24 HOURS to MOVE! | The difficulties of mooring on the Thames | Boat Life | 83
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- In this weeks vlog we share with you the difficulties of mooring on the River Thames. When coming onto the mighty river from a canal, it might well feel like an unfriendly place with little or no mooring and some places giving you 24 hours to move. Today we reveal some of the tips we've picked up over our 18 months on the water. #mooring #nomooring #difficulties
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Great to see old haunts. I used to help the Shepperton lock keeper work the paddles. Circa 1956!
Oh wow must have been fun 🤩
Quick tip. Use the fair leads when mooring will save your paint
Hi Les good tip thank you 😊 👍
Hi, guys interesting video.
Thank Tony 😁
Cheers from NZ good news is we are into Summer here hope make you feel better haha
Hi 👋 Jim thanks for watching 😁 not jealous at all haha 😂 we’re into endless rain 🌧️ 😂😂😂
Iv got a leccy blanket on the boat and it’s great.
Definitely keeping on the Christmas list 😁
@@WidebeamandWellingtons do. Flipping lovely, doesn’t use much juice and climbing in a toasty bed is lush.
Another really good video
All the boats in desbough cut were issued with notice move court summons and a few actually did move
However if it’s your only home Kingston council have to find you alternative accommodation before the boat can be seized which obviously will take years.
The environment agency does not recognise wild moorings so any moorings that are not private land and do not have a 24 hour restriction are considered 72 hour maximum stay
There is no requirement to move a certain distance on the Thames like there is on crt canals which creates quite a grey area regarding moving on the Thames however I would suggest moving at least 10 miles in either direct.
It’s quite difficult as you guys will know sometimes to get a mooring between Teddington and Windsor
Even in the winter as people tend to sit on some moorings for weeks at a time
Thank you and a really insightful comment it’s really handy to know these things, we didn’t realise that there wasn’t an amount you had to move on the Thames we thought it might be similar to canals, very interesting 😁
Great information as always thanks take care
Thank you Caroline 🙏😁
Back in the day when I was a lad and it used to be all fields round ere…. As soon as the lock closed the lock landings were a free for all no charge, but you had to be away in the queue at opening time. Along with anchoring we used to throw a bow line over a branch and those little islands stick your bow in and rope round a tree. Probably involve the high court and NATO these days.
Sounds like the good old days 😂😁 how things change 🤣
@@WidebeamandWellingtons plan to get down on the Thames next year sometime and certainly planning to use/do some of those mooring methods. And as long as there is a good supply of beer and grub onboard there will be plenty of weir stream anchoring
Let us know Steve will have to try and meet up 😁
@@WidebeamandWellingtons Wilco. I’m only up the road in Chertsey…. So if you hear heckling from the cheap seats you know who it is 😂
Description is very misleading guys,surely the Thames is very different in London to say it’s source or out that way :)
It’s odd my brothers boat is mired at Windsor & as far as I know he never has many problems.mind you he’s got
A a yougert pot and
B doesn’t use it that often and
C has me his lucky lookout ;) we went for a meal at the bells of outlet last month there’s what 5 spaces outside.when he passed none free,I got there 1h early 3 free lol.stander guy are until he arrived with the family in tow :)
We’ve done the whole of the Thames apart from tidal, think we said as you get further towards Windsor etc it is easier to stop for longer, in fact many of the large towns you can stay for longer but there are many moorings which are only 24 hours. You just have to know the area I guess 😁
Hi Hayley, Richard and Bailey, interesting vlog! I def agree with John with his comment on the signs disappearing. You are right too it's really sad. On a brighter note I hope you enjoyed your Sunday lunch at the pub! Take care 🙏.
Hi Margaret it is a shame about the signs think John is right! Sunday lunch was yummy 😋 😁😂 take care 😁
The signs are made from aluminium and people take the signs for profit, I saw someone cutting one down close to Kingston last week and he wasn't a Council or E.A. worker!
Oh no, that's terrible! Then boaters get in to trouble as there are no signs! Not good!
@@WidebeamandWellingtons it's happening everywhere not just on the rivers and canals, it's happening on the roadways as well, people are struggling with their income and bills so they're supplementing it by stealing anything they can sell!
@@johningham4942 So sad 😞
I can’t work out why they don’t get them made out of plastic,must admit my 1st thought was theft/vandals/the great unwashed ;)
Great video really interesting. I have been to the Thames Court many times good food, Saturday evening in the summer its like 10 deep at the 🍸 bar I always order 2 drinks each. Do you manage to get down to the boat every weekend?
Hi Philip 😁 their roast dinner was good too 👍 We do come to the boat every weekend can’t stay away 😁
What’s this book you talk about in this video please ?
And did I hear correct you referred to it as the book of lies ?
It’s one of the Thames guides, we’ve jokingly called it the ‘book of lies’ on our videos after our first trip up to Oxford and many moorings either not being where marked and even one being a graveyard where we definitely couldn’t moor! 😂😂
@@WidebeamandWellingtons what’s the one you have called ?
I’ll find out which one my brothers got ;)
According to him he only has the best #yawn yawn ;)
I've watched quite a few of your video's now and I keep thinking - "I know that chap from somewhere" .... It's only JUST dawned on Me .... Francis Rossi - Status Quo ...... Who'd a thunk it ?? 😂 .... Thought For The Day .... You'll have noticed the Astronomical RISE in Roadworks/Road Closures/Clean Air Zones up and down the Country causing Gridlock in MANY AREAS - Commonly known as #TheWarOnMotorists ...... That's been very successful in restricting our Free-Movements on the roads ..... They are NOW coming after the FLOOD of Boaters who have chosen Boat-Life as a cheaper alternative to Renting or Home Ownership - Just take a look at London canals and the Order-Books for NEW Widebeams & Narrowboats ...... #TheWarOnBoaters has been launched! ...... Probably WHY all the Signs are disappearing .... To put people OFF of River/Canal Life 😞
Hi Pete haha 😂 as long as Richard doesn’t start singing 🤣🤣🤣 Oh no #thewaronboaters you could well be right! 😂 that was definitely a thought for the day 😂😁👍
do you live on your boat full time
Hi Jane, we’re not full time just yet but hope to be early summer next year 😁
Do you live on your Boat for X-mas or do go to a land Home
We’re going to our nieces this Xmas and then new year on the boat, so a bit of both 😁