Albion stars!

[JennyMorgan]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/sailing/11013858/Ben-Fogles-country-travels-sailing-the-Norfolk-Broads.html

 

Good reading! 

[Polly]

It was indeed, but, canals Ben?

[Hockham Admiral]

What an excellent way to popularize the Broads!

[Timbo]

It was indeed, but, canals Ben?

 

It was the "anglers hoping to hook an eel or a pike" that raised my eyebrows...an eel? Hoping to catch an eeewwwwwk eel? 

[ranworthbreeze]

Hi Peter,

 

Thank you for posting the link, a intersting story that helps premote the Broads.

 

Regards

Alan

[Polly]

I remember seeing my dad dancing around on the bank with an eel attached to his finger. I think I must have been in trouble because I was definitely on the eel's side at the time!

[ranworthbreeze]

Hi Pauline,

 

The eel we once had on a crab line in Devon, took the end of the line the metal frame and the weight off of the bottom. My bother in law was with us at the time still talks about seeing the eels head come out of the water and often talks about it.  

 

This one would have had your dad's arm.

 

Regards

Alan

[BuffaloBill]

 

 

They came about after the peat excavations of the Middle Ages left long canals that were eventually flooded, creating watery highways on which more than 300 wherries could ferry their cargo under sail.

 

And this man travels all over the world and can't get the bit right closest to home 

[JennyMorgan]

The New Cut & Oulton Dyke are both canals, however I don't think that Ben Fogle was sailing there!