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Team “Willum” Virtual BCN Challenge 2020 Cruise Log


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34 minutes ago, Scholar Gypsy said:

Yes, my boat is in Ely, not on the Fens Branch near Stourbridge. Yours is in Croxley, I think.

 

Well spotted! Just before Cassiobury Park.

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50 minutes ago, HuggableHamster said:

Hello!  Am I right in thinking you joined us on our trip round Bow Back waters earlier this year (it seems like longer ago, but log book and husband assure me it was only this year!)

In February yes! Great trip if a tad windy! 

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Hello!! I am a late start as I had to deal with theft of a bike today and finding a swift replacement. Although cycling might not be a priority while pottering round Birmingham really slowly.

 

The weather conditions meant some ice breaking first. Therefore I only made it to Fazeley Junction for the start. It's a loooong way from London to the BCN.

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I am sad to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances I will have to drop out of the challenge as I have to return to London. I had barely made it to Birmingham! ? I hope you all have a great time and don’t get stuck somewhere with no water or even worse no drinks.  

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Be careful! The BCN crowd are devious. Not evil but to be approached with caution. My daughter married into them. It was actually the wedding of two boats and they have trained me up in the ways of the BCN.

I swear they are inventing virtual catastrophes to pile on top of real canal stoppages. Or they change the rules. How can I fight back? A frail little old man trying to do it solo. I don't have time or energy to navigate let alone do challenges. On the second night I swear that, while I was moored up sleeping, some elves (or something) moved my boat. Did not wake me but I had to explain it to the White Witch of Chesterfield (aka Marie-Rose) and submit a revised log. The stewards are still deliberating. The penalty could be burning at the stake, deportation to New Zealand or, hopefully, just a docking of points.

My daughter has been a boater between London and Sheffield for 20y and was solo in a boat like yours for 15y.

Good Luck. Your withdrawal allows me to come last with honour.

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18 hours ago, Lizzy said:

I am sad to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances I will have to drop out of the challenge as I have to return to London. I had barely made it to Birmingham! ? I hope you all have a great time and don’t get stuck somewhere with no water or even worse no drinks.  

I am so sorry to read this

 

I was enjoying your input. I hope you have a good road

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I am posting here because the time is now 6pm on Saturday 9th May 2020 and all virtual boating should now cease.  Please ensure you boat is tied up securely and join us in the virtual beer tent for an evening of virtual celebration. We will be announcing the scores tomorrow lunchtime

 

Anything added to the cruise log after this post will not be considered in the judging

 

All the organisers (that is myself, @Capt Ahab and @Postcode) would like to thank this team for all their hard work in managing to virtually navigate around the BCN in these challenging times. We hope the team have learned a bit about the BCN, especially the lost 60 miles and we hope their narrative about their journey this week has instilled an interest in the reader too. We also hope the team and their readers have found the experience fun and I think we have all benefited from the incredibly informative, imaginative, dramatic and sometimes just plain silly posts that the teams have produced throught this week.

 

We sincerely hope that this will lead to some of you heading off (whether by boat or on foot) to explore these amazing locations in real life as soon as the retrictions on travel allow us to do so.

 

I think it is important to remember that this virtual event is taking place because the real BCN challenge could not. The Real BCN Challenge is an important event in the calendar of The BCN Society and, as their event had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 this year they are missing out on the entry fees of a lot of participating boaters and a lot of donations that the event would usually generate.

 

It is also fair to say that without this fine forum tolerating all these teams mucking about with their virtaul cruise diaries we might well struggle to work out how this event could have been hosted. It is free to join this forum and it is free to read it as well but there are costs involved in it's existance and it doesn't hurt to remind people that, if they can afford to do so, bunging the cost of a round of drinks with your mates into the frum coffers may just help it continue to be free for everyone to enjoy

 

 

It is with that in mind that I want to say, if you have enjoyed this event, either from the perspective of a participant, or from the perspective of an onlooker perhaps you would consider making a small donation, either to The BCNS or to the forum.

 

The BCNS do not have a clickable link where you can donate but you can do so via online banking by using these details:

BCN Society
Barclays Bank
Sort Code 20-84-13
Account Number 60176419

Or you may wish to consider becoming a member of their fine organisation and help to ensure that these amazing canals with all their wealth of heritage are looked after and restored where they can be.

To find out more please visit their website here:

 

https://bcnsociety.com/

 

If you wish to donate to the forum you can do so here:

 

https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/store/category/6-make-a-donation-to-canal-world/

 

There have been an incredible (or maybe barmy?) 14 teams of boaters who have been virtually haring around the canals of birmingham this week. Each of their cruise logs has it's own unique style. If you have enjoyed reading this one then why not dip your toe into one of the others - likes to them all are shown here:

 

 

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Out of interest, did your team calculate the total miles and locks you covered during the challenge? If you have already mentioned it in the thread somewhere forgive me, I am asking because I am too lazy to go through 14 threads to find if the information has already been shared

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