Bristol floating harbour

[TheBiscuits]

7 hours ago, pete harrison said:

Quite, I feel fortunate that I am no longer a slave to my house - something I was talking to my lads at work about last night. At the same time I am a little disturbed that I will never be able to afford to move closer to my sons in the south when I retire 

You could always live on a boat. There's this really knowledgeable chap on here called Pete ... oh hang on!

[Laurie Booth]

7 hours ago, pete harrison said:

I always thought that Bath was an over hyped dump and went there as little as possible, and what is the Roman Baths all about - always looked like a stagnant swimming pool to me !!!

I found the Roman Baths to be great.

[pete harrison]

19 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

You could always live on a boat. There's this really knowledgeable chap on here called Pete ... oh hang on!

And he is in the process of buying a boat 

[TheBiscuits]

1 hour ago, pete harrison said:

And he is in the process of buying a boat 

You need a unique boat though! I see ANNA is back up for sale after Alan sold her last year. (Lorenz #2 custom 1/2 scale model of a Leeds Liverpool short boat ... My wife wouldn't let me buy her, but Alan would have!)

Edited February 26, 2018 by TheBiscuits

[Mike Hurley]

On 2/24/2018 at 01:41, Laurie.Booth said:

Where in Saltford is this Indian Resturant ?

It is by the lock just after Saltford Marina, on the right coming from Bath. It was a pub, i cant remember the name.

[Laurie Booth]

16 minutes ago, Mike Hurley said:

It is by the lock just after Saltford Marina, on the right coming from Bath. It was a pub, i cant remember the name.

Must admit I'm compleatly baffled as to where it is.

[Rob-M]

The Riverside is or was the pub and restaurant by Saltford marina.

[pete harrison]

9 hours ago, TheBiscuits said:

You need a unique boat though! 

Not particularly unique as there were 38 of them built in the mid / late 1930's - an exGrand Union Canal Carrying Company Ltd. large Northwich motor that I will be putting back to carrying condition 

[David Schweizer]

I worked in Bristol for nearly ten years, and I would not give you tuppence for the place, traffic and air pollution were awful. I much prefer Bath, although I hardly ever go there either these days, the Wiltshire countryside is much nicer.

[Mike Hurley]

27 minutes ago, David Schweizer said:

I worked in Bristol for nearly ten years, and I would not give you tuppence for the place, traffic and air pollution were awful. I much prefer Bath, although I hardly ever go there either these days, the Wiltshire countryside is much nicer.

Agreed.

[Mike Hurley]

3 hours ago, Laurie.Booth said:

Must admit I'm compleatly baffled as to where it is.

Its the Jolly Sailor, i was wrong, its on the left not right, about 1 mile down from Saltford. Narrowboaters Minimal list on you tube done a review i believe on the indian food some time back. May have changed since then.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAbHpFGAwS0

Check at 11.00 mins.

 

Edited February 26, 2018 by Mike Hurley

[Murflynn]

the Jolly Sailor is at the next lock downstream - bloody difficult to use that lock when the pub is busy - peeps swear at you whenever you try to open the top gates because it is inconvenient for them to cross over to the beer garden.  go through at 9am next morning and the lock gear is covered in spilt food and empty glasses.  I hate that lock nearly as much as Bath Weston where I had an accident with the windlass key. 

[mrsmelly]

2 hours ago, David Schweizer said:

I worked in Bristol for nearly ten years, and I would not give you tuppence for the place, traffic and air pollution were awful. I much prefer Bath, although I hardly ever go there either these days, the Wiltshire countryside is much nicer.

Batheaston is nice as is Lacock both places we ran pubs in the area and both enjoyable. I think Bath is nice due to it being small whilst Bristol being larger suffers from big city grott.

[pete harrison]

35 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

Batheaston is nice as is Lacock both places we ran pubs in the area and both enjoyable. I think Bath is nice due to it being small whilst Bristol being larger suffers from big city grott.

Every large town or city has its 'grott', it just depends how 'rose tinted your glasses' are as to whether you can see it 

[Laurie Booth]

3 hours ago, Mike Hurley said:

Its the Jolly Sailor, i was wrong, its on the left not right, about 1 mile down from Saltford. Narrowboaters Minimal list on you tube done a review i believe on the indian food some time back. May have changed since then.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAbHpFGAwS0

Check at 11.00 mins.

 

Cheers

[David Schweizer]

54 minutes ago, pete harrison said:

Every large town or city has its 'grott', it just depends how 'rose tinted your glasses' are as to whether you can see it 

True, but believe me Bristol has far more "grott" than Bath. I have worked in both of them, and my work took me into the poorer parts of both cities.

 

 

1 hour ago, mrsmelly said:

Batheaston is nice as is Lacock both places we ran pubs in the area and both enjoyable. I think Bath is nice due to it being small whilst Bristol being larger suffers from big city grott.

Which pub did you run in Lacock? The "Red Lion" is one of our regulars.

 

Edited February 26, 2018 by David Schweizer

[mrsmelly]

2 minutes ago, David Schweizer said:

True, but believe me Bristol has far more "grott" than Bath. I have worked in both of them, and my work took me into the poorer parts of both cities.

Which pub did you run in Lacock? The "Red Lion" is one of our regulars.

We ran the Red Lion. Had lovely rooms upstairs and we were very busy its a popular tourist location as  you will know.

[Rob-M]

Having lived in both I find Bath has far too many tourists, as a student in Bath we were often encouraged to find another pub to drink in so as not to put off the tourists.

[David Schweizer]

2 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

We ran the Red Lion. Had lovely rooms upstairs and we were very busy its a popular tourist location as  you will know.

Yes we like the Red Lion, when did you run it?

[pete harrison]

4 minutes ago, David Schweizer said:

True, but believe me Bristol has far more "grott" than Bath. I have worked in both of them, and my work took me into the poorer parts of both cities.

I would imagine the size of any town or city will be directly proportional to the amount of 'grott', and Bristol being considerably bigger than Bath will clearly have more 

[David Schweizer]

3 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

Having lived in both I find Bath has far too many tourists, as a student in Bath we were often encouraged to find another pub to drink in so as not to put off the tourists.

Some people would suggest that there are too many Students.

[mrsmelly]

2 minutes ago, David Schweizer said:

Yes we like the Red Lion, when did you run it?

95/96 Did realy well then moved to a superb place in Oxfordshire. (Same  brewery )

Edited February 26, 2018 by mrsmelly

[pete harrison]

4 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

Having lived in both I find Bath has far too many tourists, as a student in Bath we were often encouraged to find another pub to drink in so as not to put off the tourists.

I was about to write something about the snobbery in Bath compared to Bristol but I resisted - well until now anyway 

[David Schweizer]

6 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

95/96 Did realy well then moved to a superb place in Oxfordshire.

You will remember Joan then, she is still there.

 

5 minutes ago, pete harrison said:

I was about to write something about the snobbery in Bath compared to Bristol but I resisted - well until now anyway 

I don't recall Bath being particularly Snobbish, It  certainly felt a lot safer and more friendly than some parts of Bristol, where it was decidedly unwise to venture at night.

Edited February 26, 2018 by David Schweizer

[mrsmelly]

Just now, David Schweizer said:

You will remember Joan then, she is still there.

 Small world. I used to call her " The old bat " we got on well with her and her husband Richard, she still sends me christmas cards. Next time you see her tell her you know she used to be called the old bat and swing from the ceiling and she will know straight away who you have been speaking (typing ) to