tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772807458489546340.post1441498529701710316..comments2023-12-08T18:21:02.274+00:00Comments on nb Pickles no.2: Ashby at lastPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10058329208182560961noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772807458489546340.post-58920968944152107182009-04-30T00:13:00.000+01:002009-04-30T00:13:00.000+01:00Athestone is a good set of locks from which to see...Athestone is a good set of locks from which to see boats from. The lockeeper at the top lock famously has an MBE. But it is the Coventry Canal and not the Ashby.<br /><br />Gosty Hill has Iain and Alison aboard and really is a working boat in the traditional sense. I really don't know how they manage in the modern world but I know that their needs are pretty simple. They cook and sleep in the only accommodation available to them like the boat people in the past. If it were me and Lisa I think things would be very different. They have another narrowboat that they moor aonog side over the summer months. They have just passed me on their final run before the summer. We'll see them again in September.<br /><br />Foxton is fascinating. It attracts the tourists for sure but for good reason. Boaters love it as well. I'm not sure that the tourists add to the canal economy except for the pubs. The best pub at Foxton is Bridge 51. Well it was for us. Not many tourists there though. They much preferred the big one across the way, The Foxton Locks. Not many tourists buy coal or fuel from Gosty either.<br /><br />It is a good life and we love it.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058329208182560961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772807458489546340.post-84902679019480169782009-04-29T21:34:00.000+01:002009-04-29T21:34:00.000+01:00I was at Atherstone at the weekend which isn't far...I was at Atherstone at the weekend which isn't far from Ashby (?). I went there just to do some boat spotting and general photography. I saw Gosty Hill (that's a big boat - and where do they cook and sleep?). <br /><br />The more I see of narrowboat life, the more I'm drawn to it. The only 'problem' is employment, I suppose. Unless I just moor up, but then there's no fun in that, is there? <br /><br />Oh, I also got to see Foxton locks. It seems very popular with pedestrian tourists which, although I didn't like all those people spoiling my day out, must be good for the canal economy.Carlnoreply@blogger.com