Yes, we have rented from Kate Boats....a boat called Thomas David. I am saving some of these emails for reference purposes. Thanks!
--- In [email protected], Guy Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Rhonda > > I hope you'll have a great trip. I assume from your itinerary that > you're hiring from Kate Boats. Which of their boats have you booked? I > moor at the other end of the Stockton flight at Warwickshire Fly Boats > yard so you'll be passing nb Virgo on the last leg of your return to > Stockton Top marina. > > When I returned to boating after 20odd years I hired Dorothy Constance > and single-handed to Stratford and back from their other base in > Warwick. > > WRT some of the comments in the other thread - I can see from your OP > that you're by no means first-timers, even so 11 hour days in October is > IMHO quite challenging ( at least it would be for me these days!) though > you're avoiding the school half term holiday so there shouldn't be too > many boats about. To be honest it wouldn't be the day length that would > bother me as much as the need to keep going even if it's chucking rain > down in stair rods. I once did the Aylesbury Arm in a thunderstorm but > that was 30 years ago. > > The other thing you need to know about this list and uk.rec.waterways is > that thread drift is an essential part of the way we chat! The fact > that people have started talikg about inexperienced Canaltime hirers > doesn't mean they see you in the same light:-)} > > Anyway, as I said, we moor at the bottom of the flight. I'm never quite > sure when I'll be on the boat as I work away mid-week most weeks in the > autumn, but if I'm here and you fancy a pint at the Blue Lias before you > set off then drop me an email nearer the time. > > Cheers > > Guy > -- > Guy Morgan > nb Virgo, WFB, Stockton GU > Defend the waterways. > Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk >
