> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Bruce Napier > Sent: 06 September 2009 20:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [canals-list] In the Saturday Telegraph travel section - > more canal dreamery > > > On 6 Sep 2009, at 17:38, Bru wrote: > > > , 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!!!) > > > Well, if you will spend all your time in the bar... > > ;-}}}
Erm, er, but, er, that's where I is meant to be! I don't like it, honest. It's me job > > Actually, although there are far fewer plastic boats than there used > to be (partly because of the risks of petrol fuelled engines?) there > were a lot at Redhill, mostly tied opposite us in the "parlour" of > workers' boats, and we saw a good many on the Witham earlier in the > year. > > There's more to the Inland Waterways than the narrow canals of the > Midlands... Is there? Damn! I knew I was missing summat!!!! Actually, I can see quite a lot of plastic boats quite near here on the river Nene (see, I do know another bit of navigable water after all! :-) ) Bru
