> No doubt a lot of you have seen last Thursday's programme ''Countrywise''
> with Paul Heiney [a poor man's ''Countryfile''] where a link between
> Stratford & Warwick on the currently unnavigable Avon was featured. Back in
> 1992 when a mate & I 'did' the Avon Ring & made a video of our adventures we
> heavily featured this 'missing link' & bemoaned the fact that it wasn't to be
> because of the 'attitudes of riparian land-owners who didn't wish to see
> scruffy boats passing by their properties.''
> We were merely quoting contemporary reports. The programme on 26
> March made it sound as though the link would be started next Tuesday, so
> definite was it. In reality though, does anyone really know if the scheme has
> received a recent boost? I mean, according to ''Countrywise'' this issue has
> been under discussion for nigh on 500 years, we can afford to wait a bit
> longer!
> Barry
> Nb where'sthejcb?
>
That programme was made up of extracts from previously transmitted programmes.
IIRC the item on the link was from an earlier series of Waterworld originally
put out anything up to 2/3 years ago so shouldn't be seen as referring to
something happening this week (if only it was!).
John
