[BNM] [OT] Bouncy Castle round Pier

[Richard Vahrman]

Thanks - will take you up on that
R

Tom Dussek (Hotmail) wrote:
> Plastic soil pipes are very cheap from Screwfix. I have one spare (3m 
> long) if you want it.
>
> Richard Vahrman wrote:
>   
>> To the crew and anyone else interested - particularly anyone good at 
>> construction and with some free time next week
>>
>> Having talked to some bouncy castle experts, I think the idea of using a 
>> real bouncy castle is now looking unpromising (this year). However, I 
>> think it is possible fairly easily to make a craft (raft) that looks 
>> like a bouncy castle. Let me know if you can see any flaws in the 
>> following (other than doing this in the first place)
>>
>> What you need is 8 plastic dustbins - 4 that will each house one rower 
>> and another 4 providing "lids" to the lower 4. (Stomp on water !!) These 
>> form 4 corners (turrets) spaced out by 6 foot with plastic (soil) pipes 
>> - the corners would then be topped with mini bouncy castles from Argos - 
>> see here http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3669572.htm
>>
>> What do you reckon?
>>