nbtafelberg Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 They are at the Summit lolHe told me ..you said he could have a fortnight off with pay for all the good work he does LOL There's a song about that "Dreaamm Dream Dream Dream...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Mr GRAY on Joe For someone who is supposed to be OFF SICK FROM WORK you don't look too sick in that picture oooops, I thought he was waving, he must have been trying to cover his face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbtafelberg Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 (edited) He's been wearing the same Jumper for 3 years. So covering his face is pointless. Edited July 8, 2010 by nbtafelberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-B Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 errr thats NOT a jumper !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbtafelberg Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Well I did say that boating in a long dress was not a good idea but you know he just won't listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffS Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Do we have any reports of how far up they are this morning, please ? I'm not sure I can resist the temptation to get the car, 9and probably the dog!), out to go take another look! I would love to try to help do some locks but I think they will be well out of our area by after w*rk this evening. I will try and take a look at lunchtime if I can locate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesd Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 I watched the boats pass by bridge 153 last night, great to see. One of them told me the lead boats had stuck fast on the Fishery Inn pound ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-B Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Boats at White Lion Marsworth (10 mins ago) C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffS Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Boats at White Lion Marsworth(10 mins ago) C Any estimate for 1pm? Already through all Ivinghoe locks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 I've just been talking to Jay and they are currently at Seabrook locks, and at the moment they think they might be at Stoke Bruerne tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-B Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 (edited) Edited July 8, 2010 by Baldock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffS Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Just managed to catch Callisto and Themis at Bridge 123 at 1pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted July 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Hi, They seem to be spread out, last two (Arundel & Joe) cleared Cowroast at about 9.20 to-day, these two then cleared Marscroft bridge @ 10.20. Leo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-B Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Captain Slow and Joe at the rear.. Hampered by Lil Chris's lockwheeling speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbtafelberg Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 (edited) According to Canal PLanner... Total distance is 82 miles, 0 flg and 42 locks. There are at least 7 small aqueducts or underbridges and 2 tunnels. To go. Ivinghoe Bridge No 123 Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line) From Ivinghoe Bridge No 123 to: Slapton Wharf Slapton Bridge No 120. Slapton village half a mile northeast 1 mile, 6½ flg, 3 locks Leighton Buzzard Bridge No 114 3 miles, 6½ flg, 3 locks Soulbury Top Lock No 26 Three Locks Bridge No 107 3 miles, 7 flg, 1 lock Soulbury Bottom Lock No 24 0 miles, 1 flg, 3 locks Stoke Hammond Bridge No 106 Stoke Hammond half a mile to the west 0 miles, 5¾ flg, 0 locks Willowbridge Bridge No 99 1 mile, 5½ flg, 1 lock Bridge No 97 1 mile, 1½ flg, 0 locks Skew Bridge No 94 0 miles, 6½ flg, 1 lock Bridge No 93 0 miles, 3¼ flg, 0 locks Simpson 0 miles, 1¾ flg, 0 locks Milton Keynes Marina 1 mile, ½ flg, 0 locks Pear Tree Bridge No 88 Milton Keynes 0 miles, ½ flg, 0 locks Little Woolstone Bridge No 83 Little Woolstone a quarter of a mile east 1 mile, 1 flg, 0 locks Willen Bridge No 81 Willen Village half a mile northeast 1 mile, 1¼ flg, 0 locks Bridge No 78B 1 mile, ½ flg, 0 locks Great Linford Linford Wharf Bridge No 77. Former junction with the Newport Pagnell Canal 0 miles, 5¾ flg, 0 locks Bridge No 76A 0 miles, 4¼ flg, 0 locks New Bradwell Bradwell Bridge No 72 1 mile, 5¼ flg, 0 locks Bridge No 71B 0 miles, 1½ flg, 0 locks Aqueduct at New Bradwell Crosses Grafton Street 0 miles, ½ flg, 0 locks Bridge No 71A 0 miles, 3½ flg, 0 locks Wolverton Bridge No 71. Wolverton Station by canal 0 miles, 1¾ flg, 0 locks Wolverton Aqueduct Over the Great Ouse 1 mile, 3¼ flg, 0 locks Junction with Old Stratford Arm 0 miles, 3¼ flg, 1 lock Cosgrove Solomon's (or Cosgrove Ornamental) Bridge