[Default] On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:46:51 -0000, "Sue Burchett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> finished tucking into their plate of fish, chips and mushy peas. Wiping their mouth, they swiggged the last of their cup of tea, paid the bill and wrote::
>>When I was working for Canaltime at Sawley, one question we always >>used to ask was "How far did you get?". Most got to Fradley, some got >>to Great Haywood, but one morning we were a little surprised to get >>the answer "Gas Street"! They'd done 6 12-hour days, going up Aston / >>Farmer's Bridge, doing the BCN Main Line and coming down the >>Wolverhampton 21 and back down the Staffs & Worcs. He'd thoroughly >>enjoyed it, She looked knackered! >> >>Brian L Dominic > >Did they say if they did it the modern way, him on back lord of all he surveys >or the old way, her peeling the spuds & steering whilst he worked the locks. > I suspect they did it the modern way! Brian L Dominic Web Sites: Canals: http://www.brianscanalpages.co.uk Friends of the Cromford Canal: http://www.cromfordcanal.org.uk (Waterways World Site of the Month, November 2005)
