BBC Countryfile NOW

[Graham Davis]

Featuring the Oxford Canal, and later President

[minerva]

poo! missed the first 8 mins...

[NB Willawaw]

They featured an interview with Jim Marshall.

He used to skipper the narrowboats at Pirate Castle in Camden and taught the Community Boat ticket.

Bit of a character - the funniest thing I ever saw was Jim with Pirate Princess at Old Ford Locks with a boat full

of girl guides.

[Webchem]

Bugger did I miss Pressie?

[NB Willawaw]

Yes sorry you did. You didnt miss much.

 

She's back on again now !!

Edited July 1, 2007 by NB Willawaw

[blackrose]

You didnt miss much.

 

No, just a load of traditionalists doing their thing & looking smug.

[minerva]

ha!

[NB Willawaw]

Locks & Quays is on Discovery Real Time now - they're in Ashton.

 

I'm not going to get much done today am I ?

[rallyfan]

I thought it was a well balanced piece about the Oxford Canal, but remember, it wasn't made for canal enthusiasts, just for mere mortals

 

BTW what was that about Tooleys dock being the only dry dock left on the inland waterways

[-Jack-]

[quote name='rallyfan' date='Jul 2 2007, 02:05 PM' post='139740'

 

BTW what was that about Tooleys dock being the only dry dock left on the inland waterways

 

I think they said " the only dry dock still owned by BW" I guess the others are privately owned such as the one at Bradford on Avon?

 

Is there a list of locations of all the dry docks on the cut? .

[rallyfan]

The dock at Enfield Lock is still owned by BW

[John Orentas]

The dock at Enfield Lock is still owned by BW

 

 

I think Rallyfan was correct, several of us picked up on that.

 

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php...mp;#entry139491

 

Why do we have so many duplicated topics these days.

[bottle]

'cos' people are getting lazy and not checking 'View New Posts' before starting a new one, but you new that.

[Hairy-Neil]

The dock at Enfield Lock is still owned by BW

 

And at Chester.....though was out of use for 'safety' reasons last I heard....

 

And they own Hatton dry dock but lease it out....

[NB Willawaw]

These programmes are entertainment - they don't specialise in getting all the facts right.

They had a nice lot of barges on those programmes !!

 

Countryfile was a lot more enjoyable and dynamic than Waterworld, which lost my interest after a while.

Did anybody see the lady with her floating bike and her camping rowboat - she looked totally knackered most of the time.