ChrisND @UKRM wrote:

> I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a colliery branch from
> Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine which carried coal *by
> underground canal*

Probably a sensible/convenient way of moving floodwater about to where
it can be more easily pumped out.

--
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"sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:j62j35Fhpn4U1
@mid.individual.net:

> ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>
>> I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a colliery branch from
>> Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine which carried coal *by
>> underground canal*
>
> Probably a sensible/convenient way of moving floodwater about to where
> it can be more easily pumped out.
>

they did similar in lead mines in the Peak District. You can still go down
one and take a little boat to the main cavern with some impressive
stalagmites & stalactites. Lots of water running about so some sort of
pumping system needed, but the water made transporting ore to the shaft
easier.

On 02/02/2022 12:19, Pete Fisher wrote:
> On 02/02/2022 09:14, sweller wrote:
>> Pete Fisher wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure how he is getting back from Newhaven to London, but if no
>>> room on a train and a mate can't pick him up we will go and collect
>>> him with cycle carrier on a car or in the 'MH'. Or a one way car hire
>>> by him.
>>
>> When is he getting back to Newhaven?  I don't live too far away and I
>> have an estate car to pick up his bike and a shed to store it in.
>>
>
> Flexible. Last 'plan' was the Thursday afternoon crossing getting in
> 21.00 but may be the Friday 05.30 - so 09.15.
>
> Offer much appreciated. He may be able to arrange for a mate with a car
> to pick him up. Should be finalising plans by tomorrow morning (train
> back to Dieppe).
>
>
>

Well the wanderer has returned. A last minute flap when the train he had
planned to use from Paris via Rouen to Dieppe was cancelled from Rouen.
The next one wasn't for 3 hours and only arrived shortly after the
official last check in time for the ferry he was booked on. Dashed from
the station to the Ibis budget where he had left his bike. Luckily that
went smoothly and he retrieved it quickly from the secure storage. Only
2 kms from the ferry terminal, so his bad knee held out. Managed to make
it half an hour before sailing time and at least he had phoned them
earlier to see what the absolute deadline really was. Mr Wilson will
have experience of that on Poole Cherbourg - as have I.

Then the clot nearly blew it by not having completed a locator form in
advance. We had told him he needed one, but apparently he got misled by
the various announcement. Got a bit shouty it seems, so I'm surprised
they actually let him on (after doing one there and then on his phone).

No problem getting his bicycle on to the Newhaven-Lewes and Lewes-London
Bridge trains and just a short pedal back from there to his gaff.

Several life lessons learned and when he attempts it next time I suspect
the itinerary will be more realistic.

He says to let all here know that the offers of help from UKRMers were
very much appreciated.

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On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 18:09:21 -0000 (UTC), wessie
<willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:

>"sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:j62j35Fhpn4U1
>@mid.individual.net:
>
>> ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>
>>> I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a colliery branch from
>>> Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine which carried coal *by
>>> underground canal*
>>
>> Probably a sensible/convenient way of moving floodwater about to where
>> it can be more easily pumped out.
>>
>
>they did similar in lead mines in the Peak District. You can still go down
>one and take a little boat to the main cavern with some impressive
>stalagmites & stalactites. Lots of water running about so some sort of
>pumping system needed, but the water made transporting ore to the shaft
>easier.

Speedwell cavern. We often went to the Blue John mines when I was a
kid (my mum was studying geology with the OU). Back then you used to
be able to pick up pebble-sized pieces of the stuff on the gravel
paths all around the area.

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On 03/02/2022 18:09, wessie wrote:
> "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:j62j35Fhpn4U1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>> ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>
>>> I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a colliery branch from
>>> Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine which carried coal *by
>>> underground canal*
>>
>> Probably a sensible/convenient way of moving floodwater about to where
>> it can be more easily pumped out.
>>
>
> they did similar in lead mines in the Peak District. You can still go down
> one and take a little boat to the main cavern with some impressive
> stalagmites & stalactites. Lots of water running about so some sort of
> pumping system needed, but the water made transporting ore to the shaft
> easier.

