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Yes, our boat did get seriously whopped by some particular idiot on one of them there 'istoric' craft - we had just passed a couple of boats and then we met in the middle of the Crick tunnel a boat obviously captained by a person lacking the ability to slow down, let alone consider stopping! Maybe the scraping of the top rail along the stony wall was music to the his ears, and maybe the inviting crunch of taff rail on side of cruiser stern biting into the crumbly brought such a sweet smile ...... if I meet the person I would most assuredly like to ask payment for the cost of repairs. And if he wants a receipt, I'm sure I could oblige.... Now then, I have a solution. We all realise that the poor sap in charge of that working/historic boat has little chance of avoiding contact, and I do realise that some of you actually care, but as usual the minority of bad apples ruin it for everyone. SO, could I suggest - why not make passage of working boats along two way tunnels (obviously) be confined to set times of day? Is it too much to consider something that simple?? I am about to repaint the damaged bits to boat. As a precaution, I'm fitting a reverse firing harpoon with heat seeking tip ..... patient applied for Now that I've regained my 'Unruffled' stance I've edited out the more immature bits to make ready for lots of effortsto try and make me ruffled again
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Cruising back from Llangollen, enjoying the Sunday challenge of the hire boats, when we waited at Chirk Tunnel for a convoy of boats to come through. Waved on by the final boat, a check for oncoming, and set off into the tunnel. About halfway we became aware of a tiny pinprick of light along with two canoeists. We stopped and were angrily told that they were first and we must reverse! Eventually, after much shouting and screaming from the paddlers they hoisted the canoe onto the towpath and carried it the rest of the way. We pointed out that their torch was completely inadequate and they protested that it was “what they had been given”. Has anyone come across this before? Surely it can’t be a hire company? Outward Bound?
