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

I'm bringing a Sheewee.

Bikergran do you want our personal measurements in Imperial or Metric ?

oops!

www.farncombeboats.co.uk/

This is where I am waiting!

Oh I am waiting at the Farncombe boathouse at the bottom of the hill www.farncombeboats.co.uk/and will hop aboard when you have navigated the Guildford locks. Just text when you are 5 minutes away and I will walk down to meet you all. if you need supplies , let me know both Waitrose and Sainsbury are nearby.

I do have 'sail ' day skipper qualifications?

papa We havn't thought about a Captain as yet, but I'm sure someone will be along shortly to Volunteer dress code? well I think we will leave that open, but as said earlier..mini skirts and stilettos have been banned (and that goes for you popa)

the Flag sounds like it's coming on a treat (better make it a LARGE one in case we need to attach it around our new toilet arrangements)

glass come on! you nearly missed the boat.
now then! now then! Ladies (and Gents it seems) I have to break the news she knew all along I have just rung the oarsman to confirm toilet arrangements.. when I rang last week it was a bad line and I must have misheard (tut) anyway it seems that when I asked about the portaloo, he mentioned something about "portholes" well!! of course me! being me! thought he was just waffling on about the portholes in the side of the barge,,but ohhh no!! it seems that the "loo" is a hole on the Port side hence the "porthole" he said to shield your modesty he will put up a piece of cloth or sumat! I need to ring back and ask him about the Circumference of this "porthole" once I receive this info..I'm afraid you are all going to have to take a Personal Measurment)

Stuff the string quartet what about having Status Quo serenade us, they are the right age.

Heads up, and tails, indeed! With faithful blunderbuss well loaded with b/s (bicarbonate of soda, of course) and grog-cask charged we're ready to take on all comers. Two questions, though, has the seating rota for the Captain's table been decided upon yet, and the dress-code? I do hope the same string quartet are coming as last year. I did enjoy their heavy-metal reprises.

biker, I always knew there must be a use for your inflatable friends! The chair sounds just the job - is there a footrest? I will wear a life jacket...just in case. Rely on me for some vodka jellies.

Thanks for the idea rosesarered. Flag is being made now and will have the facility to hang upside down in case we end up in distress ( I wasn't in the Girl Guides for nothing). I am also swotting up on my knot tying skills as I think people on boats have to tie knots sometimes though I'm not sure where or why.
Have we got a date yet ?

Ohhh a party, I am now going to have to read the whole thread to see whats going on.

They'res no ladie and gents, they're called heads on a boat.

There are loads of locks around Oxford so glad they will be virtual ones

Our flag could be black/white [like pirate flag] with a grandma on it holding a grandchild under one arm and a glass of wine in the other?

Rule 2- don't use the ladies loo at all!

Papaoscar please remember this very important rule.

Rule 1 - please leave the seat down.

biker

anno I have arranged for your reclining chair to be delivered on the day we set sail, they had a 3rd hand one, apparently when you pull the lever at the side the spring is very powefull and it could be that the chair ejects you 20ft into the air, this is why they supply a parachute and it states it must! be worn at all times when perching in the recliner, sorry but it's the only one they had left. (I thought we could place one of my inflatable friends in to test it first)

now then..hmm I am presuming papaosca is male!

this may call for some decoram (is that the word)?? especially when visiting the portaloo! not sure if papaosca is aware of how the GNetters misbehave act, when on one of their virtual outings perhaps papaosca needs to be forwarned and that someone should mention to him about the "previous" goings on (especialy the policeman and the furry handcuffs)

shoves Pogs towards papaosca to tell him all about the pitfalls of traveling with GNetters

Biker.

Hang on a minute I bagged the Poop Deck first.

OK I will look after him and his doggy doodies but he will have put up with my awful singing once the Bicardi has kicked in.

Usually 'I am sailing' or the 'Good Ship Lollipop'. Poor ruddy pooch.

The prospect of myself be-wigged and strapped to the front would be enough to frighten the water out of the canal, so I and the Labrador will follow at a discrete distance in one of those three-men-in-boat floating tent contraptions which with a bit of luck you will be towing. This will protect dog and I, hopefully, from too much exposure to the inevitable maritime calamities including any canine or masculine poop-deck indiscretions.

I'm currently re-jigging a shanty or two to assist when pulling the pints through the locks. Early thoughts, to the tune of 'What shall we do with the drunken sailor...sung lustily and loudly:

What shall we do with the Gransnet banner
Ditto, ditto
When we reach the boozer?

Suggestions, please!

biker. The person that brings the lab should be responsible for the 'poopdeck' don't you think.
I'm reserving my cabin as far away from there as possible!

aha!! if bringing the Labrador,,,then brings a new meaning to the "Poopdeck"