Canal life

[gnipper 6,626]

Best holiday I ever went on as a kid was on a barge and it went through some areas rammed with game that completely ignored the boat, if you had an airgun you could feed a tribe.

[Deker 3,478]

I love my boat, and spend many days/holidays/parties/etc on it, but mines a cruiser. 

There are some exceptional narrow boats and many well equipped for extended living, but I'll stick to the house for living and the boat for fun.

ATB!

[tomburras 2,730]

6 hours ago, Greyman said:

This lad has been doing it on a tight budget for several years and has kept a blog going on utube, worth a look though he is at the very basic end of boating life https://youtu.be/Hpu34e9dQpc

 

What a great guy. 

[Chid 6,676]

Always wanted to live on a canal boat , used to spend many a day as a child down at Portland basin on the Huddersfield/Ashton canal fascinated by them .. maybe one day 

[scothunter 12,609]

Yea I have watched a few of that Dan's bids. But I think he moved back into a house. 

[Lenmcharristar 10,013]

58 minutes ago, Chid said:

Always wanted to live on a canal boat , used to spend many a day as a child down at Portland basin on the Huddersfield/Ashton canal fascinated by them .. maybe one day 

Stick you 1 on the lake beside yas chid lol plenty of trout for grub also

[low plains drifter 10,889]

19 hours ago, W. Katchum said:

Cheers mate, wouldnt/couldn’t do it with my tribe a feral kids like but maybe one day when I’ve thrown them out an kicked missus to kerb it could be summat I’d think about

You old romantic

[Chid 6,676]

1 hour ago, Lenmcharristar said:

Stick you 1 on the lake beside yas chid lol plenty of trout for grub also

rather eat a scabby rat than a trout 

that lakes up for rent if your interested

[Greyman 30,036]

3 hours ago, scothunter said:

Yea I have watched a few of that Dan's bids. But I think he moved back into a house. 

He did for a while but he,s back on the cut in a new boat again nowhttps://youtu.be/hb9EUQF27I4

 

Edited December 19, 2018 by Greyman

[Lenmcharristar 10,013]

7 hours ago, Chid said:

rather eat a scabby rat than a trout 

that lakes up for rent if your interested

Used to be monster pike in it too

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,490]

I’d love to live opposite a canal as sometime eventually some clown would do this 

 

[dytkos 17,864]

Was out lamping a golf course many years back, shone round  the clubhouse and seen someone trying to break in, must have thought we were old bill and run off and one of them jumped in the canal to get away ffs

Cheers, D.

[Greyman 30,036]

11 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

I’d love to live opposite a canal as sometime eventually some clown would do this 

 

Drink and water a bad mix, have known of 3 people drowning in the last 5 years on the canal my daughter is on, all experienced boaters all pissed and on there way back from the pub, 

[Chaff 3,636]

Many years ago hired a broads boat by the end of the week 3 of us managed to fall in the drink while pissed

Was surprised that no law exists to stop you drunk skippering a boat.

[Deker 3,478]

14 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

I’d love to live opposite a canal as sometime eventually some clown would do this 

 

Idiot, couldn't make his mind up to jump or not in the run up, if he had gone for it I suspect he could have cleared it quite easily.

There are a number of narrow canals and even more VERY narrow single width locks, and when you stand there looking at them there really do look narrow!