2008/10/6 Martin Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Steve Haywood wrote... > >2008/10/6 Bob Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> eeerrr... no, you don't agree with him. He wants to do the double > >> crossing of the Pennines on his way from the Lancaster to the Peak > >> Forest. To avoid a double passage of the Ashton, he needs to go > >> straight on at the top of the Rochdale Nine and do rest of the > >> Rochdale first, Huddersfield last. > >> > >You're absolutely right. I read it carelessly that he'd be entering the > ring > >FROM the Peak Forest, not LEAVING it. But I still agree with him. Do > >anything to avoid the Ashton twice. > > > Why is that? The Ashton is a good example of an urban canal and is safe > enough if you do it during school hours. If Richard goes round > clock-wise he would end up not doing the Ashton at all, which would mean > he has not completed the South Pennine Ring. If you're not bothered > about doing the whole ring, Richard, then go around clockwise, but don't > be put off doing the Ashton by any misleading bad-mouthing of it. >
I knew you'd say that Martin, and it inspires me that you do. I do the same when anyone bad mouths Leicester. Every canal should have champions. Besides which, I think my view on this is well known: that it is futile giving a canal a bad reputation which is tantamount to condemning it. In my defence (though it isn't much of a defence and I'd have been better off not saying anything) I'd move heaven and earth to avoid doing the T&M South of Alrewas at the side of the A38. Whoops, have I put my foot in it again? Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
