On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:23:51 +0100, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The pond-ish area in Regents Park will most likely be the Regents Canal,
> and
> living quarters there I would expect to be narrow-boats, due to the
> width of
> the canal. Of course, it was the width of the canal which determined the
> 'width' of the narrow boat - less than half the width of the canal, to
> permit two-way traffic.
Aaaaah.
> Houseboats can be seen on the Thames - for example at Cheyne Walk in
> Chelsea.
I don't think I saw any on the Thames, but then this was only around the
city, and any place to dock was taken up by large vessels, which were host
to pubs/eateries, etc. I did see lots of boats that had the same form
factor and shape as narrowboats, but were being used for tours on the
river.
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