> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BARRY HOLLAND
> Sent: 18 September 2007 11:53
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Harnser's trip report Sept 07
> 
> 
> 
> Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:    
> > I saw 'Harnser' last weekend somewhere near Hemel [?]
> > I called out "Paging Brian" whilst cruising past on 
> "Hillingdon Star" 
> > but answer was there none!
> > Barry
> 
> That's because it wasn't us. It must have been another Harnser. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Even as I called out I thought that the lettering of the name 
> was smaller than  I first remembered @ Coppermill. You don't 
> expect a name like "Harnser" to be too widely distributed, 
> you must admit! I believe you told me @ Coppermill that 
> "Harnser" is a country name for "Owl" is that right?
>   Barry
>   Nb yafflemeanswoodpecker

Norfolk dialect term for a heron, I believe.

Regards

John Watson
Nb Tam Lin

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