Mr_C
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good evening, new boy here, first post. Just bought a boat and am planning to stay on her with the family this weekend. 1 Massive problem! How do you tune in to ant and dec saturday night, my kids are beside themselves with terror that we may not get a digital TV reception, the portable we have was supplied with the worlds tiniest digital antenna, will it work? Any tips?.
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No_Regrets
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Loc: Welwyn Garden City, Herts UK.
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Yep.
Look around the boat, you'll find many more pressing issues to bother yourself with...
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Mr_C
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Thanks for the very clever answer? The long winter nights must just fly by!
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No_Regrets
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Go sit up on deck, check out the clear sky, listen to Birds and other creatures doing their stuff, have a drink, then another....watch the water glistening in the moonlight*
Try the TV when the novelty has worn off 
*If it's pissing down with rain, perhaps a local Pub might be a nice idea.
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Mr_C
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That's the plan Stan, but still need the back-up for bored juveniles! We will be leaving the Taplow area and plan to cruise no more than 3 or 4 hours can anyone advise a decent 1st night stopover point? Ideally with a watering hole nearby!!
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No_Regrets
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Henry on Thames?
Should be OK in four hours if memory serves me, and plenty of paid for Moorings space this time of year.
Also free moorings on the towpath on left half mile before one of the the locks.
They'll live without TV. Really 
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byron
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Keeping kids occupied is always very hard. TV signals vary from place to place. Some spots are superb yet move a few feet and they blank out. I'm afraid it's a question of suck it and see.
You may find, as many have, that a TV aboard is just an ornament. There's so much else going on around you that there just isn't time for TV.
The kids make friends and dinghies are down and you don't see them for ages, your sole purpose is fielding complaints about them speeding. Best is to deny they are yours 
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Mr_C
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Sounds good, fairly confident we shall head in that direction, or maybe the other!!
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Mr_C
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Thanks Byron, that's the kind of common sense answer i had hoped for old chap....
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apollo
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We are in Taplow too, try Marlow or Cookham - one problem wih Henley is that TV reception is lousy.
Get yourself Satellite dish in a suitcase from Maplin for £49.95, comes with decoder. Best bit of kit I have bought in ages.
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