[modeleng] Re: I'm back

  • From: TEL <tel47@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:46:08 +1000

Hmmm ... better, I think, than trying to put a 7' wide boat thru a 6'10" 
wide lock. WE WANT PICTURES!!!
Alan Stepney wrote:
> >From a week of boating around the canals.
>
> Dave, Sorry I didnt get in touch. We didnt seem to have nearly enough time 
> for all we wanted to do.
>
> I did see the centre of Birmingham, the Black Country Museum, and we also 
> stopped for a few hours at Kinver and walked up Kinver Edge. Then to 
> Stourport and Worcester.
>
> We did some 65-70 miles, going through about 125 locks, and four major 
> tunnels. One of the latter was, indeed is, over 3,000 yards long.
>
> For those who dont know our canal system, the locks are, typically, 70ft 
> long and 7 ft wide.
> The boat we had is 66 ft long and 6 10" wide.
> Imagine threading a needle, when you are sitting some 60 ft from the "sharp 
> end"!
> Passing other boats can be fun, when the tunnels are 14'6" wide, and both 
> boats are nearly 7ft wide.
>
> All great fun and reasonably good weather.
>
> Alan 
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