Michael Clarke wrote: > "Neil Arlidge" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Michael Clarke wrote: > >>> Good and be prepared to generate a lot of interest and questions >>> from lock keepers, the general public and other boaters. My boat >>> club http://www.snef.be/ here in Belgium became very upset when they >>> thought I might leave and join another club, they didn't want to >>> lose an interesting boat ;-) >> >> Is it true they forget your length and let you into ports that >> normally do not allow anything over 15m? > > Not had that problem so far in Belgium. > >> I expect you have done the narrow and shallow Canal D'Ourcq and >> shimmied under all the lift bridges? :-) > > Not done that yet but I have shimmied under a few lift bridges at > locks on the Sambre ;-) > >> Having had a waste of time trip to Paris to look at a barge in >> Arsenal Basin, we spent Sunday morning watching the traffic going >> round Ile De La Cite and Ile St-Louis. >> Although a bit scary, hardly worse than going through London on the >> tideway. > > I'd expect that after what you have managed to achieve with your > narrow boat in the UK, that the canals and rivers of Europe will be a > doodle for you.
Yes, but me and the diminishing bunch of TNC members are getting a bit past it and were looking forward to an easy life sitting in a heated wheelhouse.......ho hum... Anyway...Ireland is first and that will take 3 years to knock everything off, assuming the Royal Canal restoration does not falter. -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest Follow the traveled TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk Visit this site and help save our waterways http://www.savethewaterways.org.uk/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
