In reply to "|--Spike=-" who wrote the following:
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:34:26 GMT, RIB <rib@rack.com> wrote:
>
> > In reply to "PeggLeg" who wrote the following:
> >
> > > Wow! I thought I'd gone deaf (er)! Katherine may enjoy it...but I have
> > > a feeling that there will be a lot more folks enjoying it with her. If
> > > you have any more Canal Boat vids ( in XviD or DivX ) please post. I
> > > got some that were just posted a ways back.
> > > A long time ago, when I was much younger and wanting to tour Europe,
> > > PBS (I'm across the pond, as you say) put on a three part mini-series
> > > called "Barging Through Europe: The Voyage Of The Leontyne ) or
> > > something like that. A guy in Britain restored a barge, got it all
> > > fixed uo, then took it across the channel and started in France (I
> > > think!?) and barged all the way up to somewhere in Scandinavia. I had
> > > dreams about it back then. Never got to see it all but I guess that
> > > they had quite a time getting it all started. Now THAT would be an
> > > Adventure...with a capital A!
> > > The canals over there, In Britain and Europe, look like a boaters
> > > Heaven. Relaxed, easy days, friendly...
> > > Thank You for the post...whether Katherine enjoys it or not. I will,
> > > and I'm sure that many more will as well!
> > > Later...
> > >
> > > PeggLeg
> >
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> >
> > Hello Peggleg. I'm pleased you enjoyed the trip :-). I do have a Fred Dibnah
> > vid
> > somewhere about canals in xvid I can post if you are interested?
> >
> > A British celeb did a series last year called "Barging around Britain" but
> > that
> > was posted in MKV format. He got villified by the boating community for
> > calling
> > his narrow boat a "barge" though. Sacrilege to us (X in my case) narrow boat
> > owners.
> >
> > Catch you later,
> >
> > RIB.
> >
> >
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> I've got a series called 'Narrow Boat Afloat' which you might or might
> not have already, Binsearch has no record of it so it might be a while
> since it was last posted.
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> ***NFO***
> Narrow Boat Afloat is a record of a trip on a narrow boat by Alan
> Herd, from Birmingham to the Thames in 10 episodes.
>
> While, strictly speaking, it is not really a documentary, it is
> educational, and shows a number of buildings and industries that were
> part of the Industrial Revolution. For anyone who is interested in
> the British inland waterways, it is certainly of interest.
>
> The network of canals that forms the British inland waterways is of
> historical significance as it provided much of the transport for both
> raw materials and finished products, from source to factory to market,
> before the road network and trucks became the primary form of
> transport.
>
> 10 episodes, approximately 22 minutes each.
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> Also... Canals The Making of a Nation
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> =====
> ***NFO***
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0689qmh
>
> Liz McIvor looks at who built the nation's canal network, who funded
> it, those who worked on it and how they were regenerated following
> WWII
> 6 episodes
>
> Heritage
> 6/6 Liz McIvor explores how the nation's canal network was saved
> following years of neglect.
>
> The Boat People
> 5/6 The story of the people who operated the canal boats, carrying
> goods around the country.
>
> The Workers
> 4/6 Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals -
> the navigators, or navvies
>
> Capitalism
> 3/6 Charting the period of activity that helped develop Britain's
> modern financial economy.
>
> Geology
> 2/6 How the process of building the canals resulted in furthering
> geological knowledge.
>
> Engineering
> 1/6 The struggles of those tasked with creating a landscape of canals
> around the Pennines.
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> Let me know.
> (Thats if the archive DVD's have not corrupted yet).
>
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Post away Spike. I'm gonna transcode Barging to avi for Peggleg. I'll be in the
"Smoke" for a few days and might not get them posted until I get back.
RIB.
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