narrow boat appears at the top end of the lock without warning. The lock is empty so they cannot enter I wait for some signal. No phone call and no radio message.
Eventually a young woman approaches. She is a Kiwi.
What do we do?
Do you want to come through?
Yes, but how. We ae new to this.
Not to worry, I will get the lock ready and open the gates and let you through
She looks relieved
Here, these are the phone numbers of all the locks so you can call ahead
She takes the card gratefully
Where ae you going?
Yorkshire
eeek:
Do you have tide tables?
We aren't going by sea!!
I explain that just beyond Newark the Trent is tidal. Tide tables and tidal charts are essential, as are life vests
She looks alarmed
We thought we could get by with Google Maps
facepalm:
You can get all these at Newark, but then you must phone ahead to book passage through the tidal locks
She runs back to the boat
She returns
The skipper asks if we can hire a pilot for the tidal sections
No
Her eyes widen and she goes white. She is part Maori
I had better write all this down. It seems very complicated
I repeat everything and she enters it into her phone
She goes back to the boat and they enter the lock (which is 30 feet deep)
I command them to tie up at both ends and they loop ropes around bollards
The descent starts. I notice the skipper fiddling with his stern rope and see he is tying a knot. I rush over and tell him to keep the rope slack. The stern is already lifting out of the water and the rope is very tight. He releases the knot and the rope turns into a whip and knocks his cowboy hat off where it is promptly minced up by the propeller (boat is still in gear for some reason) as the stern descends with a loud splash.
The descent continues
It occurs to me that the bow rope is a tad shorter than the stern rope and sure enough, I hear screaming. The young woman is hanging on for dear life like Hoffnung's Bricklayer but has lost contact with the boat by about 2 feet. I advise her to hang on and start to refill the lock. She lets go and lands arse first in the bows.
She cries
I send them on their way
I am at a lock further down the river tomorrow and expect to encounter them again noooo: noooo:
-
lol:
Will the update be in this thread or the Darwin thread?
-
Here angel1
-
Here angel1
cloud9:
Popcorn:
-
Today's Lock (no sign of the suicidal Kiwis)
(https://i.postimg.cc/TK6crN13/IMG-2042.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/TK6crN13)
-
Today's Lock (no sign of the suicidal Kiwis)
(https://i.postimg.cc/TK6crN13/IMG-2042.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/TK6crN13)
:thumbsup: and :thumbsup: (unless they've drowned that is)
-
Today's Lock (no sign of the suicidal Kiwis)
(https://i.postimg.cc/TK6crN13/IMG-2042.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/TK6crN13)
;D
-
Today's Lock (no sign of the suicidal Kiwis)
(https://i.postimg.cc/TK6crN13/IMG-2042.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/TK6crN13)
Ok that's the before pic, what does the after one look like..? whistle:
-
Bikini Day on the river :thumbsup:
Imagine my delight at the approach of the cruiser Cape LIberty, an old favourite, on which the BABETASTIC Mrs Cape LIberty was indeed bikini clad Shocked:
I made sure to keep a careful eye on them in the lock (for safety reasons angel1 ) and was rewaded with a bottle of wine presented by Mrs Cape LIberty and , oh kleenex: redface:
-
Bikini Day on the river :thumbsup:
Imagine my delight at the approach of the cruiser Cape LIberty, an old favourite, on which the BABETASTIC Mrs Cape LIberty was indeed bikini clad Shocked:
I made sure to keep a careful eye on them in the lock (for safety reasons angel1 ) and was rewaded with a bottle of wine presented by Mrs Cape LIberty and , oh kleenex: redface:
;D
-
Bikini Day on the river :thumbsup:
Imagine my delight at the approach of the cruiser Cape LIberty, an old favourite, on which the BABETASTIC Mrs Cape LIberty was indeed bikini clad Shocked:
I made sure to keep a careful eye on them in the lock (for safety reasons angel1 ) and was rewaded with a bottle of wine presented by Mrs Cape LIberty and , oh kleenex: redface:
;D
I got boob flashed this week .... Thumbs:
-
Bikini Day on the river :thumbsup:
Imagine my delight at the approach of the cruiser Cape LIberty, an old favourite, on which the BABETASTIC Mrs Cape LIberty was indeed bikini clad Shocked:
I made sure to keep a careful eye on them in the lock (for safety reasons angel1 ) and was rewaded with a bottle of wine presented by Mrs Cape LIberty and , oh kleenex: redface:
;D
I got boob flashed this week .... Thumbs:
Misty...? rubschin:
-
Bikini Day on the river :thumbsup:
Imagine my delight at the approach of the cruiser Cape LIberty, an old favourite, on which the BABETASTIC Mrs Cape LIberty was indeed bikini clad Shocked:
I made sure to keep a careful eye on them in the lock (for safety reasons angel1 ) and was rewaded with a bottle of wine presented by Mrs Cape LIberty and , oh kleenex: redface:
;D
I got boob flashed this week .... Thumbs:
Misty...? rubschin:
No...some bird just looked straight at me whilst dancing and pulled her top down .. eeek:
her fella? appeared from no where and pulled it back up...he was not impressed...
