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Two more Branches of the Wyrley and Essington Canal
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BCN so far - lots more to do
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Sneyd Wharf on the Wyrley and Essington - a friendly place
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The Wyrley and Essington Canal - more curls than wurls?
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Let's start at the very beginning
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We have gained a new perspective
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No regrets ...
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A different lift bridge on the BCN
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Dudley No. 1 Canal - and no further
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Oldbury to Dudley - but on the canal!
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Fun on leaving Titford, but safely arrived
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Titford Pools are a no no
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"Sticky" Titford canal
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Titford Canal on the BCN - first the Oldbury Locks
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In, out and under we go
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More about engines on the BCN Old Line
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Chugging along on The Old Line
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Leaving Birmingham City Centre behind on the BCN
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Do I wish I was getting married again?
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Walking back to Georgian times
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New Tech - takes for ever to work out!
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Fooled you!
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Narrowboat Epiphany announcement
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Going nowhere fast
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Gas Street Blues?
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Ice still around on the BCN
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Let's go check it out
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We've cracked it
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All is not as it seems
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You have to laugh
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Neighbours, but we did'nt know it!
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Nearly became a museum exhibit
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Blogitis?
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Something new
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Can you believe this?
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Icy thoughts
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More Canal traces
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All white now!
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Central Birmingham in the "Canal Age"
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It's Our Day!
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Snow Hill before the snow
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Watch out The South!
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Farmers on the BCN?
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Cool?
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"The Two Towers"
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Ice on the BCN - again
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A Canal Year
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Just a slight detour
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"I'm walking backwards for Christmas"
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Back to the centre of Brum
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Peace and Light to you!
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Water supply to the BCN
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Probably not a holiday theme!
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Too much indulgence?
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This feels like Christmas!
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All change again!
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Not quite all the story!
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Windmill End, but where is the windmill?
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Christmas - Who said that?
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Moving from the modern to the more familiar
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The unusual Delph Lock Flight
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A quick trip up the Fens Branch
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Stourbridge 16 part 2
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Lock volunteers are always welcome!
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What Bliss! A Canal Home again
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Another establishment to view
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A nearly Merry Christmas
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This canal is pretty - so far!
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Time for a change
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Wow, they got it right!
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Village on the hill
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Worcestershire, the eighth county!
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Phew, where to start!
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Travels with a GOM!
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Locks through rocks
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The whole journey
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Back to sanity!
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Only Joking!
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Who needs lock paddles?
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Cool cruising!
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Puzzled by bridge names!
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Staffs and Worcs Canal - locking down
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Cruising again - it almost feels strange!
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Old and new friends
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Itchy feet
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Stuck?
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You must do this!
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Looking back - a long way!
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Marsworth - for boaters?
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Shropshire Canal moody photos
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Boaters Banter?
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More Familiar Boats
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Where is the best place to paint?
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So on to Brewood
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The essence of the Shroppie
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Another new belt
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Lots to see
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Gorgeous autumn cruising, just!
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Is James May mad?
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A Calm after the Storm
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There is a flow on this canal
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Still Lovin' it!
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Dismal, Dingy, Dank and Dull?
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'Ave a new bridge?
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A good meeting place for boaters
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Obstacles in our way?
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Busy with boats
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How many Home Waters can one boat have?
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How to cure a headache -
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Will we find a mooring?
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The County Town
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Canal, railway and rivers all learn to share
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Sabbath rest - on a Monday
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One short blast
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Now, how did we get here?
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A short break
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Let's celebrate
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Added Content
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A taste of the Macclesfield Canal
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Fit for locks
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A new bit and old memories
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Through Five Towns
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Tunnel Syndrome
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Nearly finished with locks - for a while
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How many locks can break a Boater's heart?
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Paired Locks for paired boats
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For those who like looking at boats
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Middlewich and Elton Moss
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The Three "Ms"
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The Trent and Mersey in all its glory
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A Tunnel, then another, then another!
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Two Canals in one glorious day
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The Dukes Cut
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Verdict on the Rochdale Nine
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A near miss
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A meeting of the ways
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To Manchester City - but no footballs!
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South Locks
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"Mottos" on the Rochdale
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It's take over time!
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Stunning Views from the Rochdale Summit
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Over the Rochdale Summit
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Lunch at the Bird i th Hand pub
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Walsden to Lock 33
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Todmorden to Walsden
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The Real Thing!
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Nearly missed the bus
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The Guillotine
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Other Visitors
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A Todmorden Cruise
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Another Visit and more Visitors
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...stops at Hebden Bridge
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The train from Todmorden
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The Twin Towers?
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Over the hills and far away
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Is this a soap?
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Back to Huddersfield
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To Todmorden on the Rochdale Canal
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Lock 13 on the Rochdale - unlucky for some
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Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge and views
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Slow progress on the Rochdale
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A village near the Rochdale Canal with two Saints
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First taste of the Rochdale Canal
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Rob the Lockie
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Places not to visit
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Fore!
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"Let's go for a little walk"
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Sowerby Bridge - a look around
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A quick excursion off the main line
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Finally sussed the Calder locks!
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Mountain terrain
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Glad to say "goodbye"
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Sun as promised
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180 |
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That was a quick holiday!
