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On this day in 2021

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Sheffield Basin (Victoria Quays) S&SYN  

 

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11 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

Today at sunny Streethay

 

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Good to see that the front fender Iain made for Copperkins all those years ago is still in existence! 

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15 hours ago, PeterScott said:

On this day 2016

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Aylesbury Arm GU Lock 4 Compare 27Jan2008  21Apr2012

 

and on this day in 2018

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I was intrigued to see this cottage had a vigorously flowering New Zealand  kohwai tree lockside when we passed through at this time of year, the only one we ever saw in England.

And intrigued also when we passed through in September that it did not have a single pod, as here every flower nearly produces a pod.

Either they had been plucked off, or perhaps there were none of the pollen gathering birds to pollinate the flowers.

Is that the kowhai with its golden yellow flowers to the right of the bottom picture?

 

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14 hours ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2021

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Sheffield Basin (Victoria Quays) S&SYN  

 

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Know soot on well, finally sailed away last year I think after being used as children's university accommodation 

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13 hours ago, PeterScott said:

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My daughter is the only member of the family to have cruised from here, Scout boat picked them all up there first thing, then we collected her from Shepley Bridge Marina in Mirfield at the end of the day (myself and J were not jealous at all, honest). It has an interesting dry dock that seems to get little use judging from the greenery in it.

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8 hours ago, DandV said:

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... cottage had a vigorously flowering New Zealand  kohwai tree lockside ... at this time of year, the only one we ever saw in England. ...  Is that the kowhai with its golden yellow flowers to the right of the bottom picture?

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A crop from the pic. - Aylesbury Arm GU Lock 4 25Apr2018

 

Sadly I couln't distinguish a kowhai from any other vegetation. 

 

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Crop of earlier pic 25Apr2016.  Elaine pushing the gate by the same plant 

 

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and here's another  yellow plant  below the lock from the 25Apr2018 pic ...

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This morning 2024

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(#1) Public art - Whaley Bridge Transhipment Warehouse

(#2) From an interpretation board Toddbrook Reservoir.

 

Both remembering RAF Chinook helicopter dropping 400 tonnes of aggregate to help shore up the reservoir 2Aug2019

 

 

 

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This evening 2024

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Latchford Locks Manchester Ship Canal  

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Latchford High Level Bridge  Compare  22Sep2006  8Jul2020  5Apr2021  (#2)  2Jan2023

 
 
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This morning 2024

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Toddbrook Reservoir - temporary repairs to emergency spillway  still in place - water in bypass channel. Compare 6Dec2019  (#2)  1Jan2022  26Apr2024/2Aug2019

 

 

 

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pipes to extract water are still in place

 

 

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from the top of the reservoir

 

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2 hours ago, PeterScott said:

This afternoon 2024

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useful escape ladder

 

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Tuel Lane Lock Sowerby Bridge Rochdale Canal 

 

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We must have been stood in a similar spot but a few weeks apart, taken on 23 March

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