Tonic required. Send in your photos of what is nice on the waterways now.

[PeterScott]

On this day

in 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dutton Dry Dock T&M  Compare    ##1972  21Apr2004  24May2004  26Apr2007    10Aug2007   20Nov2007   13Mar2009

and Dutton Stop Lock

[PeterScott]

This afternoon 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bingley 5-rise L+L 

 

Compare  ##1971   5Jan1974   28Apr2004 (#2)  2May2004   20Jun2007 (#2)  #Dec2008   28Jan2012  (#2)  (#3)  (#4)  (#5)  (#6)  3Apr2014  31Dec2018  8Jul2019  30Jul2023  14Oct2023

 

C&RT 250th anniversary celebration -  at which met with @ElaineMary and RichardParry (CE C&RT) who remembered us from earlier meetings before the Accursed Virus. First question for RP was "as a Navigation Authority, what has wellbeing ever done for us?". There was a straightbatted response about how it attracts support from those who wouldn't otherwise know about the C&RT and the benefits of the canals. We went on to talk about the Government response to the 10-year checkpoint review of waterways funding, the comparison of the current crisis to 2006 (in BW days), and the use of C&RT property portfolio to plug the gap and maintain a sensible standard of maintenance. At a practical level we told him about the lack of grease on the B+F paddles....

 

Compare  3May2014  11Jul2014  14Feb2016  23Nov2017

 

 

 

Edited March 23 by PeterScott
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[PeterScott]

This afternoon 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Bingley 3-rise L&L also part of C&RT 250th anniversary celebration

Compare  Dec2007  17Feb2016  16Oct2016  30Jul2023  13Oct2023

[AI Rowboat]

23 hours ago, PeterScott said:

On this day

in 2007

Hey, that’s the boat made famous by the legendary lothario Colin, his somewhat vociferous wife / lady friend, and a poor child perched on the bow wishing she were somewhere else.

Perhaps the boat was named after the lady’s tongue.

 

https://youtu.be/TTW7Ti_Pp-M?si=NTujO4apGFW2JIfe

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1971

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the pre-digital era, the photographer had tp wait some weeks to find out if the shutter had been pressed at exactly the right time ...

 

 

 

 

 

Knowle flight   GU 

Compare  b+w  30Mar2005  26Dec2005  9Oct2011 (#2)  4Nov2014  14May2017  (#2) 29Jun2018  8May2022   30Oct2023

 

 

 

 

 

Shrewley GU     Compare  28May2004   2Jul2005   29Jun2018 14Aug2021

[AI Rowboat]

2 hours ago, PeterScott said:

In the pre-digital era, the photographer had tp wait some weeks to find out if the shutter had been pressed at exactly the right time ...

 

Film photography was always hit and miss.

The weight of the returned package was usually a good indicator of your success or otherwise.

The older images are fascinating, regardless of quality.

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2018

Torksey to West Stockwith 

 

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1971

 

Avon Aqueduct (GU)  Compare  5Aug2003  18Aug2005  5Nov2005   6Aug2011/24Mar1971

 

Edited March 24 by PeterScott
links

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross Keys Penkridge  S+W  

Compare 22Nov2003    23Apr2013   15May2018  10Jul2018  9Jun2019/#1940s  3May2021

 

Penkridge Lock S+W  Compare 21Feb2007

 

Sign above the lock

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colwich Lock T&M

 

Compare   9Mar2003 14Jul2008   1Mar2011  25Apr2013 (#2) 19Aug2013  30Aug2013  4Nov2016  (#2) 12July2018  25Apr2021  5May2021  30Sep2023

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not much iron work that about now 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

self-portrait (?) ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barton Swing Aqueduct Bridgewater Canal over MSC

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

River Sow Aqueduct S&W  Compare  12Apr1978 24Dec2007  14May2011  23Nov2011

[DandV]

On 22/03/2024 at 09:56, Stroudwater1 said:

It ain’t broke as far as I can see, so it doesn’t need fixing. 
 

Incidentally almost all of the first page of the thread revolved around a picture of a catamaran in Croatia taken a few years before the thread started and the OP replied to this positively . It was started a few days before lockdown so it’s no surprise it ended up with past years canal pictures and has carried on. 
 

Theres one thing for sure, BoatinglifeupNorth isn’t supplying much of a tonic on this thread. 

As the OP, I very much still enjoy all the contributions. The time stamping of photos over the years has added the dimension of how things change, and has increased the value and enjoyment to me, of this thread.

So thanks especially to Peter Scott, but also to Naughty Cal, I enjoy your photos of UK coastal escapades. So hopefully this thread remains as a valuable record of the ongoing recent history of Britain's inland, and coastal waterways.

14k replies and 640k views obviously means that I am not alone in pursuing this branch of voyeurism. 

 

 

[Victor Vectis]

Yes.

Thanks for starting it.

[BoatinglifeupNorth]

On 21/03/2024 at 21:12, Francis Herne said:

I confess that the rate of Peter's posts in this thread does put me off posting here. They are often quite interesting, but the sheer volume tends to smother anyone else's submissions. (That may be the first [and last?] time I've agreed with @BoatinglifeupNorth!)

 

A couple from last weekend's WRG do:

As you say you may not agree with what I write, but it’s fact that others have stopped posting on here for the reason you say, their photos are just swamped like these by @PeterScott mass daily photo postings. Is it really necessary or has it now just become a self ego me, me, me thing with him?

Edited March 26 by BoatinglifeupNorth

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2017

Got a bit hot at Burton Waters

 

 

 

 

 

 

On this day 2018

A bit slower on the return run to Torksey!

 

 

[David Mack]

59 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

On this day 2017

Got a bit hot at Burton Waters

 

 

 

 

 

Since some are getting petty about what content is appropriate for this thread, I'd question whether that is "nice on the waterways"! 🙂

[BoatinglifeupNorth]

1 hour ago, David Mack said:

Since some are getting petty about what content is appropriate for this thread, I'd question whether that is "nice on the waterways"! 🙂

And they’ve all been posted on here before. A bit repetitive and highlights my opinion that it has just become a old Holiday snap Thread from previous years and nothing really to do with “What’s nice Today”

Edited March 26 by BoatinglifeupNorth

[Francis Herne]

Is that enough bickering now?

 

The Anchor at High Offley is indisputably nice:

 

I rather like the deep cuttings, although the current slew of fallen trees and small landslips poised over the canal is a bit worrying.

 

Edited March 26 by Francis Herne

[Naughty Cal]

2 hours ago, BoatinglifeupNorth said:

And they’ve all been posted on here before. A bit repetitive and highlights my opinion that it has just become a old Holiday snap Thread from previous years and nothing really to do with “What’s nice Today”

If you have nothing to add, no "holiday snaps" of your own, why bother continuing to A look at the topic and B continue to derail from the subject?

[bizzard]

[BoatinglifeupNorth]

7 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

If you have nothing to add, no "holiday snaps" of your own, why bother continuing to A look at the topic and B continue to derail from the subject?

It was derailed many years ago. When I have a worthwhile photo I’ll put it on, maybe people should also have the same idea, I wouldn’t call the ones you posted above nice.

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2016

A wet grey day at the Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies

 

 

 

 

 

[peterboat]

3 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

On this day 2016

A wet grey day at the Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies

 

 

 

 

 

Fantastic arnt they? We visited before the kelpies were officially opened