Cruised from our mooring up to Ware this morning considering the rain overnight, the river was up but it has been up for the last few days. Strong wind blowing in gusts looked like the order of the day but after picking up gas from the Marina and then in Stanstead Lock picked up a further two crew members ( I suppose no one else would have them) After reaching Ware, heavens open up.
Lee & Stort branch of the IWA, in between heavy rain. We moved our boats into appointed positions and spoke to people,a marquee was set up. From the marquee leaflets were being handed out and people could sign the petition. The local Deputy Mayor, was walking around, I had a fews word with him. He seemed very keen and on our side. Craig from the L & S IWA was making very useful, announcements over a microphone to announce why we were there and for people to sign the petitions etc. I think the normal suspects would be staying on tonight in Ware but we had to get our extra crew back to the Marina so Helen could go to her Mum's 70th birthday party tonight. Very enjoyable day shame about the reason why we had to be in Ware and the weather was not the best, but I believe our 23 boats (all narrow boats I'm afraid) is a good number considering its a dead end river.There was plenty of support from other boaters on foot. We believe that they had 600 names on the petition that day. Moose _________________________________________________________________ Windows LiveĀ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb 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/
