Vaguely OT (as usual): Source of fishing net to make a trailer cover

q1 - whereabouts in Kent richard?

Have you thought about having a wander down to any of the towns which have a fishing fleet and seeing where they get there bits?

Si (Chatham)

Camouflage netting is good for that kind of thing too, as long as you don't end up losing the trailer in the garden! Easily available from army surplus stores. If you put it in the loft then you'll find out the answer to the age-old question of "where do the flies go in the winter".

Mind you, the proper thing's not expensive either;

Cargo Net With Tarp (2.5x3m) Price (ex VAT): 13.99 Price (inc VAT): 16.44

This

We had a memorably wet holiday in Kirkcudbright one 'summer' when the kids were young, and I spent most of a week in a dripping awning learning to make nets from orange nylon twine. Actually relatively simple when you get the hang of using three fingers to set the hole size.

AWEM

Not bored enough to start my own net-knitting, thank you Andrew!

Just spent a couple of hours ruining what remains of my eyesight re-soldering the data/power connector on my wife's iPAQ. For those that are interested the instructions found here:

Or, at least it is now reliably recharging. I haven't tried data exchange yet.

Richard

Looks interesting

Ta

Richard

Hello Si

I'm in Sevenoaks. I know that a wander down to Whitstable might turn something up, but I suspect that any remaining Kent fishing fleets will have net that is much lighter than the Irish stuff. It was made from seriously big green cord and had recoil-type characteristics - almost rope really, not the orange string that I think Andrew is referring to.

Ta

Richard