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PKYo

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Liveaboard boater who visits rural inland dales and small towns on a steel narrowboat. Sometimes folks join me. My main boating concerns: canal closures, potable water, fuel, groceries, data reception, brown water¹ pump-outs, and heat. I eat on board, not in pubs. There's music² on board. On the tail end of middle aged. Avoid politics.

I follow people who balance boosts with their own posts about interesting things.

¹ This means what you think.
² Bouncey, age-inappropriate.

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PKYo, to boating
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Two very old, grey-haired guys hobbling along the towpath with two very old, grizzled dogs.

Canals are a wonderful community resource – linear parks with water, grass, trees and a path to walk, jog, and cycle on, and to share with boaters.

For boaters, the canal bank and towpath are our garden.

PKYo, to boating
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At day's end, I tied up the boat near a Canal & River Trust service shack: water, elsan, toilets and shower.

A shower! 🚿

I hurried from the boat to the CRT building in only my shorts, T-shirt and shoes, towel and soap in hand. (These places lack clothes hooks, so fewer items is better.) They did have a wooden bench, and a disabled grab handle that I used as a towel rack.

#CanalLife #canal #boat #boating #narrowboat #CRT #UK #facilities #showers #water #towel #soap #washing #hygiene #VanLife

PKYo, to boating
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The locks toward Haigh Hall are deep. Their massive gates weigh more than a tonne each. A number of the gates have chains and pulleys to help boaters open and close them.

To share the work, I asked another boat to pair up.

Quite a few of the #locks are covered in a lush, living carpet of #vegetation (see photo).

I did see a worker, today, in a white hazardous-materials suit, #spraying #chemicals around each lock – #herbicides? 🤔

#canal #CanalLife #boat #boating #narrowboat #HazMat #HaighHall

PKYo, to boating
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Going through a flight of double locks, traditionally boats would be tied together to move more easily between locks.

You don't see it often because newer boaters don't know how, and —oh no— they'd have to talk about something other than the weather. It takes experience, trust and collaboration.

In the photo, one boat is crewed. It is steering both, using only one engine. The other boat crew is operating locks.

#CanalLife #canal #boating #boat #narrowboat #locks #broadbeam #double #navigation

PKYo, to boating
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Reached Manchester by early afternoon.

Tied up at Castlefield. Beautiful afternoon. Went cycling on a Starling Bank share bike. Saw references to bees and beehives everywhere. 🐝

People are friendly, here.

PKYo, to random
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OFFICIAL NOTICE:

We would like you to know that We Are Available, Willing And Able to eat more birdseed.

Don't delay. Now is good.

PKYo, to boating
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Living on a boat with a refillable water tank, I've learned to conserve water.

I wash daily but only shower once a week, because:

  1. It's a waste to run lots of water over your body and then pump it overboard.

  2. Human skin is great at keeping clean and oil-free without any help from Proctor & Gamble IF you let it recover from the chemical abuse of "body wash" etc.

  3. It's environmentally responsible.

#boating #narrowboat #canal #CanalLife #water #environment #overconsumption #UK #CRT

PKYo, to boating
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The marina down the canal quoted £400 + parts for an engine service. I'm told it's a fair price. I've booked it for Monday, the week after next.

I was also told to keep the old belts that get replaced, in case of a future belt emergency.

Here's the checklist.

PKYo,
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@markhughes I don't know how to do it. I wonder if they'll let me watch or claim that's a "health and safety" transgression.

PKYo, to boating
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Canal and River Trust brought 3 steel barges to the marina. Each one arrived on its own lorry/truck. A separate crane lifte them into the basin.

Here you can see a tug (blue) holding a barge in place in the basin, while a crane (yellow) lifts another barge over to the basin. A second tug has already left with the third barge.

That's yesterday. Today, three CRT vehicles and crew are parked here, waiting for …?

#CanalLife #canal #boat #boating #narrowboat #CRT #barge #tug #crane #marina #basin

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    PKYo,
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    @jonobie

    And the answer is … ?

    If you're like me and get way too focused on whatever, then: "No."

    Mrfunkedude, to random
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    Well, I'm feeling better. Now I just have a bunch of mucus that constantly wants to escape my nose. So tissues are essential.

    I'll spend the rest of #today resting. It's chilly this morning so I made sure to bring a small blanket downstairs to keep my legs warm. Maybe I should ask for an electric blanket for Giftmass? I already have the electric neck warmer.

    Anyway, hope whoever reads this has a great day. Do something fun for me will you?

    PKYo,
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    @Mrfunkedude

    My cold has settled in. I'm past the endless-tissue drippy stage. My lungs squeak and moan with every breath.

    My fun thing will be to go out in search of vegetables to eat. 😜

    🍅🍠🥕🌽🫛🫑🍆

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    PKYo,
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    @jonobie Photo?

    PKYo,
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    @jonobie It's beautiful work.

    evan, to random
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    #Thanksgiving, to me, is in part about recognizing that North America is a bountiful land that has provided nutritious, delicious food for millions of humans for thousands of years.

