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on 10/08/2008, BigGirlsBlouse supposed :

> better view. Wish I could send you the superb photo I took at 6 in the
> morning of the view with the warm morning sun reflected off the windows and
> reflections in the water.

Send it to free.uk.binaries.canals

"BigGirlsBlouse" <bgb@tesconet.com> wrote in message
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> Also, the contributors who said I would be pushing it to get up the
> Huddersfield narrow were spot on....we elected to take a more leisurely
> trip exploring the area (even then averaging 6 hrs per day cruising) we
> stopped at Romiley (not wishing to get too near to Hyde for overnight
> mooring), and even there 2 little txats threw something heavy from a
> bridge which fell 10 feet short after I had gone past.

Who told you that you shouldn't moor at Hyde?

Our permanent mooring is at Hyde (Warble Wharf), and we get quite a few
people mooring opposite. I have never heard of any of them having a problem.

Romiley, OTOH, does have a few more troublesome visitors. It isn't the
badlands by any stretch of the imagination, but Hyde is far better!

On Aug 10, 12:14 pm, "BigGirlsBlouse" <b...@tesconet.com> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who contributed.... including Tony who had me moored in
> the darkest of cuttings at Congleton just west of bridge 75, with Virgin
> trains running past every 20 minutes... and the lovely grain? silo with
> mobile phone masts on the top...and the pub which didn't do meals that night
> because of a death in the family of the cook. Seeing Tonys previous comments
> to people on here I was frankly expecting this "community pub" to have
> sawdust on the floor, but was pleasantly surprised by their range of draught
> beers.

No probs mate.The great range of draft beers is what I remember too.
Wuz probably too pi$$ed to notice anything else!

So you didn't get a boater's breakfast either?

Tone

On Aug 12, 5:44 pm, "BigGirlsBlouse" <b...@tesconet.com> wrote:
> "Tony Haynes" <canaldrif...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> > On Aug 10, 12:14 pm, "BigGirlsBlouse" <b...@tesconet.com> wrote:
> >> Thanks to everyone who contributed.... including Tony who had me moored
> >> in
> >> the darkest of cuttings at Congleton just west of bridge 75, with Virgin
> >> trains running past every 20 minutes... and the lovely grain? silo with
> >> mobile phone masts on the top...and the pub which didn't do meals that
> >> night
> >> because of a death in the family of the cook. Seeing Tonys previous
> >> comments
> >> to people on here I was frankly expecting this "community pub" to have
> >> sawdust on the floor, but was pleasantly surprised by their range of
> >> draught
> >> beers.
>
> > No probs mate.The great range of draft beers is what I remember too.
> > Wuz probably too pi$$ed to notice anything else!
>
> > So you didn't get a boater's breakfast either?
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> > Tone
>
> Didn't bother asking Tony.... since I thought if the cook was off due to a
> death in the family he/she wouldn't be back at work the next morning!....
> but having said that I like a bigger lunch...and a normal bacon egg and
> sausage brekkie isn't conducive to that!... I wouldn't be hungry.

I tend to think that any boater who can't sleep through passing
express trains, cope with dark places, or appreciate the sheltering
properties of deep cuttings is only a part-timer anyway... £$-
>=.... hairy kiss.....

Tone

On 13 Aug, 22:22, "BigGirlsBlouse" <b...@tesconet.com> wrote:

> But who knows....in 1 year and 258days when I retire I might decide to be a
> live-aboard.

Aaaah, The Bug!!!! You're addicted, and contagious!

Tone

On Aug 14, 4:15 pm, "Dave Mayall" <d...@research-group.co.uk> wrote:
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> >> "BigGirlsBlouse" <b...@tesconet.com> wrote in message
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> >>> Also, the contributors who said I would be pushing it to get up the
> >>> Huddersfield narrow were spot on....we elected to take a more leisurely
> >>> trip exploring the area (even then averaging 6 hrs per day cruising) we
> >>> stopped at Romiley (not wishing to get too near to Hyde for overnight
> >>> mooring), and even there 2 little txats threw something heavy from a
> >>> bridge which fell 10 feet short after I had gone past.
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> >> Who told you that you shouldn't moor at Hyde?
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> > It was a guy I met at Bugsworth in the Navigation Inn.... we were
> > discussing where I was headed to next and his comment was "you dont want
> > to moor down Hyde way".... and the only way through Manchester without
> > incident is early in the morning....before the kids get up!
>
> Ah, you failed to take into account that most of the "local" crowd at Buggy
> moor on the upper pound of the Macc/PF and NEVER go down Marple locks, no,
> not ever!
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Wasn't that Mr. Hyde?

(This message from one long time boater who moors where it's quiet,
has earplugs and even blackout curtains for making it dark and quiet
so I can get my 9 hours.)