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On 08/11/2020 at 02:25, PeterScott said:

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Aylesbury Basin

 

 

 

 

 

Considering the previous owners of Whio were fron the notoriously windy Wellington I was surprised to see that she was on her six month unattended  winter layup with the pot plants still on the roof!              Far right in the photo.

I think this must have been the year they told us about returning, in April,  to find the roof bare of plants, but that the good folks of the Aylesbury Canal Society had taken them ashore and tended for them in a spot behind the club rooms. 

 

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21 minutes ago, DandV said:

Considering the previous owners of Whio were fron the notoriously windy Wellington I was surprised to see that she was on her six month unattended  winter layup with the pot plants still on the roof!  ...

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25 minutes ago, DandV said:

... I think this must have been the year they told us about returning, in April,  to find the roof bare of plants, but that the good folks of the Aylesbury Canal Society had taken them ashore and tended for them in a spot behind the club rooms.

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Yes a good community at Aylesbury Canal Society.

 

The plants were in their place here in February .

 

That winter did have its colder moments - from 'oop north at Acton Bridge T&M on Christmas Day. Aylesbury Basin's surrounding buildings give some protection from worst of the wintry blasts.L1604_20091225_0023a.jpg.51b364a3592cb9f66cdbf912bbe8220c.jpg

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12 hours ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2006

Glasson Branch Lancaster Canal Compare #519 (2011)

 

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One of the very few British water mills to be supplied with water by the canal. The 1981 photo shows the overflow back into the canal just above the lock.

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11 minutes ago, Dav and Pen said:

In the first 2 weeks of November 2010 we were sailing across the Atlantic from Lisbon to Barbados with a stop in the canary isles. Ship called Royal Clipper.

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As with steam engines, technology of a previous generation looks god but it is worth reflecting on how such a vessel as this must have been towards the end of that era with designers pushing the technology to its limits. Sometimes, one sign that a particular technology is coming to the end of its possibilities is when feature on feature is added and piled high (literally in this case) in a desperate attempt to squeeze even  more performance out of it.

 

As with our canal network, always good when there are those around prepared to investing in keeping it alive and kicking! And also, as here, not to be afraid of adding some useful 21C technology as well.

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This ship is owned by a Swedish man who has fulfilled his ambition of recreating a large sailing ship modeled on the famous flying P windjammers. The hull was found in Poland and was an unfinished vessel. As it’s a passenger ship it has to have all the solas approved systems plus of course a couple of diesels to make sure it can keep to its schedule. On this crossing one night it got up to 17 knots purely under sail until the mate decided to shorten sail. The big square sails are pulled up by rotating motors in the ends of the arm and pulled down with ropes around powered capstans. There’s nobody hanging on for dear life unfurling the sails.
There is a movement now to install rotor sail systems on cargo ships to help cut co2 emissions with Norwegian ship owners taking the lead.

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Garstang Lancaster Canal   Compare #2740 (also this day)

On 06/08/2020 at 09:43, David Mack said:

Surely a "moree" is a person who has been moored by someone else. There can't be enough of those to warrant a special sign!

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Wyre Aqueduct Compare #4126 (2017)

 

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It does have some clues in it:

 

The double-white lines suggest the middle of a ROAD ...

 

The parallel metals suggest a RAILWAY ...

 

The curved slot suggests a swinging BRIDGE ...

 

 

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Preston, over the entrance to the Basin

 

Navigation Way Swing Bridge

 

 

 

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