I think it is the fact these were below sea level, and under the river
Dee is what he finds remarkable.

Basically a tunnel under a river, for boats not cars/trains.

--
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"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
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YTC#1 <bdp@ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote in news:stiuia$e9m$1@dont-email.me:

>
>
> On 03/02/2022 18:09, wessie wrote:
>> "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:j62j35Fhpn4U1
>> @mid.individual.net:
>>
>>> ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>>
>>>> I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a colliery branch from
>>>> Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine which carried coal
>>>> *by underground canal*
>>>
>>> Probably a sensible/convenient way of moving floodwater about to
>>> where it can be more easily pumped out.
>>>
>>
>> they did similar in lead mines in the Peak District. You can still go
>> down one and take a little boat to the main cavern with some
>> impressive stalagmites & stalactites. Lots of water running about so
>> some sort of pumping system needed, but the water made transporting
>> ore to the shaft easier.
>
> I think it is the fact these were below sea level, and under the river
> Dee is what he finds remarkable.
>
> Basically a tunnel under a river, for boats not cars/trains.
>

pretty sure the one I refer to will go under several, admittedly smaller,
water courses

On 04/02/2022 12:32, wessie wrote:
> YTC#1 <bdp@ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote in news:stiuia$e9m$1@dont-email.me:
>

>>>
>>> they did similar in lead mines in the Peak District. You can still go
>>> down one and take a little boat to the main cavern with some
>>> impressive stalagmites & stalactites. Lots of water running about so
>>> some sort of pumping system needed, but the water made transporting
>>> ore to the shaft easier.
>>
>> I think it is the fact these were below sea level, and under the river
>> Dee is what he finds remarkable.
>>
>> Basically a tunnel under a river, for boats not cars/trains.
>>
>
> pretty sure the one I refer to will go under several, admittedly smaller,
> water courses

While that is/may be true. I feel there is somewhat a size difference
between those streams and the River Dee :-)

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On 03/02/2022 17:25, YTC#1 wrote:
>
>
> On 03/02/2022 14:36, ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>> On 03/02/2022 14:02, YTC#1 wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/02/2022 13:40, ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>>> On 02/02/2022 17:14, YTC#1 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 02/02/2022 17:01, sweller wrote:
>>>>>> YTC#1 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Back in the good old days we had a guards van, aways room for plenty
>>>>>>> of bikes in that
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You also had a guard.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Indeed. And as a sprog my parents would put me in the guards van at
>>>>> Wallasey Village and my Nan would collect me in Neston when I went
>>>>> for visits.
>>>>
>>>> Via Birkenhead+Heswall or was the old route via West Kirby still
>>>> open then?  :-)
>>>> (genuinely interested - not an age related pi$$ take!)
>>>
>>> Straight through, for many years we had a train from NewB to North
>>> Wales,non of this switch at Bidston lark.
>>>
>>> West Kirkby has always been the end of the line in my time, granted
>>> there was a rail on what is now the Wirral Way, but that only went as
>>> far as Hooton.
>>
>> Ok, ta. I've walked much of the Wirral Way and need to do the Hooton
>> end of things sometime.  I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a
>
> Use a puh bike, more fun :-) (And you can do the full Wirral route , 40
> miles, in a day)
>
>> colliery branch from Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine
>> which carried coal *by underground canal* actually under the Dee!
>
> They did a fair bit of mining wayy out to sea at Point of Ayr
>
>
>
> I hope you went ti Parkgate and had an ice cream from Nichols?
<Raises quizzical eyebrow>
I was going to stop in Parkgate on another trip but failed to be able to
park. Oh the irony.
I'll have another try then next time I head that way. Its on the bit I
have yet to walk.

