Victor Vectis

I just have and I'm none the wiser.

I'm wondering that too.

'celebrity' boat, perhaps? After all, it has been on the internet. < searches for irony button >

It's the same one. From Wikipedia: 'Not suited to WHR operational needs' and 'Moved to Statfold Barn for boiler work'. I seem to remember that the K1 was not the success it was hoped for. It is a compound loco and there were problems with steam condensing in the pipe connecting the HP and LP cylinders. I don't think any compound Garretts were built subsequently.

This beastie: A few years ago I tied t'boat up near the Dog & Doublet on the B&F and yomped over the motorway to Kingsbury Water Park to visit this place Echills Wood Railway. A 7.25" gauge version was operating. Great fun! The railway is well worth a visit. When it became obvious I was an enthusiast, as opposed to a member of the general public, I was made most welcome by the staff there. As with everywhere else they have been bowled out by Covid-19 business this year.

Ooooooo. A Vincent! A Black Lightning? 1952, perhaps? Richard Thompson

Are the 'no mooring' signs there because the people in the houses don't want people on boats looking into their bedroom windows?

Yes. I remember a conversation with a fellow member of our model engineering club. He was a Commander (E) RN rtd. (I think we were looking at the engine in the Waverley at the time, as were Tim 'n' Pru) He talked about a paddle steamer, it might have been a tug, capsizing when the paddle wheels were put into contrarotation.

And a Barry Hawkins job at the place of it's birth. I would have loved to see this beast working there.

Had you been at t'pit you would have got double time for bank holidays. 😛

Weather man on the radio said it got down to freezing at Shap last night.

Providing a broad and balanced curriculum? English/Maths/Science/ICT? Humanities/Drama/D&T/PE/Art? Delivered by specialists in their field? Those who home school their offspring might think they can homeschool, after all, they attended a school, didn't they? I was born in a hospital. I DO NOT think that makes me a doctor.

But think of all that water that was saved by only half of the flight being used.

My experience as someone who has earned a living by working as a teacher. Home schooled kids miss out on what might be called the 'social curriculum' in a school.

Home schooling is NOT a good idea.