Siddiq
Graham was talking about narrowboats, now look at the barges being used
as houseboats on the Thames not far downstream from the City of London
and the Tower of London.
I have a couple of shots (OM4 and Velvia) on
http://homepage.mac.com/zuiko/PhotoAlbum8.html from the Zuikoholics'
meeting in London in August 2003.
Cheers
Chris
On 26 Aug 2004, at 9:28, GeeBee wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Siddiq" <iddibhai@xxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 26 August 2004 08:49
> Subject: [OM] Re: Welford Northamptonshire #6
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>
>>
>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:46:20 +0100, GeeBee <geebee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> Upkeep is very probably low cost but the rule of thumb when buying is
>>> £1000
>>> per foot. Some are over 60 ft long :-)
>>>
>>> --Graham
>>
>> so these narrowboats, they are like houseboats then? (vs goods
>> carriers)?
>> i think i saw one or two in some pond-ish area in regents park in
>> london,
>> seemed like someone lived in it.
>>
>> --
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> Hi Siddiq,
>
> Their origin was for goods transport with a small living area by the
> helm.
> Now they are for leisure and permanent habitation and are often
> equipped to
> luxury standards. There are often political moves to start using them
> for
> transporting non time sensitive loads but they usually come to
> nothing. The
> network of canals is sufficiently extensive to at least keep the dream
> of
> transporting goods alive.
> --Graham
>
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