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Post by bdsa »

jampekka wrote: post #75
s3krit wrote: post #48

I've been waiting for the day that HN would have something tangentially related to the English and Welsh canal system so I could gush about it. For those that don't know, we have around 2500 miles of (mostly) navigable canals around the UK. They were built during the industrial revolution prior to the invention of trains such that we could transport coal and other goods relatively quickly and without damage (consider…

Loved the canals when I lived in England (Leeds). I didn't narrowboat, but rode bike (including commute) on the canal sidewalks. Canals tend to have wildish nature around them (quite rare in England) and they are digged totally flat (with a very subtle incline/decline, apart from waterlocks). They have decent sidewalks that make them ideal to bike along (quite rare in England). They are very long so you can have a da…

The "sidewalks" are towpaths - horses and/or people would walk along those to pull boats along.

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Post by pachico »

JetSetWilly wrote: post #80
mock-possum wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Double standards are practically a necessity to maintain bigotry. I’d be more surprised to find prejudice that lacks that kind of hypocrisy.

The narrowboaters thast stay near me don't seem to indulge in open air defecation everywhere around, they don't appear to litter and leave plastic and gas canisters in incredible quanties everywhere before buggering off, and they don't go door to door with dodgy schemes. The travellers that occasionally stay in the field next to my house do all of this and more. Pretending that this difference doesn't exist and that…

Wow, all this escalated rather quickly...

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Post by flohofwoe »

Crazy detailed, but also kinda random. For my home area, there are small creeks/brooks (??? in German "Bach") which are literally just half a meter wide and in the middle of a forest on the map, but others which are flowing right through settlements are not listed.

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Post by shafyy »

s3krit wrote: post #48

I've been waiting for the day that HN would have something tangentially related to the English and Welsh canal system so I could gush about it. For those that don't know, we have around 2500 miles of (mostly) navigable canals around the UK. They were built during the industrial revolution prior to the invention of trains such that we could transport coal and other goods relatively quickly and without damage (consider…

This is incredible! How easy is it to buy and register a Narrowboat? How does it work legally, can you register your home address to the boat?

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Post by pasc1878 »

pachico wrote: post #82
JetSetWilly wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The narrowboaters thast stay near me don't seem to indulge in open air defecation everywhere around, they don't appear to litter and leave plastic and gas canisters in incredible quanties everywhere before buggering off, and they don't go door to door with dodgy schemes. The travellers that occasionally stay in the field next to my house do all of this and more. Pretending that this difference doesn't exist and that…

Wow, all this escalated rather quickly...

You obviously don't have travellers near you.

Our local parks are now much harder to get into let alone if you are disabled as they all have a small rampart across any flat entrance to stop cars and caravans being driven onto the park.

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Post by marklit »

yosito wrote: post #62
pavon wrote: post #31

Who mapped these? In New Mexico we have a ton of dry arroyos that maybe have a couple inches of flowing water a few times a year. Zooming in at places I'm familiar with, a surprising number of them are mapped. I know of rez roads[1] nearby that aren't on OSM or any map I know of, but the ditch we used for cross country practice is. Wild! [1] Two-track dirt roads on the Navajo Reservation that are not regularly mainta…

I'm in Thailand, and zooming in to places I'm familiar with, a surprising number of rivers and waterfalls are completely missing. I suppose there are quite a few factors that affect data quality in different regions around the world.

Add them in https://rapideditor.org/rapid

There are usually several satellite image providers for anywhere that isn't a sea or ocean. You can trace over them.

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Post by AlexMuir »

mock-possum wrote: post #57
s3krit wrote: post #48

I've been waiting for the day that HN would have something tangentially related to the English and Welsh canal system so I could gush about it. For those that don't know, we have around 2500 miles of (mostly) navigable canals around the UK. They were built during the industrial revolution prior to the invention of trains such that we could transport coal and other goods relatively quickly and without damage (consider…

If you were to give take a broad guess at the cost of moving around like that, in terms of maintaining supplies and securing a place to stay when you’re not in the mood to move with the current, what would that come out to, say monthly?

It depends on the level of comfort you want. If you're willing to shit in a bucket and shower once a fortnight then you can do it very cheaply and it'll be acceptable. Try that in a house and there will be concerns for your welfare. If you want a bathtub, on-demand central heating, a big fridge-freezer, bow thrusters, macerator toilets and a permanent mooring with mains electricity then you'll pay much more than you would for a house. Horses for courses. But doing things on boats is fun, and inventing solutions is great.

Edit: You wanted a figure - for the sort of boat you'll find on a canal in the UK. Bottom end: buy a small fibreglass boat for £5k, pay £1k a year for your licence (many at this end don't bother. Another £1k a year for maintenance and fuel )

Top end: Buy a big boat for £300k, £2k a year licence, £6k mooring, £1k insurance, £5-10k a year in maintenance.

Also factor in that boats mostly depreciate (though the last couple of years have been an exception). If you spend £100k on a boat today, you won't be able to sell it in 10 years get that £100k back. If you fail to keep on top of maintenance a boat will rapidly lose value.

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Post by lukasm »

I had a look at central Europe and this map not accurate e.g. motor boar = yes and it only shows w few parts of the same river.

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Post by omnibrain »

s3krit wrote: post #48

I've been waiting for the day that HN would have something tangentially related to the English and Welsh canal system so I could gush about it. For those that don't know, we have around 2500 miles of (mostly) navigable canals around the UK. They were built during the industrial revolution prior to the invention of trains such that we could transport coal and other goods relatively quickly and without damage (consider…

A few years ago, we decided to travel to Wales, mainly to visit the Doctor Who Experience, but also to pay Llanfairpwll­gwyngyllgogery­chwyrndrobwll­llantysilio­gogogoch a visit (for the novelty factor). We flew to Stansted and then drove through the English countryside and had a truly magical moment, when we decided to stop for a short rest. In small town we drove onto a parking lot, and then followed the sign to a small park/picnic are. The park was right at one of the waterways and there lay a few of those narrowboats and one or two were navigating the channel. It was such an unexpected sight, it felt light out of this world. Before that I had never heard of them.

Later I saw a depiction of life on such a boat when my wife watched Call the Midwife. It must have been Episode S05E07.

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Post by yawpitch »

shafyy wrote: post #84
s3krit wrote: post #48

I've been waiting for the day that HN would have something tangentially related to the English and Welsh canal system so I could gush about it. For those that don't know, we have around 2500 miles of (mostly) navigable canals around the UK. They were built during the industrial revolution prior to the invention of trains such that we could transport coal and other goods relatively quickly and without damage (consider…

This is incredible! How easy is it to buy and register a Narrowboat? How does it work legally, can you register your home address to the boat?

If you’ve got the money for one it’s easy to buy (see a site called ApolloDuck for used prices) and register, though the specifics of registration depend on which waterways you want to be on (the Canal and River Trust covers the majority, the Environment Agency some key sections, and there’s some odd few others managed by their own agencies). It’s perfectly legal, but as Covid really proved access to services can be a bit confusing, as it’s the mooring, not the boat, that can be classed as having a post code, and pretty much everything in the UK is tied to your post code. So while the boat can be your residence it can be more than a little difficult to access things like GP Surgeries (primary medical care( and other government systems that assume you’re at a fixed address. It’s a great way to live and to see the UK, but it has caveats for anyone with chronic medical issues, for example.
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