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BOBBY
STEVE
LEE
BILL
DICK
CRAIG
GRIFFIN
PHILLIPS
GAYNER
BRIGGS
McEVOY
COOTE
t h at canals do hold some tru ly mo n st ro u s c a rp ! O h a n d th a t
b i g mirror is still there!
S afety First: One thing I mu s t ex p re ss i s t h e i m p o rt a n c e o f
ke eping yourself safe o n t he c an a l. Ca n al s a re n o t t h e s afe s t
o f places, and you will fin d m any u n savo u r y c h a ra c te rs u s i n g
t h em for all sorts of thing s . I h ave w i t n es s e d m a ny t h i n g s o n
t h e canal, from people ca s i ng l o c a l fa cto r i e s i n p re p a ra t i o n
o f a burglary and then late r b ei n g v i si te d by t h e p o l i c e to s ee
i f I had seen something su s p i c i o u s , to b e i n g v i s i te d by m a ny
a drunk, usually friendly b ut f u l l o f b a b bl e . I h ave s e e n gl u e
s n iffers under the bridges, f ri s k y c o up le s ge t t i n g h o t o n t h e
towpath, fights opposite a t th e c l o s i n g t i m e o f a lo c a l p u b ,
m otorbikes speeding alon g t h e tow p at h … It ’ s d e f i n i te ly n o t a
p l ace for the faint hearted, s o p l ea s e fo l low my s a fe t y g u i d e to
t ry and limit the amo unt o f d an g e r yo u may u n k n ow i n gly p u t
yo urself in:
• Buy yourself som e c h ea p ro d s an d re e l s – l eave t h e
Basias and Techniums a t h o m e . L es s i s d e f i n i te ly mo re o n
the canal, and you are a lo t l e ss l i ke ly to g et ro b b e d !
• Leave a deterrent o n s h ow, s o p e o p l e w i l l t h i n k t w ic e
about robbing you.
• Don’t fish near to p u b s o r tow n s o n th e we e ke n d wh e n
there is a much more l i ke ly c ha n c e o f t h e re b e i n g dr u n ks
using the towpaths at t h e se t i m es .
• Carry a mobile pho n e wi t h a re li a b le c o n t ac t o n s p eed
dial.
• Put the app “Fin d M y i P ho n e ” o n yo u r m o b i l e i f
possible, as you never k now wh en yo u m ay n e ed t h i s .
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