PeterScott Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 On this day in 2014 Br 89 Northern Oxford, just north of Braunston, avoiding a fallen tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 On this day in 2018 On the Great Ouse (Old West River) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) On this day in 2007 Great Ouse Relief Channel Denver Relief Channel Lock Edited August 18, 2020 by PeterScott extra pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 On this day 2018 Denver Sluice River Great Ouse. All sound advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandV Posted August 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 11 hours ago, PeterScott said: On this day in 2013 Aylesbury Basin. Replacing Fulbourne topcloths I wondered what was under those covers. Nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 On this day in 2018 St Ives, Great Ouse. Undercarriage Down, Final Approach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav and Pen Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) Today 2015. The Burgundy canal was closed due to lack of water so we couldn’t get back to our winter mooring. This is the marina at Auxonne on the r.saone and the harbourmaster Roy who was a friend of ours tucked us away in this spot and we packed up and came home for a wedding. When we came to leave there was no way I could reverse all the way out in the narrow space between the boats and the bank so he used his dinghy to control the bows and we made it without touching anything.(the weather was lot better than today it’s hissing down) Edited August 19, 2020 by Dav and Pen Content 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam & Di Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 Our "Friesland" is tucked in over the back there too. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 On this day in 2005 Shackerstone Ashby Canal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 hour ago, PeterScott said: On this day in 2005 Shackerstone Ashby Canal Allegedly an icebreaker. Would make good restoration project. Was lying there for years, not sure if it still is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) On this day in 2013 Rope guide on top of the parapet, bridge 71, by Colwich Lock T&M. On the bridge beyond the lock Edited August 19, 2020 by PeterScott extra pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 On this day 2007 Misty morning on the mooring pontoon, just north of Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen Farm Bridge Great Ouse Relief Channel A Big Waterway with very few boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 There's a similar-looking mooring at Downham Market, a few miles along. There are usually one or two boats moored there. Perhaps its proximity to the town's railway station appeals to boaters who want to go shopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 4 hours ago, PeterScott said: On this day in 2005 Shackerstone Ashby Canal 3 hours ago, Athy said: Allegedly an icebreaker. Would make good restoration project. Was lying there for years, not sure if it still is. Finding a picture of the grass where it no-longer-is proves more difficult than I thought it would, mainly because I can't remember which bit of grass I'm looking for: iirc it was around the winding hole somewhere, and there's a BW sign in the background which suggests it's not on the not-then-yet-restored bit. Here's the Ashby Canal stall there that day, and some of the winding hole Similar view of the winding hole from 2019. Compare #1203 (1976) #1816 (2001) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Athy said: There's a similar-looking mooring at Downham Market, a few miles along. There are usually one or two boats moored there. Perhaps its proximity to the town's railway station appeals to boaters who want to go shopping. Downham Market mooring pontoon Relief Channel Great Ouse. A bigger pontoon, with Fulbourne approaching under the bridge, September 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 On this day in 2006 Pultney Bridge and weir, Bath, (Bristol) River Avon. Compare #2213 (2006) #2368 (2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) On 07/05/2020 at 21:10, PeterScott said: And earlier on [7 May] 2003 Farmers' Bridge Bottom Lock - the mural that is no longer there On this day in 2016, mural on refurbished building, Farmers Bridge Bottom Lock Compare #1504 (2014) and at the top of the flight a sign explaining locks : Where it says "The Farmers Bridge Locks work in the same way but are relatively uncommon in only having single gates at both ends. They are slightly longer to accommodate the wider swing of the single gate." we might add that most boats that use them are wider than the three-foot-six illustrated. Edited August 19, 2020 by PeterScott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 On this day in 2007 West River Bridge Old West River River Great Ouse, and Stretham Old Engine downstream from Green End Bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 On this day 2018 Old West River River Great Ouse. Weed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 hour ago, PeterScott said: They are slightly longer to accommodate the wider swing of the single gate. This is nonsense. I'm pretty sure the single headgate opens away from the lock chamber, not into it ... Add: for clarity, I know it's a quote from the sign! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 On this day in 2018 Approaching St Ives River Great Ouse. Deploy your crew to best trim your craft: it may slow your progress if the propellor leaves the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 42 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said: This is nonsense. I'm pretty sure the single headgate opens away from the lock chamber, not into it ... Add: for clarity, I know it's a quote from the sign! The single bottom gate can be difficult to open in a full length boat when heading down. Generally on the BCN with a full length working boat you need to be all fenders up and hard back against the cill to open the single gate. Then in a few the bows need shoving over by the fraction of width you have spare to squeeze the gate open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 On this day 2017 below Beeston Lock River Trent And So To Bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 On this day in 2007 St Ives Bridge Great Ouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) On this day in 2016 Walsall Junction BCN Edited August 20, 2020 by PeterScott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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