Author: Robin-at-Tooleys
Hardy 2-11-24a
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Hardy 24-10-24
Rounding off our videos of hemp rolling and caulking at canal weekend – Nathan and Jacob weighing with the (yes we know it’s not a caulking…) hammer and caulking iron!
Hardy 12-10-24
Here’s a bit more of last weekend’s canal festival and the demonstrations of caulking: Jacob learning how to tease out and roll hemp ready to pleat and then hammer it into the gaps between the planks of Hardy’s hull. With some sage advice on had from Ian Staples!
Hardy 9-10-24
A busy festival weekend in Banbury with all sorts going on including boat trips, a floating market, live music and more (not that yours truly got out of the dock to see any of it, but it was all there). Our wooden boat expert, Ian Staples was demonstrating caulking on Hardy. Here’s how it’s done…
Village Butty at Canal Festival
By Village Butty see: https://www.villagebutty.com/ To coincide with Banbury Canal Festival (Oct 5th-6th), we are transforming Britain’s oldest inland waterways dry dock into a truly magical venue for 10 days of music, art, theatre and comedy. With a blend of the very best local, national, and international artistes Tooley’s Arts Festival 24 – supported using…
Hardy 7-9-24
A messy session lead by Ian Staples: heated up the Charlie that we made a few weeks ago. Mixed it with Oakham and filled a troublesome hole up from the inside and outside of the boat.
Fund Britain’s Waterways
Fund Britain’s Waterways (FBW) is a coalition of organisations representing hundreds of thousands of users and supporters of inland waterways. We are campaigning for national and local government to act now and protect the public benefit and natural capital of our waterways. FBW is all about bringing together the widest possible group of organisations and…
Hardy 23-6-24
A combination of drier weather and last week’s jaunt has caused Hardy to spring a few small leaks. Here’s Craig, one of the team, at work with some hemp and a caulking tool…
Hardy-16-6-24
A fine bit of teamwork taking Hardy on a voyage to turn round – so we can work on the other side.