Geoffs
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Reged: 15/06/2001
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Loc: Wantage,Oxfordshire
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Closer than you think! 
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Old Chinese proverb 'Man who sail boat into rice field, soon get into paddy'
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Geoffs
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Loc: Wantage,Oxfordshire
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Bit late posting today, had visitors. Anyway left Ramsgate at 8:00am this morning near perfect conditions.
Bit lumpy up tp North Foreland but once round into the estuary very smooth. Used Princes channel, as advice was to avoid Overland route if any east in wind. It was almost due east. So through Princes and past towers.
The rivers narrows quite quickly so under QE2 bridge and eventually to the barrier.
Did my bit on getting clearance through the barrier with London VTS, all ok.
As everyone warned me, loads of rubbish in river so did a sedate 10 knots after QE2.
And so onto to St. Katherines. About a dozen boats waiting to go through lock, manic for a while, trying to hold station (all buoys full) and passenger boats using St. Kats Pier. Eventually got into lock.
Into relative peace of the marina and ties up about 1:00pm
So onto to Teddington and beyond tomorrow, must remember ot pay respects to Forbsie.
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Old Chinese proverb 'Man who sail boat into rice field, soon get into paddy'
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Cuchilo
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Reged: 19/04/2003
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Loc: London
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I'm worried ! Forbsie is now the first forum member people see on the Thames
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byron
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Reged: 16/05/2001
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Loc: UK -Berks
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Splendid! and thanks for all the photographs. I have enjoyed them all no end.
Curious as to how/where you managed all the Internet connections.
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www.alexander-advertising.co.uk
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Geoffs
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Loc: Wantage,Oxfordshire
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Got a laptop and mobile modem on boat. Ain't technology wonderful. See ya soon if all continues to go well. got to persuade EA to let me in yet.
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TrueBlue
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Reged: 30/04/2004
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Loc: Sussex
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Thanks for asking, Byron - I wondered too.
Looking at sundry threads and posts here it's rapidly becoming apparent that it is now economic to use a mobile phone G3 to get near ADSL speeds and for about the same money.
As with much in business nowadays there's "not a lot" of real information when you try to sign up. The attitude seems to be:-
It's wonderful,
Get it now,
Pay up (min: 18 months contact).
Zilch detail about what speeds to reasonably expect; vague map showing where you can't get a connection,
No T's & C's to read first,
OK it's not a lot of money to tip your toe in the water, but isn't it reasonable to know what the vendor is committing to (if anything???)
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Geoffs
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Loc: Wantage,Oxfordshire
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I've got one of them dongle thingys. Came as part of the deal when I got a new phone from '3'. Works well, get 2GB a month which is enough. A bit slower than broadband at home, but not much. Claims 'up tp' 3.5mps. Doubt it gets there. ideal for on the boat though.
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Old Chinese proverb 'Man who sail boat into rice field, soon get into paddy'
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Cuchilo
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Reged: 19/04/2003
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Loc: London
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Good to see you today Geoff , sorry i didnt get over in time to have a beer but i was trying to blow the new toy up with the pump on suck 
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Geoffs
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Reged: 15/06/2001
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Loc: Wantage,Oxfordshire
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Me again, got as far as Kingston, today. Having stopped for a couple of beers with Forbsie at EEl Pie. What a fascinating place that is, and what a 'project' gordon has.
Left St Kats about 1:30pm, on about the third lock out of the day. Must say they are most efficient at St Kats, calling you on radio when they are ready for you to leave your pontoon, having registered your preferred departure the evening before, it was very busy today, of course. locking out into river.
So up river past the place where a bunch of t*ssers fiddle their expenses and figure new ways to screw more cash out of us!!
On up river with the last chance for a wake shot, for a while.
Having said good buy to Gordon off up to Teddington
Don't know who was on duty it was not our own tame lock keeper. But a very helpful chap who saw me through ok, having relieved me of some dosh, of couurse. Just went up to Kingston and found a spot for the night. A nice low bank when I could clean all the salt water off the hull.
No real plans for tomorrow, just plod on up river.
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Geoffs
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Loc: Wantage,Oxfordshire
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Good to see you from a distance and put a face to a name, well a backside anyway
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