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Just a little bit of history repeating.

Whatever, the cable tie that was there was working fine so I simply replaced it with a new one with just a bit less slack built into it's placement

Then a good coating of lithium spray grease on the latch 

Bonnet has never worked so well 😂 Closes with the lightest of drops with a nice quiet thunk from the latch. Pulling the lever inside the car the bonnet now pops up a tiny bit whereas before it didn't and you just got used to sliding your fingers under the gap onto the lever. 
Sprayed the same grease over all the door check straps and hinges too, although not too much so it gathers grime. 
Ill call that good enough, got one job done and I think I'll go find some hoses and at least call it preventative maintenance. Anyone know wtf their called? 2.0 hdi 110

The MOT on the Insight was coming up so a bit of a look over the car and put a few miles on it were required. It hadn't really been used since the start of November due to the Clio's arrival.
Just over 300 miles were put on it over the last few days and the MOT was first thing this morning.

Happy with that. Now time to spend some money on it.

Cannae call it a wheelie bin as it's had welding so not mainly plastic on the sills noo😂
 
Looking well!

Cannae call it a wheelie bin as it's had welding so not mainly plastic on the sills noo😂
 
Looking well!

Volvos ain't all that😂

Hard graft!

Inspired by my current escapades on the Oxford Canal, I thought I'd start a thread to share the floating and non floating detritus on or nearby the floating highways..
This was a 2.5d w201 - at the wharf we collected the boat from

The current floating shed

 
The Thames is in flood, so we have only been able to come up as far as Thrupp - as the Lock onto the river is at RED so no chance of getting through safely.
 
For context,  we travelled about 7.5miles in 4hrs (lots of moored boats due to the Thames being shut, so lots of tickover running). The same trip by car..
 
Nevertheless such a slow cruise affords plenty opportunities for shite spotting!

More to follow no doubt. I may see what nautical scrap I can share - there are some right belters!

Hard graft!

Today, we will mostly be heading north to repatriate a noisy little forced induction thing to its rightful keeper…more to follow 🙂

 

Hard graft!

Hard graft!

The only canals I have used are the ones in the Netherlands which are ace because you can use them with a mast up all the way from Flushing in the south to Delfzijl in the north.
Edited to add that the boat draws 5 ft 6" so deep as well!

Inspired by my current escapades on the Oxford Canal, I thought I'd start a thread to share the floating and non floating detritus on or nearby the floating highways..
This was a 2.5d w201 - at the wharf we collected the boat from

The current floating shed

 
The Thames is in flood, so we have only been able to come up as far as Thrupp - as the Lock onto the river is at RED so no chance of getting through safely.
 
For context,  we travelled about 7.5miles in 4hrs (lots of moored boats due to the Thames being shut, so lots of tickover running). The same trip by car..
 
Nevertheless such a slow cruise affords plenty opportunities for shite spotting!

More to follow no doubt. I may see what nautical scrap I can share - there are some right belters!

Some prime Canalshite

And some pretty ones as a contrast

Inspired by my current escapades on the Oxford Canal, I thought I'd start a thread to share the floating and non floating detritus on or nearby the floating highways..
This was a 2.5d w201 - at the wharf we collected the boat from

The current floating shed

 
The Thames is in flood, so we have only been able to come up as far as Thrupp - as the Lock onto the river is at RED so no chance of getting through safely.
 
For context,  we travelled about 7.5miles in 4hrs (lots of moored boats due to the Thames being shut, so lots of tickover running). The same trip by car..
 
Nevertheless such a slow cruise affords plenty opportunities for shite spotting!

More to follow no doubt. I may see what nautical scrap I can share - there are some right belters!

Final broadcast as now on M40 north..

Final broadcast as now on M40 north..

An assortment of shite from this morning's cruise.

 
This is a canal mobile blacksmith

 
This was a lovely boat with a really smart sunroom at the front.

Hard graft!

Final broadcast as now on M40 north..

As alluded to above, @jaypee had a go at repairing the hose with self amalgamating tape. Cheers!
Before

Washed 

Scuffed 

Taped

 
Will fit it up when back from holiday - also going to see if I can hunt down a spare.

Hard graft!

An assortment of shite from this morning's cruise.

 
This is a canal mobile blacksmith

 
This was a lovely boat with a really smart sunroom at the front.

Hard graft!