> Hi All, > > Thursday morning started with a wholly different weather pattern. Cloudy, > cool and windy. The meal at Zizzi in the quay last night was excellent for > value and quality. Apparently they are part of the ASK chain but a bit > more > upmarket. A phone call to John the BW man to ask him to lift the bridge > for > our departure was successful and after a bit of difficulty turning round > we > exited the quay at 9.15am. Gently down the canal we went followed by Black > Prince Nb Ariel. There are a number of new bridges on the Union with MM on > them. We wondered what it stood for. Walking along the towpath we spy a BW > man. Turns out he was the project manager for the whole shooting match. He > explained MM was millennium. He also explained that the section we were > now > on was not there 6 years ago, this section had been filled in and built > on. We > complimented him on a job very well done and asked why there were so few > boats about. "we are asking ourselves the same question came" the reply. > We > further asked if they intended to dredge, as the canal was very shallow in > places. "Health and safety, it was deliberately built with a depth of > 5.5ft" > he explained "as the locals and particularly the children were not used to > a > canal being there". In a few years time the depth would be increased. The > weather was brightening up a little now. We continued on and once again > enjoyed our surroundings. Funny how canals can look quite different going > the other way. For the next 7 hours we sit back and enjoy, taking it in > turns to steer. As we approach Linlithgo, our overnight mooring and > miniGIG > location it starts to spit with rain. For me, a shower and sit down in the > comfortable chairs in the saloon. I soon find an hour has gone by, long > time > since I have had a few ZZzzz in the afternoon. The miniGIG starts at 7pm > with the arrival of Ann and Ian Street followed swiftly by Niall of Nb > Tangram fame. We eat at a local indian restaurant. The food was pretty > good > and the company better. Wendy asked to see the wine list, "red or white" > came the waiters rely. This must be good we all thought, two wine lists. > "red" says Wendy. A few minutes later the waiter returned with a bottle of > red wine, a single bottle, on it's own. That was the selection. So we had > that! Oh how we chuckled. They also had a 13amp plug near the table so > laptop charging took place. Back to Nb Fiona for coffee and more chat. The > party broke up at 10.30 ish. A very pleasant evening. Thank you all for > taking the trouble to come and meet us. > > > > Regards > > Andrew & Wendy from The Cut >
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