Bru wrote: > I can't remember the last time I saw a plastic cruiser on the cut (although > to be fair, I hardly ever get down to the water these days - the only boat I > clapped eyes on at the bl**dy National was a barge and that was a static > exhibit on the bank and I only saw *that* from a distance! I understand > there *were* boats there but I never got to see 'em!!!) > > It's all gone a bit up-market and WAY too expensive for my tastes. Sour > grapes? Perhaps! If I won the lottery it might be different!
We've just done the best part of 500 miles over the summer. I think in our travels we've seen two small plastic cruisers moving on the canals (although one was actually quite large and on the Paddington Arm). The rivers (or is it the non-BW waterways?) are the only places where small plastic jobbies seem to survive. It may be that these are the places where the costs of ownership are lower, but I'm not in a position to comment. Wassail! nb Boden, currently Newbury, usually G&S. -- Martin Phillips [email protected]