Chris

--
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Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
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On 04/02/2022 08:58, Ace wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 18:09:21 -0000 (UTC), wessie
> <willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:
>
>> "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:j62j35Fhpn4U1
>> @mid.individual.net:
>>
>>> ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>>
>>>> I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a colliery branch from
>>>> Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine which carried coal *by
>>>> underground canal*
>>>
>>> Probably a sensible/convenient way of moving floodwater about to where
>>> it can be more easily pumped out.
>>>
>>
>> they did similar in lead mines in the Peak District. You can still go down
>> one and take a little boat to the main cavern with some impressive
>> stalagmites & stalactites. Lots of water running about so some sort of
>> pumping system needed, but the water made transporting ore to the shaft
>> easier.
>
> Speedwell cavern. We often went to the Blue John mines when I was a
> kid (my mum was studying geology with the OU). Back then you used to
> be able to pick up pebble-sized pieces of the stuff on the gravel
> paths all around the area.
>
Yes, been there, done that - amazing place.
It wasn't until I found out about the one at Neston that I started to
research underground canals and was amazed to find out there were loads
of them - including another one at the Magpie Mine in the peaks and one
at Holywell on the 'other side' of the Dee.

Somewhere I have a map the RHCS sent me when I queried it.

Chris

--
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Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
http://www.Deuchars.org.uk

On 04/02/2022 10:18, YTC#1 wrote:
>
>
> On 03/02/2022 18:09, wessie wrote:
>> "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:j62j35Fhpn4U1
>> @mid.individual.net:
>>
>>> ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>>
>>>> I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a colliery branch from
>>>> Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine which carried coal *by
>>>> underground canal*
>>>
>>> Probably a sensible/convenient way of moving floodwater about to where
>>> it can be more easily pumped out.
>>>
>>
>> they did similar in lead mines in the Peak District. You can still go
>> down
>> one and take a little boat to the main cavern with some impressive
>> stalagmites & stalactites. Lots of water running about so some sort of
>> pumping system needed, but the water made transporting ore to the shaft
>> easier.
>
> I think it is the fact these were below sea level, and under the river
> Dee is what he finds remarkable.
>
> Basically a tunnel under a river, for boats not cars/trains.
>

Yes, that's the point I was trying to emphasise.

Chris

--
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On 04/02/2022 12:32, wessie wrote:
> YTC#1 <bdp@ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote in news:stiuia$e9m$1@dont-email.me:
>
>>
>>
>> On 03/02/2022 18:09, wessie wrote:
>>> "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:j62j35Fhpn4U1
>>> @mid.individual.net:
>>>
>>>> ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a colliery branch from
>>>>> Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine which carried coal
>>>>> *by underground canal*
>>>>
>>>> Probably a sensible/convenient way of moving floodwater about to
>>>> where it can be more easily pumped out.
>>>>
>>>
>>> they did similar in lead mines in the Peak District. You can still go
>>> down one and take a little boat to the main cavern with some
>>> impressive stalagmites & stalactites. Lots of water running about so
>>> some sort of pumping system needed, but the water made transporting
>>> ore to the shaft easier.
>>
>> I think it is the fact these were below sea level, and under the river
>> Dee is what he finds remarkable.
>>
>> Basically a tunnel under a river, for boats not cars/trains.
>>
>
> pretty sure the one I refer to will go under several, admittedly smaller,
> water courses
:-)

--
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Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
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On 04/02/2022 14:06, YTC#1 wrote:
>
> On 04/02/2022 12:32, wessie wrote:
>> YTC#1 <bdp@ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote in news:stiuia$e9m$1@dont-email.me:
>>
>
>>>>
>>>> they did similar in lead mines in the Peak District. You can still go
>>>> down one and take a little boat to the main cavern with some
>>>> impressive stalagmites & stalactites. Lots of water running about so
>>>> some sort of pumping system needed, but the water made transporting
>>>> ore to the shaft easier.
>>>
>>> I think it is the fact these were below sea level, and under the river
>>> Dee is what he finds remarkable.
>>>
>>> Basically a tunnel under a river, for boats not cars/trains.
>>>
>>
>> pretty sure the one I refer to will go under several, admittedly smaller,
>> water courses
>
> While that is/may be true. I feel there is somewhat a size difference
> between those streams and the River Dee :-)
>
Yes, somewhat :-)

