UKCanals Network: October 2012

Sunday, 28 October 2012

Wanted 20' Wideboat

Email serenarosesinclair27@gmail.com

Wanted 20' wide beam boat

Please email

Wanted 40' Trad

Phone 07796186143

Email jepjag@hotmail.com

Wanted 40' traditional narrowboat.

To be used as a liveaboard.

With a recent survey and fixed double bed.

Price range £25k - £30k

Please phone or email.

Saturday, 6 October 2012

A 'Chance' Meeting With The Vicar

Barry who owns the narrowboat 'Chance' sent me this account of his meeting with the hotel boats 'Oak & Ash' as a warning to other boaters.

We had the misfortune to meet the twin hotel boats ‘Oak and Ash’ – operated by the ex Rev. Martin Reed, coming up the flight as we were going down.
Cutting the details of this story to a reasonable length, he decided to come out of his lock (with his motor and butty sensibly tied together) and, instead of waiting for James to bring ‘Chance’out of the lock, he decided to try and ram us out of the way! James hastily reversed back into the lock while the “vicar” aggressively manoeuvred his boats to the side of the pound.
As James gingerly took ‘Chance’ past the hotel boats and asked “Why the hell didn’t you wait for me to give you priority!?” the kind reverend screamed back (with obscenities) his version of narrow boat etiquette and then promptly pointed his rudder towards ‘Chance’ and gave the engine full throttle! The effect, which was intentional, was to shoot a huge quantity of water straight into the back door of ‘Chance’, flooding the bedroom! The rest of the story is not repeatable! safe to say that the lock keepers and there supervisor came to scene and took control.
We must say that they were incredibly concerned for us and very helpful. They are now in the process of issuing a formal complaint against Mr Reed as they are well aware, from their own experiences and that of many others, of the antics of this most dangerous and angry man.

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