Victor Vectis
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I've seen this photo before (copied from Geoff Dowling's Flickr pages) and loved it.
Didn't realise there is a canal parapet in the background, where those people are leaning.
Gobsmacked to realise it's only a few yards from where I've tied up the boat on more than one occasion.
Shouldn't be too difficult for our photo detectives to identify the location.
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Snap!
(Almost)
03/07/19
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11 hours ago, Rob-M said:
Not going to get in to a discussion on this thread but rules or not, given the subject of the thread that song is not appropriate and in my view tasteless, therefore it should not be a post in this thread.
Yes.
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44 minutes ago, Janey M said:
Is the advice against sand just that it makes roof too heavy - so fine for gunwales? Does anti-slip paint mean less slip than sand?
When we took the boat to John the Paint to discuss what we wanted he was adamant he would never put sand on a boat roof as the extra weight would make a boat too top heavy.
No problem for us as we are fine with a non-slip finish.
(And I would argue that he knows what he is talking about when it comes to boat painting)
ETA Top heavy and potentially unstable. Especially when the roof might be used to store bags of coal etc.
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We're picking up 'Red Wharf' from John the Paint at Stourbridge next week.
He said he won't put sand on a boat roof as the weight makes the boat too top heavy.
ETA Just to add, we wouldn't have asked for a sanded roof. Non-slip for us.
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2 hours ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:
Ok, ok , I’ll rise to it,
..…just not now,
I’m enjoying a 7% stout at a ridiculously expensive price,
£6 summat.
But well done Alan de Enfield we’ve all (genuinely)been missing a good back to basics argument.
The forums become a bit boring without one.
Hmmmmm
OK. Where and what beer?
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Yeahbut......
What about Peter?
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There's a big metal fly(ish) thing just round the corner near the top.
Could that be the Hatton Fly?
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Yes.
Thanks for starting it.
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Oops.
Yes, my wrong.
So a big 'thank you' to Dan V together with my apologies.
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Bilmey.
Four years!
I, for one, like this thread and enjoy trying to identify where the locations are before scrolling down to the captions.
So, thank you Peter for starting it and another thank you to all who have posted pics.
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That's what I thought too.
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Can't be right.
It hasn't got a big 'CaRT Aware' notice stuck to it!
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Yes friends.
We're building tomorrows slums today.
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On 12/03/2024 at 22:07, john6767 said:
You are supposed to get the boat repainted after the challenge, not before!
Anyway our entry is also in 🙂
And there will be cake........won't there?
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Yes.
And if it's raining 'Red Wharf' might want to do a 'Henry the Green Engine' and stay in the tunnel so as not to get our nice new paint wet!
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Yes. We've already thought about that!
Haven't seen the boat 'in the flesh' yet but looking at the pics it looks too good to be left out in the rain let alone take anywhere.
< Repeat after me, "I am not a shiny boater, I am not a shiny boater, I am not a shiny boater" >
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A bit late to the party but the freshly repainted 'Red Wharf' and crew will be pushing for that much coveted and hotly contested second last position.
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Posted the entry form yesterday.
See you in May.
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Good reflection though.
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Yes.
It was me that asked.
IIRC it was Francis Herne who replied.
I was fascinated by the height of that crane!
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5 hours ago, Heartland said:
The troglodytes get everywhere with their tribal scrawl
Some people call it 'street art'.
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Yeahbut...
It's still fugly.
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VIC 32!
You can keep those floating blocks of flats that cruise out of Southampton past the Pier here in Ryde.
That puffer is the nicest cruise ship in the whole wide world.
(IMHO, of course)
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Where I am
in History & Heritage
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Yes!
Difficult to reconcile the 'before' and 'after' photos.
It might be dirty and grimy but I know which one I find the more interesting.
I reckon the bloke standing in the road might be the rope runner or crossing man holdind a 'stop' flag for the road traffic.
I love that 'before' photo. It just seems to be more real than the sterile and sanatised 'after' image.
(Photo again from Geoff Dowling)