From wiki

“Artificial draining of [East Anglian] marshes created a network of open drains or canals intersecting each other. To cross these without getting wet, while avoiding tedious roundabout journeys over bridges, a stack of jumping poles was kept at every house and used for vaulting over the canals.”

Cor. Think I might have gone for the tedious roundabout journey though.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Oct 3, 21:46:19