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Dorlan

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  1. Work in progress outside the pump house at Calcutt bottom lock.
  2. The reason for the navigation restriction on the Avon is in the rest of the notice... https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?u=dd70487f491f61a9edd4e5105&id=cdc8a440b5 A full account of the damage can be seen here... https://mcusercontent.com/dd70487f491f61a9edd4e5105/files/28ff3a0a-9839-b082-5cf6-7547d4bef664/Restriction_Notice_RN02_025_strensham_update_1.pdf
  3. SWMBO has always used clothes pegs!
  4. Ours has been there for 40 years, with no problems!
  5. U Up the tidal Severn and over Llanthony weir to Gloucester. https://www.facebook.com/wyeinvadertwo
  6. There are roving bridges at each end of the tunnel...
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  9. Oxford Canal, Banbury
  10. Eckington Bridge, Lower Avon.
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  12. I believe it was D1924 on the English Riviera Express from Northampton to Kingswear on the 6th. July, this year. Another 47 class diesel, 47593 was at at the other end.
  13. I've managed to find an old photo showing how the board is fitted to the boat. Two metal bars are bolted to the board and then slotted into U-shaped steel bars which are welded to the bulkhead. The board can be easily lifted on or off the boat.
  14. This will have to do for now!
  15. Made a new cratch this year. It's made out of 18mm marine plywood without any joints.
  16. It appears to be an anti seagull Gullsweep https://marinesolutions.com.au/gullsweep_3_foot The blue thing is probably a sand filled base for the scared.
  17. It's Bath.
  18. Wightwick Mill Lock c. 1980 The foam didn't smell very nice!
  19. We never had any problems on the Severn or the Avon with our RN DM2 powered, 70' narrowboat, when we were moored on the Avon at Tewkesbury.
  20. 100007E looks like Cardiff Pier Head, with the signals, and the Norwegian Church on the right. The photo has been reversed.
  21. I bought these two galvanized cans 40 years ago, and they are both still watertight. I haven't a clue who made them, though! I think I bought them at the shop that was at the bottom of Foxton.
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