Grooves of time on the Macclesfield canal.
#industrialhistory #life #canallife #time

I was looking at the invoice for my mooring fees.

It's a price per foot per day.

Sometimes it makes sense that boats pay by the foot, like for blacking (painting) the hull. Or for insurance, … maybe.

But in other cases it doesn't make sense to me.

I'm not entirely sure that licensing a boat should be priced by the foot.

#CanalLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #boat #license #mooring #fee #CRT #UK

Just finished re-sealing the covers of where my PV panel cables go into the narrowboat roof. Used Sikaflex. I think I got more on me than around the seals. #CanalLife
I suppose March is a good time to have your stove condemned #BoatLife #Boatstodon #liveaboard #CanalLife
Yes YES babes it is sunny on the river today and I have this morning successfully cruised my 60 tons of Dutch barge to the water point and back after a lot of prep, for only the second time ever. Turning a 74 foot boat in an 80-90 foot wide river is not for the faint of heart but it was was pretty smooth this time. Feels SO GOOD! #Boatstodon #CanalLife #BoatLife #liveaboard #BoatsThatToot #leaBoaters

That thing where something sets off a duck alarm and it's right outside the nap cabin.

‼️Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack❗

#CanalLife #canal #boating #boat #narrowboat #duck #waterfowl

Continuing the thread, here's another part of the as-built design.

If you cannot figure out what's what, the ALT text (image description) offers clues.

For people who rely on ALT text, let me say that describing the inside of the boat on which I live would be like you describing the inside of the house in which you live. The image shows tons of detail, but I've only named all the main elements.

#CanalLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #boat #design #interior #exterior #illustration #photoshop

When I designed the boat, I painstakingly mocked up the outside and the inside, using Photoshop. (Yes, that's nerdy.)

As the boat evolved, I updated the interiors and exteriors in the design file to reflect every as-built and as-furnished detail.

Now, I've printed the updated image, and plastic-laminated it to withstand touching it as people point out details. Framed, it'll hang on a bulkhead (wall), in the boat.

#CanalLife #boating #narrowboat #boat #design #decorating #picture #image #art

Got a decent amount of solar today, not bad for a mid-Feb day, starting off with a heavy morning frost on the panels. #CanalLife
I heard the horn of fuel boat "Alton" (an original from 1936 https://www.facebook.com/Coalboat.Alton/) and hailed it for some coal & logs. Alex drew up alongside & the transaction was done. #CanalLife