<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3fbd99b6-e455-4cd0-b077-c637e8d49011/B139670B-7CBB-49C9-8E8B-CF48D2A3BEA9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4798202/Security-guard-kayaks-to-work-to-beat-credit-crunch.html" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4798202/Security-guard-kayaks-to-work-to-beat-credit-crunch.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4798202/Security-guard-kayaks-to-work-to-beat-credit-crunch.html">A security guard has stopped driving his car to work and started kayaking to beat the credit crunch. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4798202/Security-guard-kayaks-to-work-to-beat-credit-crunch.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/2615AAB6-12F1-44B4-96DC-FF70982226BD" alt="Gary Woodhouse: Security guard kayaks to work to beat credit crunch " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4798202/Security-guard-kayaks-to-work-to-beat-credit-crunch.html">Gary Woodhouse, 41, has been paddling his canoe along the canal network every morning and night since January.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4798202/Security-guard-kayaks-to-work-to-beat-credit-crunch.html"><P>He estimates he saves around £20 a week on petrol.</P><P> He joins the canal network close to his home in West Bromwich and paddles the six and a half miles to City Hospital in Birmingham.</P><P> He said: "When I set off in the morning it is so peaceful and quiet- it's a lot more serene that joining a traffic queue that's for sure.</P><P> "People think that I must bump into lots of loud barges- but I've only seen one narrowboat since I started just after New Year.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4798202/Security-guard-kayaks-to-work-to-beat-credit-crunch.html"><P>He added: "I don't mind taking the canoe home at all- it can be a bit chilly at this time of year, but I keep well wrapped up.</P><P> "The canals can be a bit eerie in the dark though, you see shadows and hear noises but I just concentrate on paddling.</P><P> "I've got a safety helmet and light so I can see quite well through the bridges and tunnels."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B139670B-7CBB-49C9-8E8B-CF48D2A3BEA9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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