-
Bikini Day on the river :thumbsup:
Imagine my delight at the approach of the cruiser Cape LIberty, an old favourite, on which the BABETASTIC Mrs Cape LIberty was indeed bikini clad Shocked:
I made sure to keep a careful eye on them in the lock (for safety reasons angel1 ) and was rewaded with a bottle of wine presented by Mrs Cape LIberty and , oh kleenex: redface:
;D
I got boob flashed this week .... Thumbs:
Misty...? rubschin:
No...some bird just looked straight at me whilst dancing and pulled her top down .. eeek:
her fella? appeared from no where and pulled it back up...he was not impressed...
To be fair given your tales of past clients I was half expecting it to be some drunk overweight bloke from Essex lifting his top at you.. whistle:
-
A friendly tug helping a poorly Little Ship to get to the Boat Hospital cloud9:
(https://i.postimg.cc/ygpmSDrj/IMG-2060.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/ygpmSDrj)
-
A friendly tug helping a poorly Little Ship to get to the Boat Hospital cloud9:
(https://i.postimg.cc/ygpmSDrj/IMG-2060.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/ygpmSDrj)
;D
-
Nice boat
https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/508/lady-sylvia (https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/508/lady-sylvia)
-
Nice boat
https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/508/lady-sylvia (https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/508/lady-sylvia)
Interesting history too :thumbsup:
-
Nice boat
https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/508/lady-sylvia (https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/508/lady-sylvia)
Lovely! cloud9:
-
Christ! I had this nutter today. It is a miracle he is still allowed on the system
The video shows him trying to use his boat to break though some CHAINED UP FLOOD GATES!!!!
He is barking and actually GROWLED at me eeek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpye2ovfGY4&authuser=0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpye2ovfGY4&authuser=0)
-
Christ! I had this nutter today. It is a miracle he is still allowed on the system
The video shows him trying to use his boat to break though some CHAINED UP FLOOD GATES!!!!
He is barking and actually GROWLED at me eeek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpye2ovfGY4&authuser=0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpye2ovfGY4&authuser=0)
Wouldn't it be easier if he was chained up?
-
Christ! I had this nutter today. It is a miracle he is still allowed on the system
The video shows him trying to use his boat to break though some CHAINED UP FLOOD GATES!!!!
He is barking and actually GROWLED at me eeek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpye2ovfGY4&authuser=0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpye2ovfGY4&authuser=0)
What a nutter! whacky115
Are you sure it wasn't Growler...? rubschin:
-
He came back today going the other way eeek:
He was so foul tempered that I left him to get though the lock by himself. Took him 45 minutes eveilgrin:
-
He came back today going the other way eeek:
He was so foul tempered that I left him to get though the lock by himself. Took him 45 minutes eveilgrin:
:thumbsup:
-
He came back today going the other way eeek:
He was so foul tempered that I left him to get though the lock by himself. Took him 45 minutes eveilgrin:
eveilgrin:
-
I hate these bastards evil:
(https://i.postimg.cc/7J2h6Kf3/IMG-2088.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/7J2h6Kf3)
-
I hate these bastards evil:
(https://i.postimg.cc/7J2h6Kf3/IMG-2088.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/7J2h6Kf3)
And you really don't want to annoy them
-
I hate these bastards evil:
(https://i.postimg.cc/7J2h6Kf3/IMG-2088.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/7J2h6Kf3)
Time for my Isle of wight ferry joke.......... rubschin: Thumbs: similar thread ..
-
He came back today going the other way eeek:
He was so foul tempered that I left him to get though the lock by himself. Took him 45 minutes eveilgrin:
eveilgrin:
And again evil:
-
Went to my fave lock this morning and let two boats through. Got asked to move one lock upstream that was unmanned as it is quite a challenging lock. Drove there and met the same two boats.
Convinced the puzzled crews that I was not the same lock keeper and that the guy they had met earlier was my identical twin brother. They were amazed and actually took some photos of me.
“It’s incredible. You are like peas in a pod!”
eveilgrin:
-
Egad, Twin Nicks.....??? scared2:
-
Went to my fave lock this morning and let two boats through. Got asked to move one lock upstream that was unmanned as it is quite a challenging lock. Drove there and met the same two boats.
Convinced the puzzled crews that I was not the same lock keeper and that the guy they had met earlier was my identical twin brother. They were amazed and actually took some photos of me.
“It’s incredible. You are like peas in a pod!”
eveilgrin:
lol: :thumbsup:
-
Went to my fave lock this morning and let two boats through. Got asked to move one lock upstream that was unmanned as it is quite a challenging lock. Drove there and met the same two boats.
Convinced the puzzled crews that I was not the same lock keeper and that the guy they had met earlier was my identical twin brother. They were amazed and actually took some photos of me.
“It’s incredible. You are like peas in a pod!”
eveilgrin:
happy001
-
Hectic boating day at national waterspouts centre NickSick
-
Hectic boating day at national waterspouts centre NickSick
Did you get your twin brother to help out?
Popcorn:
-
redface:hut
-
Hectic boating day at national waterspouts centre NickSick
Did you get your twin brother to help out?
