doratheexplorer

I got chosen for one of those surveys. I got the email informing me at 7.00pm on 3rd of August and the deadline for submitting responses was on 4th of August. I didn't open my emails until 5th of August. What I need is a survey asking my opinion on how their survey is run. In case you don't believe me:

But the horse wasn't swimming in the canal

I've been to the Gloucester one. I can imagine it's ok if you get the combined ticket with the boat trip, but the museum itself is poor.

Why not just get unemployed millenials to pull boats? It would do them good. (checks whether I'm a millenial - phew)

Anyone who's regularly cycled down muddy towpaths in winter will know how elusive traction is. Any tyre on a tiny tractor which is able to dig in sufficiently to get enough traction to pull a boat will surely rip the towpath to pieces. Horses hooves would do similar but to a lesser extent. In practice, I'd foresee a whole lot of wheelspinning and tractors sliding about on muddy towpaths or grassed towpaths when they're wet. The one horsepower of a horse is a far more successful use of power because legs and hooves create more torque than wheels. Passing moored boats would be a problem. Locks would be a problem Many tunnels would be a problem Rivers would be a problem Canals with very narrow and/or unever towpaths would be a problem. The sheer organising logistics of it would be a huge problem. Other than that, it's genius. What you really need, is a robot horse.

I don't get it. If you're saying the tractor will change up from hook up points powered by wind and solar, why not just plug the boats into those points and cut out the middle person.