On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:54:11 -0700 (PDT)
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Grauniad story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...-company-sinks

Not surprised at those prices - =A395 a ticket for a trip up a scummy
stinking ex-industrial river aka Lee.

Looks dodgy anyway - thats a narrowboat and they don't much like flowing rivers
as they tend to get swamped and actually sink never mind metaphorically.
I actually saw it almost happen once when I was working down at blackfriars one
lunchtime. Luckily the lifeboat and plod turned up and stopped the boat going
down by tying it at both ends to the thames clipper pier. Was a close run
thing though. Quite what possessed the dopey cow driving it to try and take
it up a rather choppy thames against the tide is anyones guess.

B2003