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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2021 20:10:48 GMT
I managed to find my way home on Sunday evening after quoffing 12 pints of ice cold Peroni, at a cost of £60, pissing my pants and treading dogshit thro my boat… Does that count as an ‘Epic journey’? Definitely
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 14, 2021 20:12:50 GMT
I managed to find my way home on Sunday evening after quoffing 12 pints of ice cold Peroni, at a cost of £60, pissing my pants and treading dogshit thro my boat… Does that count as an ‘Epic journey’? The epicness being able to drink 12 pints of Peroni without barfing. Don’t get me wrong, I like a couple of pints of ice cold Peroni on a hot day. Maybe even stretch to 3, but…
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Post by Trina on Jul 14, 2021 20:15:24 GMT
I managed to find my way home on Sunday evening after quoffing 12 pints of ice cold Peroni, at a cost of £60, pissing my pants and treading dogshit thro my boat… Does that count as an ‘Epic journey’? 😆😆😆
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2021 20:16:24 GMT
Considering his description of the night, I'm not entirely sure we can rely on the 12 pints but I wouldn't want to stand in his way ... not least cos I'd risk being covered in dog shite and piss Rog
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Post by Andyberg on Jul 14, 2021 20:17:21 GMT
I managed to find my way home on Sunday evening after quoffing 12 pints of ice cold Peroni, at a cost of £60, pissing my pants and treading dogshit thro my boat… Does that count as an ‘Epic journey’? The epicness being able to drink 12 pints of Peroni without barfing. I tried to downplay the journey by not admitting that fact en route home but alas, my shirt told another tale on Monday morning!🙁
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2021 20:19:02 GMT
Eeyeuw ! I'll get someone else to present the prize ... now who could I pick Rog
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2021 20:34:18 GMT
Crapped myself on my doorstep once on the way home, was so close…
Showering in your jeans is interesting
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2021 21:03:02 GMT
I'm actually engaged in an epic journey right now. Small dinghy electric outboard Thames and beer. Bit of a different scene to the inner London estate park I was in last time I had a beer !! Not to terrible though.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2021 21:10:59 GMT
There is a great big mansion here. Nice old house not my bag but if you like houses it is really nice. Anyway had the girls here last weekend in the dinghy and younger one (9) said "I can see why someone would build a house here - it's really nice!" I don't disagree given the views. Ironically the owner does not live in the house it is just an investment. With a lot of security !! He is a billionaire and has a Wikipedia page but sitting here in my little dinghy I feel like the rich man. For as long as I live I will never understand why so many of these big houses by the River have no boats. Not a single one and room to moor dozens. Very bizarre. I'm sure the original owners took advantage of the wonderful River but these days it just seems to be about land banking. Which is sad but also quite good as less people about in boats which helps with the social distancing !
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2021 22:09:13 GMT
That was interesting. I was hanging around the area of the mansion a little bit in the dinghy and one of the security blokes turned up. Nice Welsh bloke well trained he even knew not to shine his head torch onto my eyes. Good interaction I explained I was not going to be entering the mansion unlike some and that it was good they were keeping an eye on it. He said there was a missing person alert 'depressed person' I wondered if it was me then I got the jist he just wanted to talk to me. Anyway once he realised I could talk the fore and hind legs off a donkey he did the professional thing and eventually managed to make me fuck off. Which was nice! He did get my "Christian name" I said it was andrew. I like it when the old SIS training kicks in and you instinctively say a name which is not the real one.
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Post by thebfg on Jul 14, 2021 22:15:16 GMT
That was interesting. I was hanging around the area of the mansion a little bit in the dinghy and one of the security blokes turned up. Nice Welsh bloke well trained he even knew not to shine his head torch onto my eyes. Good interaction I explained I was not going to be entering the mansion unlike some and that it was good they were keeping an eye on it. He said there was a missing person alert 'depressed person' I wondered if it was me then I got the jist he just wanted to talk to me. Anyway once he realised I could talk the fore and hind legs off a donkey he did the professional thing and eventually managed to make me fuck off. Which was nice! He did get my "Christian name" I said it was andrew. I like it when the old SIS training kicks in and you instinctively say a name which is not the real one. I do like a covert game of hide and seek. A few of property owners could take note of having proper security.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2021 22:25:42 GMT
That was interesting. I was hanging around the area of the mansion a little bit in the dinghy and one of the security blokes turned up. Nice Welsh bloke well trained he even knew not to shine his head torch onto my eyes. Good interaction I explained I was not going to be entering the mansion unlike some and that it was good they were keeping an eye on it. He said there was a missing person alert 'depressed person' I wondered if it was me then I got the jist he just wanted to talk to me. Anyway once he realised I could talk the fore and hind legs off a donkey he did the professional thing and eventually managed to make me fuck off. Which was nice! He did get my "Christian name" I said it was andrew. I like it when the old SIS training kicks in and you instinctively say a name which is not the real one. I do like a covert game of hide and seek. A few of property owners could take note of having proper security. I'm hoping to cultivate this and get a mooring there and go out and look intimidating in my 6ft dinghy. I did mention I keep an eye on the place and I do keep an eye on it. If I had a direct line I could mention a few things I have seen which the security missed.
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Post by JohnV on Jul 15, 2021 5:35:49 GMT
I know I have done some long trips in respectable time but I realy don't remember the exact timings.
I know I did Shardlow Marina (Cavendish Bridge) to Southend-on-Sea in about a week, single handing (apart from the tidal section from Limehouse Basin to Benfleet) but that was in Shapfell which has a fairly sleek hull letting her buzz along at a decent rate without causing a wash.
I did keep a log at the time but Lord alone knows where it has got to now.
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Post by quaysider on Jul 15, 2021 6:57:39 GMT
atm, most of my journeys feel epic ... never quite have time to stop and smell the roses.
that awful trip from Skipton to Wigan last year over 2 days trying to work within crts lock flight opening times restrictions was the worst... only made possible by help (most free- some paid for) along the way by other boaters.
Manchester to Llangollen Basin in 5 days being the most recent "long haul"
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Post by thebfg on Jul 15, 2021 9:19:38 GMT
Not had any on the water ways. Although my first holiday around the Avon ring when I was 8 or 9 was epic to me and I'll never forget it.
Although I remember being at the bottom of Tardebigge and the parents saying we can't have our cooked breakfast until the top.
I will never forget steaming up there. My first experience of a proper flight and setting ahead and boy did us three kids do some great work.
I've tried bribing my kids to do cane Hill the same, never works. To give them credit they had done it a few times by then.
Although as epic journeys go, my unsupported cycle ride from John o goat's to lands end was pretty epic, considering I'd only ever done one ride over over 50 miles before.
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