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3 hours ago, mitre said:

Where about on the canal did you go to just asking any where in the west Midlands 

There on there way across the midlands now mate locked in from the Severn at stourport this morning heading right across to Manchester now 

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Daughter set off this morning on an epic adventure they are heading to the peak forest canal somewhere up toward Manchester to get some paintwork finished on the boat then across to rugby were the boa

Few more from yesterday 

Kids flying just passing through Worcester 

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33 minutes ago, Greyman said:

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Forgive my ignorance mate, but how much planning does a trip like this take ?

Accessibility , locks, moorings , etc, or is it as simple as having a map of canals and rivers and setting off ?

Looks like a great adventure without leaving the UK !

Cheers.

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7 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

Forgive my ignorance mate, but how much planning does a trip like this take ?

Accessibility , locks, moorings , etc, or is it as simple as having a map of canals and rivers and setting off ?

Looks like a great adventure without leaving the UK !

Cheers.

All depends on your time constraints really daughter has places to be and people to meet (boats being sold )so on quite a tight schedule but generally people just choose a loop that takes roughly how long they have to spare from here a typical loop journey would be about a fortnight up the Severn round canals and back down the Avon and some people just keep on going and have no home base daughters here at the moment lol

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16 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

Forgive my ignorance mate, but how much planning does a trip like this take ?

Accessibility , locks, moorings , etc, or is it as simple as having a map of canals and rivers and setting off ?

Looks like a great adventure without leaving the UK !

Cheers.

Some locks you work others are tidel have a bloke live on them 

Out else you need to know mate ?

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1 minute ago, mC HULL said:

Some locks you work others are tidel have a bloke live on them 

Out else you need to know mate ?

I was more interested in size of locks , size of boats, some routes may not be suitable for some boats,  not something I already knew and didn’t need to Google ! 
Just stay in your own post code mate, the adults are talking now ! LOL !

Cheers.

 

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Just now, chartpolski said:

I was more interested in size of locks , size of boats, some routes may not be suitable for some boats,  not something I already knew and didn’t need to Google ! 
Just stay in your own post code mate, the adults are talking now ! LOL !

Cheers.

 

I dont need to Google mate iv3 pickwd brains men lived it lol like with coursing

me brother in law born on tugs up down the rivers full family at it all there life he was on Cromwell lock for years some great pike fishing as a kid died on them drowned 

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16 minutes ago, Greyman said:

All depends on your time constraints really daughter has places to be and people to meet (boats being sold )so on quite a tight schedule but generally people just choose a loop that takes roughly how long they have to spare from here a typical loop journey would be about a fortnight up the Severn round canals and back down the Avon and some people just keep on going and have no home base daughters here at the moment lol

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6 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

I dont need to Google mate iv3 pickwd brains men lived it lol like with coursing

me brother in law born on tugs up down the rivers full family at it all there life he was on Cromwell lock for years some great pike fishing as a kid died on them drowned 

Of course! I should have by-passed GM and went straight to the expert with my queries !

In future , whenever I need information , whatever the subject, you shall be, ( pardon the pun), my first port of call ! LOL !

Cheers.

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7 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

Of course! I should have by-passed GM and went straight to the expert with my queries !

In future , whenever I need information , whatever the subject, you shall be, ( pardon the pun), my first port of call ! LOL !

Cheers.

There's not a lot I won't be able to help with mate 

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5 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

🙈 best to leave it to them that knows...😁

I wanted to know about fixing them gm be the man mate 

Navigating them I've spoken to the best to do it mate lol worse river to navigate is humber old ray took boats in out 5 decades born on a working boat  river  gypsy's lol 

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