dave hearnden wrote: >>> Seeing as TNC have already upset Waterways Ireland................ >> > Brian Dominic asked > >> How?? >> > Silly question...................... just by being there! > > Moose;->
...by daring to ask to go down to Dublin in a day, spend half a day there then come back again? We did not dare mention to them that in the evening after coming up from Dublin we popped up and down the Naas Branch (5 locks that have probably not been used for well over a year, bring your own paddles and should be declared the Irish equivilent of a SSSI) Seeing as WE count double locks as two, we managed 30 Grand Canal locks in a day (13.5 hours...is this a record?) Waterways Ireland's response was to issue a dreaded "Marine Notice"..certainly not the result of vandalisim. http://www.waterwaysireland.org/index.cfm/section/article/page/MarineNotice7of2 A lot of the locals are very miffed about this notice, but at least WI now knows that the Grand Canal DOES go beyond Hazelhatch....To be fair most of the WI staff we have met on the Grand Canal have been friendly (some TOO friendly, as they have not seen a boat for months) and helpful. One locky stalked us (in his little blue WI van) along his patch, so that he could pounce on us at his first lock! When we stopped in Lowtown (the ONLY place to get Diesel on the Shannon and Dublin Lines of the Grand Canal), the Welsh bloke that served us finally clued up this THIS was the dreaded "Tuesdaynightclub" boat :-) -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest - Shannon Reg 7410...not here anymore... Follow the truly independent TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk Visit this site and help save our waterways from the DEFRA cuts http://www.saveourwaterways.org.uk/
