canal bucket list?

[magpie patrick]

All being well I will see the eight rise/six rise at Fonserranes on the Canal Du Midi in late October - In September I saw Ardnacrusha Lock on the Shannon (two-rise in hydro scheme, total fall 110 feet) and St Mullins Lock on the Barrow, both of which I'd known of for years and wanted to see. Had I made a bucket list of canal things to see these would almost certainly have been on them.

 

What else would peeps suggest should be on the list? Mine or yours? 

 

Might be interesting to do an obscure places bucket list as well - for example, should one make room to see what's left of the Pen Clawdd Canal?  

 

(I've pretty much seen the highlights of England Wales and Scotland although not necessarily boated them)

[David Mack]

[rusty69]

Panama for me.

[Alan de Enfield]

3 minutes ago, magpie patrick said:

What else would peeps suggest should be on the list? Mine or yours? 

Boat the Caledonian, its unique as a canal and an amazing construction achievement.

[AllanD]

Second the vote for the Caledonian Canal, did it in June this year. Beyond my expectations. 

[mrsmelly]

1 hour ago, magpie patrick said:

All being well I will see the eight rise/six rise at Fonserranes on the Canal Du Midi in late October - In September I saw Ardnacrusha Lock on the Shannon (two-rise in hydro scheme, total fall 110 feet) and St Mullins Lock on the Barrow, both of which I'd known of for years and wanted to see. Had I made a bucket list of canal things to see these would almost certainly have been on them.

 

What else would peeps suggest should be on the list? Mine or yours? 

 

Might be interesting to do an obscure places bucket list as well - for example, should one make room to see what's left of the Pen Clawdd Canal?  

 

(I've pretty much seen the highlights of England Wales and Scotland although not necessarily boated them)

The Tavistock canal is well worth a visit, a lovely walk.

[Nightwatch]

From Rugby it's a looooooong walk!

[Dr Bob]

7 hours ago, rusty69 said:

Panama for me.

You can have mine if you like.

 

[rusty69]

1 minute ago, Dr Bob said:

You can have mine if you like.

 

Just as well I didn't say Suez

[Alan de Enfield]

20 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Just as well I didn't say Suez

What the Victorians did for us.

[rusty69]

7 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

What the Victorians did for us.

Big jobby i would think. Made by Barry Bazzel Jet iirc

[Dyertribe]

8 hours ago, rusty69 said:

Panama for me.

Having been through the Panama Canal I can vouch for it being an amazing experience. 

[rusty69]

Bet the Corinth is nice too. Dr Bob? 

[zenataomm]

For me it would be to poddle down to London and back again, while being able to stop wherever I want in the capital, like I could in the 80s.

[Bee]

A bit of a waltz down the Danube?

[Dr Bob]

48 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Bet the Corinth is nice too. Dr Bob? 

Most expensive canal in the world to go through ....per metre.

Quite stunning.

Kept thinking  Poseiden was going to appear both times when we went through....as per Jason and the Argonauts.

Cleaner than the GU.

[roland elsdon]

1 hour ago, zenataomm said:

For me it would be to poddle down to London and back again, while being able to stop wherever I want in the capital, like I could in the 80s.

Simple. 

Go buy a disposable £10000 boat. Take to London, fail to give a toss about people's reaction to your activities.

when your over reminiscing about how it was , put a badly written advert on eBay, and pass the problem on.

in our garage we have hundreds of photos from 1980 to 1987 of London as it was, little Venice new year gatherings, the trips from the shovel into battlebridge and the rest. One day when we get that house back I'll get them out and reproduce them.

i won't go back that way ever. I prefer my memories.

[Allan(nb Albert)]

Something I did not know was even on my bucket list ...

For my 70th birthday back in June, I arrived at the Folly (Napton bottom lock, Northern Oxford) by helicopter.

 

[jonesthenuke]

Three Gorges dam is worth looking at.  The locks are impressive.

Edited October 14, 2018 by jonesthenuke

[Ray T]

Something quite simple, having crossed the Pontcysyllte in a hire boat I would like to cross it in our own boat. 

[X Alan W]

9 hours ago, Ray T said:

Something quite simple, having crossed the Pontcysyllte in a hire boat I would like to cross it in our own boat. 

About now in the year in my opinion is the best early start on a misty morning with it laying on the Dee it's more like flying than boating

[magpie patrick]

Some good ideas - sorry to disappoint but I've already done the sewer! Went inside the northern outfall in Bow for on job, and walked over the Bow Back Rivers.... that's one for the bucket and chuck it list tho....

 

Tavistock is a good one, not to far and I'd like to see more of the SW waterways. Caledonian is one for Juno? 

 

Danube, plus China? 

 

The Douro looks a possible from nbDenise's pictures too.

 

Better plan on living a while yet  ?

[lampini]

Caledonian is on my list - but then so is the whole European canal system! Would love to hire a boat on the River Lot around Cahors way in France. It’s not accessible from the main system so hireboat is the way.. anyone done it? ?

[mrsmelly]

2 hours ago, lampini said:

Caledonian is on my list - but then so is the whole European canal system! Would love to hire a boat on the River Lot around Cahors way in France. It’s not accessible from the main system so hireboat is the way.. anyone done it? ?

I have always fancied the Caledonian but swmbo will not allow boating holidays ☹️

[rusty69]

5 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

I have always fancied the Caledonian but swmbo will not allow boating holidays ☹️

Which one did you fancy? (don't tell Mrs Smelly)