Hi - Looking At The Broads After The Canals For Many Years.

[OldBerkshireBoy]

36 minutes ago, ChrisB said:

Exercise is an important point and much easier on canals.

Take it in turns on the helm while someone walks the towpath.

With the horse? 

[OldBerkshireBoy]

43 minutes ago, ranworthbreeze said:

One of the things we used to like about the canals was that you could moor up by a canal-side pub or shop in the villages. Over the years on many the canals by the time you can find a mooring you can be a long way from that pub or any shops because of long-term mooring on the towpath side of the canals. Where there is also private mooring on the opposite  bank there is little room for manoeuvring. Of course there are miles of canal banks to moor by the towpath but if you want a meal, beer or a can of bean or bread be prepared for a good walk. 

In the later years of narrow-boating our crew of six people allowed for someone to walk to the shops, a bit of exercise for us old codgers.  

Regards

Alan

Good days when it was easy to moor outside the pubs & shops as you say Alan and people moan about the long term moorers here. It is worse on the canals but action and fines are slowly having an effect.

[ranworthbreeze]

1 hour ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:

Good days when it was easy to moor outside the pubs & shops as you say Alan and people moan about the long term moorers here. It is worse on the canals but action and fines are slowly having an effect.

Hello Kevin, 

The ones I was talking about on the canals are official long term moorings that use the tow path side of the canal, ideally theses should be located on the other bank.

Regards

Alan