Saturday, 20 June 2009

Hebden Bridge - Barges


More canal boats at Hebden Bridge .....




My first experience of being away from home as a youth was to stay on a YMCA barge moored near Poynton in Cheshire.

A rat managed to get on board and into the kitchen area - at one o'clock in the morning the YMCA leader was pulling up floorboards and planking in order the extract the creature ...

What fun !!!

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1 comment:

  1. love the story - don't think they do trips like that these days.

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