mackem 29,522 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 1 hour ago, waltjnr said: You didn't sleeping in a van next to the train tracks ? Are you living the van life walt?Or homeless? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mitre 254 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 Once the boat up and running and ready for the waves on the water are there any boat trips going on for this summer touring British Rivers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waltjnr 7,920 Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 12 hours ago, mackem said: Are you living the van life walt?Or homeless? Was referring to our resident net work rail grafter , 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pardus 1,610 Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 6 minutes ago, waltjnr said: Was referring to our resident net work rail grafter , The keyword is grafter, I'm starting to like you. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 31,271 Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 Just had to drive to Leicester to pick up my barrister friend while my mate drove his boat to stourport for dry docking mate left Thursday morning I left early this morning and met him at the dock in stourport this afternoon that’s the boat just arriving in the last pic 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mel b 3,532 Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 On 16/05/2025 at 16:34, Greyman said: Just had to drive to Leicester to pick up my barrister friend while my mate drove his boat to stourport for dry docking mate left Thursday morning I left early this morning and met him at the dock in stourport this afternoon that’s the boat just arriving in the last pic I've had a beer or two in the Angel over the years , and spent a fair few nights fishing in front of it. Had my biggest pike of just over 23lb from there as well. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 11,369 Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 (edited) Is that Braunstone in Northamptonshire and has a long tunnel as been through that tunnel a few times on mates narrow boats,always raining going under the air vent chimney things.... Edited May 17 by fireman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 31,271 Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 14 hours ago, mel b said: I've had a beer or two in the Angel over the years , and spent a fair few nights fishing in front of it. Had my biggest pike of just over 23lb from there as well. Nice little boozer will be back up during the week to black the boat then the return journey next weekend when it’s all done a 20lb river pike is quite an achievement mate still a milestone fish 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mel b 3,532 Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 1 hour ago, Greyman said: Nice little boozer will be back up during the week to black the boat then the return journey next weekend when it’s all done a 20lb river pike is quite an achievement mate still a milestone fish I caught it on a dead roach just dropped down the edge while I was feeder fishing . It just picked the bait up and didn't run. It was like a wet carpet hanging on the end of the line until it popped up and saw the net , then the fun started . 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 31,271 Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 Well back at stourport docking the big boat tight squeeze but she’s in then down to Bredon to get some plate on the other one the big boat will be pressure washed and have new anodes fitted today then we will start blacking the bottom in the morning 14 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 17,941 Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 (edited) Little gravel path at a school today, should be some good jobs come off the back of this, so a fair but not a good price on this job Edited May 19 by Stavross 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Borr 7,671 Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 2 hours ago, Greyman said: Well back at stourport docking the big boat tight squeeze but she’s in then down to Bredon to get some plate on the other one the big boat will be pressure washed and have new anodes fitted today then we will start blacking the bottom in the morning How to you paint when sat on beams? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 31,271 Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 1 hour ago, Borr said: How to you paint when sat on beams? A lot of yards don’t bother with the base plate as it’s much thicker metal and just gets rubbed off as soon as you go onto a canal but I will put a couple of coats on between the beams if I can get to it 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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