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

[David Mack]

3 hours ago, PeterScott said:

of which the current stoppage notice here shows ...

I wonder if CRT are still 'liaising with relevant parties' to get the Springs Branch reopened, over 8 years from the closure and nearly 4 years from the last update.

Edited May 1 by David Mack

[PeterScott]

10 hours ago, David Mack said:

I wonder if CRT are still 'liaising with relevant parties' to get the Springs Branch reopened, over 8 years from the closure and nearly 4 years from the last update [on stoppage notice here]

On this day 2016

 

 

 

looking towards Skipton Junction

 

 

 

 

not passable here:

 

 

 

 

 

and on the navigable side of the rock-stoppage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and on this day in 2004

 

 

Springs Branch  L&L

Compare  30Apr2005  19Jun2007  (#2)  1May2017  10Jul2021  18Jul2021  31Jan2023

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1980

 

 

Middle of Bunbury staircase SU. Always fun to pass a boat travelling t'other way. On this occasion, the other crews understood the technique and didn't need persuading to try it.

Compare  1Jul1977  1May1980  28Nov1994  25May2004 27May2004 ##2019?  5April2021 (#2)

 

 

 

 

Nantwich Basin  Compare 2Jan2013

 

 

 

polishing - SU

 

 

 

 

 

Wardle Lock and Cottage (T&M/Middlewich Br) Compare  4Apr2002  7Jul2005  6Jun2019 (#2)

 

 

 

 

Middlewich Junction  T&M  

Compare  25Nov1994  28Nov1994  27Jul1997 27Dec2000  18May2002  28Apr2003  7Jul2005 19Dec2013  12Oct2015  10May2019 

 

 

 

 

 

Middlewich boatyard  T&M  Compare 3Sep1988  19Dec2013

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1999

 

 

 

 

 

Stoke T&M from railway footbridge looking south and returning after winding at Etruria

Compare 21May1972 14Sep1977  2Sep1988  26May1991   29May1992  4Nov1993  1Jun1995  26Jul1997  15Aug1998  12Jun2000  15Apr2001  28Jun2001 18Apr2004  20Nov2004  24Dec2006  13Sep2009  20Sep2010  8Aug2012  23Sep2012  27Sep2012  31May2013  26Oct2014  13Oct2015  29Sep2016  6Oct2019  8Sep2020  18Mar2023  18Sep2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Etruria Junction,

Compare 13Sep1977  30Dec2004 8Aug2012  27Sep2012  26Mar2017  18Mar2023  19Oct2023

  

 

 

From Stoke Top Lock

 

 

 

Edited May 2 by PeterScott
extra pic

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2015

Oban

 

 

 

 

On this day 2015

The Bridge over the Atlantic

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ash Aqueduct  BasingstokeC Compare 16Apr1995  29Jul1995

 

Ash Lock No 29 BasingstokeC

 

MOD Pipe Bridge BasingstokeC

 

and some restrictions hereabouts:

 

 

 

Edited May 3 by PeterScott
extra pic

[Onewheeler]

Auxerre this morning just before it started to rain.

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2015

 

 

 

 

South Pennine Boat Club drydock C+H and later for a plastic-duck race

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2013

 

 

A+C Leeds. Knight's Way Bridge

Compare:  1May2004  21Jun2007 8Oct2007  18Jul2010  20Dec2011  12Jul2012  10Jan2012/10Jan2018  24Jul2012  23Jan2013 (#2) 3Sep2013   13Feb2014   13Mar2014  27Jun2014   27Jun2015  10Nov2015 10Jan2018  2Feb2018  29Mar2018  22May2018   21Nov2018  6Feb2020 (#2) 9Jul2020  (#2)  30Jun2021  4Aug2022  10Nov2022

 

 

 

 

 

and Leeds Lock No 1 by Royal Armouries

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

Today, Tottenham, Lee Navigation, a nice little

spot just waiting for me

 

 

amd Tottenham Lock

[PeterScott]

This evening 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slaithwaite HNC

 

below Britannia Road Bridge No 44

Slaithwaite Winding Hole

Guillotine Lock, and below

Dartmouth Lock No 23E

sign by Pickle Lock No 22E

 

