From: "Will Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 2:45 PM Subject: [canals-list] Re: Canal Etiquette
> David Cragg wrote: > >> >> - Trying to tell MY husband what to do is stupid. He was in the >> (merchant?) navy for > > 10 years and has been through the Panama canal many times. He > says this is a doddle >> compared to the work he did to get through them! >> > > I've met them! Her husband was the one that I described in a > previous post - I was single-handed and alone in Braunston bottom > lock and he (and she) opened the paddles wide open whilst I was > climbing up the ladder! > > She said the same thing to me when I complained once I got to > the top of the ladder. > > I took note of their boat's name but it is lost in the cobwebs of > my ageing memory. > > Cheers > -- It's a pity you can't remember the name of the boat - or which scheme it was with. It is incidents like this which get all shared boat owners a bad name. A bit like hirers. A bad expereince with one tends to colour your judgment of all hirers. Ann
