On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:35:32 +0100, you wrote: >Nick Atty said > >I was steering a 60 foot long hired narrow boat across the L&L summit. > >Thanks Nick > >Where did you hire from. What boat? I am sure someone has had it since!
The name escapes me. It was from Skipton, and was the most remarkable boat ever - there was no insulation at all, and the bed frames were welded onto the hull so as to conduct the maximum cold from the outside to your body. It had then been spay painted throughout before the basic furnishings were added. It felt more like a cross-channel ferry than a canal boat. This was an expedition of the Leeds University Canals! Society - so we managed to consume enough beer to make the cold nights bearable. BW always sent our press releases to the Leeds University Canals[ Society, which told many of us what make of computer they were using at the time. The rest of the family were on Mintball and heading from Crooke down towards Liverpool. They, too, found it a bit difficult - particularly getting pinned to the sides at swing bridges, but they too have steered in worse. Soft southern jessies making a big fuss, if you ask me. -- On-line canal route planner: http://www.canalplan.org.uk (Waterways World site of the month, April 2001) My Reply-To address *is* valid, though likely to die soon
