kremmen Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 I can't seem to access this . Is it me or has the site gone? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 Fine for me https://canalplan.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) deleted Edited April 26, 2018 by rusty69 https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kremmen Posted April 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 Cheers. That seems to be the same link I used but it's ok now. Probably a glitch. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onewheeler Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 Or canalplan.eu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Rose Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 26 minutes ago, kremmen said: I can't seem to access this . Is it me or has the site gone? Paul I hate to see posts like this, they cause panic until I hear that it was a false alarm! I'd be lost without Canalplan. Especially if I have somehow managed to come to the boat for a trip and forgotten to bring my Nicholson's (the first and hopefully last time I do this). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 23 minutes ago, Lily Rose said: I hate to see posts like this, they cause panic until I hear that it was a false alarm! I'd be lost without Canalplan. Especially if I have somehow managed to come to the boat for a trip and forgotten to bring my Nicholson's (the first and hopefully last time I do this). You could always adopt the working boaters method - commit it all to memory! As may of them were unable to read or write maps, signposts books were of no use to them.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Rose Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 minute ago, Ray T said: You could always adopt the working boaters method - commit it all to memory! As may of them were unable to read or write maps, signposts books were of no use to them.? Fortunately this short trip (Calcutt to Marston Junction and back) covers the patch we've done more than any other so that's pretty much what I have done. That won't work on what I hope to do for our next trip which is planned to be down the GU to beyond Milton Keynes. That's the one direction (i.e. anywhere south of Norton Junction) that we haven't yet done so Canalplan and Nicholson will be getting a lot of use. I'll try to commit it to memory for the future! Mind you, with advancing years that may not be as easy as it would have been in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuthound Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 4 hours ago, Lily Rose said: I hate to see posts like this, they cause panic until I hear that it was a false alarm! I'd be lost without Canalplan. Especially if I have somehow managed to come to the boat for a trip and forgotten to bring my Nicholson's (the first and hopefully last time I do this). Why not leave the Nicholson's on board all the time? I have an early set at home (because the actual canal route doesn't change) and a newer set on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Rose Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, cuthound said: Why not leave the Nicholson's on board all the time? I have an early set at home (because the actual canal route doesn't change) and a newer set on board. I knew someone would ask that! I like to keep them at home to use for planning the next trip and I normally then stick them in my "must take to the boat next time" cardboard box. This time I forgot for some reason. If my boat was at the bottom of the garden I would leave them on it! But who amongst us is in that fortunate position? ☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuthound Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, Lily Rose said: I knew someone would ask that! I like to keep them at home to use for planning the next trip and I normally then stick them in my "must take to the boat next time" cardboard box. This time I forgot for some reason. If my boat was at the bottom of the garden I would leave them on it! But who amongst us is in that fortunate position? ☺ Sooner or later you will replace them with a newer set. When you do, take the old set home. My home set date back to the late 70's, early 80's, when 3 sets covered the whole network and North was a movable feast (indeed they "bent" the canal to fit it alongside the text on each page, so there could be two north's on a single page). Before that I used the British Waterways guides which depicted the canal as a straight line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frahkn Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, cuthound said: Sooner or later you will replace them with a newer set. When you do, take the old set home. My home set date back to the late 70's, early 80's, when 3 sets covered the whole network and North was a movable feast (indeed they "bent" the canal to fit it alongside the text on each page, so there could be two north's on a single page). Before that I used the British Waterways guides which depicted the canal as a straight line. When I had a share in a boat I kept a set at home and sometimes took relevant ones to the boat when on it. The set on the boat soon became a mixture of pristine volumes and very tatty ones. Now I have my own boat I thought that was all behind me. Instead I buy more Nicholson's then ever. My Daughter uses the boat for a few weeks each year, 'borrows' my home set to plan journey's and god only knows what she does with the ones she uses while on the boat. I replace 2 or 3 a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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