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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 21, 2017 7:35:15 GMT
Yes, it improved my Monday too. However... ...Until the final episode, what you describe could equally apply to caravanism. (Even the last bit, if you take omitting to tie up as analogous to forgetting to chock the wheels.) The mistake, as you discovered, was to commit yourselves to a self-contained residential coffin-cum-sewage storage facility, with additional disadvantages of mucky water for things to fall in and a towpath to provide handy access to your roof for people who want to bang on it on their way home from the pub. At least T&E drives his sewage to Finland to avoid that problem. So I submit that a narrowboat is the worst of all possible worlds: too slow and ponderous to be enjoyable on the water, while condemning you to be in it for all but an hour or two every day. A bit like a prison cell but without the mains drainage. What I'm considering here, daft as it may be, is the other, entirely discrete Venn oval. 'My' boat is free to go wherever it likes - within the limits of my Thames registration, which I've not read properly yet - for the purposes of scenic picnics in charming, stylish company and no onboard sewage or TV to go wrong. Electric too; I hoped you'd approve of that. I'm just praying you'll get "caught short" on one of your outings.........
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Post by WDB on Aug 21, 2017 7:38:57 GMT
Kind of you, but in that respect is it so very different from going out on a bike or in a car?
Even Mrs B1 is kinda coming round to the idea after our little trip down the Rhine last weekend.
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 21, 2017 8:39:59 GMT
Kind of you, but in that respect is it so very different from going out on a bike or in a car? All joking apart, I think it probably is slightly more "difficult". Even Mrs B1 is kinda coming round to the idea after our little trip down the Rhine last weekend. You'll need big batteries to get it that far (and an onboard toilet )
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