[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My name is Herlinda. I'm an experienced woman ocean cruiser, trying to > break into the world of canal boat life. (What do you folks who live > on canal boats call yourselves? We ocean going folks call > ourselves "cruisers".)
We call ourselves "boaters". > Would you be so kind as to possibly direct me to where/who I might > contact for a non-commercial introduction into the life of narrowboat > life? I have lived aboard for many years on a monohull in the Pacific > so I know better than to whine and can pay my own way and then some. Wendy and I changed from being holiday boaters to being live-aboard continuous cruisers just before last Christmas. We'd be happy to answer any questions you have. We plan to spend most of this summer of the River Thames and the Kennet & Avon Canal and would be happy to meet up with you. Depending on when you're in the UK we mahy or may not have a spare berth (various friends will be boating with us at different times) for you to stay for a night or two. We'll definitely be at the Inland Waterways Associations National Festival (last weekend in August at Beale Park, on the Thames not far from Reading)which would be a good place for you to find out a lot about inland boating in the UK. Mike Stevens nb Felis Catus III - currently at Enfield web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk No man is an island. So is Man. > > A parting thought...I live in Hawaii and have a house on a glorious > beach. If someone were to want to trade hosting....I'd be open for > that. website link for house info: http://www.vrbo.com/92758 > > Aloha! Hope to hear from you :0) > Herlinda Lopez > Waimanalo HI USA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Judy Voets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, July 6, 2006 7:43 am > Subject: [canals-list] Re: Grumpy old people on Narrow Boats > To: [email protected] > >> The grumpiest reads the San Francisco Chronicle ... ;-} >> >> Stan >> >>> --- In [email protected], "Nigel Stanley" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 26/06/06, Julian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> > Apart from Terry on Arun most of the people on passing boats >>>> seemed to be > well in their 60's on highly polished and gleaming >>>> narrow boats and grumpy > with it. >>>> >>>> > Has this now become the "norm" ? >>>> > >>>> > Whatever happened to having a good time boating? >>>> >>>> > Julian >>>> > Who although he is over 50 still believes he is in his 30's >>>> >>>> We live in an increasingly privatised, suspicious world. It's not >>>> surprising that it also affects the cut. >>>> >>>> I always try and see what newspaper such people have on their >> boat.>> I'm nearly always right! >>> >>> Which one(s) do the Grumpiest read? >>> What about those who (like me) don't read papers? >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> John Watson >>> nb Tam Lin >>> >>> Not sure how old he should be, but its certainly not as old as he >>> feels!> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Judy & Stan Voets, POB 103, San Geronimo, CA 94963 >> Tel: 415.488.0985 >> You may never know what results come from your action, >> But if you do nothing, there will be no results - Gandhi >> > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check > out the enhanced email design. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/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/