Compare  26May1979 26May1979/23May2020  3Jan2000 

3Jan2000/17May2001   19May2001  5Apr2006  23May2008  25Jul2009 

6Apr2010  22Jul2011  3Feb2022

Edited May 2 by PeterScott

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2014

 

 

floating drydock below Denham Deep Lock No 87 GUSouth  Compare 15Sep1980 3Feb2009  24Apr2015

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1980

 

 

Slough Basin  GU Slough Arm  Compare   23Mar1979  15Sep1980  23Jan2008  (#2)   15Nov2009 (#2)  7Feb2018

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1994

 

 

 

 

 

Monasterevin Lift Bridge, Grand Canal Barrow Line, Ireland  Compare 3May1994

[David Mack]

Today, 2024

Brownings Pool, Little Venice

Edited May 4 by David Mack

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1994

 

Newcomen Lifting Bridge  Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland

 

 

After restoration: and 2024 openings from list here

• Sunday 5 May, 9am-1pm
• Saturday 25 May, 9am-1pm
• Tuesday 18 June, 11am-1pm
• Tuesday 16 July, 11am-1pm
• Friday 16 August, 11am-1pm
• Friday 27 September, 11am-1pm

[gatekrash]

Today 2024.

 

St Richards canal festival, Droitwich 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1996

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edstone Aqueduct   Southern Stratford Canal

Compare  9Jun1988  8Apr1993  6May1996  31Jul1996  (#2) 29Oct1998  12Jul2001 (#2)  24Dec2003  26Dec2003  6Oct2011  (#2)  1Aug2012  22Jun2018 

 

 

 

 

Wilmcote locks through Stratford Northern Bypass Bridge No 62A

[PeterScott]

On this day in 1997

 

Braunston Church from GU

 

 

 

 

 

Braunston  from  Ladder Bridge     Compare  11Aug2005   6Feb2009  27Jun2009  19Mar2011  24May2011  8Jun2016  20Sep2018  7May2023  25Jun2023

[thames s23]

Yesterday at Bray Marina

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2003

 

By Summit Tunnel Old Main Line BCN

When the remains of these chutes became unsafe they were replaced by a picture of how-they-were, as a compromise betweeen dismantling them and restoring them. ...

Compare 3Jul2018  23Jun2002 3Jul2018

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesfield Junction Bentley Canal/W+E BCN    Compare 12Sep1979  1Jun1992  22Jun2002  28Mar2005

 

 

 

 

 

Holly Bank Basin and a sign on the main line W&E, BCN

 

 

Edited May 5 by PeterScott
extra pic

[Rob-M]

Today

Middle Lock, Fradley.

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2002

 

 

 

 

Thornton Lock  Pocklington Canal   Compare 25Jul2018

25Jul2018/5May2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gardham Lock No 2   Pocklington Canal   Compare 5May2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cottingwith Lock No 1 Pocklington Canal Comlpare 4Jul1980

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stewart Aqueduct New/Old ML BCN   and hereabouts

Compare  20Jun1974  11Sep1979  21Nov2003  8Jun2004   20Oct2005 28Aug2008  13Nov2015  23Sep2017   30Aug2019  3Jul2022  (#2)  16Mar2024

 

Spon Lane Junction BCN OldML/SponLane Locks Br  Compare   2Jun1992 22Jun2001 23Jun2002

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2015

 

 

Leaving Naburn Locks Yorkshire Ouse  Compare  4Jul1980 29Apr1990  4May2015   16Jul2015  (#2)

 

 

 

 

Ouse - Wharfe Junction

 

 

landing stage 2mls south of Naburn, although landing would be damp at this state of the tide.

 

 

 

 

 

Cawood Swing Bridge River Ouse  Compare 5May2015

 

 

 

 

landing stage by Cawood Swing Bridge

 

 

 

 

Ousegate Railway Swing Bridge Selby

 

 

 

always a relief to be in a tidal lock - on this occasion without banging anything.

Selby Lock, Selby section A+C

Compare  4Jul1980  14Jun2006 (+2)  16Aug2010#10   17Aug2010#1 3May2015  5May2015#3  11May2019