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[PeterScott]

2 hours ago, Stroudwater1 said:

Beverley Beck lock yesterday. I wasn’t sure what the hoist was for 

 

Geograph Photo by habiloid. August 2020. An EA crane, it seems.

Elaine says it's a pumping station moving water by submersible pumps, and the hoist is to lift them out when needed for maintenance.

Edited July 25, 2021 by PeterScott
re pumps

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rotherham S&SYN Weir. After the South Yorkshire floods.

Edited July 25, 2021 by PeterScott
extra pic

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1994

 

Misty morning.

 

Freeman's Lock No 41

River Soar

GULeicester Line

 

Compare

6Jun1989 

9Feb1997

[Idle Days]

So nice of CRT to cut the grass for us. Mooring at Heyford Common, South Oxford Canal.

 

[John Liley]

Fixing a leak in the keel cooling. With no drydock within many miles we had to use the slipway at Auxerre. The heavy load bent the end of the skeg upwards, locking solid the rudder. This we discovered when the boat  floated off and I had to let her crash into a (fortunately) strong) metal boat with a handy rail to attach to,as an alternative to drifting down to the barrage. A friend then torched a bit of clearance higher up and it all worked again.

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2018

 

Melbourne Junction  Pocklington Canal   Compare  16Jul2015   25Jul2018  and Melbourne Basin

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huddersfield Narrow Canal 

Locks 1E to 2E

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2016

Wells next the Sea

 

 

 

On this day 2015

Fiskerton Fen, River Witham

 

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Newark Town Lock 

and the castle 

 

Compare

1Sep2009 

7May2015 

2Aug2015

[PeterScott]

This afternoon 2021

 

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/79240434#/

 

 

 

 

 

Barlaston

T&M 

 

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22Nov2004  

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22Sep2012 

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Edited July 26, 2021 by PeterScott

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1994

 

 

 

Market Harborough Basin  Compare 30Jan2000  1Sep2017

Edited July 26, 2021 by PeterScott

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2016

A horrible run from Wells next the Sea to Boston. Conditions were crap, we had to plod along at displacement speeds for a long while and luckily just managed to catch the tide into Boston. Both boats were running very low on fuel by the time we were moored up.

 

The pictures just don't show how bad it was. Couldn't even take any pictures for the most part of the trip!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Momac]

19 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

On this day 2016

A horrible run from Wells next the Sea to Boston. Conditions were crap, we had to plod along at displacement speeds for a long while and luckily just managed to catch the tide into Boston. Both boats were running very low on fuel by the time we were moored up.

 

The pictures just don't show how bad it was. Couldn't even take any pictures for the most part of the trip!

 

 

 

I think we timed our recent trips to and from Wells  just right - with a it of luck thrown in. Not perfect but not the worst we have seen. Sea conditions for the next two weeks are forecast very poor for leisure boats.

[Naughty Cal]

1 hour ago, MartynG said:

I think we timed our recent trips to and from Wells  just right - with a it of luck thrown in. Not perfect but not the worst we have seen. Sea conditions for the next two weeks are forecast very poor for leisure boats.

One thing we certainly won't miss having to check the weather and sea state conditions 

 

Much preferring to just jump in the van and go whatever the weather.

[PeterScott]

On this day 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tidal Trent and Torksey Lock, Fossdyke Navigation Compare posting this day 2020

 

 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

On this day in 2012.

 

 

 

Hopton Wood. One of my favourite sections of canal.

 

 

Approaching Fazeley Junction from the B&F side.

 

Fazeley Junction. Time to turn left!

 

To go here. Fradley Junction.

Edited July 27, 2021 by Jen-in-Wellies

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1997

 

 

 

 

 

Middlewich Junction

 

Compare

27Dec2000

18May2002 

28Apr2003

10May2019

[Pluto]

12 hours ago, MartynG said:

I think we timed our recent trips to and from Wells  just right - with a it of luck thrown in. Not perfect but not the worst we have seen. Sea conditions for the next two weeks are forecast very poor for leisure boats.

Roger Lorenz only took one photo at sea of bringing Shellfen across the Wash in, I think, 1973.

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2009

 

Frenches Marina  

and Uppermill

HNC 

 

Compare

4Apr2010

18Jul2011

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2011

 

Fradley Junction  T&M/Coventry

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14Sep1977 

13Apr1978 

8Jun1989/8Jun2002 

25Sep1995 

20Jul2002

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####2010  21Apr2010

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17Jul2014

25Mar2017 

12Jul2018 

10Jul2020  8Aug2020  5Sep2020 

5May2021

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2013

 

Sowerby Bridge Basin C&H    Compare 10Apr1979  6Jul2007   5Aug2007  24May2008 29Mar2014  4Oct2015   20Jan2016  28Jan2016   11Apr2021

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1994

 

 

 

 

Afoot and halfton weight: Welford Wharf, Welford Arm GU Leicester Line  Compare  27Jul1994 (posted this day 2020)  11Feb1997  8Apr1998 3Oct2013

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2018

St Bennetts Abbey to Horning

 

 

 

 

On this day 2011

No slowing down for moored boats in Wells Harbour

 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

On this day in 2012.

Alrewas.

[Dav and Pen]

Today in 2017 at Gray on the R. Saone. This converted tug had belonged to a friend of ours for many years and had just been sold to this family who were enjoying it.