the grinch

What has this got to do with railway stations?

Thing to remember is the Cheshires rely on water coming not only from the reserviors but a certain amount coming from the Macclesfield and Caldon canals, the Macclesfield being closed due to a breach and the Caldon relying on the River Churnet that's 2 supplies drying up its hardly surprising when the T&M also runs short ! People seem to have forgotten how things were in 1976 and we've had less rain this winter than the winter of 75 ! Weather forecast is lots of rain next week and as I'm on holiday it's guaranteed! Lol

I can think of one back in late 90s where a boat called Tawny Owl was stolen, it was recovered after I recalled meeting it in Lapworth locks. It was getting dark and we were at the last lock before the top lock and the boat with 2 males came down, they were trying to hide their faces which seemed odd at the time but I just dismissed it as some people see naturally unfriendly! The following day we were in the centre of Birmingham when we were asked if we'd seen it. We gave the info we had and the next day it was recovered heading for Hatton Anglo Welsh lost one that took months to recover after it failed to return off a 2 week hire. Vaguely remember Holly but again like the AW boat it was hired to be stolen As for Que Sera Sera I suspected that it never existed and was a ghost boat i:e only existed on paper and a well organised insurance fraud, I may be wrong on this though

I'd say yes

Is it OK if your schizophrenic? Asking hor a friend obviously! Lol

Same here! Lol

On that score Chichester is a short 200m from Southgate Basin on the Chichester Ship Canal, Ford and Barnham are within a 1/4 Mile of the derelict Chichester & Arundel Canal section of the Portsmouth to Arundel canal, North Walsham is about 2 miles to Briggste and Ebridge Locks and a little further to Bacton Wood on the Norrh Walsham & Dilham Canal. Welshpool on the isolated section of the Monty. Banavie is by the canal às is Falkirk, Fort William and Inverness in Scotland

Looks like Santon on the Little Ouse

Anson Branch of the BCN ? I believe a lot of it still exists unlike its companion the Bentley which is now under a shopping centre Also the Stourbridge extension beyond Bromley stop lock is still therefor a short distance What about the original Delph locks not sure who owns the remains ?

You have to climb up the bank onto the old railway bridge, that's what I've always done

Because he's not the PM lol !

There's a long way to go as there have been 880+ seperate canals, navigations and rivers that have existed at some point in time!

And Consall can't get one any closer !

I have a list of canals never built but will have to open this map up on a bigger screen and see if I have missed many. It's often a case of very little detail survives unless it was submitted to parliament often just a line on a map!

Additionally LTC ( Tom) Rolt also wrote the Landscape with series and Silver & Green all a good read Then there's Canals are my life and canals are my home by Iris Bryce Thames to the Solent by JB Dashwood