think we need a party!! how about a canal trip?

What a splendid idea. I can provide the locks in the Henley on Thames, Marlow, Windsor area.

Can we have Bacardi and Cokes with ice and spicy crisps ?

I have just re-read your post and I think the Thames Valley doesn't come into your area, but as it is a virtual trip could there be a bit of leeway here Bikergran ?

of course NanKate we can " virtual" anywhere will set a date when others have put their names down. ship ahoy!!

I will , as always provide champagne !

quite a lot of it in fact , hope no-one falls overboard after all that quaffing

I love a good quaff!

PHO , little sausage, don"t think I don"t know , mind you have been known to quaff myself !!!!!
Before Lent of course !

At the risk of seeming like a pedant, why are you here in the 'am I being unreasonable' section? And I think it was Timothy West ...

Anyway, if you pass by me, here on the Grand Canal in MK, I'll give you all a wave...I'll be watching from my living room window...

Those of you who will be operating the locks should not really be drinking should you? !!!!!

I naturally will not be doing so. In my present state, I would fall overboard and yes I know, many of you would leave me there so I cannot risk it.

Possibly because an 'am I being unreasonable' always catches the attention mollie . sounds good to me but with my sense of direction and poor geographical abilities please could you point me in the right direction. We have some boaters amongst us (not me) so hopefully they will be able to come along and keep us on the straight and narrow (!!narrow boats!!)

Think it all slots in perfectly well !
Re AIMBU !!

Do we need a Gransnet flag ? If yes, how will we represent ourselves ?

Hey, sounds good.
Of course all virtual canals intercommunicate, too!

(Should I bring my waterwings?)

Lovely but as I said on the other thread I am going to sit there giving out my order's, left a bit, right a bit. I will swap a cup of tea for a Bicardi and Coke though.

I definitely am not steering. Isn't it the case you move the wheel to the left , to go to the right and steer to the right to go left. .

'Scull and Crossbones' perhaps? We could dress as pirates - I have a stuffed parrot and an eye patch. Think all sorts of rubber/plastic accessories will be required so waterwings a must have Alie

Don't forget to practise 'Port' and 'Starboard'. What sort of a drink is 'Starboard'?

What about a wooden leg Deb ?

A Gransnet flag! Yes, we neeeeed one. For women, any coat of arms has to be on a lozenge, apparently. What, like Fishermen's Friends? Charges like martlets or (old) bats? Over crossed knitting needles?

Flag! Spectacles with crossed crutches underneath, surmounted by zimmer frame

Starboard is green, so presumably creme de menthe?

I get sea sick!

On a canal?!

I shall ride my virtual horse to get to the canal, then if the engine breaks down my trusty horse will pull the boat for us, as in days of old.

It can get a bit rough in the locks you know Galen

Charleygirl I would dive in to save you! And what, exactly is the present state to which you refer?

(Notice proper phrasing, not " the present state you refer to" dead posh, me!)

PS Can't believe I "said" that, hate the word "posh"

Charleygirl, you can be in charge of drinks pouring. We will do the jumping off and falling in. (Joke not, my cousin did that)