Reasons to be cheerful

[noddyboater]

The best things come to he who waits..

20 years in this case. Dredging team assembled ready for action on the Chesterfield.

[Ray T]

Some music to go with your photo.

 

(3) Ian Dury and The Blockheads – Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3 (Official Lyrics Video) - YouTube
 

[tree monkey]

7 minutes ago, Ray T said:

Some music to go with your photo.

 

(3) Ian Dury and The Blockheads – Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3 (Official Lyrics Video) - YouTube
 

Ian Drury is always a reason to be cheerful 

[Athy]

The days are gradually lengthening, the sun now sets after 4 p.m., which is cheering. Less cheeringly, though, we haven't seen the sun at all here today, it's been foggy and maximum visibility is probably about 30 yards.

[sailor0500]

That's excellent news.  Some more music to go with the optimism I feel in 2021.

 

 

[cuthound]

3 hours ago, tree monkey said:

Ian Drury is always a reason to be cheerful 

 

Yup brilliant songwriter. Some of his lyrics are very clever.

[David Mack]

On 09/01/2021 at 12:08, noddyboater said:

The best things come to he who waits..

20 years in this case. Dredging team assembled ready for action on the Chesterfield.

I hope that will make passage easier next time I take a boat drawing 3 ft up there!

[Jen-in-Wellies]

Picture taken by the Gate Inn at Clarborough? Good news.

[noddyboater]

1 hour ago, David Mack said:

I hope that will make passage easier next time I take a boat drawing 3 ft up there!

I wish you'd bring one up here more often!

They actually started dredging yesterday,  it's taken over a week to get the land based stuff sorted out. What happened to the good old days when it got spread on the nearest field?  

Here it's going across the towpath over a lowered hedgerow, via a 360 excavator, then over a temporary hard surfaced field over a road into another field where it's getting screened before spreading. Or it was, apparently now it's all going to pontefract by truck straight to landfill! 

This stretch of the canal is pathetically silted up but God knows what this operation is costing. 

Yes, Gate Inn Clarborough to Retford.