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When my parents first got Linnet the first thing to go was the name "Th'only" closely followed by the gangplank that the previous owners had painted 'Welcome aboard' on. Passers by used to see it and step on the boat for a looksy; the surplus of GPR cruisers combined with the lack of other narrowboats on the Lancaster at the time made Linnet somewhat of a tourist attraction... They kept her lucky horseshoe though, and her purple flowers (plastic). Linnet's still got them

Was there a cat?

I've only ever seen a picture of his castles in colour once, in an article in Waterways World, which i cut out and put somewhere safe. Now I need to see the colour version again, but I cant find it. Does anyone on here have a picture of Percy Foster's castles that they can put up on here? Theres a black and white version of the castle in Tom Chaplins's book Narrowboats (or something like that), but I need a colour version to work off

Off the top of my head, theres: Shackerstone Festival - 4/5 September Angel Canal Festival - 5 September Rugby Waterways Festival - 11/12 September Black Country Boating Festival - 11/12 September Slough Canal Festival - 11/12 September Tipton Canal Festival - 18/19 September Stoke Bruerne Village at War - 1/2/3 October BCNS Bonfire Do - 6 November

Are you suggesting that we're fat?

Linnet nearly got taken down by an inconsiderate arse on a canal boat club boat yesterday. Idiot came screaming round a blind bend, spotted Linnet, aimed for her (throwing her to the side), then had the gall to call me a stupid cow and say to his two sons that 'women shouldnt be steering boats' I was too busy trying to stop 25 tonnes of enraged timber boat from sitting on the hire boat or getting stuck on the bank to reply to him. I hope a rabid squirrel steals that bloody hat he was wearing

You're both right really; there were companies that hired out horses to boatmen and there were boatmen who owned their own horse. As a general rule, a number one would own his own horse and avoid hiring at all costs because of lack of money and not knowing the horse. Carrying companies had their own horses and (size of the company dependant) stables, farriers and sometimes farms (to provide feed for the horses)

Anyone got any old photos of the big ricky's in working state that they can put up or link me to? Linnet needs them to help a project

At Hawkesbury Junction. More to be uploaded Themis Ara Archimedes & Ara

Linnet's going. As am I

That'd be little ricky Umbriel. He's not given up on her yet

Here's most of my gang; the two fish don't like to be photographed Sunday in (training) boat harness by Aldgate Having a nap by Zodiac Paddy on trip out with Linnet Toby on the same trip

the area between Festival park marina and Etruria junction is intermitantly dodgy, but you can get overnight mooring in the marina itself

Heres some youtube clickys Ariel and the car on parade: Ling on parade

I'm sure Aldgate can be trusted while I go for a couple of pints

put me down for the whole weekend with Aldgate