--- In [email protected], "Neil Arlidge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know what all the fuss is about, do boaters not carry any spare rope > and a spade nowadays? > > -- > 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/ >
I understand what the rope would be for but I'm not sure about the spade unless (and this is a really wild guess) you would use it to dig a channel for the boat to move through in the parts of the canal with not enough depth - but I can't see that as being either possible or sensible....so please enlighten me. Ben
