--- In [email protected], knorman...@... wrote: > > Hi Heather & Derek, > > We were in this area earlier this summer. We had no previous knowledge of the > area and were aware of various 'scare stories' that are told of highly urban > areas such as Birmingham and Manchester. The advice that you have received in > previous e-mails is, I am sure, very reliable. Our experience was that we > thought we would moor at the Piccadilly Basin. However, it is a bit bleak > there and we were made aware that the police had been involved the previous > evening in an incident involving bricks being thrown at a boat moored there.
> > Keith & Pat Norman Sounds like a plug for using the Thomas Telford Basin in Piccadilly Village, as that's safe within a gated community. Depends what day and time you arrive - if it's evening, I'm not sure I'd want to go down to Castlefields with everyone in the gay village as gonzoozlers! Steve
