David Mack Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 About a mile and a half west of Hebden Bridge. Typical view of the Upper Calder Valley really. You should try it, although the number of stoppages on the Rochdale at the moment makes that rather difficult! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) This afternoon 2021 Leeds Lock A+C: outer gates; pedestrian bridge repairs; Crown Point Weir; bird on sign below the lock Compare 17Oct2007 20Dec2011 10Jan2012 23Jan2013 27Mar2013/27Mar2014 26Jun2014 19Mar2015 10Nov2015 25Nov2015 26Dec2015 19Sep2017 11Sep2018 8Mar2019 6Feb2020 9Jul2020 30Jan2021 Edited June 30, 2021 by PeterScott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Today, 2021 Looking back down Hurleston. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 On this day in 1978 Hillmorton Arm Northern Oxford Compare 19Mar2005 10Aug2005 17Dec2005 8Nov2008 Hillmorton bottom lock Northern Oxford Compare 3Nov1978 1Mar1998 19Mar2005 8Nov2008 4Jun2013 16Aug2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 On this day in 2014 Castleford Cut A+C Compare 23Jun2014 when it was less sunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 On this day in 2019 Braunston Turn Braunston Historic Boat Rally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroudwater1 Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 6 hours ago, David Mack said: Today, 2021. The Callis moorings, above Lock 12, Rochdale Canal. But maybe I should have posted this in the 'March of the Widebeams' thread. Is there any activity there currently with the apparent closure of lock 9? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 On this day 2018. Stocking up with jam from the Jam Butty at Torksey Lock On this day 2014 Heading back from Wells next the Sea on glassy seas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 On this day in 2012 Thwaite Mills A&C Leeds Waterfront Festival. Compare 17Jul2010 (#2) 24Apr2011 26Jun2011 (#2) 18Jan2012 28Jun2013 12Jun2014 29Jun2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 On this day in 2007 Sheffield Basin (Victoria Quays) S&SYN Working-days scene from an interpretation board Compare 11Nov1990 31May1991 6May1995 11Jun2006 (2) 27Mar2009 12Apr2010 13Nov2012 22Jun2014 11Oct2016 10Aug2017 (2) 8Jul2019 21Sep2019 10Jan2020 17Jul2020 12Dec2020 1Feb2021 (2) 25Apr2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 On this day in 2006 Netham Lock Bristol Feeeder Canal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 On this day in 2018 Northern Stratford. Dear C&RT Licencing Department, Please find enclosed an application for a licence for a tender to my boat ... Compare 28Jul2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) On this day in 2006 Pero's Bridge Bristol Floating Harbour Compare 28Sep2009 Edited July 1, 2021 by PeterScott link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) On this day in 2018 Northern Stratford. Shirley and a smaller boat Edited July 1, 2021 by PeterScott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 On this day in 2006 The evening at Pero's Bridge Bristol Floating Harbour Compare 28Sep2009 and eaarlier 1Jul2006. There were very few people on the streets of Bristol that evening, and the owner of a large boat moored on the adjacent pontoon shared his malts with us on the grounds that we were appreciative of the gesture and that the guests expected later that evening, for the barbecue on his back deck, would add lemonade. The quietness of the streets was emphasised by occasional loud cheers and even louder groans from the surrounding bars. The narrowboat below was at Warwickshire Fly by the Kayes Arm GU on this day in 2005. The nice Mr Google remembers the connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Liley Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) On 28/06/2021 at 13:11, Pluto said: The incline and large canal replaced a 300 ton standard canal, which had replaced the narrow - 9 feet wide lock - canal that had been built to connect the Belgian coalfield around Mons and Charleroi with Brussels in the early 19th century. Unlike the UK, they had the space to enlarge their waterways, and sufficient water. A German canal engineer friend could not believe that the northern French canals were carrying 10 million tons annually because of the water needed for lockage. twenty years ago, another German contact, a professor of transport, was astounded when I told him the A&CN was carrying 4 million tons annually at that time. Many large canals in the Netherlands and around the Rhine only carry one million tons or so, and are considered an important part of the transport infrastructure. I always feel that the problem today for water transport in the UK is that the length of our suitable waterways are too short to cover the additional cost of loading and unloading from a boat. Apologies for the belated follow-up - been away a few days. Surely the Aire & Calder escapes the lack-of-space argument? Or the problems of water supply? Here the primary trade in coal has gone, but an attempt is being made to sew the seeds of new industry. This will take traffic from our roads and add purpose and esteem to our waterway system that it currently lacks. If this works, other traffics could follow This needs to be encouraged and supported, to overcome the widespread British perception that water-transport is out-of-date. Here is a role for the Inland Waterways Association to fulfill - to tell people of such as the Zulu flat-bed barge system currently being developed in Belgium for pallet transportation, with a fork-lift facility on board. Just one example of a lesson from across the Channel. But who, outside of canal nuts like myself. knows of such a move? Currently a 70,000 tonne contract on the A & C hangs in the balance, given the state in which the waterway has been allowed to subside. Let us not think of reasons why it does not matter, after all. Edited July 1, 2021 by John Liley Mis-spelling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 On this day 2017 Busy on the Southrey moorings, River Witham On this day 2018 Sunny day on the Tidal Trent. River levels were a bit low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 4 years ago today Emu passing through Stourton Junction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 On this day in 2005 Shrewley and its Horse Tunnel. GU Compare 28May2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav and Pen Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) Today in 2016 at Migennes young dog doesn’t yet know that Swans don’t like him Edited July 2, 2021 by Dav and Pen Error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen-in-Wellies Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 A very wet L&L Wigan flight, on this day in 2012. Water coming from the sky, sideways and behind! Obvious mining subsidence problems with the whole flight being on the slant. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluto Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 10 hours ago, John Liley said: Apologies for the belated follow-up - been away a few days. Surely the Aire & Calder escapes the lack-of-space argument? Or the problems of water supply? Here the primary trade in coal has gone, but an attempt is being made to sew the seeds of new industry. This will take traffic from our roads and add purpose and esteem to our waterway system that it currently lacks. If this works, other traffics could follow This needs to be encouraged and supported, to overcome the widespread British perception that water-transport is out-of-date. Here is a role for the Inland Waterways Association to fulfill - to tell people of such as the Zulu flat-bed barge system currently being developed in Belgium for pallet transportation, with a fork-lift facility on board. Just one example of a lesson from across the Channel. But who, outside of canal nuts like myself. knows of such a move? Currently a 70,000 tonne contract on the A & C hangs in the balance, given the state in which the waterway has been allowed to subside. Let us not think of reasons why it does not matter, after all. I wasn't suggesting that it doesn't matter, but pointing out that, geographically, the UK is different to the European mainland. Our water resources are much smaller and the locations for modern inland waterways much more restricted. There is certainly a place for development of very specific traffics, but UK inland waterways cannot address national and international traffics in the same way as on the European mainland. The cost of loading and unloading makes it difficult to develop an economic argument for UK waterway improvement for internal traffics. Pallets are a possiblity, but today's UK brickfields are not in places suitable for water transport, and once something has to be put on a lorry, it may as well stay there for trips of a couple of hundred miles. Perhaps if industry was encouraged to move to sites suitable for good water transport, such as the lower Aire valley, the lower Severn and the Mersey, there would be an argument for improvements, but successive governments see service industries as more important than manufacturing, which effectively negates the need for inland water transport. There are not sufficient suitable waterways for improvement which serve areas which require such transport. Most of our larger waterways were improved to serve specific industries: export coal on the A&CN, salt on the Weaver; whilst the Severn was never improved properly because it did not serve such industries. The A&CN could be improved for River-Sea vessels trading into Europe, but I suspect Brexit will have put an end to that possibility unless a duty free port is developed alongside the A&CN or S&SYN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) On this day 2016 Wedding Day at Southrey. (Not ours, a good boaty friends!!) Edited July 2, 2021 by Naughty Cal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Murflynn Posted July 2, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 My wife sadly passed away after a short illness a month ago and her last comprehensible words to me were "you are not staying in this house - you will rattle around in it and you won't look after it". so I bought a ground floor apartment in the housing development surrounding Abingdon-on-Thames marina. Sale completed on 30 June (just in time to benefit from the stamp duty holiday) and started to move my kit in yesterday. The boat will follow when our big house is finally sold (asking price offer was accepted even before the estate agent could put it on the market!). The view from my back door: 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chagall Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 Sorry to hear about your wife Murflyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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