Bruce Napier wrote... >We were listening to our copy of the Narrow Boats LP on the iPod last >night. We bought this record in the 70s, and it was particularly >entertaining to realise how many more of the places referred to were >now known to us. > >One thing though: in the song "I'm a hardworking boater" comes the >lines "Meself and the missus has nearly been drowned/Working by night >in the 15 mile pound". He's got "a big load of spelter for Birmigum >bound" so presumably he's on the GU, but we can't think where there's a >15 mile pound on that run.
I suspect this refers to Stoke Bruerne (top lock) to Whilton (Buckby bottom lock). Although Jim Shead puts it at 14.5 miles, Nick Atty's Canalplan at 14 miles and Nicholsons at 13.5 miles. -- Martin Clark Internet Boaters' Database http://www.lock13.co.uk/boats Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk
