Got 20 mins to follow a bunch of real adventurers.Rather boaty.

[oldgit]

Trying to avoid the rubbish my wife watches on the tele,came across THIS
A bunch of gentlemen of a certain age doing a rather neat tour of south east coast with a blurry narrowboat.

 

[boatone]

Well, if you think thats good alternative telly take a look at Chris Coburn's Adventures.
Mind you, he does it to flog more lavvies......

Mind you, he does come a cropper sometimes........

 

[Whitelighter]

Is it on TV tonight? What channel?

 

[oldgit]

Why not just hire a crane to do your anti-fouling like other peeps eh...........
Anyway all Pedros want to be narrow boats when they grow up. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[rickp]

Yeah, been following the TNC stories - pretty good. Serious narrowboating when you go equipped with chainsaws just so you can get that little bit further up a disused & overgrown cut /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Rick

 

[oldgit]

Saw a narrowboat off of Canvey isle last time we came round and they waved,least think they were waving.Saw another on the way back a week later a mile or two further up the reach .Same boat we reckon. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[fisherman]

Is it true that they used to lash them together to cross the channel?

 

[Kilter]

Don't know about that, wouldn't fancy it myself!

There was a chap who set out to cross the Irish Sea in one, they were never seen again.

 

[totopalm]

" Climb every mountain ford every stream
till you reach your dream!! "

 

[Geoffs]

There was a story about some working boatmen who used to deliver grain to Wellingborough on the Nene. The story goes that they were trapped on the Nene due a stoppage on the Grand Union, so they sent a message to head office with a scheme to get back, not wanting to lose money.

'Plan to lash motor and butty together with telegraph poles, proceed down Nene to Wash. Will travel round east coast, into Thames Esturary. We knows the road from then on'

They got a reply.

'You do that, and your cards will be waiting for you when you arrive'.

 

[jhr]

Also worth reading Narrow Dog to Carcassonne, if you're interested in crossing the Channel in a narrowboat.