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Post by boatman on Jul 25, 2017 22:07:38 GMT
Dear leader, thank you for putting that boat delivery my way,158 miles and 189 locks, Bidford upon Avon to Limehouse/ poplar dock. It was a ball breaker but done in 7 days, finishing off at 6 am this morning, exiting Limehouse down to West India dock.
It's been an epic starting at 5 every morning and running till dusk but I've loved it.
Thanks again and I owe you a beer or three 🍺
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Post by boatman on Jul 25, 2017 22:21:38 GMT
i think I need to bin Photobucket, it won't let me upload a picture anymore without upgrading which costs
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Post by Delta9 on Jul 25, 2017 22:33:46 GMT
No worries. I'm glad to hear you've made it after the bumpy start! 7 days is bloody good going..
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 8:11:48 GMT
That sounds like serious donkey work, but quite an achievement.
Rog
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Post by bettina on Jul 26, 2017 10:35:41 GMT
Dear leader, thank you for putting that boat delivery my way,158 miles and 189 locks, Bidford upon Avon to Limehouse/ poplar dock. It was a ball breaker but done in 7 days, finishing off at 6 am this morning, exiting Limehouse down to West India dock. It's been an epic starting at 5 every morning and running till dusk but I've loved it. Thanks again and I owe you a beer or three 🍺 OMG that's a average of 27 locks each day!!! I couldn't even imagine that - on a good day when we were both healthy we could manage between 15-17 and at the end of that I would be completely knackered. Good on you for doing that journey in 7 days! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 12:44:03 GMT
i think I need to bin Photobucket, it won't let me upload a picture anymore without upgrading which costs Postimage.org |
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 26, 2017 13:08:38 GMT
Did Delta say it's the wrong colour take it back?
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Post by boatman on Jul 26, 2017 16:49:02 GMT
Did Delta say it's the wrong colour take it back? I'd do it again but I need a few days off 😏 |
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Post by patty on Jul 26, 2017 17:27:54 GMT
well done..thats quite an achievement...little sis n i were exhausted following just the Braunston flights..we clearly had no stamina
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 17:32:40 GMT
Sounds good for single handing. My most tiring day ever on the cut was when I wound 50 GU locks in one day on a boat delivery (Watford to Leighton Buzzard in about 18 hours) but I did have a man driving the boat which helped so not single handed ! That was early April 2010 (I remember it as my first daughter was born a couple of days after I got back to my boat)
I like long days boating.
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Post by JohnV on Jul 27, 2017 6:33:15 GMT
158 miles in 7 days ........Hmmmmmmm !!! makes my 3 months from the Thames to the Humber sort of the opposite end of the scale  |
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 27, 2017 7:48:56 GMT
158 miles in 7 days ........Hmmmmmmm !!! makes my 3 months from the Thames to the Humber sort of the opposite end of the scale Well you did make it before 28th. Of July! |
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Post by JohnV on Jul 27, 2017 10:00:48 GMT
158 miles in 7 days ........Hmmmmmmm !!! makes my 3 months from the Thames to the Humber sort of the opposite end of the scale Well you did make it before 28th. Of July!  |
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Post by boatman on Jul 27, 2017 10:55:21 GMT
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