That's what you call dredging!

graham

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Barry docks entrance harbour is dredged every year about now. A ship size dredger comes in first and removes the mud . Then a small bed leveller comes In to knock the tops off any high spots found by the survey. Usually takes around 2 weeks unless bad weather holds them up.
 

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South West &Taunton Council have agreed an additional £25,000 pounds to help meet their dredging obligations at Watchet outer harbour. So good news there, which will slightly slow the ever increasing mud hill in the marina.
 

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Managed to misguide our timing on return to Portishead and was 7 mins overdue on parking. That's £120, reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days. I haven't been back.

I appreciate parking at Portishead is a challenge, but that kind of enforcement could promote some very poor decision making and the Bristol Chanel is not a place for poor decision making.

Apologies for the slight thread drift.
 

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Any tips for anchoring in a decent spot? I hear if you get it wrong you'll be on your side all night.
Done that! Picked up one pilot buoy, couldn't reach the other. Was woken in the night by a milk bottle (yes bottle - glass!) sliding across the engine cover, followed by glug, glug, glug and wet legs. Boat was a bilge Keeler (Four 21) and I froze in my berth too petrified to move in case we fell flat. After very fitful sleep, woke to see a duck passing the window and she slowly righted. We were waiting for the Queen in Britannia to open Avonmouth Port.
 

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Done that! Picked up one pilot buoy, couldn't reach the other. Was woken in the night by a milk bottle (yes bottle - glass!) sliding across the engine cover, followed by glug, glug, glug and wet legs. Boat was a bilge Keeler (Four 21) and I froze in my berth too petrified to move in case we fell flat. After very fitful sleep, woke to see a duck passing the window and she slowly righted. We were waiting for the Queen in Britannia to open Avonmouth Port.
The may be reasons I dont ever return to Portishead in our new boat. The River Axe at Uphill is a different matter
 
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