tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062129867751404815.post6780589498123239755..comments2023-11-02T07:57:19.048-07:00Comments on Buggles Balham High Road: BugsworthBuggles Balham High Roadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09125960985736834277noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062129867751404815.post-74333089427411081302007-11-22T23:04:00.000-08:002007-11-22T23:04:00.000-08:00Still see lots of City living youngsters doing wat...Still see lots of City living youngsters doing water pursuits on the canal at Buxworth over the weekends. The Navigation is a great pub catering for everyone. Walkers, sport, boaters, locals and we had a great weekend there at Halloween and Guy Fawkes.<BR/><BR/>A whole spit roasted sheep and hot pies, vivid green mushy peas and chips. Huge bonfore and firework display with some very inventive dressing up plus a disco.<BR/><BR/>Seriously considering buying a narrow boat and dividing our lives up between living in the soft, warm south and cruising the waterways. The idea of travelling at five miles an hour really attracts.Buggles Balham High Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125960985736834277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062129867751404815.post-44142689760736665902007-11-21T05:23:00.000-08:002007-11-21T05:23:00.000-08:00I wish I'd seen this earlier! As a child I went to...I wish I'd seen this earlier! As a child I went to Buxworth with the school - they had an outdoor pursuits centre there. It was long before the canal basin was cleaned up and the pub (The Navigation?) was owned by Pat Phoenix of Coronation Street fame. I could bore for England on the canals and navigable waterways of England, particularly in the north west, and have been on lots of boating holidays. Wonderfully relaxing.Nogbadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838817425838931554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062129867751404815.post-72122721361338182102007-06-03T04:49:00.000-07:002007-06-03T04:49:00.000-07:00I love narrow boats and, once you've got the hang ...I love narrow boats and, once you've got the hang of it, it becomes quite easy.<BR/>We have dreams of living on one too, though, now our family have moved up to Scotland to be near us it would seem rude to bu**ger off to a canal! kaz xxtea and cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772019840779001852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062129867751404815.post-45032526926664289362007-05-26T09:45:00.000-07:002007-05-26T09:45:00.000-07:00No Rob - not that Blues Band although we saw them ...No Rob - not that Blues Band although we saw them live in the Marine Theatre at Lyme Regis two years ago and Paul Jones still looked Like A Boy. This was a local blues band so I shouldn't have used capitals.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't navigate locks either but there seems to be a great community of people on the canals and they help each other out. <BR/><BR/>We travel there and back on the train from Macclesfield to Taunton and the canal system is very evident through the Midlands, side by side with railways, roads and industry and allotments. Many men sitting by the locks contemplating aand I'm sure they'd give you a hand.<BR/><BR/>Although I wasn't driving we've been on massive locks on the Volga and the Yangtze so the warm and friendly ones on the UK canal waterways should be easy. <BR/><BR/>Must adjust my clock! Thanks.Buggles Balham High Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125960985736834277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062129867751404815.post-73881720723454117982007-05-26T03:16:00.000-07:002007-05-26T03:16:00.000-07:00...and I think your clock is set to Eastern pacifi......and I think your clock is set to Eastern pacific Time or some such. I'm really not sad enough to be posting at 3.15 in the morning...<BR/>It's 11.15 on Saturday!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647405720597546140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062129867751404815.post-42337366356330566192007-05-26T03:15:00.000-07:002007-05-26T03:15:00.000-07:00*The* Blues Band? With Paul Jones? That would be g...*The* Blues Band? With Paul Jones? That would be great. I'm interested in longboats- but how would a cack-handed lump like me cope with locks?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647405720597546140noreply@blogger.com