Popcorn:
lol: lol: lol:
-
Liaising with the Plod angel1
(https://i.postimg.cc/WdLg0V8W/A72-D2-C3-F-2273-4-B28-89-CF-44-F81-B1-F8-C9-F.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/WdLg0V8W)
-
Liaising with the Plod angel1
(https://i.postimg.cc/WdLg0V8W/A72-D2-C3-F-2273-4-B28-89-CF-44-F81-B1-F8-C9-F.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/WdLg0V8W)
Popcorn:
-
Liaising with the Plod angel1
(https://i.postimg.cc/WdLg0V8W/A72-D2-C3-F-2273-4-B28-89-CF-44-F81-B1-F8-C9-F.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/WdLg0V8W)
Did you push him in? eveilgrin:
-
It got more exciting this afternoon. Details when I have recovered
-
So this lock is popular with swimmers because of its location. They make a mess, abuse boaters, use drugs and shit everywhere. Drives the locals, the boaters and the Watersports Centre nuts.
It is a well known and persistent problem. The Plod came for a visit from 11.15 to 1.00. No problems . They have a Dispersal Order they can use if it gets bad. They give me a number to call and leave.
By about 2.30 there were about 200+ kids swimming
2.45 the radio chirps up. This is cruiser Metal Pirate. We are Hell’s Angels. We are sick of these swimmers and we are taking action now! We have baseball bats.
I call my boss. She is an ex plod inspector. She says call 999. I do.
6 cars, a van, dogs and a helicopter!!!
Metal Pirate turned back shadowed by helicopter. Police execute Dispersal Order and teenagers get mouthy. Several arrests
I leave NickSick
-
So this lock is popular with swimmers because of its location. They make a mess, abuse boaters, use drugs and shit everywhere. Drives the locals, the boaters and the Watersports Centre nuts.
It is a well known and persistent problem. The Plod came for a visit from 11.15 to 1.00. No problems . They have a Dispersal Order they can use if it gets bad. They give me a number to call and leave.
By about 2.30 there were about 200+ kids swimming
2.45 the radio chirps up. This is cruiser Metal Pirate. We are Hell’s Angels. We are sick of these swimmers and we are taking action now! We have baseball bats.
I call my boss. She is an ex plod inspector. She says call 999. I do.
6 cars, a van, dogs and a helicopter!!!
Metal Pirate turned back shadowed by helicopter. Police execute Dispersal Order and teenagers get mouthy. Several arrests
I leave NickSick
:thumbsup:
You should have sold tickets
-
So this lock is popular with swimmers because of its location. They make a mess, abuse boaters, use drugs and shit everywhere. Drives the locals, the boaters and the Watersports Centre nuts.
It is a well known and persistent problem. The Plod came for a visit from 11.15 to 1.00. No problems . They have a Dispersal Order they can use if it gets bad. They give me a number to call and leave.
By about 2.30 there were about 200+ kids swimming
2.45 the radio chirps up. This is cruiser Metal Pirate. We are Hell’s Angels. We are sick of these swimmers and we are taking action now! We have baseball bats.
I call my boss. She is an ex plod inspector. She says call 999. I do.
6 cars, a van, dogs and a helicopter!!!
Metal Pirate turned back shadowed by helicopter. Police execute Dispersal Order and teenagers get mouthy. Several arrests
I leave NickSick
Oh, we're proud of you Nick, well done! Thumbs:
-
Season ends at end of month, sadly tainted by a fellow lock keeper who doesn’t like me and is trying to make my life misery. I have a cunning plan eveilgrin:
-
Season ends at end of month, sadly tainted by a fellow lock keeper who doesn’t like me and is trying to make my life misery. I have a cunning plan eveilgrin:
what could possibly go right..? whistle:
-
Season ends at end of month, sadly tainted by a fellow lock keeper who doesn’t like me and is trying to make my life misery. I have a cunning plan eveilgrin:
what could possibly go right..? whistle:
lol: lol: lol:
-
Look I'm telling you, that big 2 legged thing with the orange crest over there is bloody odd. Just watch it for a while and you'll see what I mean.
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/04/15/76163117-0-image-a-25_1696429844783.jpg)
whistle:
-
Look I'm telling you, that big 2 legged thing with the orange crest over there is bloody odd. Just watch it for a while and you'll see what I mean.
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/04/15/76163117-0-image-a-25_1696429844783.jpg)
whistle:
lol: lol: lol:
-
::)
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/G4HKSdK0/A85-A7275-3-D51-49-C7-8-DF5-591-DA7-E5-BE6-F.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/G4HKSdK0)
Nice day for the last day of the year
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/G4HKSdK0/A85-A7275-3-D51-49-C7-8-DF5-591-DA7-E5-BE6-F.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/G4HKSdK0)
Nice day for the last day of the year
:thumbsup:
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/G4HKSdK0/A85-A7275-3-D51-49-C7-8-DF5-591-DA7-E5-BE6-F.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/G4HKSdK0)
Nice day for the last day of the year
So what now, do the canals close or is it DIY...? rubschin:
-
DIY
-
DIY
scared2:
-
DIY
scared2:
Don't worry BM, Nick was talking about how the locks will operate for now and not his plans for the next couple of days.. whistle:
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/G4HKSdK0/A85-A7275-3-D51-49-C7-8-DF5-591-DA7-E5-BE6-F.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/G4HKSdK0)
Nice day for the last day of the year
rubschin: off to check calendar....
