WotEver Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Anybody recognise the location? A friend took it ‘in the Midlands’ some years ago but she can’t recall where. even if you don’t know, it’s a pretty picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Smith Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 I don't know where it is but wondering if that wheelhouse got through ok. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted April 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, Neil Smith said: I don't know where it is but wondering if that wheelhouse got through ok. Neil I thought it was a conservatory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Davis Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Can any one read what is on the sign on the inner arch of the bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceinSanity Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Can't place it but that's a Black Prince tied on the other side, implying a) it's not some out of the way arm and b ) it's a changeline bridge as the pic appears to have been taken from the towpath on this side. Or is that a junction going off to the right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 I assumed the boats are on offside moorings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 It looks to me like the boats are on offside moorings, it doesn't look like a Black Prince boat to me. I was trying to think if it was the Northern Stratford but I don't recognise it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onewheeler Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 36 minutes ago, Graham Davis said: Can any one read what is on the sign on the inner arch of the bridge? No mooring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 The wheel house might have survived, but judging how far the counter is out, I reckon it lost the engine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEngo Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 I think it is on the Ashby, but can't recall exactly where. The sign on the bridge looks a lot like one of the water region boundary makers also seen on the Stratford. N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGoat Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Could it be at the upper end of Thrupp - near the church? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted April 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, BEngo said: I think it is on the Ashby, but can't recall exactly where. The sign on the bridge looks a lot like one of the water region boundary makers also seen on the Stratford. N I agree that the scenery looks like the Ashby but I’ve been up and down there at least a dozen times and I don’t recall that bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Found this on Google (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1117195 ) which says it is East Manly bridge on the Grand Western 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Well done that man, it's even the same boat facing a different way. I call immediately for three Huzzahs !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted April 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, Rob-M said: Found this on Google (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1117195 ) which says it is East Manly bridge on the Grand Western Yer a star 7 minutes ago, zenataomm said: it's even the same boat facing a different way. And it appears that its bum is back in the water too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 29 minutes ago, OldGoat said: Could it be at the upper end of Thrupp - near the church? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 What a great picture. Makes me want to go under the bridge and have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 5 hours ago, Rob-M said: Found this on Google (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1117195 ) which says it is East Manly bridge on the Grand Western So not ' in the midlands'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted April 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, David Mack said: So not ' in the midlands'! No... I told you she couldn’t remember where she shot it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted April 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 She replied... “Hi Tony. I thought my photo was taken walking along the Tardibigge lock system in Bromsgrove, a very beautiful but strenuous strip of the canal...” Then she remembered that... “Thinking about it, I did take some photographs whilst on a horse drawn barge trip from Tiverton so perhaps you are right.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Smith Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Good detective work david, and I see the boat with the wooden shed is the other way round so perhaps it does have an engine. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted April 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Neil Smith said: Good detective work david, and I see the boat with the wooden shed is the other way round so perhaps it does have an engine. Neil Or the engine has been replaced. Its bum is back down with the counter level with the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Neil Smith said: Good detective work david Not my detective work. Was Rob-M's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace42 Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 19 hours ago, Rob-M said: Found this on Google (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1117195 ) which says it is East Manly bridge on the Grand Western Out of interest, what did you type in google to search for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 34 minutes ago, Horace42 said: Out of interest, what did you type in google to search for it. I used the Google Image search facility. On my Android tablet you can just hold your finger on an image and get a menu that has an option "Search Google for this image". You then get a page from Google of what it thinks are the best match. The one I linked to was quite near the top so didn't take long to look through the results. As it showed the same boat moored the other way round I was fairly certain it was the same location. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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