Hi Mike and Alan - and not forgetting earlier posters either, Well, your posts are very encouraging for me and I would fully agree with your caveats as well, they seem most sensible; I might also consider investing in an automatically inflating life jacket. After all, I did - eventually - did get used to that darned cycle helmet (and even promote them now to friends, relatives and acquaintances) because personal experience of acquired brain injuries proves that they are not a *good thing* and, more often than not, fairly preventable!
I rather like the 'five stops' approach, if only for wintering in really inclement weather (obviously, 'work' is no longer a problem for me) - and one would like to hope that BW are more likely to advise/warn in the first instance, rather than instantly prosecute, should they be offended at any time. Presumably one is not expected (allowed?) to navigate when rivers are swollen or frozen (if that ever happens?) Are 'winter closures' usually common and, more specifically, long lasting events then? I can see that routine works are usually publicised in advance - this now being a good opportunity to say a big 'thank you', to everybody, for *all* of the many links, blogs and personal websites that I have now discovered (and which, by the way, I am spending *far* too many hours enjoyably reading .. LOL). Trevor :-) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Askin Sent: 17 November 2008 09:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Hi folks ) (Single Handed) On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Allan Cazaly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <Snip some good single handing advice> > Oh yes, I usually cruise between Watford and Milton Keynes on the GU, > which is hardly "Bridge Hopping". Depends if you go from one bridge to next along that route! :-) Actually I would say that staying within two days travel (I could single handed from Watford to Milton Keynes in two days) is not really continuous cruising either. Just how far you should travel to produce a continuous and progressive journey around the canals is up for debate... and during winter that is obviously impossible thanks to stoppages. Cheers, Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
