Captain Beeky wrote: > A three hour chug brought us to Ansty at lunchtime and plenty of space > on the VMs just west of The Rose & Castle. Whilst dealing with the > ropes it was not too hard to notice that the dogs of Ansty had been > permitted to leave us several fresh welcome gifts. I managed not to > tread in any, but it was a close run thing ! > > And then, at the water point, it was impossible to get alongside due > to a big underwater obstruction. Come to think of it this length of > canal has those sloping big stone sides, many of which have slipped, > crumbled or been knocked into the canal. That perhaps accounts for > the frequent difficulties encountered when waiting to one side at a > bridgehole for oncoming traffic. > > And another thing, are they called Ansty banks - that bit of > embankment between the social club and the M69 ? It's been mentioned > before but a great length of this has been designated "no mooring" > presumably to keep nasty boats away from the resident's bedroom > windows. Can't they pull the curtains ? I can see why it would be > undesirable for a colony of unlicensed and/or shed encumbered boats > to take root but surely a quick turn round 24 hour "en route" > stopover should be allowed. > > Beeky
So UM is going "home" again Cap'n? ;-) -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest / Barge Maurice A (on the drawing board) Follow the traveled TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk 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/
