tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post6682056284444194066..comments2024-03-19T22:19:20.357+00:00Comments on Captain Ahab's Watery Tales: Canal - book reviewAndy Tidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-49374849274956800012012-07-13T20:42:20.836+01:002012-07-13T20:42:20.836+01:00Graham
I have sent and e mail to the Trust to see ...Graham<br />I have sent and e mail to the Trust to see if they will let me, and the BCLM was next on my list for a day boat. If I get this off the ground do you want to come through?<br />AndyAndy Tidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-84580936829983316742012-07-12T23:42:34.445+01:002012-07-12T23:42:34.445+01:00Andy,
I'm sure the BCLM would be able to find...Andy,<br /><br />I'm sure the BCLM would be able to find you a suitable butty.<br /><br />For the full hertiage experience though the most modern form of lighting allowd is the hurricane lamp!<br /><br />GrahamGrahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-29235383919530766122012-07-12T23:13:19.773+01:002012-07-12T23:13:19.773+01:00Now there is an idea Graham. I took the tourist tr...Now there is an idea Graham. I took the tourist trip into the caves about 6 weeks ago for the first time and looked longingly at the rest of the tunnel and promised myself to do the full trip sometime soon. But a full length legging exercise - that would be fun. I will contact the Trust and if possible get a gang of enthusiasts to do it together. AndyAndy Tidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-11881820054099332702012-07-12T09:32:24.910+01:002012-07-12T09:32:24.910+01:00Good morning Andy,
You may or may not wish to pub...Good morning Andy,<br /><br />You may or may not wish to publish this.<br /><br />A suggestion, given your interest in all aspects of canals, have you ever been right through the Dudley tunnel? If not I recommend it.<br /><br />The normal way to go through these days is on the tunnel trust's electric boat. This is great but for me it had one major drawback and that was the noise of the propeller. <br /><br />Being a veteran of the early days of the efforts to save the tunnel I remember well legging an old joey boat through. Usually it was a Sunday morning and the boat was fully loaded; no health & safety to worry about then. We usually got through in an hour and a half with the trip back taking a little longer, because lunch was taken at a local pub. I even once legged a boat through with just one other person - that took four hours! <br /><br />The atmosphere of a legged passage is totally different from a powered one and obviously much closer to how the tunnel was intended to be worked. I don't know how easy it would be leg through these days but I guess that if anyone could fix it you could.<br /><br />GrahamGrahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-2526558032334940512012-07-11T19:15:24.458+01:002012-07-11T19:15:24.458+01:00Graham
I hope you enjoy it. There are times I thin...Graham<br />I hope you enjoy it. There are times I think I enjoy tracking down the lost canals more than cruising the open ones (well - nearly!) AndyAndy Tidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-77944856298328680762012-07-11T09:53:11.604+01:002012-07-11T09:53:11.604+01:00Just managed to buy one on eBay for £2.65 delivere...Just managed to buy one on eBay for £2.65 delivered! Looking forward to reading it. Thanks for the review sounds just what I like and it will remind me of my childhood days on the banks of the Walsall Canal and teenage wanderings on the BCN & Dudley Tunnel.<br /><br />Thanks too for your lost canals - some of the most interesting blogs anywhere.Grahamnoreply@blogger.com