In the old days (1800s) when two boats had to pass each other it
and one of them had to drop there line it was customary for the
boatmen to joust it out with poles to knock each other onto the water
--- In [email protected], Will Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Adrian Stott wrote:
>
> > There have been several fist fights and cases of involuntary
swimming
> > on the Regent's Canal in London when high-speed bicycle commuters
have
> > met other towpath users. Also, a few years back, a British
Waterways
> > director is reported to have been thrown in by a bicyclist he
> > remonstrated with.
> >
> Picture the scene: sloping path above and parallel to canal is
populated
> by two cyclists. Canal path below is occupied by a fisherman with
one of
> the longest poles I have seen. Fisherman starts to withdraw pole to
> accommodate the approaching boat; the pole goes back over the
towpath at
> an angle that takes it over the bank behind and directly into the
path
> of the oncoming cyclists one of whom just sees the pole and manages
to
> duck just in time as the pole narrowly misses his head. The second
> cyclist, startled by his companion's sudden evasive action, just
manages
> to prevent his bike from careening down the bank towards the
fisherman.
>
> Sadly we were too far away to listen to to the subsequent exchange
of views.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Will Chapman
> nb Quidditch
>
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