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Originally Posted by Merry
Well done for having a go at reading the booklet, marquette!
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It was interesting but I kept getting confused about whether he was writing about canals or railways ! He was examining the different routes proposed and kept talking about tunnels of two and three miles long under the Peak District.
Or up to 80 locks to go up and down over the hills. This seemed quite impractical due to needing lots of water on hand in reservoirs to fill the locks !
I was quite concerned about how the people who were on the boats would manage (didn't they lay on their back and "walk" on the tunnel roofs to propel the boats through ? - three miles !!!)
Di