Grand Union closure

The GU between Uxbridge and Cowley (locks 88 to 89) is closed due to a
serious incident. The police have created a 200 metre exclusion zone
around the buildings involved (fire), and the towpath and Cut will be
closed until 7 pm, Tuesday 22 July.

Eugene

I have always thought that there was a high BullSh*t content on the
canals...


"Dave Larrington" <legs_larrym> wrote in message
news:bfm3oa$gl491$1@ID-120318.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Given:
>
> o the depth of the average canal, and
> o the height of the average cow
>
> might the said cow not have /waded/ through the tunnel rather than swum?
>
> Dave Larrington
>
>

Neil wrote:
>
> Mikee wrote:
> > I have always thought that there was a high BullSh*t content on the
> > canals...
> >
> >
>
> I can corroborate the 1912 one at Foulridge that Andrew mentioned
> though, that one really did happen, though I'm sure canals have as many
> urban myths as anywhere else :)
>
> For example, sitting in the garden, three of us saw some strange lights
> in the sky over the GU/Soar last night - probably someone playing with a
> strange bit of disco lighting in the next village, but we've cheerfully
> spread it around that it might have been a UFO in any case
I thought this was the usual result of an overdose of medication from
the monks at Buckfast Abbey LOL
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John Howell Chaka of Birdham MFAX-7
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Edinburgh Scotland
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