Recent content by sturmvogel190a

Speaking to Steve the Locky from Cleeve the other day and he said it is indeed the surface of the path as it’s slippery ,some of the timbers being replaced as well He heard a month longer than the lock works for the path That will cause problems mooring wise

I live 10 minutes away from Child Beale and some of the problem last year was a few day boats turning up lighting fires and being abusive when the park manager spoke to them ,the fishing club had an axe to grind as some boats had been overstaying by weeks rather than days Most of the litter got...

Yep have seen and I am a narrow boater ,10% twats in any and all boat user groups as in life

A boat off our island mooring was the one that sank recently in Fobney lock a short way up the Kennet outside Reading ,the poor owner had to call the police 4 times due to the scroats from Tescos having come up river with a couple of crabby old cruisers who were trying to raise it for salvage...

Being in a lock heading upstream in a small outboard boat or Kayak is no fun if someone's engine is running ,in fact stay in there to long and it's dangerous

Yes there are a few wrong uns who have a Narrowboat no doubt and they do try it on ,why not name and shame so everyone is aware which are the wrong uns Plenty of decent peeps in narrow boats to just trying to use the river for fun and boating observing the rules an everything ,we do this most...

Byron saw this on facebook earlier,out of interest is there a footpath from Southstoke to Goring or would he have had to walk alongside the road ?.....hope they catch up with him

Locky was injured as well going in trying to help I heard but don`t know if it was Steve?,heard the above account from another locky so yes sounds horrific

John well done on taking this forward and the time involved in doing so

Use the 3 one plan to tether to my laptop apart from a couple of wild bits at the very top of the river has worked from Lechlade to Walton

There is a chap called John from Cleeve court selling a dory think its a dell quay don't know if you know him Byron? just in case you were going that way Steve

true but some of them are at a age/price where they have bottomed out anyway and will always be worth that as long as everything still works and is serviceable

Not a bayliner but we started with a rinker 270 which sits between the 2655 and 2855 bayliners size wise but basically the same thing ,maybe wrong but thought all of the cheaper brands were built under the Brunswick banner ? ours was a petrol injection never failed to start but yes a pain...

Byron thanks for the heads up I was a member the season before this one just finished and will join again next season ,Paul does a good job of running it and it does have a local feel about

Yep guilty as charged did we meet?? had spent most of the winter chasing Chub from the meadows but turning up for a dog walk when the old bill were there in force looking for that poor old lady recently meant I gave up there ...most of my Browns have come from Pangbourne