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Bekaybe

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  1. Mersey Flat Oakdale has survived storm Eleanor. Built originally for the Leeds Liverpool canal she is remarkably seaworthy, her strength coming from her composite construction and high quality build. Wind gusts were in excess of 90mph and there was an additional 1.5 metres on the 10 metre tide. Unfortunately, though, the ships cats were terribly seasick.
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  3. I have a Perkins P6 that was originally river water cooled. About every 5 years the head had to come off to break up and flush out the baked sediment from the water galleries. At times there was only a couple of inches of water at the top of the block galleries. The filter had a very fine mesh, but not fine enough for river sediment apparently.
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  5. Our Collie went missing last Christmas Day at Wrenbury. We found her after many hours of searching in the dark, curled up by the fire in the Cotton Arms. I have no idea from where she got the preference of pubs over boats.
  6. Some pictures of Oakdale under power on the Mersey
  7. I took that photograph. The prop is very much real and connected directly to a Lister HA3.
  8. Coincidentally, I was planning on visiting Oakdale this weekend sometime, to see how work is progressing. I'll dress appropriately and get my hands dirty too if I'm lucky.
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  10. If this article is to be believed, there are more thefts than we may imagine. http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/4251648.Pirates_on_the_canal__50ft_narrowboat_stolen_in_Chorley/
  11. Chas Hardern Boats is on the Shropshire Union at Tarporley, North of the Barbridge junction towards Chester. Might be worth a call.
  12. Always a pleasure to read your well written and descriptive posts Roger. The sad loss of Keith Ball was covered in the History and Heritage section in mid February. Give my regards to Oakdale Dave next time you speak to him. As an aside, I gather Bill Richardson is no longer with us. Another sad loss.
  13. Very sad news indeed. I will remember fondly having a beer with him at the Bridge Inn at Audlem on Christmas Eve a few years back. Thinking about it, it must be 10 years, 2005. The cut froze over a few days later.
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