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Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
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On 04/02/2022 14:43, ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
> On 03/02/2022 17:25, YTC#1 wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 03/02/2022 14:36, ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>> On 03/02/2022 14:02, YTC#1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 03/02/2022 13:40, ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>>>> On 02/02/2022 17:14, YTC#1 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 02/02/2022 17:01, sweller wrote:
>>>>>>> YTC#1 wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Back in the good old days we had a guards van, aways room for
>>>>>>>> plenty
>>>>>>>> of bikes in that
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You also had a guard.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Indeed. And as a sprog my parents would put me in the guards van
>>>>>> at Wallasey Village and my Nan would collect me in Neston when I
>>>>>> went for visits.
>>>>>
>>>>> Via Birkenhead+Heswall or was the old route via West Kirby still
>>>>> open then?  :-)
>>>>> (genuinely interested - not an age related pi$$ take!)
>>>>
>>>> Straight through, for many years we had a train from NewB to North
>>>> Wales,non of this switch at Bidston lark.
>>>>
>>>> West Kirkby has always been the end of the line in my time, granted
>>>> there was a rail on what is now the Wirral Way, but that only went
>>>> as far as Hooton.
>>>
>>> Ok, ta. I've walked much of the Wirral Way and need to do the Hooton
>>> end of things sometime.  I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a
>>
>> Use a puh bike, more fun :-) (And you can do the full Wirral route ,
>> 40 miles, in a day)
>>
>>> colliery branch from Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine
>>> which carried coal *by underground canal* actually under the Dee!
>>
>> They did a fair bit of mining wayy out to sea at Point of Ayr
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope you went ti Parkgate and had an ice cream from Nichols?
> <Raises quizzical eyebrow>
> I was going to stop in Parkgate on another trip but failed to be able to
> park. Oh the irony.

Larger car park down past the Boathouse pub

> I'll have another try then next time I head that way.  Its on the bit I
> have yet to walk.
>
Make sure you get Nichols, not the newcomer next door.

--
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There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On 04/02/2022 16:17, YTC#1 wrote:
>
>
> On 04/02/2022 14:43, ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>> On 03/02/2022 17:25, YTC#1 wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/02/2022 14:36, ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>>> On 03/02/2022 14:02, YTC#1 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 03/02/2022 13:40, ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>>>>> On 02/02/2022 17:14, YTC#1 wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 02/02/2022 17:01, sweller wrote:
>>>>>>>> YTC#1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Back in the good old days we had a guards van, aways room for
>>>>>>>>> plenty
>>>>>>>>> of bikes in that
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You also had a guard.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Indeed. And as a sprog my parents would put me in the guards van
>>>>>>> at Wallasey Village and my Nan would collect me in Neston when I
>>>>>>> went for visits.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Via Birkenhead+Heswall or was the old route via West Kirby still
>>>>>> open then?  :-)
>>>>>> (genuinely interested - not an age related pi$$ take!)
>>>>>
>>>>> Straight through, for many years we had a train from NewB to North
>>>>> Wales,non of this switch at Bidston lark.
>>>>>
>>>>> West Kirkby has always been the end of the line in my time, granted
>>>>> there was a rail on what is now the Wirral Way, but that only went
>>>>> as far as Hooton.
>>>>
>>>> Ok, ta. I've walked much of the Wirral Way and need to do the Hooton
>>>> end of things sometime.  I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a
>>>
>>> Use a puh bike, more fun :-) (And you can do the full Wirral route ,
>>> 40 miles, in a day)
>>>
>>>> colliery branch from Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine
>>>> which carried coal *by underground canal* actually under the Dee!
>>>
>>> They did a fair bit of mining wayy out to sea at Point of Ayr
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope you went ti Parkgate and had an ice cream from Nichols?
>> <Raises quizzical eyebrow>
>> I was going to stop in Parkgate on another trip but failed to be able
>> to park. Oh the irony.
>
> Larger car park down past the Boathouse pub
>
>> I'll have another try then next time I head that way.  Its on the bit
>> I have yet to walk.
>>
> Make sure you get Nichols, not the newcomer next door.
>
>
<Taps side of nose> Understood!

