Recent content by jecuk

Anyone near locks down from Romney to Penton who can report whether lay-bys (heading downstream) are above water right now? Not many lockeeper to speak to.

Monday Temple to Hampton. Keepers at Cookham. Boulters and Romney.

So chaps, now we have to print our own licence fee doc, how do people attach it to the windscreen?

Rather proud that my thread started 11 years ago is still going strong!

You never know. That could be true…

That doesn’t allow closure of the river. It is a vessel specific power.

Can the river legally be closed without an act of parliament?

All I know is aeronautical engines and the killer there is low use. Same on a boat. Corrosion is caused by water and the less use the boat gets the more humidity gets into the oil. If you change the oil, you change the filter. The earlier advice re older filters work better is for ponds not...

Well done. It is just about courtesy. And for clarity, I used to row in Australia and like the sport. But the attitude from those I have come across on the Thames has been very poor. They should try learning to row on Sydney Harbour. Don't remember the ferries slowing for us...

I have to say my sympathy has declined significantly recently based on two incidents. 1. I was boxed in by two crews near Pangbourne taking up the centre of the river and a third then stopped broadside in front of me leading to an emergency stop. OK we can all make mistakes but perhaps a wave...

Unfortunately the horse has bolted on this one (up Calvary Hill ;)?). Equally the Cross of St George is now flown everywhere generally in conjunction with a pirate flag. The traditions are nice and I try to observe them whenever possible but have certainly forgotten to strike my ensign once or...

We will be there with the other ADLS boats...

Sadly it is worth the intersection of what someone will pay and what you will sell it for. Depending on how motivated the buyer and seller are, that determines how close to either party's "value" the sale price gets. If you get offered 10k, you don't have to sell it there. But that doesn't mean...

Methinks some people are as obsessed about fenders having to be down as others are about them being lifted. Lighten up chaps.

Disappointing that the sports boat's fenders were down though..... ;)