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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whaley Bridge Basin Peak Forest Compare  15May2002 17Apr1979/17Apr2007 1Jan2022  10Apr2023

 

 

 

 

Whaley Bridge Branch Junction 

 

 

Edited April 18, 2023 by PeterScott
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[PeterScott]

Today 2023

 

 

 

 

Paddleboarders at West Barns, East Lothian, Scotland: High Tide at BridgeToNowhere, Biel Burn:  a path  runs over the sands of Belhaven Bay when not covered by the tide  Compare 30Nov2021

Picture s (#1) (#2) by ©  JenniferPetrie

 

Edited April 18, 2023 by PeterScott

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2017

Tidal Trent

 

 

 

 

 

[PeterScott]

Yesterday in 2007

 

Wood End Lift Bridge No 24  Peak ForestC

 

 

Marple Junction : Macclesfield Canal /  PeakForest

Compare  28Apr1980  30May1995  15Oct2000/15Oct2012  13Apr2001 13May2001 12May2002 11May2007 8Apr2008 11Aug2012  23Aug2013 (#2)  24Nov2014 1Oct2016  1Jun2019  2Jun2019 20Dec2020  (#2) (#3)

Edited April 18, 2023 by PeterScott
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[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2014

Fiskerton Fen, River Witham

 

[Guest]

On this day today 18th April 2023 - Tardebigge Flight.

 

Note the rather vicious bywash at the bottom of the bottom lock.

 

 

 

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

crisp power.

 

C+H   Elland Lock No 22 and below

Edited April 19, 2023 by PeterScott
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[PeterScott]

50 years ago this day 1973

 

 

 

 

 

Rushall Locks BCN - refilling empty pounds - Compare 19Apr1973 (posted a day early in 2020) 21Apr2013  also 10Oct2011

[Guest]

On this day today - 19th April 2023

 

Upton on Severn.

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stenson Lock T&M   Compare   23Aug2017   7May2018   16Sep2018

Edited April 19, 2023 by PeterScott

[PeterScott]

This afternoon 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less scaffolding has revealed some of thre new building overlooking St Anne Ings Lock Leeds L+L 

Compare  1Jan1979  (#2)  14Mar2013  11Dec2017  18Nov2021 (#2)  5May2022   30Sep2022  22Oct2022 26Jan2023

[Guest]

On this day today 21st April 2023

 

Lincomb lock, River Severn  Nr. Stourport

 

 

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by M_JG

[Captain Pegg]

25 minutes ago, M_JG said:

On this day today 21st April 2023

 

Lincomb lock, River Severn  Nr. Stourport

 

 

 

 

Amazing how different it looks up above compared to when you're down below. I've never seen it like this.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Captain Pegg said:

 

Amazing how different it looks up above compared to when you're down below. I've never seen it like this.

 

I was struck by how well kept it is. The road and path down to it alongside the Tingdene marina is a tad 'unkempt' with evidence of fly tipping but it improved immeasurably as you approach the lock area itself.

 

 

[David Mack]

6 minutes ago, M_JG said:

I was struck by how well kept it is. The road and path down to it alongside the Tingdene marina is a tad 'unkempt' with evidence of fly tipping but it improved immeasurably as you approach the lock area itself.

Credit due to Mr M. K. Charles presumably.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, David Mack said:

Credit due to Mr M. K. Charles presumably.

 

Indeed.

 

I wasnt sure if that was up to date but if it is hats off to him.

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saltaire L+L

 

Compare 1May2004  1Aug2005  20Nov2010  1Jul2016  16Oct2016  18Sep2021  21Apr2022

 

 

[PeterScott]

This afternoon 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooper Bridge  C+H   Flood gates and Cooper Bridge No 12

Compare   7Apr1979/7Apr2010  8Apr1979   24Aug2002 22Dec2012 (#2)  27Mar2013  29Jul2013  18Apr2014 (#2)  7Jul2014  5June2021

 

and the earlier sign from 7Jul2024. If the aim was to save words, then "Cooper Bridge -  No22" would be more sensible.

 

Edited April 23, 2023 by PeterScott
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[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

20th April 2023 Spaghetti Junction 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 22, 2023 by Goliath

[PeterScott]

This afternoon 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooper Bridge  C+H/Huddersfield Broad

 

Compare   7Apr1979/7Apr2010  8Apr1979   24Aug2002 22Dec2012  27Mar2013  29Jul2013  18Apr2014 (#2)  7Jul2014  5June2021  22Apr2023

 

 

[PeterScott]

This afternoon 2023

 

 

 

 

Cooper Bridge

[David Mack]

44 minutes ago, PeterScott said:

 

Cooper Bridge

 

Does it really take 3 days to operate the lock?

[PeterScott]

13 hours ago, David Mack said:

Does it really take 3 days to operate the lock?

 

View from the mooring sign towards the 'lock'. at Cooper Bridge C+H ...

 

Hmmmmm, and there's the rub: it's not a lock, but just flood gates. So the answer to "Does it really take 3 days to operate the lock?" could be YES. The Calder is of course a sprightly beast and once the gates are shut to protect the lockcut from flooding, it is possible to be moored there for three (or more) days until C&RT assess that it's once more safe to open them

 

I think the sign is probably trying to say that to the left is lock-operation moorings, and to the right is the visitor mooring with a 3-day limit. ....

 

Somebody commissioned the sign, somebody designed it and sent the order to the signmakers: somebody checked it all, and somebody took it to site and connected it to its poles. ...

 

Sadly nobody read it. A work colleague always enjoyed every opportunity to say "We have insufficient resources to do it once. Let's not have to do it twice" _sigh_

Had a search for a pic of its predecessor-sign, and this is from 17Apr2014

Edited April 23, 2023 by PeterScott
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[Rob-M]

Today, 2014

Scorpio at Redbull Services heading to Etruria.

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HNC  Paddock Foot Lock No 5E and aqueduct Compare 23Apr2022