-
The floods are causing a few problems at the locks…
(https://i.postimg.cc/Tpq7kdxK/F978-B336-2-C50-4891-B735-788-E61-AD5-CCC.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Tpq7kdxK)
-
The floods are causing a few problems at the locks…
(https://i.postimg.cc/Tpq7kdxK/F978-B336-2-C50-4891-B735-788-E61-AD5-CCC.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Tpq7kdxK)
noooo:
Did any of the buildings you use get flooded, some of the pics i saw suggested so.
-
Yes. Lots of electrical damage
-
The floods are causing a few problems at the locks…
(https://i.postimg.cc/Tpq7kdxK/F978-B336-2-C50-4891-B735-788-E61-AD5-CCC.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Tpq7kdxK)
You can't park that there! cussing:
-
Yes. Lots of electrical damage
noooo: noooo: noooo:
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/phYtJT9G/430716695-10230723630492972-6250257226939326151-n.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/phYtJT9G)
Oh dear Nick, what have you done this time...? noooo:
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/phYtJT9G/430716695-10230723630492972-6250257226939326151-n.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/phYtJT9G)
Oh dear Nick, what have you done this time...? noooo:
Followed your plumbing instructions.. whistle:
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/phYtJT9G/430716695-10230723630492972-6250257226939326151-n.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/phYtJT9G)
Oh dear Nick, what have you done this time...? noooo:
Followed your plumbing instructions.. whistle:
evil:
-
First of the year
(https://i.postimg.cc/NyZZ3Hn6/IMG-1525.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/NyZZ3Hn6)
-
First of the year
(https://i.postimg.cc/NyZZ3Hn6/IMG-1525.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/NyZZ3Hn6)
cloud9:
-
First of the year
(https://i.postimg.cc/NyZZ3Hn6/IMG-1525.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/NyZZ3Hn6)
cloud9:
:thumbsup:
-
The river has reopened :thumbsup:
National Watersports centre tomorrow
-
The river has reopened :thumbsup:
National Watersports centre tomorrow
Thumbs:
-
Only 2 boats all day noooo:
-
Only 2 boats all day noooo:
Did they collide? lol:
-
One was a nutter. Never been on a narrow boat and never been through a lock. He bought a narrow boat in Newark and was taking it to London eeek:
He appeared to be regretting it noooo:
-
One was a nutter. Never been on a narrow boat and never been through a lock. He bought a narrow boat in Newark and was taking it to London eeek:
He appeared to be regretting it noooo:
Well if you are going to start boating a “narrow” one is a good place to start …?
-
One was a nutter. Never been on a narrow boat and never been through a lock. He bought a narrow boat in Newark and was taking it to London eeek:
He appeared to be regretting it noooo:
To be fair buying the boat and transporting it to moor in London is probably going to work out cheaper than trying to rent there. rubschin:
-
Plus boat home pissed from boozer …. Thumbs: When my father lived in Richmond there was a pub on the river where all these old boys drank then boated home … ; smile: smile: …they were real characters … cloud9:
-
Someone lost this and the bastard refuses to leave the lock evil:
(https://i.postimg.cc/PCFmkGFv/IMG-1597.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/PCFmkGFv)
(https://i.postimg.cc/V01tFz5p/IMG-1598.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/V01tFz5p)
(https://i.postimg.cc/CdVr2D8T/IMG-1600.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/CdVr2D8T)
-
noooo: well that butt plug must have cost him ££££
-
Someone lost this and the bastard refuses to leave the lock evil:
(https://i.postimg.cc/PCFmkGFv/IMG-1597.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/PCFmkGFv)
(https://i.postimg.cc/V01tFz5p/IMG-1598.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/V01tFz5p)
(https://i.postimg.cc/CdVr2D8T/IMG-1600.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/CdVr2D8T)
Couldn't one of the boats grab it for you...? rubschin:
-
There is a picture of one trying to do that ::)
-
Someone has abandoned 2 peacocks at Lonely Widow Island rubschin:
-
Someone has abandoned 2 peacocks at Lonely Widow Island rubschin:
Bizarre and very sad
-
Someone has abandoned 2 peacocks at Lonely Widow Island rubschin:
That statement needs a punchline … rubschin:
-
Someone has abandoned 2 peacocks at Lonely Widow Island rubschin:
That statement needs a punchline … rubschin:
That will come naturally as at some point Nick will end up being asked to help with something regarding them. :thumbsup:
-
Top tip
When a lock keeper has a word with you about the torrent of complaints from anglers, moorings and other boats about travelling at 4 times the legal speed limit do NOT say, “Piss off, Grandad”.
