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Skipper Billy, that is bad luck, If you ever see any of the GPO lads working in the street, have a bit of cheek and ask if they could possibly furnish you with ( at a price ) a length of their draw cord. Other than that, I have used platted nylon cord, available from good hardware suppliers, bit on the expensive side though, but very strong. I used 40mm household waste water pipe, with slow bends, to use as a conduit, when I put my supplies underground, with no bother. If you have started digging I am probably too late to suggest this. You can buy quite cheaply, online or from hardware stores, a pack of 1m x10 lengths of screw together cabling rods, two packs would cover your 20m, if the pipe is in a straight line you could thread a new draw line through with them, hope you get it sorted

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You would not believe the row they make during the courting season

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Hi Rockeyes and welcome to SGL. Choosing the right scope and photographic accessories for AP, if you are not sure, might just become a bit overwhelming. In the end a lot will depend on your budget, but one of the most popular setups, centres around using an 80mm ED/APO telescope, mounted atop of such as the Skywatcher HEQ5 mount, with an appropriate imaging camera. However, such will make very big holes in your pockets and you may not want to stretch your finances that far to start with. There are many other ways to take piccy's of the night sky, which are much less demanding on the pocket, a bit of research among the imaging and photographic sections of the forum and question asking, should provide you with some answers, but there is a big warning on the label of the AP tin, "this section of the hobby can become very addictive". Hope you find what you are looking for, enjoy the forum

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Paul, If you measure the diameter of the hole, this should give you an indication of the screw size, which, in all probability, will one of the standard metric sizes, used mostly now as the industry standard. Better still, if nothing is going to fall apart, take out the front cell screw shown in the photo, then you will have something to match accurately for screw depth and diameter. There is an abundance of small quantities of metric screws on the Bay, black possibly difficult to match. I personally, would replace all screws with Stainless steel, there will be no chance of rust attacking them over time, if you do not like the bright colour, you can always black the heads. Hope this helps

Hi Grapefruitmoon and welcome to SGL, I am afraid I am not conversant with the Doncaster area, but I am sure there will be someone along soon that can give you some guidance on suitable places to observe from, enjoy the forum