I hope that this reply goes into the correct slot this time! I haven't
been having a lot of luck with it lately...
Hope that you and the wife had a great time in town. Sounds like you
did, anyway. Love the (obviously) old telescope at the observatory. All
brass with the iron railing at the top. What really got me was the
Cutty Sark. I had no clue that it still existed. Is that the real thing
or a remake? Years ago, the makers of Cutty Sark scotch printed a
commercial that told the story of how a spinaker got it's name. Sort of
neat, but it stuck in my mind. When I was in the Navy, I was on an
aircraft carrier, which is like a floating city, and we had a hobby
shop. I actually bought a plastic model of the Cutty Sark which was
about 2 1/2 feet long or so. Never finished it though...it was
interrupted by the fire. The ship as well as the story have stuck in my
mind ever since though. It's a beautiful ship...as most tall ships are.
Actually, a wife and two kids seems like a pretty good trade to me, eh?
Happiness is all in how you look at it.
Thank You for the 'Barging Round Britain' episodes.
And, by the way: You said that people 'villified' him for calling them
a 'barge'. Actually I think maybe he just used the phrase as a play on
words with the name - 'Barging Round Britain'. Maybe?
Again, Thanks!
Later...
PeggLeg
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>
> I'm back folks! Peggleg - my wife had to go to London for a few days so I
> went
> with here. While she was tending to buisness I went here :-
>
> http://www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark
>
> and here :-
>
> http://www.rmg.co.uk/national-maritime-museum
>
> and here :-
>
> http://www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observatory
>
> From what I've seen of your posts you'd love it all.
>
> I'll start recoding the rest of "barging" later when I've settled in a bit.
>
> By the way - over here a barge is something you carry cargo in. A narrow boat
> is
> covered and can generally be lived in. When you are talking canals they are
> identical in width but both barges and narrow boats can vary immensely in
> length. Mine was around 56 foot.
>
> Spike - I lived in a narrowboat for a while - some of the happiest days of my
> life. A wife and two small babies put payed to that idylic lifestyle :-(
>
> Later folks,
>
> RIB.
>
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