Graham Davis

We looked at Midway boats at one stage, and that specification sounds correct for their small boats.

From the plans linked to by David Mack (#16 above) it is only a very short section that will be glazed over.

Numpty question!

I have a simple answer to Vine and Wright normally, I tune to Radio 4!!

We had a wooden half barrel water feature in the garden and 2 years ago that froze solid (killed the gold fish) but it didn't split. Just the upper level of the ice was slightly higher than the normal water level. Therefore i see no reason why the Aquaduct would split.

Don't worry, MtB, it still hasn't been "discussed"!

I shall expect it to be sensationalist and inaccurate then!

If there is a Public Right of Way across the bridge then it has to open/down for them and not the boats, which could be the reason for some. And agreed, you should have breasted up to him and walked across his deck!

Why do you think we all know every little bit of what I presume is a bridge in Oxford? Some people have probably never ventured that far south!!

See the first sentence: the two County Council owners

Link doesn't work!

We walked along a stretch at Llangynidr on Saturday afternoon, up to the lock. A most pleasant meander.

I suspect it might be the same book I got the lyrics from. It was also on an LP I had that I thought attributed it to him. we were over in Brittany in October and i got asked to sing one evening and that was the only song I could think of! Went down well though. One of these days I must get up to Bugsworth again. Pint?

Not a problem. As I sing a few canal songs already, it is another one to think about. Favourite at the moment isn't even trad, but I think one of Jon Raven's (I think), "Captains of the Waterways"

Charlie Atkins He was down KNIGHTON factory loading 18 tons of crumb (but not the one in Powys) The boats name was Mendip, Charlie Atkins was the one On a trip to Bourneville each week and all the kids would say Here comes old Charlie with the crumb, let's be good today He gave them crumb at Wheaton Aston and WOLVERHAMPTON 21 He gave it them at Tipton three they loved them every one That night he'd stop at Gas Street and the kids would gather round He'd tell them his stories as he passed the crumb around Now old Charlie was a gentleman with a weather beaten face Round and tanned like leather, he was from a dying race A character of the old canal who taught me many things How to make fenders, splice rope and lace the side cloth rings He was born down Newport lock on the Shrewsbury canal In a midland coast boat name the BOSCOBELL Saw his first light of day in the early morn When the boat was tied up at the wharf loaded down with corn Well his nickname was roggie, as many people know (AS IN ROGER!) With his corduroy bell bottomed trousers and hair as white as snow He wore a white cravat around his neck and he liked a pint of mild And if you valued your skin you'd never get him riled Sad he's no longer with us, no stories can he tell About the bygone days of the old canal For his memories linger on, they remain with me yet And the skills that he taught me I never will forget So goodbye Charlie Atkins, Charlie of the old canal Goodbye roggie Atkins, the man I knew quite well (SEE ABOVE) I bet you're up in heaven you're loaded finished and done And the angels all around you with your eighteen tons of crumb The angels all around you with your eighteen tons of crumb

Read what you said at #31: Steel is steel. Grit blasted steel has received a treatment By grit blasting something you are cleaning steel and as others have said it will start to corrode almost immediately. Do what you want, but don't complain on here when it goes wrong. Your childish reply above really does you no favours. Good night

Rubbish! Grit blasting is used to remove mill scale, corrosion, paint etc. It does NOT provide a protective coating. That is a different process. And if you want to be really pedantic, steel is not just steel. There are many different formulas and qualities of steel available. Do some research.