    It did not need to be turned into a clone of Eurasia to become livable. We have delicious, native foods here. #NativePlants provide the vitamins, minerals and energy we need; native animals have meat for those who eat it.

    One small step in decolonisation is to #EatNativePlants.

    PKYo,
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    @evan

    Also from the Americas and traded throughout:
    Tomatoes
    Eggplant or aubergine
    Potatoes
    Lima beans
    Salmon berries
    Saskatoon berries
    Blueberries
    Wild rosehips

    ghorwood, to random
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    when i was twenty-two or so, i was hanging out downtown doing nothing, as the punk rock kids of the era did, when a thunderstorm erupted. a massive downpour. i ran for the nearest public building to take shelter; the public library.

    “are you here for the 1pm tour?” the librarian asked. sure. what the hell. it was going to rain all afternoon.

    that tour blew my mind. i got my first library card as an adult that day.

    PKYo,
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    @DemocracySpot @ghorwood @kimlockhartga

    I got my first library card when I was 13. The library was in the basement of a commercial building, and we would go on Fridays. I read every SF paperback there was.

    We didn't have a TV, so books kept me occupied. They were an escape from school bullying and loneliness.

    #bookstodon

    PKYo, to boating
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    There's a dog placement service in this town, and I've put my name on the list.

    Today they called. Our boat could soon have a dog living on board.

    The service could use a better photographer, because the photo they sent of candidate one is fuzzy.

    #boating #narrowboat #dog #rehome #rescue

    PKYo, to boating
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    I just dropped the last of the canal boat crew at the flying boat place, to fly west for the winter.

    Me, I'm already at Euston station, rolling north in 11 minutes, back to the canal. By myself.

    Time for a sad song, covered by John Grant: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CZoEVGYAHfQ

    PKYo, to random
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    @jon

    You wrote: "even if your booking was made with one financial transaction, you might be left stranded in the case that your journey has multiple tickets from multiple operators".

    I can tell you that I bought 3 return tickets from Wigan to Manchester as ONE transaction, but when the return trains were all cancelled, and I claimed for a partial refund, only 1 claim was accepted; the other two were declined. And I had to fill in 3 separate claims.

    jon, to random
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    That booking rail tickets, Europe-wide, is a pain is well known

    But how would you actually go about fixing the problem - both legally and technically?

    I have had a go at sketching out the ways towards the solution, and the four building blocks of a solution

    #CrossBorderRail

    https://jonworth.eu/how-to-actually-build-europe-wide-multimodal-public-transport-booking-platforms/

    PKYo,
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    @jon

    I like the 4-part approach: planning, buying, live data, passenger rights.

    In the UK I am entitled to a senior discount but only because I buy a Senior Railcard, every year. Do you think part 2 (ticket purchasing), could offer pricing for seniors children, and students with minimal hassle?

    It sounds complex.

    I'm glad you're doing this.

    Green Party, you say? I happen to have my ballot with me for voting by mail in this month's Dutch election.

    PKYo,
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    @jon Well, Groen Links gets the vote your work has earned on their behalf. 🙂

    jon, to random
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    Welcome to Autumn 2023 Day 29, 29 Oct, Hendaye - Paris - Mannheim - Berlin

    Today I’m crossing these borders
    Euskotren - Irun Ficoba 🇪🇸 - Hendaye 🇫🇷
    Saarbrücken 🇩🇪 - Forbach 🇫🇷

    Map of today’s route
    https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-political-tour-autumn-2023_933893#6/48.115/5.801

    Today’s Live Blog
    https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/live-blog-autumn-2023-day-29/

    PKYo,
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    @jon

    https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/frontiere-le-pont-pieton-avenida-d-hendaye-va-rouvrir-le-30-octobre-1144855

    Julian_Invictus, to random
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    I'm bisexual which means I like both Pumpkin Spice and Peppermint Mocha.

    PKYo,
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    @Julian_Invictus

    Clearly, I'm not bi because peppermint ew.

    Pumpkin spice sausage, all the way.

    PKYo, to boating
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    We were busy with locks and watching for a chandlery to buy coal, not watching the sky.

    By the time we descended Church Minshull lock, it was full sun—but low in the sky because it's less than a week to November.

    Photo: We are passing a traditional carrier type of narrowboat, with its 2-stroke engine. It's not a putt-putt-putt sound; it's lower and more blutt-blutt-blutt.

    See ALT text.

    #CanalLife #canal #boat #boating #narrowboat #lock #Middlewich #ShropshireUnion #UK #weather #sunny #cool

    PKYo, to boating
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    We waited in vain for the fog to burn off. After wasting the morning with that, we have decided to get moving.

    We're winding the boat after bridge 91, and then heading back north to the Middlewich Arm, which connects Shropshire Union canal to the Trent & Mersey canal.

    #CanalLife #canal #boating #boat #narrowboat #weather #fog

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