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

[Jen-in-Wellies]

On this day in 2007.

Iron Snail coming out of the shed at Piper's in Biddulph.

 

Boat, crane, lorry.

 

Following the lorry through Tunstall.

 

To get to Etruria Marina. The crane came too.

 

Nearly there!

 

Naming with a bottle of Tesco Cava!

 

Inside. So empty! It had been fitted out to the lined sailaway stage, so the wiring was in place behind the panels and the bulkheads for the bathroom were in place. Note the centre line scribed down the floor by Pipers. This was very useful when doing the rest of the fit out. Something I'd recommend.

 

I'd come with a van full of stuff for the journey to my mooring, including a bed and sofa to make it a bit more civilised and old curtains for some privacy. Bow and stern fenders ready to fit. That was it for the day. Time to return the van to the hire place. The boat was left in the marina overnight.

 

 

 

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2003

 

As the signpost says, Oxford is 77½ miles that way.  (near Sutton Stop)

[Jen-in-Wellies]

1 hour ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2003

 

As the signpost says, Oxford is 77½ miles that way.  (near Sutton Stop)

There was a book called "Round Ireland with a Fridge" published in 1999. The sequel "Round England with a Washing Machine" never had the same publishing success. 😀

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2009

 

 

 

 

 

Wood End Lock T&M

and approaching from below

 

Compare

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25Oct2014

 

 

 

 

 

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawkesbury Junction CoventryC/OxfordC 

 

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2000

Slaithwaite HNC  Compare  10Jan1987   17May2001   19May2001   (#2)  23May2008

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glasson Basin Compare 9Nov2006  25Apr2009  26Apr2009 26Dec2016 

 

 

 

[Higgs]

6 hours ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2003

 

As the signpost says, Oxford is 77½ miles that way.  (near Sutton Stop)

 

"But canal is only 4' away. Think I'll just wait until the photographer person passes."

 

I'm sure I ran over that washing machine, on the way to the basin. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[PeterScott]

On 26/04/2021 at 08:25, PeterScott said:

On [26 April] in 1980

 

South of Thurlwood Steel Lock 

On 26/04/2021 at 08:33, David Mack said:

Two sad losses in that picture.☹️

On this day in 1977, South of Thurlwood Steel Lock  looking t'other way

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1994

 

Entering the Hillmorton Arm Northern Oxford  Compare 30Jun1978 19Mar2005  10Aug2005  17Dec2005  8Nov2008

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2009

 

 

Off To Work We Go ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flute Meadow Bridge No 84 T&M

[PeterScott]

On this day in  2012

 

Bridgewater Canal, Manchester

[DandV]

Thanks to the contributors to this thread for providing a substantial morning treat, at a time when our current, and hopefully temporary stringent lockdown, and recently robust, read crap, early spring weather, both limit opportunities for stimulation here.

 So many pleasant memories invoked.

Thanks Don and Val.

[John Liley]

On 09/09/2021 at 12:36, The Bearwood Boster said:

It was actually the 'Oliver Cromwell' which sank,'Edward Elgar' is still going strong on the river Severn.

My apologies to all concerned. Must try harder. Glad to hear the good ship Edward Elgar is still around, however.   JL

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2012

 

End of Bridgewater canal Manchester

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2012

 

Bridgewater canal Manchester

 

 

[John Liley]

With the River Yonne running in and out, the Canal du Nivernais has some splendid weirs. In our earlier days with the Secunda I used to moor for the night at one of these, just resting against the stonework, but was asked to stop by the section manager, on the grounds that our mooring spikes would damage the structure. When I pointed out that we did not use any spikes, just laid a rope laid round a big stone buttress at the upstream end, he thought for a while, then said he would be grateful if I stopped mooring there all the same lest it set a bad example to others who might use spikes after all. There have been changes in personnel since then, so maybe we could start again. It was always a smashing mooring.

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Atherstone Coventry C

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[PeterScott]

On Nine-Eleven; this day in 2001. Janet's log from Copperkins.

Remembering those who died in the conflict that is Nine-Eleven

And in Janet's words

"... another life away from the magical scene [at Stratford with the theatre lit up, and reflected in the water]"

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2003

 

 

 

 

 

The end of the then connected-and-navigable section of the Ashby Canal

 

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19Jul1976

1Nov1998 

16Jun2001

19Aug2005 

10May2011

21May2011/19Jul1976

 

and Snarestone Tunnel

[David Mack]

36 minutes ago, PeterScott said:

 

Odd to see a lock gate on a lockless canal.

[PeterScott]

On this day 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gunthorpe Bridge RIver Trent

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2017

 

Hazelhurst Junction Caldon C   And the top lock on the main  line Compare  19Apr2004  23Dec2006  7Oct2019

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2018

 

Water taxi arriving in Leeds Dock A+C

 

On 11/09/2020 at 09:26, PeterScott said:

On [11Sep] in 2018

Crown Point weir Leeds A+C. The rebuilt weir as part of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme. And the view to the left of that image to Leeds Lock and the Armouries

 

Welcome to Leeds Waterfront ....

 

...but...

 

  

 

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2019

 

Coventry C near Fazeley Junction