Martin Clark wrote: > 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
...but also could be used for filling in the hole in the Rochdale -- 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/
