qwertybjg wrote... >--- 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? > >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. > The spade is for doing exciting things on the River Trent. <http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/T05_Imag/Upper%20Trent/DSC06901.JPG> -- Martin Clark
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