On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 17:58:48 +0100, "Bru" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Only 76? There used to be *thousands*! Not on Apollo Duck! >I do know things ain't what they used to be But they never were .... One point to which you may be giving insufficient attention is that active young folk have many more opportunities for exciting pastimes available to them: waterskiing, wakeboarding, kayaking, jetskiing, sailing and so on. Craft suitable for those activities are widely available and comparatively cheap. It may be that appreciation of the virtues of pottering slowly along canals comes only with mature years .... bjg
