Great Canal Journeys.

[Caran]

Watching this tonight brought back so many memories of our boating past.
I remember being in a lock on the Thames, our little cruiser sandwiched between two enormous cruisers. The two women on the other boats having a conversation over the top of us. One of them said, looking down on us, "you do get some riffraff on the river nowadays don't you?" I still wish I'd said something!

[craft1948]

Best not if you're stuck between them...

[Caran]

That was what I thought at the time, I had visions of being squashed.

[cupid04]

I like this programme. Timothy West and Prunella Scales seem such a devoted couple.

[Caran]

They really are. They used to live on their boat opposite the theatre at Stratford on Avon. I used to see it often.

[mastercraft]

It brought back memories for me too.
We would get big bits of polystyrene from a factory skip and tie them together to make a raft....and off we would sail/paddle. Our stretch of the Grand Union was covered in tonight's episode. I doubt Tim West would take too kindly to a bunch of eleven year old's having fun on rafts - having seen what he did to the barge that got in his way in the last episode!

[Caran]

Sounds great fun master craft.

[mastercraft]

It certainly was Caran... those were the days!

[baza]

I went on a school trip on the Grand Union canal,the teachers let us steer the barge and we were only 13/14 year olds. A great holiday.

[Caran]

I agree baza, I am trying to persuade OH we could do it again. But he says we are too old. We couldn't manage the jumping on and off the boat now.

[baza]

I think the older you get the more you like the creature comforts, I know I do.

[Caran]

I would love to have another go though.

[mastercraft]

You're never too old!

[Hopkirk]

Poor Prunella is suffering from Alzheimer's so it is good to see her still 'performing' for the cameras.