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Set out for 2 hours, at 7pm, once the air cooled a bit.
By 9 pm, moored in a low-traffic canal, tall trees on both sides for shade from tomorrow's heat. There are industrial buildings on both sides, but industry is quiet after hours.
Right?
Nope.
After sunset, the place starts up. Clink clank bang and some sort of blower.
I think it's a bakery. It smells like bread. This may go on for quite a while.
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#CanalLife #canal #BoatingLife #boating #BoatLife #boat #narrowboat #mooring
As of this evening, the boat is moored beside an ASDA and a McDonald's, both of which have air-conditioning. Tomorrow, while it is 33°C or more, a certain boater will be sitting in McDonald's for a lo-o-o-ong time.
I hope my 12-volt fridge can handle the strain.
Two years ago during the heatwave, it was the seating area of a Morrison's, but many grocery chains have shut down their cafeterias and cafés.
#CanalLife #canal #BoatLife #boat #BoatingLife #boating #narrowboat #weather #heatwave #UK
As I pass by, I see canal infrastructure being used as a billboard for anti-immigrant graffiti, with slogans such as "This is England" and George's Cross (🏴).
Canal infrastructure dates back to the industrial revolution and peak colonialism.
It's possible the irony is lost on those slathering paint on their cultural assets, on the outskirts of Birmingham in the UK's economically deprived Midlands.
#CanalLife #boating #boat #UK #Britain #England #immigration #vandalism #grafitti #heritage #CRT
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A brick and steel bridge, seen from the water. It takes the Tame Valley canal towpath across the Rushall canal at Rushall Junction. At water level, under the bridge, an enormous George's Cross is painted on the brick – a red cross on a white ground. I
This symbol also appears on the opposite side (not pictured) and on other nearby bridges (not pictured), sometimes accompanied by the slogan, "This is England" (not pictured), evoking the idea that it's not for people who don't belong.
Still waiting for that spring haulout.
#Boating #Lake #Moletai #WoodBoat
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A wooden rowboat in green paint. Its dragged half ashore but the stern is in the water. It is also filled with water, suspiciously matching the level of the lake, implying there is a hole in the boat. Two wooden oars in matching reen rest on the plank seat.
With 70+ locks, short lock chambers, and a long tunnel, Ashton Canal is not for the faint of heart. It'd see little traffic.
I entered—but didn't get through—the first Rochdale lock toward the Ashton canal.
With another boat descending that flight, the water amasses at the bottom, and it's impossible to get up without knowing the trick.
I reversed the boat back into the Manchester basin.😅
#CanalLife #canal #BoatLife #boat #BoatingLife #boating #narrowboat #Manchester #lock #CRT #UK
Zeeschouw: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schouw_(historisch_scheepje)#Zeeschouw
I've been posting in german so far, but I might post in english as well.
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Die Wanderschaft liegt ruhig an der Liegestelle Wulfstorf. Das Kanalwasser ist ganz grün, auf beiden Seiten des Kanals sieht man Wald
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Ein Blick nach Achteraus. An einer Leine wird unser treues Beiboot geschleppt. Auf beiden Seiten des Kanals sieht man Wald
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Wir passieren ein Binnenschiff, auf dem Heck sieht man mehere große Topfpflanzen, im Hintergrund Wald.
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Blick über das Heck der Wanderschaft. Etwa 30 Meter unter uns, sieht man Schiffe an der Wartestelle liegen.
Tame Valley canal is full of garbage. Repeatedly I had to stop the engine, open the weed hatch, and pull off an assortment of soft and hard plastic, rope, and pieces of wood, all tangled around the propeller.
Small mercies: the endless beer cans and plastic bottles stay clear of the propeller.
This canal is a wasted green space. Shame on local councils for failing to make it an attractive destination.
#CanalLife #canal #BoatingLife #boating #BoatLife #boat #narrowboat #GreenSpace #CRT #UK
When I look out over the forewell at the canal towpath, among the greens I see a riot of flowers: red, several yellows, white, two purples.
When I take a photo of what I see, the flowers recede into the many shades of green: duckweed, grass, green blackberry bushes, trees.
Which version is real: what I see or what the camera sees? I suspect we cannot see our world objectively at all.
#CanalLife #canal #BoatingLife #boating #BoatLife #boat #narrowboat #UK #flowers #wildflowers #vegetation #UK
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A lush, green, leafy view along a canal towpath, seen from the canal. The unmowed towpath is full of wildflowers and an amazing variety of plants. On either side of the canal there are bushes and tall trees, especially—in this case, in this place—on the towpath side.
The canal surface is slightly rippled by the breeze. A few bits of blue sky are visible directly over the canal where the trees haven't quite filled in the sky.
On the Birmingham Canal Network, or BCN, the Tame Valley canal is little used:
• clear water to the bottom.
• trees reach way over the canal.
• no moored or oncoming boats.
In one of the ponds, or short sections between locks, the water level was down two feet (60 centimeters or 7 bricks), so the boat ran aground. By flowing water through the next lock, the boat refloated in 3 mins, no problem.
