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Default OT the headline writers simply gert worse every year

On Saturday 09 March 2013 00:33 Dave Liquorice wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Surely the worst bridge must be the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, on a boat:

http://www.holiday-canal-boat.com/im...ysyllte_aquedu
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I've been on that.

It's kinda fun to lie on the deck at the back (where there's a gap in the
boat rails both sides) with your head danglingling over the drop on the
left.

Bearing in mind you are also standing there to hold the rudder and throttle.

Whilst drinking beer (was not illegal in 1990, expect they changed that
now)...


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