Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon- Thanks very much for the information. That makes sense. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Ogilvie" <simon.ogilvie@gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] #254 & #255 > On 8/5/05, Robert Meier <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: >> Are all these barges pleasure boats? Surely they're not commercial >> barges >> carrying loads, are they? > > None of GeeBee's photos are of barges if I recall correctly - many are > of narrow-boats which are a different type of craft altogether. In > the UK there are very few if any commercial load-carrying river-craft, > and the narrow-boats in GeeBee's photos are all "pleasure boats", > either day-hire, holiday rental, or privately owned. (My wife used to > work for one of the UK inland-waterways associations...) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >