Myth...Tim Spall doesn't know what he's doing ?....MYTH BUSTED!

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Tim Spall doesn't know what he's doing eh??

Just ask yourself exactly who was getting soaked to the bone and who stayed dry and warm whilst negotiating the locks on the Scottish canals???

Looks like a mark of a pro to me !!

PS: in close-up poor old Tim looked like he was getting a bad case of scurvy......either he needs more greens, (maybe not in a small boat eh?) or is genuinely getting stressed-out over this.
 
Who's the Man ??

Clyde_Wanderer said:
Dont know, but I hope that carnival is away before the Scuttlebutt cruise:(
C_W
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I think that this Carnival had left about this time last year... so no worries there then.....that's the beauty of television......

Rumour has it that Tim and Dylan have just crossed paths opposite Skegness.....apparently just ' giving the sailors salute' and each carrying on....each one diligently turning left....or.... right as per their independent beliefs ..... such is fame......£150k custom built barge...series sponsored by the Beeb 'v' £2k Mirror Offshore...series sponsored by 'Salty Dave'...c'mon.....who's the Man??
 
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Applescruffs said:
very...very...good point!......bzzzzzzzzz.......

even in the rain though? the little sods....they don't tell you about that in the holiday brochures do they???

Mind you.....'she' looked ok ??
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Perhaps the rain saved her.

They don't tell you about the midges in the brochures because nobody would go :D

Mostly I've missed the midge season, but when they're there they are unbearable. A gas lantern attracts and kills them, but they still come. There are tens of thousands of fried midges around the base of the lamp next morning.
 
elton said:
If you go at the right time you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.

If you go at the wrong time you will wish you were dead.
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when you hear grown men screeming down the streets of loch lomond at kicking out time on a saturday night lol, then you get an idea !!
 
I had a bright idea once.

Asked a Scottish Forestries chap what he used.

Jungle Formula Family Lotion.

Brilliant. Need to top up every hour or so, but smells fine and easy to use. I wouldn't go to Scotland without it.
 
Has anybody here ever heard of a Carnival in a Scottish town at 02.00 hrs? The Fair at Rothesay winds up at 22.00 during Glasgow Fair fortnight and I imagine it does more business than the one at Tarbert, Loch Fyne.

Methinks the lady doth protest too much!!!
 
Dougie_the_Mate said:
Has anybody here ever heard of a Carnival in a Scottish town at 02.00 hrs? The Fair at Rothesay winds up at 22.00 during Glasgow Fair fortnight and I imagine it does more business than the one at Tarbert, Loch Fyne.

Methinks the lady doth protest too much!!!
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That surprised mee too, but if tere's paying customers & no Police, maybe it did.


BTW, Shane was badly botheed by the midges, you can see her in the rain trying to swat them away - totally pointless cos they can dodge raindrops but you just can't help yourself.

I said earlier he stresses a lot about the passages & was very relived to be on the canals again. That barge does not cope well with waves from any direction. My other concern is that he seems to do a fair bit of chart based passage planning but then struggles to deal if the trip doesn't follow his initial plan. I've seldom had a passage plan survive contact with the weather unless it's a really vague one or has the full range of "alternatives" built in.

Fair do's to him for carrying on tho & muddling thro. He is clearly a persistent beggar.:D
 
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