We lock keepers actually have ways of getting revenge eveilgrin:
-
Top tip
When a lock keeper has a word with you about the torrent of complaints from anglers, moorings and other boats about travelling at 4 times the legal speed limit do NOT say, “Piss off, Grandad”.
We lock keepers actually have ways of getting revenge eveilgrin:
:thumbsup:
-
Top tip
When a lock keeper has a word with you about the torrent of complaints from anglers, moorings and other boats about travelling at 4 times the legal speed limit do NOT say, “Piss off, Grandad”.
We lock keepers actually have ways of getting revenge eveilgrin:
:thumbsup:
-
Top tip
When a lock keeper has a word with you about the torrent of complaints from anglers, moorings and other boats about travelling at 4 times the legal speed limit do NOT say, “Piss off, Grandad”.
We lock keepers actually have ways of getting revenge eveilgrin:
happy001
Popcorn:
-
A radio call floods in. It’s a young woman.
I am on the way to you but the engine has caught fire and I don’t know what to do
eeek:
I suggest you turn it off!
Good idea. Then I’ll phone my dad :thumbsup:
I think she’s adrift…
-
A radio call floods in. It’s a young woman.
I am on the way to you but the engine has caught fire and I don’t know what to do
eeek:
I suggest you turn it off!
Good idea. Then I’ll phone my dad :thumbsup:
I think she’s adrift…
In distress …. eyes:
-
A radio call floods in. It’s a young woman.
I am on the way to you but the engine has caught fire and I don’t know what to do
eeek:
I suggest you turn it off!
Good idea. Then I’ll phone my dad :thumbsup:
I think she’s adrift…
Popcorn:
-
Persuaded a narrow boat to tow her to a local boatyard angel1
-
Persuaded a narrow boat to tow her to a local boatyard angel1
Did you get her phone number ..just to check up on her … whistle:
-
Yes, but no angel1
-
Persuaded a narrow boat to tow her to a local boatyard angel1
TMJs (c Apey)
-
Persuaded a narrow boat to tow her to a local boatyard angel1
TMJs (c Apey)
Thumbs: Yep….
-
She needs a new pump angel1
-
She needs a new pump angel1
Spank2: Spank2: Spank2:
-
She needs a new pump angel1
;D
Surprised she's still alive after being towed to that boatyard. What happened to the boat BTW?
-
I can see it from here
(https://i.postimg.cc/rztDMq3H/image.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/rztDMq3H)
-
27 boats eeek:
NickSick
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/jCCFB8DM/IMG-1886.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/jCCFB8DM)
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/jCCFB8DM/IMG-1886.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/jCCFB8DM)
eeek: rubschin:
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/jCCFB8DM/IMG-1886.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/jCCFB8DM)
eeek: lol:
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition
-
Good day which collapsed into a comedic shambles with me yelling at people, including a very drunk nun! angel1
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/jCCFB8DM/IMG-1886.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/jCCFB8DM)
eeek: rubschin:
Were they hoping for divine intervention after hearing Nick was working? whistle:
Good day which collapsed into a comedic shambles with me yelling at people, including a very drunk nun! angel1
Hitting the holy spirit you say.. whistle:
-
In me lock
https://www.adls.org.uk/nyula (https://www.adls.org.uk/nyula)
(https://i.postimg.cc/kDSYbrrZ/IMG-1894.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/kDSYbrrZ)
-
In me lock
https://www.adls.org.uk/nyula (https://www.adls.org.uk/nyula)
(https://i.postimg.cc/kDSYbrrZ/IMG-1894.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/kDSYbrrZ)
A little ship... cloud9:
-
Cookers!! Got two carrier bags to cook and freeze. Next month: free pears cloud9:
(https://i.postimg.cc/F711pY5t/IMG-1901.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/F711pY5t)
-
Cookers!! Got two carrier bags to cook and freeze. Next month: free pears cloud9:
(https://i.postimg.cc/F711pY5t/IMG-1901.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/F711pY5t)
:thumbsup:
-
Cookers!! Got two carrier bags to cook and freeze. Next month: free pears cloud9:
(https://i.postimg.cc/F711pY5t/IMG-1901.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/F711pY5t)
What carrier bag recipe is that ….?… rubschin:
-
Cookers!! Got two carrier bags to cook and freeze. Next month: free pears cloud9:
(https://i.postimg.cc/F711pY5t/IMG-1901.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/F711pY5t)
What carrier bag recipe is that ….?… rubschin:
drumroll:
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/7bbs1djC/IMG-1917.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/7bbs1djC)
-
(https://i.postimg.cc/7bbs1djC/IMG-1917.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/7bbs1djC)
Cor!
-
The river is full of drunk lunatics using boats like dodgem cars ::)
-
The river is full of drunk lunatics using boats like dodgem cars ::)
Darwinism by drowning?
-
Today has been bonkers!
-
Today has been bonkers!
Off to get popcorn…. Thumbs:
-
Today has been bonkers!
Off to get popcorn…. Thumbs:
Sweet, salted, mixed or with the dodgy looking seasoning you finally got from BM.. whistle:
-
Today has been bonkers!
