Derek R.

Hah! He might be insulted at that!!! No, 'tis one of my little cameos done on a scrap of paper no bigger than a credit card, and using a childs water colour paint tin. Here's it's partner : - Just passing an idle hour on holiday in France. I got bored, so did some doodling. There - that's your lot!

See . . . it can be done!

And another : - There's a good chance the colour scheme was all over grey, as per Auxiliary Fire Service vehicles.

The assessment was: "It's slippery - hold tight!" And they did. Gayton. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/gayton+marina/@52.188858,-0.949038,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m5!1e2!3m3!1s59811102!2e1!3e10!4m2!3m1!1s0x48770f8b358527c5:0xb3dd280dbbe5b889?hl=en Is that a steam dredger on the left looking towards the junction?

" . . and when it stopped . . . it dropped." (Doodlebugs). Thanks for posting.

It's 118 &118 . . . .

It's very nice. There's a second hanging hook opposite the handle, so could be hung showing the castle right way up. £385!!

That's quite an extensive blog! As you continue to scroll down - more appears!! Some interesting shots and maps of canal sections, but patience is a virtue. PS Laurence, are you sure that cut down section is not another boat deeper in the water beyond the first? It looks like the rudder has been shipped in a similar way to the first.

Fascinating - and a delightful video.

Well the boat in the black and white photo I quoted looks very much as though it's in the water but I still can't see the mast. Are you saying after 100 years they still haven't got around to fitting it?! MtB You are playing Devil's advocate. NEW DAWN is a new build. In the B&W image the mast appears to have been cut down, as has the mast in the image from the linked to website image (though not quite so short) : - The gent has his hand on the top of the shortened mast. It appears to have been pivoted in a lutched rather like Thames sailing barges were, lowered and raised by winches, and it can be seen that loading might have been harder with stays in place for what might have been less than regular sailing events. Given the problems of wind strength and stability of a narrow beamed craft being towed would be the favoured method of travel. I also suspect that such a mast may often have got in the way of loading when used on the Chesterfield Canal and so may have been cut down for use by horse towage and to get under bridges as depicted. The fore-stays can be seen in the model further down that linked to page and should give some indication of how tall an original mast may have been. Many thanks for the updates Rose, Cuckoo boats were previously unknown to me.

On one of Rose's links there is a model showing part of a mast, also lee-boards, though the scale and dimensions may be someone's rough guess. What looks like a mast in the museums B&W I believe may be just a 'pushing' pole.

Please, please - do not suggest that, it's sacrilege to electrocute a good oil lamp. A convenience that kills a good lamp. That image shows what I perceive as a Matador burner, it's certainly the correct shaped chimney for one. I have such a burner in one of mine - excellent light and of course heat source. A Kosmos equivalent gives less light which itself is stronger than duplex, but even so, adequate for a back cabin. Very nice collection David, though that sconce is a bit OTT - French perhaps? Pressure lamps mainly, but 'wickies' are tolerated: http://www.classicpressurelamps.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/5024/ The International Guild: http://lampguild.org/index.php?Defaulttext.shtml&1 Aladdin details from the Guild: http://www.lampguild.org/LIDigest/AladdinUK12_article.pdf

Is it a sight seeing boat?

They are grey - weathered. White is aimed for, but not so easy to achieve.

I beg to differ: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/too

Whoops! Yes - it was Alan. Oh, alright . . .

Mike mentions Trevor's claim that less may be carried on the same draught or draft (either will do), but the deciding factor - or at least the manner in which loads were gauged - was in dry side inches not draught. And to be a pain - spelling please! Whilst allowances are made for those whose grammatical skills may be less than others, most of us should be knowledgeable to see that there are two ways of spelling 'to'; London to Brighton, and - I went there too. An oft repeated mistake amongst many (not just this forum). And in speaking of weight - 'weigh' is the way to go, definitely so if you are heading for Basingstoke by water, but spelt Wey. It's the Virgo in me.

"Will post to the UK" - Hmm . . . First or Second class?

Interesting spelling: "Chaperchaille" - is that a mis-spelt Capercaillie, as in Scottish Black Grouse? Derek

No, to a dog or bitch, it's Old Spice or Chanel No.5. As fertiliser for fields, many crops are reliant upon the chemical kind of fertiliser for growth - addicted to drugs. Cow manure comes next it would seem, and horse manure just gets dumped in a pile just to get it shifted. The stables I mentioned have over 30 horses, and the amount of manure produced is beyond what local allotments and such require. Anaerobic processes require too much red tape and is restricted to what and where such plants can be placed - not to mention the little problem of cost. - Oh, and there's wood shavings in it.

There used to be a bit of a race amongst neighbours in our street in N. London as to who could scoop up the horse manure first; dustman/milkman/rag'nbone man (not their poo - the horses), as it was highly regraded for the Roses. The stables where my daughter works have to pay to have it carted away. Yes, it will burn, but the high moisture content will gum the flue. Dried it is very fibrous, frankly not worth the effort. We did at one time burn dried cow pats when on the L&L - just to see if they would. And they did. The smell of smouldering dung heaps was one of those that sticks in the memory never to be forgotten.

Another improvement they can make is supplying an email address that works. The one I posted copied from their website came back undeliverable! Now re-sent using archives@canalrivertrust.org.uk Maybe that will come back too.

Errors can be reported here: catalogue@canalrivertrust.org.uk

Looks a disaster to me. A bed 'ole you have to move the steps and crawl through to get to or reach from outside to enter, Lou reckons she couldn't sleep in what amounts to a coffin. No back cabin, and that monster JP right under your nose when cruising - with a 45gal tank? All wants stripping out and starting again. Blakes Sea toilet. Must pump into a holding tank of sorts. A boat full of inconveniences.

Love that picture. Everything neat and tidy, and being used for what it was built for.