Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - a Workshop Day Today

[Six-cylinder]

A little trip out this afternoon with Mrs6C just before the light failed to view the Buckingham Canal Society's new work barge Louise at Cosgrove. Mrs6C had seen it before as she crewed for it when it first set off from Brentford up the grand union canal, pushed my tug boat Woodcock.

We took the 306 Cab as while it has been a low mileage week with me grounded for one of the days due to alcohol it is currently my go to car. I have had it for a week now and done 170 miles and today it turned 111,111 miles but we were not in a safe place to stop so Mrs6C just grabbed a shot while we were driving.

[richardmorris]

12 minutes ago, hairnet said:

lower the tone.............on here???

 

Start digging!

[ianbmw]

Ooooo a service barge! Is it held to the bank by the Canal River Trust approve rotten blue rope.....ideally 3 ropes knotted together?

I had an altercation with some of CRT rope 2 summers ago, to the extent it stalled the boat!

Its lovely cutting the prop free.

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[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, ianbmw said:

Ooooo a service barge! Is it held to the bank by the Canal River Trust approve rotten blue rope.....ideally 3 ropes knotted together?

I had an altercation with some of CRT rope 2 summers ago, to the extent it stalled the boat!

Its lovely cutting the prop free.
 

Mrs6C now has a fishing magnetic she recovered with its rope from around the prop of our boat Teal.

[hairnet]

10 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

 pushed my tug boat Woodcock.

 

 

 

 

 

peter or tony

[ianbmw]

Are they making much progress on the Buckingham canal? I must admit , mums boat hasn't been started for 2 years so I'm building up the bravery to attempt that task!

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[Six-cylinder]

22 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

Are they making much progress on the Buckingham canal? I must admit , mums boat hasn't been started for 2 years so I'm building up the bravery to attempt that task!
 

Yes it has all been about rebuilding the 1st bridge on the arm at Cosgrove so the bund can be removed , the farmer get to his field and the next section come into water.

[ianbmw]

Yes it has all been about rebuilding the 1st bridge on the arm at Cosgrove so the bund can be removed , the farmer get to his field and the next section come into water.

When do they plan to open the taps and fill it? That sounds entertaining

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[Six-cylinder]

Just now, ianbmw said:

When do they plan to open the taps and fill it? That sounds entertaining

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No date yet as there is still some work to do and testing to make sure the next section holds water.  It is all weather dependent. My guess April/May, we will then put teal in the water at Stoke Bruerne and motor on down into the rewatered section of the Buckingham arm.

[ianbmw]

No date yet as there is still some work to do and testing to make sure the next section holds water.  It is all weather dependent. My guess April/May, we will then put teal in the water at Stoke Bruerne and motor on down into the rewatered section of the Buckingham arm.

This sounds like an outing for Pioneer......follow the smoke of the air cool 2 cylinder diesel!

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[Mrs6C]

Teal has had a go in the rewatered bit already. She only needs 12" to float freely, so we popped her in there for the BCS Canal Rally in 2018, to promote the restoration work on this stretch of the Old Stratford canal.

 

This is how she got there...

 

 

 

 

 

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Mrs6C said:

 She only needs 12" to float freely, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

snortle

[Zelandeth]

Slightly different beast to the only boat I've piloted so far (unless an Alvis Stalwart counts?).

Doesn't half shift once it gets up on the plane...

[Eyersey1234]

I didn't know you had a boat as part of the fleet @Mrs6C

[anonymous user]

47 minutes ago, Eyersey1234 said:

I didn't know you had a boat as part of the fleet @Mrs6C

I think a hovercraft is in order next.

[Mrs6C]

1 hour ago, Eyersey1234 said:

I didn't know you had a boat as part of the fleet @Mrs6C

Yes, about ten years now.  The theme of plastic transport with a steering wheel  isn't confined to just road vehicles!

@Six-cylinder and I like canals and industrial history so being able to enjoy them from the water from time to time is nice. We like to explore the isolated canals and be able to travel further than a few miles away from base. A trailboat met these needs better than a regular steel narrowboat. She lives on a trailer in a friend's farmyard when not in use, although has featured at the FoD this year too.