C

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On 04/02/2022 14:46, ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
> On 04/02/2022 08:58, Ace wrote:
>> On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 18:09:21 -0000 (UTC), wessie
>> <willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:
>>
>>> "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:j62j35Fhpn4U1
>>> @mid.individual.net:
>>>
>>>> ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a colliery branch from
>>>>> Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine which carried coal *by
>>>>> underground canal*
>>>>
>>>> Probably a sensible/convenient way of moving floodwater about to where
>>>> it can be more easily pumped out.
>>>>
>>>
>>> they did similar in lead mines in the Peak District. You can still go
>>> down
>>> one and take a little boat to the main cavern with some impressive
>>> stalagmites & stalactites. Lots of water running about so some sort of
>>> pumping system needed, but the water made transporting ore to the shaft
>>> easier.
>>
>> Speedwell cavern. We often went to the Blue John mines when I was a
>> kid (my mum was studying geology with the OU). Back then you used to
>> be able to pick up pebble-sized pieces of the stuff on the gravel
>> paths all around the area.
>>
> Yes, been there, done that - amazing place.
> It wasn't until I found out about the one at Neston that I started to
> research underground canals and was amazed to find out there were loads
> of them - including another one at the Magpie Mine in the peaks and one
> at Holywell on the 'other side' of the Dee.
>
> Somewhere I have a map the RHCS sent me when I queried it.
>

This help?
http://oldwirral.net/neston_colliery.html

--
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"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
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On 04/02/2022 16:50, YTC#1 wrote:
>
>
> On 04/02/2022 14:46, ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>> On 04/02/2022 08:58, Ace wrote:
>>> On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 18:09:21 -0000 (UTC), wessie
>>> <willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:j62j35Fhpn4U1
>>>> @mid.individual.net:
>>>>
>>>>> ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I got sidetracked (!) by finding out it had a colliery branch from
>>>>>> Neston to Little Neston where there was a mine which carried coal *by
>>>>>> underground canal*
>>>>>
>>>>> Probably a sensible/convenient way of moving floodwater about to where
>>>>> it can be more easily pumped out.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> they did similar in lead mines in the Peak District. You can still
>>>> go down
>>>> one and take a little boat to the main cavern with some impressive
>>>> stalagmites & stalactites. Lots of water running about so some sort of
>>>> pumping system needed, but the water made transporting ore to the shaft
>>>> easier.
>>>
>>> Speedwell cavern. We often went to the Blue John mines when I was a
>>> kid (my mum was studying geology with the OU). Back then you used to
>>> be able to pick up pebble-sized pieces of the stuff on the gravel
>>> paths all around the area.
>>>
>> Yes, been there, done that - amazing place.
>> It wasn't until I found out about the one at Neston that I started to
>> research underground canals and was amazed to find out there were
>> loads of them - including another one at the Magpie Mine in the peaks
>> and one at Holywell on the 'other side' of the Dee.
>>
>> Somewhere I have a map the RHCS sent me when I queried it.
>>
>
> This help?
> http://oldwirral.net/neston_colliery.html

Fascinating thanks

Chris

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On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:18:31 +0000, Salad Dodger
<salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:

>Itchy Boots had an, erm, "interesting" voyage from Colombia to Panama,
>along the coast.

Itchy Boots? Who he?
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:25:22 +0000, YTC#1 <bdp@ytc1-spambin.co.uk>
wrote:

>They did a fair bit of mining wayy out to sea at Point of Ayr

eh? Wha?

Oh

The Point of Ayr. Not the Point of Ayre :-)
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On 11/02/2022 10:05, Champ wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:18:31 +0000, Salad Dodger
> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>
>> Itchy Boots had an, erm, "interesting" voyage from Colombia to Panama,
>> along the coast.
>
> Itchy Boots? Who he?