Off to get popcorn…. Thumbs:
Sweet, salted, mixed or with the dodgy looking seasoning you finally got from BM.. whistle:
cussing:
-
Had two complaints today :thumbsup: Official, like, via the hotline :thumbsup: angel1
1. Huge expensive cruiser (£300000) owned by twat complained he had been delayed as lock took “too long to fill” . It holds 1.8 million gallons. The boss asked them how long they would like it to take. No reply yet.
2. Good practice is to get steel boats into lock before fibre glass to minimise
Risk of collisions . Got two big steel boats and peroxide woman complains that she should have got in first as she had been “ waiting longer”. Boss told her that getting on the plane first didn’t get her to Spain before everyone else lol:
-
Had two complaints today :thumbsup: Official, like, via the hotline :thumbsup: angel1
1. Huge expensive cruiser (£300000) owned by twat complained he had been delayed as lock took “too long to fill” . It holds 1.8 million gallons. The boss asked them how long they would like it to take. No reply yet.
2. Good practice is to get steel boats into lock before fibre glass to minimise
Risk of collisions . Got two big steel boats and peroxide woman complains that she should have got in first as she had been “ waiting longer”. Boss told her that getting on the plane first didn’t get her to Spain before everyone else lol:
Shocked:
-
Had two complaints today :thumbsup: Official, like, via the hotline :thumbsup: angel1
1. Huge expensive cruiser (£300000) owned by twat complained he had been delayed as lock took “too long to fill” . It holds 1.8 million gallons. The boss asked them how long they would like it to take. No reply yet.
2. Good practice is to get steel boats into lock before fibre glass to minimise
Risk of collisions . Got two big steel boats and peroxide woman complains that she should have got in first as she had been “ waiting longer”. Boss told her that getting on the plane first didn’t get her to Spain before everyone else lol:
lol: lol: lol: :thumbsup:
-
Had two complaints today :thumbsup: Official, like, via the hotline :thumbsup: angel1
1. Huge expensive cruiser (£300000) owned by twat complained he had been delayed as lock took “too long to fill” . It holds 1.8 million gallons. The boss asked them how long they would like it to take. No reply yet.
2. Good practice is to get steel boats into lock before fibre glass to minimise
Risk of collisions . Got two big steel boats and peroxide woman complains that she should have got in first as she had been “ waiting longer”. Boss told her that getting on the plane first didn’t get her to Spain before everyone else lol:
happy001
-
1 alcoholic druggy threatening other boaters with a baseball bat and suggesting extreme punishment to two gay guys on a narrow boat. Police called and man and his two Rottweilers taken away in two vans. Noisy.
Entitled daddy’s girl in new boat (18th birthday present!) causing chaos at every lock and knows better than us what to do managed to smash a hole in the hull. She has had the boat for 2days.
Suggested she call Daddy. Boat now moored and taking on water.
-
1 alcoholic druggy threatening other boaters with a baseball bat and suggesting extreme punishment to two gay guys on a narrow boat. Police called and man and his two Rottweilers taken away in two vans. Noisy.
Entitled daddy’s girl in new boat (18th birthday present!) causing chaos at every lock and knows better than us what to do managed to smash a hole in the hull. She has had the boat for 2days.
Suggested she call Daddy. Boat now moored and taking on water.
Wow!
And I shouldn't but lol: lol: lol:
-
1 alcoholic druggy threatening other boaters with a baseball bat and suggesting extreme punishment to two gay guys on a narrow boat. Police called and man and his two Rottweilers taken away in two vans. Noisy.
Entitled daddy’s girl in new boat (18th birthday present!) causing chaos at every lock and knows better than us what to do managed to smash a hole in the hull. She has had the boat for 2days.
Suggested she call Daddy. Boat now moored and taking on water.
Get salvage rights … .. Thumbs: ..
-
rubschin:
-
rubschin:
Buy lots of balloons … rubschin:
-
Dealing with the Plod.
Crackpot boater turned up. “Report on sight”.
Keeps threatening people with knives.
-
Dealing with the Plod.
Crackpot boater turned up. “Report on sight”.
Keeps threatening people with knives.
eeek: noooo:
-
Taught some snotty boaters a lesson today . Cruel to be kind, of course, but I enjoy the cruel bit eveilgrin:
-
Taught some snotty boaters a lesson today . Cruel to be kind, of course, but I enjoy the cruel bit eveilgrin:
Do telll…….
-
Long story, but trust me they suffered a lot cloud9: eveilgrin:
-
Long story, but trust me they suffered a lot cloud9: eveilgrin:
We have time Popcorn:
-
Floods. All locks closed. sad24:
-
Floods. All locks closed. sad24:
Do they just go over them … rubschin:
-
evil:
-
Floods. All locks closed. sad24:
Praps that is why it is flooding...? rubschin:
-
I am surrounded by idiots evil:
-
I am surrounded by idiots evil:
cloud9: Makes us all feel at home …..
-
I am surrounded by idiots evil:
cloud9: Makes us all feel at home …..