#CanalLife #canal #BoatingLife #boating #BoatLife #boat #narrowboat #locks #CRT #UK #Birmingham #BCN
Part of the vacuum broke, so it won't work.
It had a noisy motor that required aircraft-grade, noise-dampening earmuffs. But it was tiny, and storage space is an issue on boats.
Argos sells a tiny vacuum that separates into parts for storage.
We must pick it up. Delivering packages to a boat on the move is a no. The Maps app says there's an Argos 1.4 miles (about 2¼ km) from the rural farm field we're at. 🌞
#CanalLife #BoatLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #boat #shop #delivery #VacuumCleaner
It was just a fuel hose that leaked, in the engine bay.
It was under £100 to get it fixed.
All spillage was contained in the engine bay, except the portion that evaporated. Diesel vapour!
The aft cabin was unusable due to the fumes, but the boat has 3 bulkhead doors, so the fumes stayed contained back there.
The lounge has a sofabed, so no problem with sleeping fume free.
#CanalLife #canal #BoatingLife #BoatLife #boating #narrowboat #boat #diesel #engine #leak #repair #UK
The diesel leak is being fixed.
The engineer is using a piece of hose, not one of the screw-on types, though. I guess it'll be jubilee clamps.
#CanalLife #BoatingLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #boat #maintenance #engine #repair
The diesel leak continues.
It is one of the two fuel lines, one for diesel in and one for diesel out.
It's not a loose brass connection that's leaking; it's one of the hoses itself.
A new hose arrives Monday.
#CanalLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #boat #FuelLine #hose #leak #diesel
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Two fuel lines, diesel in and diesel out. They have brass connections to a green engine block. The red-striped hose on the right leaks. Below is the bottom of the grey engine bay, with a pink tinge—that's red diesel that has leaked.
The boat cooks with LPG or propane. I have a brass coloured spanner (wrench) to dis/connect Calor canisters or bottles.
I just swapped an empty for a full one when a fuel boat* passed. We stopped side by side in the middle of the canal, which blocks it.
The brass-coloured spanner was quick to find among the nickel-plated ones, so the entire exchange was quick.
*Fuel boats sell diesel, LPG, and some do pump-outs.
#CanalLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #boat #cooking #fuel #LPG #propane #gas
For those of you wondering how canal locks work, this is how.
On a canal, locks are like lifts or elevators. To admit boats, they have a gate on each end: on the high side and the low side. Locks fill from the high side, and drain from the low side.
Referring to the photo and labels:
A. Is the ground paddle. This one has been raised, to let water flow through. A ground paddle lets water through a channel in the ground.
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#CanalLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #boat #lock #gate #paddle #UK
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A lock, surrounded by green grass and trees. The post describes the parts. The parts are painted in the traditional black and white.
Behind the lock is a brick bridge.
It's a sunny day.
A few weeks ago, in my black, cast-iron solid-fuel burner—or wood stove—I laid a fire with coal briquettes, kindling, and a log.
It was a place to store some briquettes, kindling, and a log that now don't need locker space all summer. Also, I figured in the fall it would be nice to have it ready to go.
Guess what? It's mid June and I lit the fire this afternoon to chase away the damp. It's been 23°C in the boat, all day.
#CanalLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #boat #UK #weather #spring #chill
Four hours after cleaning out the bottom of the engine bay with a mop, there was more leaked diesel.
In the engine bay, various parts have been bagged. So far, none of the bags have collected any diesel.
Slowly zeroing in on the culprit.
#CanalLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #boat #engine #diesel #maintenance
The aft cabin had the smell of solvent all day. I checked the drawer that has the supplies of oil, WD-40, grease, fuel additive, … found nothing that was leaking.
It also wasn't coming from outside. Eventually I noticed a trace of red fluid in one side of the engine bay: diesel. That was the smell.
Tomorrow I will work up a list of possible sources of a tiny diesel leak.
#CanalLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #boat #engine #diesel #maintenance
Last week's roses dropped their petals. To replace them today, coming down a rural flight of locks, the offside bank (not the towpath side) offered several abundant choices, only accessible by boat.
Not sure what they are, but they're looking good on board in the evening sunshine.
#CanalLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #boat #flower #bloomscroll #floral #plants #UK
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A green glass vase sits on a wooden surface and holds two kinds of flowers. One kind has clusters of tiny, deep-pink flowers. The other kind has white petals and a yellow centre, resembling a daisy.
The boat has a dedicated brush in the outside locker just for dog 💩 on shoes.
When you're trying to moor a moving boat, handling ropes, mooring pins, and mallet, it's easy to overlook an abandoned turd.
Dog owners who use the towpath to let their dog out—but who don't pick up after their pet—should be dunked in canal water. And then helped back out, of course. Boaters aren't mean-spirited folk.
#CanalLife #canal #towpath #pet #dog #walking #boating #narrowboat #boat #CRT #CanalAndRiverTrust