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On this day in 1973 Hatton flight GU Compare 5Apr1973 10Jun1988 12Jul1994 29Aug2001 30Mar2005 2Jul2005 18Aug2005 8Jun2006 29Oct2006 8Jul2016 9Jul2016 21May2020 5May2021 11Oct2021 12May2023 3May2024

On this day in 2022 Ellesmere Port MSC Compare 10Sep1983 Compare 10Sep1983

On this day in 2010 Waddington's Yard at Swinton Junction S&SYN Compare 1Jun1991 18Sep2013 12Oct2016 5Feb2022 (#2)

On this day in 2008 Dee Branch Chester

On this day in 2007 Wheelock Lock No 62 T&M and beyond the towingpath-moored boat: Malkins Bank Golf Course Arm T&M Compare 26Apr1980 1Oct2003 20Mar2007 13Sep2009 21Sept2010 27Oct2014 11Oct2015 30Oct2016 9May2019 20Sep2021 19Sep2023

Sept 1985 - three foot long thick cardboard tube. Boat in Hulme Locks Branch (Bridgewater Canal) and tube thudded on top of boat from the railway above. As it happens the crew was not in the line of fire and our small-child much enjoyed the missile for the remainder of the trip ...

On this day in 2002 Fazeley Junction B+F/Coventry Compare 17Apr2001 25Jul2002 25Jul2002/25Jul2022 25Nov2002 26Dec2002 8May2003 28Dec2004 9Aug2005 19Dec2005 24Dec2005 (#2) 23Dec2007 14Jul2008 9Sep2010 2Aug2011/2Aug2020 8Oct2011/8Oct2015 27Jul2012 2Jun2013 16Aug2014 6Nov2014 15Jul2015 18Aug2016 15Jun2017 17May2018 31Mar2019 6Aug2020 23Aug2020 1May2021 21Jun2021 18Oct2021 30Oct2021 31Oct2021 13Jul2023 1Oct2023 12Mar2024 Glascote Top Lock Coventry Canal.. Compare 3Jul1975 10Apr2002 (#2) 26Nov2002 6Nov2014

This morning 2024 Ledgard Flood Gate, Mirfield C+H and above lock both pairs-of-gates closed today Compare 23Feb2006 17Jun2023 6Jan2024

This morning 2024 Mirfield C+H around Gill Bridge Compare 1Jun2020 (#2) 18Jun2023

This afternoon 2024 Wilton Navigation Batley

From 8Sep2022 ... From 25Jun2023

On this day in 2002 Marston Junction Ashby/North Oxford Compare 29Jun2003 20Mar2005 10Aug2005 28Jun2019 4Sep2019 20Oct2021 5May2023

There are some August cruises between Corpach and Inverness with cabins available here but sadly not fitting in with the flights ... and being 7day trips, would need to miss some of it....

On this day in 1978 Bordesley Junction BCN Compare 10Apr1978 31May1992 23Dec1996 11Jul2001 29Mar2005 3Jul2005 24Sep2011 25May2013 5Nov2014 13May2017 13Apr2019

On this day in 2001 Scout Tunnel HNC. and Lock12W Copperkins was the first boat to journey from Stalybridge since the restoration and the closure for the Foot-and-Mouth outbreak. Fred Carter and A Hemingway, are in BW's then jolly-green-giant workgear (it was not a popular set of work clothing iirc) Compare 26May1979 9Apr2001 14May2001 (#2) 14Oct2008 4Apr2010 10Jun2013 and earlier at Stalybridge Lock No 6W, above lock 7W, lock 9W

On this dya in 2017 Turnover Bridge No 26 SU Towingpath users taking the dog for a walk and paddling hereabouts

On this day in 1978 (Tonic this day 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) Avon Aqueduct (GU) Compare 24Mar1971 5Aug2003 18Aug2005 5Nov2005 6Aug2011/24Mar1971 Leamington Railway Aqueduct (GU) Compare 5Jun1988 Radford Bottom Lock No 23 (GU) Compare 10Jun1988 31Mar2005 2Jul2005 12Jun2020

Yes, amended earlier post with comments. Here is Calcutt top lock GU from our most recent trip that way on 11 May 2023, with a boat moored in the mouth of the disused narrow lock

On this day in 1978 Hillmorton locks Northern Oxford Compare 30Jun1978 3Nov1978 (#2) 1Mar1998 4Aug2003 19Mar2005 10Aug2005 14Nov2005 17Dec2005 1Nov2006 8Nov2008 (#2) 12Aug2010 7Jul2011 7Dec2012 (#2) 4Jun2013 19Aug2014 16Aug2016 4Aug2020 23Jul2022 (#2) (#3) 24Jul2022 Hmmmm yes, it needs a separate title. Calcutt Locks GU Compare 6Jan2005 7Jan2005 12Nov2005 16Nov2005 26Nov2005 29Jan2006 6Feb2006 1Feb2007 25May2015

On this day in 2008 Dukinfield Junction Ashton Canal Compare 28Apr1980 25May1992 14May2001 13Oct2008 28Jul2009 (#2) 25Aug2013 12Jul2014 8Oct2015 1Oct2016 1Jun2019

On this day in 2011 (Tonic this day 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) BCN clean-up Perry Barr Lock 12 (WRG picture)

On this day in 2017 (Tonic this day 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) Market Drayton SU Compare 7Apr2017 (#2) 1Sep2020 first posted in successive years: the same view with different lighting, about three hours between clicks elusive bird, earlier in the day, also SU less elusive bird, Adderley locks SU

On this day in 2011 (Tonic this day 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) Surrey Docks RThames - Surrey Basin Bascule Bridge Rotherhithe Street Compare 6Apr2011

Yes, please do. Or this one: nearby bridge showing a closer crop of the mechanism ... (5April2018) aha, another one! (23May2015)

On this day in 2018 Foxes Lift Bridge No 171 SOxfordC