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Post by Trina on Jul 12, 2019 20:35:59 GMT
Were you moored opposite the pub with the big deck ? How was it? We've never stopped a night there. Rog Never mind £60, that’s a King’s Ransom! Oooooh,you got rid of the e on Ransom !😄
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 12, 2019 20:45:41 GMT
The dog who can say 'sausages'!
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 12, 2019 21:38:27 GMT
Never mind £60, that’s a King’s Ransom! Oooooh,you got rid of the e on Ransom !😄 Yes. It didn’t look right. And when I checked, it wasn’t right! But I got away with it because nobody quoted it. Phew!
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Post by Trina on Jul 12, 2019 21:43:01 GMT
😄😃😄
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 12, 2019 21:45:51 GMT
Anyway, the cheapo fairly lights I got from Amazon - delivered to a locker at Exchange Quay - are now in action. But look better in the flesh:
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 12, 2019 21:48:17 GMT
Anyway, the cheapo fairly lights I got from Amazon - delivered to a locker at Exchange Quay - are now in action. But look better in the flesh: Are fairly lights anything like fairy lights?
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 12, 2019 21:56:07 GMT
Anyway, the cheapo fairly lights I got from Amazon - delivered to a locker at Exchange Quay - are now in action. But look better in the flesh: Are fairly lights anything like fairy lights? Fairy similar.
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Post by Jim on Jul 13, 2019 6:25:22 GMT
The dog who can say 'sausages'! English sausages, I hope.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 13, 2019 7:34:21 GMT
The dog who can say 'sausages'! English sausages, I hope. Today we hope to deliver two jars of Arctic Cloudberry jam to Dinky & Malcolm whose house is in Banbury right beside the canal. We were moored there for 5 months around Xmas 2014. I like the idea of our boat carrying out traditional canal work, ie. freight carrying. It has taken us 5.5 weeks to transport these jams down the Trent and up the Soar and through Braunston Tunnel.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 13, 2019 16:06:27 GMT
Did a BBC tour this morning, quite interesting. Then into town to see the sights of Manchester. Hmmm, maybe a Saturday isn't the best day for that, it was seething! Felt very congested - I think Manchester lacks the big open spaces of other cities such as Birmingham. Piccadilly gardens just a small patch of grass and some concrete, with more pigeons than people. And there were a lot of people! Still, the tram system is good.
A friend of ours from Aberdeen has a boyfriend in Manchester. He has been supposed to be moving down for the past couple of years but it has never quite happened. I can kind of see why now!
Tomorrow morning off up the Irwell to see the sights of Manchester from sewer level.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 13, 2019 20:57:51 GMT
We’ve decided that Manchester isn’t really for us. On the plus side, there are a hell of a lot of visible same sex couples, which is good. And a young crowd, which I suppose is good if you are young. Or a paedophile. But they are so brash and uncouth. We singled out a posh dining establishment for our Saturday night dinner, near the BBC buildings. We were hoping to share a dining experience with nice people like Louise Minchin and Dan (from BBC breakfast). Not Naga, she seems to be a nagger. They had a great cocktail menu. Anyway having booked, we walked in to this establishment on the dock side, where the main courses were mid teens and a fillet steak was £28. Only to be met at the door by a DJ playing thumping tunes very loud. There were outside tables but not really any quieter. Really loud inside, made louder because everyone was shouting in order to be heard over the music. And the clientele average age was mid 20s. I am 62 and quite like to have a normal conversation with my meal. So we left after I explained to front-of-house that I was too old for the establishment. On the way back to the boat we came across a Cafe Rouge. Always good for staples like steak frites, demi poulet eg. Yes a big chain but the quality and value is not too bad. A safe bet. Or so we thought... Lots of free tables outside. But it transpired we could not sit outside to eat ( !). Inside it was huge and nearly empty, odd for 8:30 pm on a Saturday (maybe not “cool” enough for the Madchester ( not a typo) crowd). But my god, this is supposed to be pretending to be a French restaurant so why does it need very loud pumping club music, rap and other unmentionables? Well I survived it just, only cheered a bit when Justin Beiber was played. Steak was OK but cooked well done (French style) when I’d asked for rare. Sorry but if this is the North then I’m glad we don’t live here. No decorum, no culture, just frantic noise and vulgar shouting. Any suggestion of a Northern Powerhouse is mistaken. Northern shithouse, possibly. That thing in the back yard that probably most locals still have. Big contrast from Birmingham. Am I ranting? Yes, definitely. I suppose Liverpool is going to be worse? We’ll see.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2019 21:09:22 GMT
Salford Quays is a bit of a brash new money resort. They had to pay the BBC softies gazillions to work there.
A little unfair to damn Manchester based on there.
Rog
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Post by ianali on Jul 13, 2019 21:29:23 GMT
Salford Quays is a bit of a brash new money resort. They had to pay the BBC softies gazillions to work there. A little unfair to damn Manchester based on there. Rog I’m a little surprised that Nick condemned Manchester because a couple of restaurants are to lively for him. The city has lots of quieter bars and restaurants suitable for the those that like quiet places, mainly the older people I think. Anyway, hopefully Liverpool will suit him better.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 13, 2019 21:32:53 GMT
Salford Quays is a bit of a brash new money resort. They had to pay the BBC softies gazillions to work there. A little unfair to damn Manchester based on there. Rog Yeabut we spent the afternoon walking around the city centre. Ok well to be fair, on the plus side the Mancs are better dressed /better fashion sense than the Brummies. And very few are overweight compared to Brum. (Could be all those nights spent clubbing on drugs I suppose?). And the city suffers from a general feeling of being cramped. But really my point is about the interesting fundamental differences between cities of similar sizes and histories, not that far apart. Manc has a totally different feel from Brum. By canal, there can surely be no doubt. But also just by walking around the city. And one of the problems is how Manchester bigs itself up to be FANTASTIC and better than London. hmmmmmm! The biggest shame about Salford Quays is that it is a boat desert. It is a huge area of waterfront but we are LITERALLY the only private leisure boat in the entire place. Yes there is quite a bit of watersport activity, school kid trips to go sailing, canoeing, paddle boarding, swimming etc - which is great. But no boats as we know them. In the entire massive area of Salford Quays there are moorings for 2 leisure boats, one of which is on the Services. No restaurant boats, no coffee boats. Certainly no live aboard boats. It is as if the entirety of Salford is in denial about the heritage of Salford Quays. Of course as we know, the entire place is owned by Peel Holdings, who also own the Bridgewater, Manchester Ship Canal, Liverpool docks etc. BBC etc just rent the buildings from Peel. Peel Holdings is valued at 6.6 billion. Yes billion, not million. And the company was founded by John Whittaker, who still owns 75%. Hmmmm, 75% of 6.6 billion is not too bad. Apparently his educational qualifications are just a high school diploma (whatever that means). He didn’t even go to a proper school. Outrageous!
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Post by Trina on Jul 13, 2019 22:02:43 GMT
We found Manchester to be too big ! Brum is so easy to get around in comparison & everything is so close together.We found Liverpool easy in 2014 but I remembered loads from going there in my childhood when shopping from Chester.
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