Bruce Napier asked: > A thought which has been exercising us greatly for the last > few days is how say 200 boats are going to get through to St > Ives for next year's National in any reasonable time, and > even more so, how they are all going to get back in about a > week? There can't be that many VMs on the Nene, even doubling > up and using all the 'informal' spots, and then there's the > problem of Salter's Lode. You can do maybe, what, 5 boats at > best in each tidal window? > > The locky was muttering about it already. Seems there's some > talk of sending some out through the Old Bedford River > Sluice, after going round the southerly route through the > Middle Level and through Welche's Dam, but that is also > limited by the tide, of course.
And length. In 2001 Fulbourne went to the Milton Keynes National from the Great Ouse via the M1 (see http://www.fulbourne.org.uk/co/Index.html). Perhaps next year others will have to do this trip in reverse. David Mack ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
