I was back home in Portadown last night visiting the family, and meeting up with some mates for a few bevvies.
There is nothing better than drinking in a bar where you know 50% of the customers, and where you can get a seat to sit 6 people on a Saturday night at 10.oo pm.
There is a programme on Home and Leisure at the moment about living on canal boats, I wonder why we don't see many on our waterways here.
I remember going on a canal boat trip on a school trip to Morecambe, the canal crossed a river on a viaduct, which is pretty amazing. I have had a quick look on google and can't seem to track it down.
There is an old boy in Portadown called Jackie, he has a dog called Rex and he spends a lot of time on a boat in the Bann, he is permanantly pickled, favouring cheap sherry as his tipple. Quite frequently you can see him pick up fellow winos and go on a booze cruise up the River Bann, I remember rowing past him one day and there must have been 8 people in a 16 foot boat dangerously listing to one side.