No 65 0 miles, 3¼ flg, 0 locks Castlethorpe Wharf Navigation Bridge No 64. Castlethorpe village three-quarters of a mile northeast. Also called Thrupp Wharf 0 miles, 5½ flg, 0 locks Yardley Wharf Yardley Bridge No 60. Yardley Gobion half a mile south 1 mile, 7¼ flg, 0 locks Stoke Bruerne Bottom Lock No 20 Bridge 54A 2 miles, 6½ flg, 0 locks Stoke Bruerne Top Lock No 14 Stoke Bruerne Top Lock No 14, Bridge No 53 and Waterways Museum 0 miles, 6 flg, 6 locks Stoke Bruerne 0 miles, ¼ flg, 1 lock Blisworth Tunnel South End Milepost 20 0 miles, 3 flg, 0 locks Blisworth Tunnel North End 1 mile, 6½ flg, 0 locks Gayton Junction Junction with Grand Union Northampton Branch 1 mile, 5¾ flg, 0 locks Bugbrooke Bridge No 36 Bugbrooke village half a mile east 3 miles, 4½ flg, 0 locks Heyford Wharf Bridge No 32 Nether Heyford village half a mile northeast. Many moored boats in this area Furnace Lane 1 mile, 3¼ flg, 0 locks Stowe Hill Bridge No 26 A5 Watling Street. Milepost 10 1 mile, 5¾ flg, 0 locks Weedon Bec BW 14 day moorings 0 miles, 4 flg, 0 locks Weedon Station Bridge No 24 Milepost 9 High Street (A45) 0 miles, 4¼ flg, 0 locks Buckby Top Lock No 7 4 miles, 4¼ flg, 6 locks Norton Junction Junction of Grand Union Leicester Section with Main Line 0 miles, 1½ flg, 1 lock Braunston Tunnel (East end) 1 mile, 6 flg, 0 locks Braunston Tunnel (West end) 1 mile, 1¼ flg, 0 locks Braunston Top Lock No 6 0 miles, 2¼ flg, 0 locks Braunston Bottom Lock No 1 0 miles, 4¼ flg, 5 locks Braunston Visitor Moorings 0 miles, 2¾ flg, 1 lock Braunston Turn Junction of Grand Union and Oxford Canals 0 miles, 3½ flg, 0 locks Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line) From Braunston Turn to: Navigation Bridge No 85 Willoughby Wharf. Willoughby village approx 1 mile southwest 1 mile, 3 flg, 0 locks Kilsby Road Bridge No 74 Tarrys Bridge B4038 2 miles, 7¾ flg, 0 locks Crick Road Bridge No 73 Wharf Bridge 0 miles, 1½ flg, 0 locks Rugby Visitor Moorings On offside, frequent buses to Rugby town centre 3 miles, 2½ flg, 3 locks Junction with Rugby Wharf Arm 0 miles, 3 flg, 0 locks Newbold Wharf 0 miles, 7½ flg, 0 locks Newbold Tunnel (South end) 0 miles, ¼ flg, 0 locks Newbold Tunnel (North end) 0 miles, ½ flg, 0 locks All Oaks Corner Canal turn at the boundary of All Oaks Wood 1 mile, 4¼ flg, 0 locks Easenhall Lane Bridge No 34 Brinklow three-quarters of a mile west 1 mile, 3¼ flg, 0 locks Junction with Brinklow Arm (disused) 0 miles, 4¾ flg, 0 locks Junction with Stretton Arm 0 miles, 3¼ flg, 0 locks Stretton Stop Junction with Stretton Arm A4114 0 miles, ¼ flg, 0 locks Ansty Bridge No 14 A46 2 miles, 5¾ flg, 0 locks Junction with Wyken Arm Old Colliery Branch 1 mile, 5¾ flg, 0 locks Sutton Stop 1 mile, 0 flg, 1 lock Hawkesbury Junction Junction with Oxford Canal (Northern Section) 0 miles, ¼ flg, 0 locks Coventry Canal (Main Line - Hawkesbury to Fazeley) From Hawkesbury Junction to: Hawkesbury Engine House Gauging narrows and footbridge 0 miles, ½ flg, 0 locks Bedworth Winding Hole 0 miles, 6¾ flg, 0 locks Bedworth Hill Bridge No 13 Half a mile walk to Bedworth. Site of Junction with Newdigate Colliery Arm 0 miles, 0 flg, 0 locks Marston Bridge No 15 1 mile, 6¾ flg, 0 locks Marston Junction Junction of Ashby and Coventry Canals 0 miles, ½ flg, 0 locks Railway Bridge Nuneaton to Bedworth 1 mile, 7¾ flg, 0 locks Boot Bridge No 20 Nuneaton Town centre northeast from here 0 miles, 1¼ flg, 0 locks Wash Lane Winding Hole 0 miles, 6¼ flg, 0 locks Tuttle Hill Bridge No 23 Nuneaton Town centre south from here 0 miles, 5½ flg, 0 locks Railway Bridge (disused) Connected with Judds Quary 0 miles, ½ flg, 0 locks Valley Cruises Boatyard 1 mile, ¼ flg, 0 locks Hartshill Wharf and BW Yard 1 mile, 2½ flg, 0 locks Mancetter Bridge No 36 Mancetter village half a mile east 1 mile, 1 flg, 0 locks Atherstone Top Lock No 1 0 miles, 7½ flg, 0 locks Atherstone Watling Street Bridge No 43 A5 0 miles, 2¾ flg, 5 locks Total distance is 82 miles, 0 flg and 42 locks. There are at least 7 small aqueducts or underbridges and 2 tunnels. This is made up of 29 miles, 7 furlongs of narrow canals; 52 miles, 1 furlong of broad canals; 9 narrow locks. This will take 37 hours, 50 minutes which is 2 days, 7 hours and 50 minutes at 15 hours per day. For calculation purposes this is taken as 3 days. Overnight stopping places This is calculated based on 3 full days travelling. Each full day will be approximately 12 hours and 37 minutes travelling. First day of trip On the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line), at Stoke Bruerne Bottom Lock No 20 30 miles, 4¼ flg and 13 locks. Second day of trip On the Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line), at Wise's Bridge No 80 (half way between Navigation Bridge No 85 and Kilsby Road Bridge No 74) 24 miles, 4 flg and 20 locks. Third day of trip On the Coventry Canal (Main Line - Hawkesbury to Fazeley), at Atherstone 26 miles, 7¾ flg and 9 locks Edited July 8, 2010 by nbtafelberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-B Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Sorry mate but you can toss canal planner out of the window when you are loaded The going is MUCH slower due to no water,shallow bends, continuous Moorers,putting pins back in because idiots cannot tie their boats up properly etc etc etc < Rant mode off > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbtafelberg Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 (edited) Sorry mate but you can toss canal planner out of the window when you are loadedThe going is MUCH slower due to no water,shallow bends, continuous Moorers,putting pins back in because idiots cannot tie their boats up properly etc etc etc < Rant mode off > Oh I do agree totally but it just shows the size of the job if you were not towing! Will Chris be back to work on Monday? There's a gay version of canal planner where they leave out the C Edited July 8, 2010 by nbtafelberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-B Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Oh I do agree totally but it just shows the size of the job if you were not towing! Will Chris be back to work on Monday? There's a gay version of canal planner where they leave out the C did you have any particular Monday in mind for your errant staff to return ????? or will any old Monday do ???? btw...NORTY ! you might wake up to a pink jag one day !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy-Neil Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Can we have a guestimate for arrival time at Buckby flight/Whilton please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-B Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 (edited) Can we have a guestimate for arrival time at Buckby flight/Whilton please? I will ring Tom and ask... edited to add: 3 locks tonight ( early day) Stoke Bruerne Tomorrow Buckby flight/Whilton Sat am ( ish) Chris Edited July 8, 2010 by Baldock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Hi, They seem to be spread out, last two (Arundel & Joe) cleared Cowroast at about 9.20 to-day, these two then cleared Marscroft bridge @ 10.20. Leo. Actually they were relatively close together down Maffers, but some hire boats got in the middle and split them up slightly. They came past our mooring at Pitstone fairly regularly, although there was a slightly bigger gap to the last pair. Different order today - times at Pitstone.... Victoria 11:22 Archimedes & Ara 11:38 Themis & Callisto 11:56 Arundel & Joe 12:31 All going well, but found a lot of low pounds in Berko, and summit was hard work too. I'll post some pics shortly. I thought a few were turning out for marsworth, but didn't see anyone else not with the boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 OK, first pass at some pictures for today..... To make sure the whole fleet gets shown this time, here they are in the sequence they passed our mooring...... Victoria Archimedes Ara Themis Callisto Arundel Joe The young man steering Joe says he booked time off work as hoiliday, so has no idea why anyone thinks he is pulling a sickie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-B Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 (edited) The young man steering Joe says he booked time off work as hoiliday, so has no idea why anyone thinks he is pulling a sickie! I will get nb Tafelberg to post a copy of his sick note !! rang in on Monday muttering about "stones" Chris edited to add: Great photos btw Alan Edited July 8, 2010 by Baldock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 I will get nb Tafelberg to post a copy of his sick note !!rang in on Monday muttering about "stones" Chris edited to add: Great photos btw Alan Can't see what the problem is. Lots of fresh air and sunshine with a little gentle exercise. What better recuperation could there be? Richard <green with envy> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffS Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Actually they were relatively close together down Maffers, but some hire boats got in the middle and split them up slightly. They came past our mooring at Pitstone fairly regularly, although there was a slightly bigger gap to the last pair. Different order today - times at Pitstone.... Victoria 11:22 Archimedes & Ara 11:38 Themis & Callisto 11:56 Arundel & Joe 12:31 All going well, but found a lot of low pounds in Berko, and summit was hard work too. I'll post some pics shortly. I thought a few were turning out for marsworth, but didn't see anyone else not with the boats. Themis and Callisto at Bridge 123 at 1pm. They told me Arundel and Joe were behind so I went to Lock 34 but there was a Wyvern Hire Boat and a private boat coming down. Now I see you clocked them half an hour behind I couldn't have waited around that long unfortunately! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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