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They're an absolute delight to watch, after all these years together they are still very close, she has a good sense of humour and they still share many interests

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Caught up with the last Sunday's programme last night.Very interesting the canal journey they took going through London.

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Being a canal enthusiast, I love the programme. I also really enjoy the way that, despite Pru's health problems, the love between them shines through so wonderfully.
I'm due to start (volunteer) work as a lock-keeper for the Canal and River Trust next month, so the London trip featured last Sunday was of particular interest to me.

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Still loving this programme but have a question for anyone who knows canals, is it common to crash so much ? we wince every time it happens but apart from a bugger no one on board seems to be bothered

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I don't know Julie but I'd guess it is quite common especially through narrow locks.
I noticed Tim lost his patience with Pru several times which made me wince, I know it must be difficult for him but shouting at her was hard to watch

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She said she had forgotten her hearing aids, it's difficult to communicate with out shouting when that happens. So I could forgive him as she did.

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well, when the dementia really takes hold of her God knows how he'll be able to control his temper!

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I would guess by then they won't be in such dangerous positions, he only shouted when he was worried about her safety or both of them from what I saw.

It seemed he had a lot of patience with her apart from those times.

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In my experience it's quite common with those people who aren't used to steering a 70foot long boat. Despite the huge size of the boat, steering has to be very subtle. The kinds of bumps they frequently had on this programme were usually caused by approaching the lock too fast or making the turn too late.
The shouting is simply par for the course. Normal conversation won't work when you are 70feet apart with a noisy diesel engine in between.

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Thanks Mick we laugh every time they have a bump and speculate if the next company they hire from may be watching and thinking please don't come to us