> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Sullivan > Sent: 29 February 2008 17:04 > To: canals list > Subject: [canals-list] Narrow boats in wider waters (was: > onboard AC power) > > Sean writes: > >I entirely agree, but many of the boats reviewed are ordered > by people > >who have never owned a boat before and the worktop is the > only part of > >it they understand. > > And they want toilets that do everything bar sing "Pop Goes > The Weasel", not to mention gold plated taps, etc. > > My first canal hol was on a camper butty (Kildare) towed by > an unconverted motor. The ablutions were a tin bowl and the > toilet was a vast elsan. I don't go canalling to pretend I'm > at the Ritz, especially as I'm up and down locksides all day > and generally somewhat scruffy by the end of the day (and at > the start, to tell the truth). > Coo! And this was the [erson that complained about my tattoos aeons ago <g>
I do agree with you though. My first boating holiday was one where, if you were cold, you turned the oven on and kept the door open! Boating with Sean is an interesting experience :-) Ian Cardinal "I do not know who has placed the limits of charity in Africa " St Augustine
