On 1 Oct 2007, at 14:57, David Sullivan wrote: > Although there are theoretically a huge number of > wide gin-palace type boats on this stretch, the > reality is that many (most?) of them never seem > to stray out of their marinas. On the occasions > when I walk my dog in the Remenham/Hambleden area, > I'm quite likely to see three or four narrow boats > and one or two (or even no) wide boats. > In the winter seeing anything other than a narrow > boat is rare indeed.
Too true. A couple of Christmas's ago you wouldn't have seen anything other than the same narrowboat :-) We were out and about for 5 days and only passed one other boat briefly on the move - a dutch barge at that... -- Andy Greener n.b. Whisper Pangbourne, UK http://www.nb-whisper.com "Standards are an endurance sport."
