Good friday 2019.

1 hour ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Tonic required. Send in your photos

 

 

Bow fronted cased perch. Nice.

2 hours ago, restlessnomad said:

thats a cute boat....  how old is she (the boat)

The shell is 2005, built in Holland by Euroships, 10m x 3.4, partly to our design and fitted out by us in Stourport using huge heaps of recycled timber and equipment. Went in the water in 2008 and travelled the Severn, Bristol Avon, Warks Avon, K&A, Thames, GU up to nearly Braunston, River Wey and then on a lorry to France in 2011.  Since then has been all over the place in France, Belgium and Holland. Currently in Belgium where we cannot get to her because of the wretched corona virus. I might write a bit of a book about the whole thing to keep sane over the next few weeks (months?)

32 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

One of my spare blades, I have five or six lying about....

 

And thems real bricks! Just not in the bote  

 

 

 

What you have more propellers then smart gauges? Is this to calibrate them against each other?

Coalboat Auriga filling us up with diesel last week at Whittington.

Edited March 19, 20206 yr by wandering snail

7 hours ago, Ray T said:

Tixall Wide.

 

Tixall Wide, 4 October 2019

 

Yes, you can loop the loop in a 70 ft boat drawing 3 ft, with plenty of room to spare.

Figure of Eight next time, I reckon.

2 minutes ago, mark99 said:

Bow fronted cased perch. Nice.

 

Yes that's Priscilla Perch. Gorgeous example of the art of taxidermy.

 

 

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Yes that's Priscilla Perch. Gorgeous example of the art of taxidermy.

 

 

Nice.  

 

I thought it was one of those awful Billy Bass singing fish on the first picture...

 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, TheBiscuits said:

Nice.  

 

I thought it was one of those awful Billy Bass singing fish on the first picture...

 

 

 

 

 

I suppose a bass and a perch might seem vaguely similar to a phish Philistine....

 

 

Just now, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

I suppose a bass and a perch might seem vaguely similar to a phish Philistine....

 

 

The quality of the singing voice separates them ...

 

 

8 hours ago, Ray T said:

Tixall Wide.

Not today or Yesterday

Tixell Wide September 2015

 

 

10 hours ago, robtheplod said:

 

Favourite shop !!

Always stop for an ice cream and a natter when coming past there. 

 

 

10 hours ago, matty40s said:

Favourite shop !!

Always stop for an ice cream and a natter when coming past there. 

 

 

 

Recognise the shop but can't place it. There's a lock just behind whoever took the photo. (I THINK)₩

September on the River Trent (Cromwell Lock)

 

 

 

Dawn on the Wey Navigation...

Dawn at Eelmoor Flash on the Basingstoke canal...

Edited March 20, 20206 yr by bagginz

And while I'm sifting through videos, some daredevilry on the Basy.       IIRC the bridge is listed as 5' 10"

Edited March 20, 20206 yr by bagginz

10 hours ago, WotEver said:

Not according to the submariner I was talking to... it’s a target. 

He might have it the wrong way around given F84 HMS Exmouth was an anti-submarine frigate.  

 

55 minutes ago, matty40s said:

 

 

"It really doesn't get much better than that"

 

Treat her with respect and the Trent will be a good friend.

9 hours ago, matty40s said:

Favourite shop !!

Always stop for an ice cream and a natter when coming past there. 

 

 

 

 

What is going on at the bridge behind Richard?

 

 

5 minutes ago, magpie patrick said:

What is going on at the bridge behind Richard?

 

 

It was a university project on bat movements and tagging.

They thought they had the bridge to themselves for the evening, however, no-one had told them about the BCN 24 hour challenge......

 

Either that or they were looking to design a widebeam for student accommodation and needed maximum size dimensions.?

Edited March 20, 20206 yr by matty40s

30 minutes ago, matty40s said:

It was a university project on bat movements and tagging.

They thought they had the bridge to themselves for the evening, however, no-one had told them about the BCN 24 hour challenge......

 

Either that or they were looking to design a widebeam for student accommodation and needed maximum size dimensions.?

I had forgotten about that, bet the poor buggers thought they had the ideal spot for a quiet survey

11 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Yes that's Priscilla Perch. Gorgeous example of the art of taxidermy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wonder why taxidermist painted the picture of the face in the background?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is obviously not stuffed as those 'gnarled and grasping' fingers are having to hold it in 'Plaice'.

Edited March 20, 20206 yr by Alan de Enfield