:thumbsup:
-
I am surrounded by idiots evil:
Are you stuck in that hall of mirrors again? noooo:
-
Unusual
(https://i.postimg.cc/gn0rJHFy/IMG-2412.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gn0rJHFy)
(https://i.postimg.cc/s1mvs08D/IMG-2413.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/s1mvs08D)
-
Unusual
(https://i.postimg.cc/gn0rJHFy/IMG-2412.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gn0rJHFy)
(https://i.postimg.cc/s1mvs08D/IMG-2413.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/s1mvs08D)
They aint gonna have much of a race in there... noooo:
-
Ah yes, 400 paddle boarders Shocked:
(https://i.postimg.cc/0rctRRG1/IMG-2419.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/0rctRRG1)
-
Ah yes, 400 paddle boarders Shocked:
(https://i.postimg.cc/0rctRRG1/IMG-2419.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/0rctRRG1)
facepalm:
That was 20 minutes ago, how many still alive now?
-
It’s like an infestation, they’re everywhere
-
Ah yes, 400 paddle boarders Shocked:
(https://i.postimg.cc/0rctRRG1/IMG-2419.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/0rctRRG1)
I've got a SUP... cloud9:
-
Have had to call in a police Armed Response Unit !! scared2:
-
Have had to call in a police Armed Response Unit !! scared2:
eeek: eeek: eeek:
Popcorn:
-
Just going home. Full report tomorrow NickSick
-
Have had to call in a police Armed Response Unit !! scared2:
rubschin: Do we have enough unseasoned popcorn …… rubschin:
-
Have had to call in a police Armed Response Unit !! scared2:
rubschin: Do we have enough unseasoned popcorn …… rubschin:
evil:
-
Ok, so two boats come down the river VERY fast creating significant wake. This annoys other boaters. They enter the lock. They are a bit “rough” and indicate they are waiting for a third boat.
We wait.
An irate guy arrives on foot. He is from a narrow boat moored about 200 yards above the lock. I know him. Ex forces. Loner. Lives on the boat.
He starts in at me about damage to his boat and I suggest he deals directly with the culprits who are still in the lock and are returning upstream later.
He demands an apology. He gets abuse.
He returns the abuse. He then says, very coldly, that he has a gun and will shoot them as they go past him later.
I try to calm the situation. He returns to his boat. I gather names and numbers and call my boss. She ex-Police Inspector. She tells me to dial 999.
I do. Within 15 minutes 4 cars with armed police, a van, an unmarked car arrive. A helicopter is overhead
Guy is taken away in handcuffs
-
Ok, so two boats come down the river VERY fast creating significant wake. This annoys other boaters. They enter the lock. They are a bit “rough” and indicate they are waiting for a third boat.
We wait.
An irate guy arrives on foot. He is from a narrow boat moored about 200 yards above the lock. I know him. Ex forces. Loner. Lives on the boat.
He starts in at me about damage to his boat and I suggest he deals directly with the culprits who are still in the lock and are returning upstream later.
He demands an apology. He gets abuse.
He returns the abuse. He then says, very coldly, that he has a gun and will shoot them as they go past him later.
I try to calm the situation. He returns to his boat. I gather names and numbers and call my boss. She ex-Police Inspector. She tells me to dial 999.
I do. Within 15 minutes 4 cars with armed police, a van, an unmarked car arrive. A helicopter is overhead
Guy is taken away in handcuffs
Good grief! eeek:
-
Ok, so two boats come down the river VERY fast creating significant wake. This annoys other boaters. They enter the lock. They are a bit “rough” and indicate they are waiting for a third boat.
We wait.
An irate guy arrives on foot. He is from a narrow boat moored about 200 yards above the lock. I know him. Ex forces. Loner. Lives on the boat.
He starts in at me about damage to his boat and I suggest he deals directly with the culprits who are still in the lock and are returning upstream later.
He demands an apology. He gets abuse.
He returns the abuse. He then says, very coldly, that he has a gun and will shoot them as they go past him later.
I try to calm the situation. He returns to his boat. I gather names and numbers and call my boss. She ex-Police Inspector. She tells me to dial 999.
I do. Within 15 minutes 4 cars with armed police, a van, an unmarked car arrive. A helicopter is overhead
Guy is taken away in handcuffs
Good grief! eeek:
eeek: eeek:
-
Ok, so two boats come down the river VERY fast creating significant wake. This annoys other boaters. They enter the lock. They are a bit “rough” and indicate they are waiting for a third boat.
We wait.
An irate guy arrives on foot. He is from a narrow boat moored about 200 yards above the lock. I know him. Ex forces. Loner. Lives on the boat.
He starts in at me about damage to his boat and I suggest he deals directly with the culprits who are still in the lock and are returning upstream later.
He demands an apology. He gets abuse.
He returns the abuse. He then says, very coldly, that he has a gun and will shoot them as they go past him later.
I try to calm the situation. He returns to his boat. I gather names and numbers and call my boss. She ex-Police Inspector. She tells me to dial 999.
I do. Within 15 minutes 4 cars with armed police, a van, an unmarked car arrive. A helicopter is overhead
Guy is taken away in handcuffs
Good grief! eeek:
eeek: eeek:
Did he have a gun …?…
-
Yes!!!
