Clarence, T-Mobile and Tiscali
It's always interesting to see a new boat in its 'embryonic' stages and somehow these views of NB Clarence seems to fit the image of her in the 'workshop womb'!
Got my T-Mobile card today. It's not a USB modem as promised but is a very different designed card than my last one - a lot more compact and neat. Quite a shame almost that I won't be needing it but at least I have made my point and only one month before I can cancel my T-Mobile contract and be rid of them for good!
Tiscali has connected wirelessly tonight although it did take a long time to finally connect and register to the network when I first switched on - I'm still not sure if it was just fluke that it connected or if it just took a long time. The speed is very erratic this evening fluctuating between 1.0 Mbps to 54 Mbps, not sure why but I guess it may fluctuate depending on how many other people are connected through my exchange - don't know much about it really but I'm sure someone will explain. I put wireless broadband in the same category as Voodoo dolls and black magic personally!!
A beautiful morning this morning. The winds have finally subsided and the sun and blue sky briefly took centre stage before threatening rain clouds upstaged them from mid afternoon onwards. Tomorrow, I have to find something red to wear in order to fit in with the Sports relief efforts of the school - no ideas what!
Another weekend looms fast and I have promised myself that this weekend I will devote a fair bit of time to Khayamanzi in favour of everyone else in the world! I need to prep. her before leaving next week. The plan so far is to travel solo down to Norton Junction where I will meet my father and we will then travel on either further down the Grand Union or up the Nene. Can anyone suggest which and what I would need to know about the Nene if I decided that route? Is it BW, what is it like? What are the locks like? etc etc.
posted by Khayamanzi @ 6:58 pm
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The Nene is Environment Agency, which means you need an EA licence and a key. Haven't been there myself, but I enjoyed the description by Sarah on nb Warrior of the locks, and how much hard work they are. Scroll down to the entry for 7th August: http://nbwarrior.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html
Hi, you will enjoy the Nene if you get there. The Nene is EA so you will need a licence unless you have a gold licence already. You will also need a Nene key for locks and services which you can get from Gayton marina. We had a great time down there a couple of years ago, some pix on our blog if you are interested. have fun!
Mo and Nessa Balmaha
Hi Andy, The River Nene, Fenland and Ouse are all Environment Agency so you need a Gold licence from BW. Gold starts in January so you will get a refund. Get the Imray maps that cover those rivers.
Chas
Thanks for this - I believe you can get a visitor licence on entry? Is it a river worth while?
Thanks Mo for the helpful info.
Thanks Adam - I'll take a look in a minute.
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