There are various posts about Teal's adventures in the 'Other Boatshite' thread, such as this one:
https://autoshite.com/topic/24144-other-boatshite/?do=findComment&comment=1455020

[chaseracer]

On 12/31/2019 at 2:41 PM, richardmorris said:

Can we have a hairnet to English plug-in app for the website? 

We tried.  The site imploded... ?

[chaseracer]

15 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

...we will then put teal in the water at Stoke Bruerne and motor on down into the rewatered section of the Buckingham arm.

Sounds brilliant - any room for passengers? ?

[Eyersey1234]

1 hour ago, Mrs6C said:

Yes, about ten years now.  The theme of plastic transport with a steering wheel  isn't confined to just road vehicles!

@Six-cylinder and I like canals and industrial history so being able to enjoy them from the water from time to time is nice. We like to explore the isolated canals and be able to travel further than a few miles away from base. A trailboat met these needs better than a regular steel narrowboat. She lives on a trailer in a friend's farmyard when not in use, although has featured at the FoD this year too.

There are various posts about Teal's adventures in the 'Other Boatshite' thread, such as this one:
https://autoshite.com/topic/24144-other-boatshite/?do=findComment&comment=1455020

History is one of my main interests too. Which canals have you been on? 

[Mrs6C]

31 minutes ago, Eyersey1234 said:

History is one of my main interests too. Which canals have you been on? 

Teal has been to many more than I have, with previous owners, but counting those I have done with her:

England:
Grand Union, including the Aylesbury, Northampton and Buckingham arms; River Nene; Oxford; Kennet & Avon; Somersetshire Coal Canal; most of the navigable extent of the four levels of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Canal_Navigations) including the 'not really navigable' parts of the Titford Pools, Tat Bank branch and Cape arm that other boats cannot reach ; Lancaster main line and the isolated Northern Reaches, also a bit of the Ribble Link (Savick Brook basin!); Thames & Severn/Stroudwater Navigation; Ashby main line and isolated Moira Furnace section

Wales:
Monmounthshire & Brecon main line; Neath; Tennant

Scotland:
Forth & Clyde; Union; Falkirk Wheel link

Some I have done by canoe:

England:
Grand Union Brownsover loop in Rugby and Buckingham arm; Bridgwater & Taunton; Grand Western;

Wales:
Monmounthshire & Brecon Crumlin Arm

By other boat:

England:
River Thames; Grand Union; River Brent; Bridgwater & Taunton including Bridgwater docks; Grand Western; Bristol docks

Wales:
Llangollen

There are probably a few others I have forgotten and of course there are many more that haven't yet been done...

The BCN was amazing. Teal's trip is described here:
https://autoshite.com/topic/24144-other-boatshite/?do=findComment&comment=1642363

 

[Eyersey1234]

Teal is a well travelled boat, sounds like you have a lot of fun with her

[Mrs6C]

14 hours ago, hairnet said:

snortle

No translation needed!!!

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, Eyersey1234 said:

Teal is a well travelled boat, sounds like you have a lot of fun with her

Surreal experience going to Scotland, it only took ½ hour longer than normal, towing it with my Chelsea tractor and we had our boat in Glasgow. The first stage was organised from Glasgow to Falkirk with a flotilla of 80 boats of all shapes and sizes.

 Then siting in our boat looking at the Falkirk Wheel in the rain while drinking whisky and eating short bread, moored beside it. The next day the trough we were in when we made the assent was huge.

 Then parking outside a restaurant in the centre of Edinburg, that was quite a trip.

[richardmorris]

Have you ( can you?) gone up the Anderton boat lift?

[Mrs6C]

Just now, richardmorris said:

Have you ( can you?) gone up the Anderton boat lift?

Not yet, but it's on the list...

[Eyersey1234]

The Anderton boat lift is on my list too as it happens

[Six-cylinder]

When I was researching some Citroen Visa 14TRS stuff I clicked on Parkers site and was suprised to be staring at a picture of my own car!

 

 

[ianbmw]

Values gone up

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[Six-cylinder]

2 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

Values gone up
 

From tuppence to tuppence farthing!

[Stinkwheel]

.....I was researching some Citroen Visa 14TRS stuff ...

Oh, do I hear a plan hatching? Go for it Chris



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