"Brian Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We have only been set adrift once and that was on the Runcorn Arm by the >pub. I came as a bit of a surprise as we didn't return to the boat until >the pub closed and then my daughters in-laws came onboard for a coffee so >we were quite late to bed. >When I told someone the next day they suggested it was the local fishermen >out at daybreak as they would rather not have boats up there. Whether this >was correct or not I don't know.
I, too have been set adrift only once. At Ware. The villain cut the rope, but it must have taken him ages as the rope was ancient, sun-cured, and extremely hard. I'm amazed his efforts didn't wake me. OTOH, I was once eating dinner with six others in a narrow boat at Dudley when a little darling through a brick through a (bedroom) window, and let go one rope before we boiled out after him (he got away in the darkness). It happens. If you are concerned, use a chain and padlock to something permanent on the bank. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
