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Team “Sugar n Spice” Virtual BCN Challenge Cruise log


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Hi all, as a later than Lizzy arrival and only here courtesy of Captain Ahab, this will be a challenge, new to this forum and last time we cruised the BCN was on a Brumtug hired from Brummagen Boats, I think we may be last

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Yesterday we did have a very cold start to the day, in the picture I may not look wrapped up but rest assured there are many layers on, the boat and range is helping a lot though, taken between Christmas and new year 1986

we also got a bit lost at the start yesterday

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On 05/05/2020 at 19:02, Sugar n spice said:

Today’s Swan made by my wife, it’s made from beeswax foundation, I am a beekeepeer

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I love your swan! 

 

I was looking at your website earlier today. I a fascinated by bee keeping.

 

http://www.sarumbeesupplies.co.uk/

 

Did you do the prop foul challenge yesterday? 

 

Hopefully you will get the chance to regail us with the details of your cruise from yesterday here 

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Managed to plough my way through the weed with the help of a very helpful chap working on getting rid,of this very fast growing weed, apologise for missing the midweek cruise log but as a beekeeper the swarms are around this time of year.

 

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Now we are at the destination the virtual boat although short and manouverable seems trapped in the past but we have managed to get off and take a photo, nobody around unless others are trapped in the past, the boat is around but will not come back to present day, perhaps it no longer exists in current day!!!!

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One last question to the rest of the Virtual cruisers, anyone any idea where we were when this was taken, has caused many discussions this week

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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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