Presumably - https://www.youtube.com/c/ItchyBoots?app=desktop
https://www.itchyboots.com/about

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On 11/02/2022 10:08, Champ wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:25:22 +0000, YTC#1 <bdp@ytc1-spambin.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> They did a fair bit of mining wayy out to sea at Point of Ayr
>
> eh? Wha?
>
> Oh
>
> The Point of Ayr. Not the Point of Ayre :-)

TBH, I had to double check the spelling to make sure I got the right one :-)

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Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote in news:56dc0h5jprli8qcn15mfsk67e69r4790ud@
4ax.com:

> On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:18:31 +0000, Salad Dodger
> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>
>>Itchy Boots had an, erm, "interesting" voyage from Colombia to Panama,
>>along the coast.
>
> Itchy Boots? Who he?

surprised you have not come across *her*, so to speak

On 2/11/2022 2:17 AM, YTC#1 wrote:
> On 11/02/2022 10:05, Champ wrote:
>> On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:18:31 +0000, Salad Dodger
>> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Itchy Boots had an, erm, "interesting" voyage from Colombia to Panama,
>>> along the coast.
>>
>> Itchy Boots?  Who he?
>
> Presumably - https://www.youtube.com/c/ItchyBoots?app=desktop
> https://www.itchyboots.com/about
>

Aw jeez. And I thought I was a traveler.

--
The erstwhile Thomas
FJR1300, R1200GS, ST1100 (in memoriam)

On 11/02/2022 13:33, Turby wrote:
> On 2/11/2022 2:17 AM, YTC#1 wrote:
>> On 11/02/2022 10:05, Champ wrote:
>>> On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:18:31 +0000, Salad Dodger
>>> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Itchy Boots had an, erm, "interesting" voyage from Colombia to Panama,
>>>> along the coast.
>>>
>>> Itchy Boots?  Who he?
>>
>> Presumably - https://www.youtube.com/c/ItchyBoots?app=desktop
>> https://www.itchyboots.com/about
>>
>
> Aw jeez. And I thought I was a traveler.
>
>

I think she's very brave doing some of those roads solo.

--
/Simon

On 2/11/2022 6:08 AM, siwilson wrote:
> On 11/02/2022 13:33, Turby wrote:
>> On 2/11/2022 2:17 AM, YTC#1 wrote:
>>> On 11/02/2022 10:05, Champ wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:18:31 +0000, Salad Dodger
>>>> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Itchy Boots had an, erm, "interesting" voyage from Colombia to Panama,
>>>>> along the coast.
>>>>
>>>> Itchy Boots?  Who he?
>>>
>>> Presumably - https://www.youtube.com/c/ItchyBoots?app=desktop
>>> https://www.itchyboots.com/about
>>>
>>
>> Aw jeez. And I thought I was a traveler.
>
> I think she's very brave doing some of those roads solo.
>
Oh yeah. Through the Middle East? Whoah. And she has interviews with a
couple of other female world travelers - Lea Rieck and Heather Sinclair.

I have to wonder about her finances. What does it cost to ship bikes all
over the world? She runs out of money, so flies home, or only has 100
euros, so flies to Oz. Maybe her family bails her out.

--
The erstwhile Thomas
FJR1300, R1200GS, ST1100 (in memoriam)

Turby <xsurf@xmail.com> wrote in news:su5uk7$bak$1@dont-email.me:

> I have to wonder about her finances. What does it cost to ship bikes
> all over the world? She runs out of money, so flies home, or only has
> 100 euros, so flies to Oz. Maybe her family bails her out.
>

she has nearly a million subscribers on Youtube. Some videos have been
viewed over a million times and most have >300k views. Her own website is
full of merchandise and she has regular features in other media.

she is a brand that has been monetised. I doubt she needs charity from
family etc. I doubt she pays for her own bikes and kit now.

Things might have been different in the first year or two...