In message <qcl23bh0j08dhpur3sr8dl4nl9fjj55spd@4ax.com>, brightside S9 <address@replyto_is_not.invalid> writes: >On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:15:15 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" ><G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >>I've always thought of canal traffic as goods rather than passengers ... > >Flyboats were udsed on canals, for e.g. See >http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/solitons/HISTORY_OF_EXPRESS_CANAL_BOATS.pdf > Thanks - most interesting! However, I think from reading that that it was more a novelty excursion matter, and/or wouldn't be cheap enough for the penniless traveller (especially with lots of children). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf This was before we knew that a laboratory rat, if experimented upon, will develop cancer. [Quoted by] Anne (annezo@aol.com), 1997-1-29