John Brightley

You may find this video from Minimal List useful as it shows their trip down to Wisbech.

I'm fairly certain that the small sailing yacht in the photo is Hugh McKnight's 'Dorymouse', and I think the photo was taken by Hugh. If this is the case it will date to the mid-1960's.

This is incorrect.

You should note that usually CRT own the bank of the canal and their property boundary will be several feet from the water's edge. You will need to check the property's title deeds closely to be confident what you're purchasing. If it's just farmland at the moment, with no consent for anything else, it could be worth no more than £10k per acre.

Is £35 really top whack ? I've seen similar stools going for much more. If you don't want it can you tell us where you saw it ? Someone on here may like it at that price 🙂

Hi David. I'm not doubting Dave's knowledge -we are good friends. I'm just interested to learn the differences between the different artists.

Hi Dave. Like @Stroudwater1, I'm curious to know why you're confident it's by Frank Nurser, rather than say Ron Hough or Dennis Clarke, who all worked at Braunston. How can we tell them apart ? Thanks.

Another similar one, in London: https://www.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/motor-boats-river-cruiser-for-sale/713056

It's likely that one will come up for sale soon, but in the meantime you might like to consider other similar boats like these 2 which are both newer than the Bermuda's would be: https://www.nya.co.uk/boats-for-sale/alpha-32-8/ https://www.nya.co.uk/boats-for-sale/connoisseur-900-2/ Here are a couple more cheaper ones: https://www.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/bounty-buccaneer-for-sale/722627 https://www.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/bounty-37-for-sale/724164

Why bother bringing a Bermuda 34 from Ireland when there are lots of them in England?

Showing the original proposal (not built) to take the Oxford Canal to Gosford Green in Coventry, as discussed here: https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/topic/42557-oxford-canal/ If we look at the contours on Ordnance Survey maps, we can see the reason straight away why plans for the route to Gosford Green via Binley were dropped by the Oxford company. It would have required serious engineering works. The route shown in the plan would have needed several locks at Brinklow to drop down from the 90 metre contour to the 80 metre. Although it could then follow the 80 metre level all the way from there to Gosford Green it would have had to cross the valley of the River Sowe by an aqueduct and embankments.

Kate - I've been in conversation with Mike (Pluto of this forum) and as I know one of the archivists at Warwick Uni I'm going to try to get access to the relevant documents in the archive (permission from UNITE is required to view them). I'm happy to liaise with you but wouldn't want you to duplicate what I'm doing!

Just posting to record that there are a very large number of canal documents at the Warwickshire County Record Office, and they cover many of the Midlands waterways. Catalogue/ search facility here: https://archivesunlocked.warwickshire.gov.uk/

Jeanette -with your connections I think you would be given a Warwickshire passport if there were one....🙂

If I can be of help getting info from the Warwick Uni archive please let me know. I only live a couple of miles away and one of the archivists is a good friend of mine. We did try to put up fences to stop the southerners getting into Warwickshire, but the M40 was built through them...

Starling https://www.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/yarwoods-70-traditional-for-sale/723459

Thanks very much for explaining -I was obviously perpetuating the myth !

Your wording suggests that the nickname came from the book, but it's the other way around (you may have meant this !). Also Susan Woolfitt was there at the time, so I think the information in Idle Women has to be more reliable than that in Ramlin Rose which is a much later book, and as I understand it, more fictional. Happy to be proved wrong on this though.

It's been the logo for pumpouts since at least 1975. Created by BWB I understand -nothing to do with Lee Sanitation.

I support this theory too. Critically the 1858 'Household Words' article quoted in the video says "painted after the style of the great tea-board school of art"( i.e. the decorations seen on Papier mache trays.) For the record, where did your photos come from ?

It appears to be a quote from the Climate Change Act -see https://www.theccc.org.uk/what-is-climate-change/a-legal-duty-to-act/ "The Climate Change Act commits the UK government by law to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 100% of 1990 levels (net zero) by 2050. "

If your question relates to planning permission, no you do not need permission to place a boat on dry land. But you may need permission if anything is to be done to it whilst it is there. If the land is part of a private garden, and minimal tinkering work is done to it whilst it is there, it is unlikely to need consent. However if you are planning to put it on a field, and do substantial rebuilding work on it whilst it is there, then you could need 'change of use' consent to do this. If you plan to live on the boat whilst it is on dry land, this will also be regarded as 'change of use' and you will need planning consent to do this.

https://letstalk.coventry.gov.uk/solarfarm The Council will soon be submitting a planning application to create a 33megawatt (MW) solar farm on land on Lentons Lane and adjacent to Sowe Common. If approved, the solar farm will be built on the land in four areas - shown on the plan. The Council owns the land and has selected this site as it has excellent connections to the electrical grid. Solar power is pollution-free and causes no greenhouse gases to be emitted after installation. The way that we generate and consume energy in the UK is changing. The Government has committed to achieving ‘net zero’ carbon emissions (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050. That means older means of energy generation, like old fossil fuel power stations, are being taken out of use. There is an urgent need for new, cleaner, forms of energy generation to replace them. Solar farms such as this have a major role to play in meeting this need. This image shows you how a solar farm works Wildlife and ecology We have carried out a full range of ecological surveys and will make sure that the solar farm will not negatively impact species or habitats. We have also developed a plan which includes preserving hedgerows and habitats. Construction, Operation and Management The solar farm will take around seven months to set up. Construction traffic will access the site from junction 2 of the M6 and will not use residential roads. The solar farm will operate silently – so you will not hear any noise from it. The panels would be fenced off with CCTV to ensure security. Solar farms have an operational lifespan of 40 years. Once the solar farm reaches the end of its lifespan, it will be dismantled and the site returned to its previous condition. This will be funded through the operational lifetime of the solar farm.

That helped ! Warehouse at Rochdale branch terminal basin. I found another photo here: http://www.derekparsons.com/RDB-Rochdale.html.html

Yes, quite rare. I guess less than 20 survive. Have you seen this webpage?: https://web.archive.org/web/20100618130609/http://jhtaylorboats.com/JHTaylorboats/home.html @Joseph may know more. As to value, it rather depends on condition. Unfortunately there are few people these days who have the enthusiasm and money to keep these fine cruisers in good condition, and a full restoration will probably cost several times the value of the completed article. Because there are few people interested in such boats, their values are low. My guess is that even if it is in excellent condition, you would struggle to get anyone to pay more than £10k for it. If it needs work, you may struggle to even give it away. Another webpage about Lindy Helen: http://captainahabswaterytales.blogspot.com/2010/02/lindy-helen-1971.html?m=1 I see that you have copied the photos from 2014- I hope she is still in as good condition now. If you are planning to sell her, probably some of the people who would be interested would be on the Thames and the use of an agency such as this one might be the way forward: https://35.176.245.231/services/classic-boat-sales/