Typical bank hol forecast, increasing costs, lack of enthusiasm...

[bowler]

Hard to get motivated with this weather. I have a speedboat to dewinterise today. The only dry day this week...Will not be splashing it just yet. Big boat is already in the water waiting for a rebuilt injection pump. Mildly excited about that!

 

[Bigplumbs]

I was excited at moving our Sealine S24 to the sea. Lots to do on her and cost already mounting. But diesel now £1.80 per ltr and getting very scares where I live and it takes 10 ltrs to get to the boat so that is annoying cos I need to have a full tank for work

 

[oldgit]

Ahhh, Allington was one of my favourite places to go when I was based in the Medway. I suspect that crossing the estuary this weekend would be a bit of a challenge so good call cancelling that one.

The EA has spend some impressive amounts of money over last few years to restore and renovate the infra structure on the non tidal Medway.
Rebuilding locks and installing landing stages above and below lock chambers, building fish and kayak passes as well.
The area around the tidal lock has been transformed recently with hard surfaces for parking, up grading of toilet facilities and provision of proper mooring wall with power bollards in the lock cut.
They have also invested in "plant" including a small tug and barge to enable EA staff to carry out dredging, rubbish clearance and tree cutting in house.
Now almost back to where they were before the disasters of the water privatisations of the 1980s.
In the immediate future a proposal for a landing stage on the tidal river below the lock.


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[Anibal]

Oh man, that looks so much better. I recall the rocks protruding from the lower wall after the lock. I had a couple of extra large fenders I would always throw out because my boat fenders were adequate for my size but not for that wall. Maybe one day, I pay a visit to the Medway and stay for a month or so in Chatham. I did like it there.

 

[Seastoke]

Perhaps a change of boating locale …somewhere warmer could be just the shot in the arm you need

Bouba , what makes you think you have the right to an opinion.