-
I thought guns were more a Moat thing …. whistle: redface:
-
6 of these rowing from Nottingham to Boston Shocked:
(https://i.postimg.cc/Hc9C9pTG/IMG-2433.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Hc9C9pTG)
-
6 of these rowing from Nottingham to Boston Shocked:
(https://i.postimg.cc/Hc9C9pTG/IMG-2433.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Hc9C9pTG)
For a Tea Party? ;)
-
6 of these rowing from Nottingham to Boston Shocked:
(https://i.postimg.cc/Hc9C9pTG/IMG-2433.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Hc9C9pTG)
eeek:
-
6 of these rowing from Nottingham to Boston Shocked:
(https://i.postimg.cc/Hc9C9pTG/IMG-2433.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Hc9C9pTG)
For a Tea Party? ;)
smile:
-
Exciting moments with the Environment Agency today!
Angling season starts June 16th. You need a licence. Heavy penalties for anything other.
Angler turns up at me lock. Starts catching and gutting fish. Not allowed. I call the fishing bailiff.
Bailiff calls EA who show up in their very high powered inflatable rib. These guys (mainly ex military- tattooed with Mohawk haircuts!). They do not muck about. stab vests, night sticks and powers of arrest. They don’t do much talking. The guy was in handcuffs and in the boat within seconds!!
-
Exciting moments with the Environment Agency today!
Angling season starts June 16th. You need a licence. Heavy penalties for anything other.
Angler turns up at me lock. Starts catching and gutting fish. Not allowed. I call the fishing bailiff.
Bailiff calls EA who show up in their very high powered inflatable rib. These guys (mainly ex military- tattooed with Mohawk haircuts!). They do not muck about. stab vests, night sticks and powers of arrest. They don’t do much talking. The guy was in handcuffs and in the boat within seconds!!
:thumbsup:
-
A herd of annoying cow graze in a field near the lock. They often block my exit. They were there when I left tonight.
Incredibly I had a call just now from Notts Police asking if I knew who owned them. I don’t.
Apparently they have escaped from the field and are causing mayhem on the Nottingham to Lincoln railway line eeek:
-
A herd of annoying cow graze in a field near the lock. They often block my exit. They were there when I left tonight.
Incredibly I had a call just now from Notts Police asking if I knew who owned them. I don’t.
Apparently they have escaped from the field and are causing mayhem on the Nottingham to Lincoln railway line eeek:
Cows on the line …. noooo:
-
Top Tip
Don’t go to Newark and buy a narrow boat with the intention of taking the boat to London to live on it IF you’ve never owned or even piloted a boat on a canal, let alone a river noooo:
-
Top Tip
Don’t go to Newark and buy a narrow boat with the intention of taking the boat to London to live on it IF you’ve never owned or even piloted a boat on a canal, let alone a river noooo:
Popcorn:
-
And don’t declare you want to get to Nottingham tonight at 4.30 when it’s still 6 hours away and you don’t have a key to get through locks so you get sent back to Newark to buy said key and have to start again tomorrow.
-
And don’t declare you want to get to Nottingham tonight at 4.30 when it’s still 6 hours away and you don’t have a key to get through locks so you get sent back to Newark to buy said key and have to start again tomorrow.
:thumbsup:
happy001
-
You should write a book: Canals for Dummies
-
You should write a book: Canals for Dummies
lol: lol: lol: rubschin:
-
Utterly furious! Angry9: Angry9: Angry9: Angry9:
evil:Lock keepers were asked to turn out in force today to help marshal a flotilla which had announced it was parading from Nottingham to Newark with flags and video cameras.
Pissing with rain evil:
Flotilla turned out to be ONE boat. ONE!
I left and came home via tyre place Banghead
-
Utterly furious! Angry9: Angry9: Angry9: Angry9:
evil:Lock keepers were asked to turn out in force today to help marshal a flotilla which had announced it was parading from Nottingham to Newark with flags and video cameras.
Pissing with rain evil:
Flotilla turned out to be ONE boat. ONE!
I left and came home via tyre place Banghead
noooo:
It's becoming hard not to conclude that go-boating types are the world's thickest beings
-
Utterly furious! Angry9: Angry9: Angry9: Angry9:
evil:Lock keepers were asked to turn out in force today to help marshal a flotilla which had announced it was parading from Nottingham to Newark with flags and video cameras.
Pissing with rain evil:
Flotilla turned out to be ONE boat. ONE!
I left and came home via tyre place Banghead
Oh gawd, it is pride month isn't it...? ::)
-
No
https://theboatingassociation.co.uk/history/ (https://theboatingassociation.co.uk/history/)
-
No
https://theboatingassociation.co.uk/history/ (https://theboatingassociation.co.uk/history/)
But from your observation it seems to be an association of just one tunble:
-
I’m still furious cussing:
-
I’m still furious cussing:
You should be. Has anyone apologised?
-
My terrifying lady boss is on the case eveilgrin:
-
My terrifying lady boss is on the case eveilgrin:
:thumbsup:
-
They should rename '(TBA) The Boating Association' to 'The Boat Alone'