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

[Naughty Cal]

17 hours ago, MartynG said:

Kirkstead .

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If you to get somewhere fast there are  much  better and usually much cheaper options compared to travelling by boat .

 

 

 

 

 

Who mentioned getting anywhere fast? 🤔

 

If we were in a hurry we certainly wouldn't choose the van as our transport method of choice 🤣🤣🤣

 

It definitely isn't the quickest thing on four wheels!

[PeterScott]

On this day 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southampton - Docks, Marina, Water

On this day in 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown Bayley Footbridge No 10A

S&SYN

Compare 27Oct2013

 

and Moorings by Don Valley Stadium

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2011

 

 

Whittington Brook Compare 22Sep2017

[Karen Lea Rainey]

12 hours ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2011

 

 

Whittington Brook Compare 22Sep2017

I've often thought when passing this landmark, that whoever carved the inscription did it the wrong way round, if you did it on a road sign everybody would end up going the wrong way.

Could this have been an early case of stonemasons dyslexia?

[PeterScott]

 

46 minutes ago, Karen Lea Rainey said:

I've often thought when passing this landmark [at Whittington Brook], that whoever carved the inscription did it the wrong way round, if you did it on a road sign everybody would end up going the wrong way.Could this have been an early case of stonemasons dyslexia?

 

 

Holland, 1983

On this day in 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BCN  B+F

Farmers Bridge Top Lock  and hereabouts and an interpretation board/map

Compare  1Jun1987  25Jun2001 30Oct2006  21Feb2007  28Feb2008  19May2011 14Nov2015 23Aug2016  23Sep2017  23Feb2019

 

 

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AAAAAAARGHHHHHH

If this looks like a messed-up and confusing post, then there's a thread here which discusses what's been going on

_sigh_

PeterS

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2014

 

 

 

 

 

Buckler's Hard  River Beaulieu  Hampshire  Compare  1Mar2014 (#2)

[Scholar Gypsy]

I finally got to take a boat to St Katherine's Dock in London today. I wasn't paying the mooring fees.

https://scholargypsy.org.uk/2023/03/01/limehouse-to-st-katherines/

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

London Bridge River Thames and  Baglady below TowerBridge

 

[Guest]

On this day today - 2nd March 2023

 

Tees Barrage - River Tees. Apparently they were lifting stop planks out of the White Water canoe course to drain it for repairs/maintenance. Couldn't get any closer due to it being cordoned off in the name of Elf and Safety.

 

 

 

 

[PeterScott]

This afternoon 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oddy Locks Leeds  L&L

[PeterScott]

This afternoon 2023

 

By Canal Road Bridge No 225A  - L+L

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2017

A grey day at Burton Waters

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ferrybridge Flood Lock No 11   Ferrybridge Bypass Bridge  (with cherrypicker-examination)  Old Great North Road Bridge

Compare 8Apr2010  23Jun2014   9Oct2016 22Jan2019/22Jan2020 30Dec2021 3Mar2022  9Apr2022 (#2)

 

 

Lifebuoys by the lock all quote the same what3words location.

 

Dear C&RT,

Please find enclosed my application for your What3words Selection Executive. I have lots of experience of the app and understand that typing swelling.slugs.plod would take me to one of the remoter parts of Alaska USA. ...

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2019

 

 

Carpark outside a block of flats ...

 

 

 

block of flats

 

MSC Bellissima

Southapton Docks

Compare  2Mar2019

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2017

 

 

 

 

SoundOfShuna  ferry : Hunter's Key, Kirn route to Gourock crossing the River Clyde. ...

 

which also transported a service bus. I wonder if there are any more of these in the UK ...

Edited March 3, 2023 by PeterScott

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1979

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Little Venice Regents Canal London towards Maida Hill Tunnel, and Paddington Arm

 

Edited March 3, 2023 by PeterScott

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is another plaque to correct (RobertAickman's) error in the year. The meeting was in 1945.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moorings above, the IWA plinth, and kicking open a bottom gate.

 

Tardebigge Top Lock  W+B

 

Compare 1Mar2008

 

 

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newtown Lock

Stroudwater Navigation

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2016

Another grey day at Burton Waters 

 

[David Mack]

On this day 2023

Braunston Turn

Southern Cross and Renfrew moored outside Braunston Marina

The pumphouse below Braunston bottom lock

Edited March 4, 2023 by David Mack

[Rob-M]

Today, 2023

A bit grey over Clevedon Pier

 

[PeterScott]

Today 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ferrybridge Flood Lock No 11   Ferrybridge Bypass Bridge and Old Great North Road Bridge

Compare 8Apr2010  23Jun2014   9Oct2016 22Jan2019/22Jan2020 30Dec2021 3Mar2022  (#2)  9Apr2022 (#2)

 

 

 

Edited March 4, 2023 by PeterScott

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ullswater Lake District on a cold day

 

Compare 27Apr2012 4Mar2020 (#2)

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2016

 

Craigendoran   River Clyde 

Compare  6Mar2015/6Mar2017  4Mar2016  7Mar2016  1Mar2017  (#2)  2Mar2017  (#2)  3Mar2017     5Mar2020  (#2) 7Mar2020  8Mar2020  14Mar2020 (#2)  12Nov2022

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1972

 

Top of Bascote staircase GU  Compare  4Mar1972  6Nov1995 3Apr2018

 

1 hour ago, spud said:

before bridge 28 was built ?

Ah, good point: I'm sure br28 has been there for ever ... more detective work needed, then. Hmmmm The next pictures on the film here are  Bascote, but sadly I didn't make a note in my diary at the time, and I couldn't persuade myself it was at any of the other locks between here and Napton Junction ...

 

 

My first reaction had been that it was obviously

Stockton Top  ...

 

but I was put off that theory by the large (once-)lock house by the lock. ...

 

Further investigation found this snowy pic by © StephenMcKay (7Feb2009) showing the building with the same sloping roof and blue door in the gable-end. So Stockton Top  it is.

 

My pic has foreshortening with a telephoto lens so the building looks closer to the top gate than in the snowy photo ...

 

The NiceMrGoogle from 2022 shows the big house and the brick building in the distance ...

 

Edited March 5, 2023 by PeterScott