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[PeterScott]

On 18/09/2020 at 16:04, howardang said:

Humber Pride (renamed Exol Pride) is doing the lub oil Rotherham runs and Humber Princess (I think renamed Exol Princess) is still around but was converted to a different role- heavy lift barge I seem to remember ...Howard

On this day in 2016

 

 

Doncaster S&SYN

 

on a damp morning

[Jen-in-Wellies]

Did Exol Pride have a little accident last week? This section of water is where it is unloaded at the Exol plant in Rotherham.

 

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Notice Alert

Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigations
Location: Tulley's Marina- Rotherham Lock
Starts At: Tulley's Marina Slipway
Ends At: Rotherham Lock

Thursday 8 October 2020 16:45 until further notice

Type: Navigation Closure
Reason: Information

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Original message:

 

Due to a pollution incident there will be an absorbent boom placed across the canal between Tulley's Marina and Rotherham Lock, therefore navigation will not be possible.

This will be reviewed in the morning on the 9th of October and this notice will be updated accordingly.

 

 

Edited October 13, 2020 by Jen-in-Wellies

[Mike Todd]

12 hours ago, TheBiscuits said:

 

 

If it was @Barge Venus steering the wake would be bigger!

 

If it was his brother it would be over the towpath!

 

Just posing for the camera?

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2015

 

Harecastle Tunnel Kidsgrove portal T&M

 

and a little earlier emerging from the tunnel and passing the office

 

Compare

#3404 (1978)

#947 (2004)

#1164 (2007)

#3373 (2009)

#3561 #3571 (2012)

#952 (2019)

#3341 (2020)

 

And inside:

[cuthound]

19 hours ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 1997

Whittington - Coventry C

 

Sadly Whittington Lock has long gone. ?

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2019

 

On a rainy morning at Tatenhill Lock T&M   Compare #610 (2010) #3028 (2017)

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2008

 

Dukinfield Junction Ashton Canal  Compare #2604 #2605 (2009) #2358 (2014)

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2008

 

Stalybridge Huddersfield Narrow. Public art. The arms of the lock gates are a sundial   Compare #2347

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[Tim Lewis]

On this day in 2005

 

 

 

On this day in 2011

 

 

 

 

On this day in 2015

 

 

Edited October 13, 2020 by Tim Lewis

[ditchcrawler]

11 hours ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2015

 

 

 

And inside:

I have never managed to get a good photo of that

Edited October 13, 2020 by ditchcrawler

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2014. Early morning start from West Stockwith and a foggy run up the Trent to Torksey.

 

[PeterScott]

On 19/03/2020 at 05:53, DandV said:

In this time of incalculable gloom, our boats, landscapes, boating activities and wildlife are still stunningly beautiful and give joy to those viewing .... Don and Val

 

Thinking this morning of the City of Liverpool, today beginning additional restrictions for the Accursed Virus.

 

If the news analysts are right, Liverpool's virus statistics (infections, hospital admissions, deaths) are six times the 'average' in the country, and we are all doubling these depressing numbers every fortnight, which puts Liverpool just over five weeks ahead of the rest of us ...

Edited October 14, 2020 by PeterScott
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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2014

 

Kelpies, Helix Park Falkirk - Glensburgh

 

 

 

and the canal to the new sea lock

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2002

 

Oozells Street Loop BCN

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2008

 

Scout Tunnel HNC

 

 

Uppermill HNC

 

and some seasonal leaves waiting to wrap themselves around the prop

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2015

 

Bridge 82/81 T&M. This lot decided on a trot along the towingpath, and at the narrow bits, a couple of their number took to the canal. They continued at a lesser pace, until reaching a C&RT maintenance craft and we left the maintenance people to find the farmer and resolve the problem. I'm not convinced they understood the concept of giving way to pedestrians.

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2016

 

By Knostrop Flood Lock Leeds A+C and further out, around Fishpond Lock heading towards Leeds:

 

 

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2016

 

Taxi below River Lock Leeds to the Bicentenary celebrations. Compare #3458 (2017) #1216 (2018)  #1247

 

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in  2017

 

Forth and Clyde Canal  Castlecary Locks and earlier at Bonnybridge

 

 

More fourteenths of October. Try the slideshow button

 

[TheBiscuits]

12 hours ago, PeterScott said:

 

Kelpies, Helix Park Falkirk - Glensburgh

 

We were there just a few days before that.  Wonderful place, isn't it?

 

 

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2012. Misty start to the day in Burton Waters

 

 

 

On this day 2017. Early morning start from St Bennetts Abbey onboard hire boat Viscount.

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2014

 

Clachnaharry Sea Lock, Inverness, Caledonian Canal and boats in Muirtown Basin

 

 

which has both a Titanic model and the most northerly BW padlock

 

[Pluto]

This day 2016, and Kennet starts its journey from Leeds to Liverpool to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the canal opening throughout.

[PeterScott]

33 minutes ago, Pluto said:

This day 2016, and Kennet starts its journey from Leeds to Liverpool to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the canal opening throughout.

with a memorably expert presentation the previous evening. There Was Beer.

 

 

 

And some publicity shots on this-day-morning before setting off.

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2001

Autherley SU. Viewing some form of airship or similar.

 

A memorable day, starting with clearing up the engine room after a fire the previous evening. Started in the electrical system, and the boat was around Coseley Tunnel BCN; it would have been nasty  had it happened inside the tunnel. Recruited a passing boater for a cross-straps tow to the top of Wolverhampton 21. With four of us, we were doing better on ropes down the locks than the boat-with-engine ahead, so by loaning them one crew we equalised our speeds. Two lads from Acton Bridge (T+M), where we were based, rewired the whole thing in four or five hours the next day, and after a bit of coughing and general complaining about its lot, the engine was fine and we were on our way again.