MaJ Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 The bloke..in his infinate wisdom decided to go along the Slough Arm..........Could someone PLEEEEEEZE tell me what the attaction is???? thanks Hic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the grinch Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 escaping again afterwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaJ Posted April 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 escaping again afterwards twas soooooo shallow, he had to go backwards..bless him..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Now if they had only taken it a bit further, and joined it to the Thames, it would be a far more popular piece of water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaJ Posted April 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 my thinking exactly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bargeeboy Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Because its there ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy-Neil Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Use it or loose it.... In the 1970s it came close to being filled in. Now if they had only taken it a bit further, and joined it to the Thames, it would be a far more popular piece of water! It's just over 2 miles to the Thames at Eton and much less to the new flood relief channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 I once went all the way to the end of the Slough Arm. Absolutely nothing there, I ate a pot noodle and went back. Either join it to the Thames or fill it in. It serves no purpose! And it is just an observation - The Iver moorings; I have never come past such a miserable moorings, miserable people in scruffy boats staring and moaning out their side-hatches. Perhaps I caught them on a bad day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoominPapa Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 (edited) And it is just an observation - The Iver moorings; I have never come past such a miserable moorings, miserable people in scruffy boats staring and moaning out their side-hatches. Perhaps I caught them on a bad day! Several members of this parish moor there. There'll be trouble now........... MP. Edited April 20, 2009 by MoominPapa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeping Up Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Is that why it's called the Slough of Despond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FadeToScarlet Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Well, I've never heard of "Friendly bombs fall on Braunston"... I went down it to visit my uncle, who moors at Iver. It's quite picturesque, but very, very weedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 (edited) Dig up the Slough Arm and move it somewhere more useful! Why not have a canal from somewhere between Bulls Bridge/West Drayton to the Thames instead of a third runway at Heathrow? (there are plenty of waterways in the area that need TLC) Edited April 20, 2009 by fender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 what the attraction is???? Combined attractions - from 2008 trip - here from which, we should select for special attention, the end: which wins the prize for the seventh most boring place on the waterways (much too boring to be the most boring place). More interesting, (no, really - really more interesting) are the three aqueducts near the CowleyPeachey end. Then we have the nice bright yellow BW notice for boats approaching the junction from the Slough direction saying 'Dead Slow Give Way' to boats leaving the marina. That's the marina entrance to the left and the main junction ahead of Fulbourne in the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltysplash Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 ! And it is just an observation - The Iver moorings; I have never come past such a miserable moorings, miserable people in scruffy boats staring and moaning out their side-hatches. Perhaps I caught them on a bad day! I was typing out a long reply but I got fed up and decided just to hang out of my scruffy side hatch instead shaking my fist at some passing ducks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FadeToScarlet Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Dig up the Slough Arm and move it somewhere more useful! Why not have a canal from somewhere between Bulls Bridge/West Drayton to the Thames instead of a third runway at Heathrow? (there are plenty of waterways in the area that need TLC) Or the Ouse at Bedford and the GU. WarriorWoman would be forever thankful that the Nene was no longer a required part of any canal trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoominPapa Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Or the Ouse at Bedford and the GU. WarriorWoman would be forever thankful that the Nene was no longer a required part of any canal trip! I'm not sure she'd be happier with the Ouse as an alternative? MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FadeToScarlet Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 I'm not sure she'd be happier with the Ouse as an alternative? MP. At least all the guillotines (bar one) are electrically operated, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy-Neil Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Why not have a canal from somewhere between Bulls Bridge/West Drayton to the Thames I understood there was one there already...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedwheel Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 I like the Slough Arm. Maybe I'm odd. Last time I went down was 2007. Pics below. See, it isn't all bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 (edited) I understood there was one there already...... You may or may not realise I am talking in relation to the Slough Arm. Whilst there is the main line route to Brentford, it is a fairly useless route for today's leisure needs. The talk of the extension of the Slough Arm to the Thames (or the Jubilee River) near Windsor hasnt produced anything concrete. One problem is the built up areas and the reservoirs in the way southwards of Slough. There are many watercourses, the Crane, the Colne, Longford (CCL) etc which may offer some potential with being incorporated into a canal scheme that will allow boaters to enter the Thames nearer Staines/Windsor and so be able to use the Royal River more constructively without having to go via Brentford. I see the bods at Maidenhead are using a mix of existing and new watercourses to achieve their objectives. (slightly different situation for the CCL area as its totally new navigation) So its possible here. Just need to scrap the Slough connection and look for a different route. As for that, surely the residents of Simpson/Colne would rather see a new canal than a new obnoxious third runway?????? Or further expansion of that ugly Heathrow megapolis. Edited April 21, 2009 by fender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astalweeks Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Back in the 70's we would leave the Shovel (when it was a pub) at closing time and set off on a booze cruise. I woke up one morning with the boat drifting in a basin. On enquiring in the local shop the cheery asian gentleman told me I was in Slough. So I went back to bed. When I woke up again the boat was back at Cowley. Was it all a dream? No, because in those days one was able to get a plaque from the slough canal arm society (or whatever) if you managed to get to the end. And the plaque was proudly displayed for many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthecut Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I like the Slough Arm. Maybe I'm odd. Last time I went down was 2007. Pics below. See, it isn't all bad. Quite agree --- thought it was a pleasant, remote feeling canal. Agree that the town end is uninspiring, but overall well worth cruising. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Back in the 70's we would leave the Shovel (when it was a pub) at closing time and set off on a booze cruise. I woke up one morning with the boat drifting in a basin. On enquiring in the local shop the cheery asian gentleman told me I was in Slough. So I went back to bed. When I woke up again the boat was back at Cowley.Was it all a dream? No, because in those days one was able to get a plaque from the slough canal arm society (or whatever) if you managed to get to the end. And the plaque was proudly displayed for many years. Any chance of a film version of your expereince? Slough-hog Day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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