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Why did we decide to move today of all days?
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Aspley Basin in Huddersfield
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One of Huddersfield's Canals
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Just to confuse you
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A "fallen" man
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Where is "Odersfelt"?
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Spring arrives
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Autumn and Winter on Epiphany
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Power by the River Calder
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Bronte Country from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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Tough locks
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Believe it or not
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The Dewsbury Arm on the Calder and Hebble Navigation
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Steam train journey into the Dales
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More about steam
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Our past and our present together
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Locks and Junction
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Singing in the rain
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Beyond Wakefield on the Calder and Hebble Navigation
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The River Calder comes and goes
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The Calder and Hebble Handspike
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After the Aire, the Calder - rivers and canal combined
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Finger tip control on the Aire and Calder Navigation
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The past bumps into the present
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Feathered friends by the River Aire
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Clarence Dock - a good mooring in Leeds
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The River Aire - a different experience
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From Canal to River in Leeds
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Steaming
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The Longest Canal
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Really into Leeds now!
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225 |
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A tale of two cities
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Urban woods
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Saltaire - The story of a philanthropist who delivered
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After Bingley, what next?
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A BW Beauty
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What fun - Bingley here we come!
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The capital of Airedale and mills
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The Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Keighley - a NT property worth a visit
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Airedale Country
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A cut above the rest
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Leaving Skipton - by various means
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Back again
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A smelly church with some fancy tombs, neear the L and L Canal
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Skipton Castle - the pleasant bit!
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Before the Leeds and Liverpool canal came the Clifford Family
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There are two canals in Skipton
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We can't get away from the Cornish easily!
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A real welcome to Skipton
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Gargrave - a village cut in two, but accessible by all
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal Lockies can be very helpful!
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The bends on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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Locks and Hillocks, down we go
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A service and off we go
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So what were we doing this time last year?
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A remote part of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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Tunnel Vision on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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The Summit of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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I know the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is short of water, but ...
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Burnley and beyond
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From countryside to industrial heart of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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Sunday on the Leeds and Liverpool canal - yuk!
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Around the bend we go
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More about Blackburn on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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Worried about Blackburn?
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Locking up
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Strange Bridge Numbers on the L and L
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253 |
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Will we ever leave the Lancaster Canal behind?
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What has Australia got to do with narrowboats?
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Contrasts - reminiscences and indulgence
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248 |
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These d... locks!
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"Marnin" Flight
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We cross the River Ribble again
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A town that missed its opportunity
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A backward cruise
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Ooo Betty, I've got a bit of trouble in Wigan
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A wet day on the Leeds and Liverpool
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Some puzzles on the L and L
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From "Ship" to decapitated Windmill at Parbold
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What do those clouds mean?
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Escaping!
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Time to move
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Continuing The Beatles theme
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A lesson from history
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Music in a Liverpool Park - from Salthouse Dock
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Beatle Mania - today in Liverpool
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"Ferry Across The Mersey" - la la la
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Stranger than truth
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A Wonder of Liverpool - or maybe the world?
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Salthouse Dock, Liverpool
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The Liverpool Link - Canning Dock to Salthouse Dock
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The Liverpool Link - Princes Dock to Canning Dock
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Stanley Locks and Liverpool Docks
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The Liverpool Link from Hancock's Swing Bridge
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WOW!
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Navigating through water lilies we reach the beginning of the Liverpool Link
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Am I sane again? Enough to give you the true story of our journey?
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Is it too hot to blog? You may think so after this!
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A wildflower quiz from the Lancaster Canal
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The art of work and boats on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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A different landscape after Andy Murray's late night marathon at Wimbledon
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276 |
Burscough - not a cough but a co!
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Virtual return?
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245 |
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Getting used to locks again!
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Is it worth the trip?
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Ribble Return
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We made it!
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Final cruise on the Lanky - for a while!
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Garstang - getting gradually towards Preston!
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Neighbourliness on the Lancaster Canal
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Hot, hot, hot - is this really the North?
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239 |
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Up the locks we go again - or try to
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A beautiful place, enjoying Father's day
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288 |
Glasson Village - a Lancashire Port
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From Canal to Sea
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Glasson Basin - the end of the Branch
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How to make a sani-station look attractive
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Our adventures on the Glasson Branch
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Unable to resist temptation - Glory Be!
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Morecambe, the sea-side town with a view of the Lakes
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Looney along the Lune
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A chilling couple of days
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Beyond the Northernmost locks
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A walk up the locks on Lancaster Canal's Northern Reaches
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Lancaster Canal - The Northern Reaches
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Back in Lancaster - home is where our boat is
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301 |
Welcome to Hest Bank?
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Off the "beaten" Line - photos!
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Off the "beaten" Line
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Lancaster Canal - such a choice
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Tewitfield and no further
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The Northernmost Blogger?
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231 |
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A Brief Encounter at Carnforth Station
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Carnforth moorings
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309 |
Twenty Twenty Vision?
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All museumed out!
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258 |
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Cost a Packet
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260 |
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Leaving the Lune for the coast
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Moving on from Lancaster
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Lancaster's best views - worth a long walk
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Lancaster - a gruesome past
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Doolally Days in Lancaster?
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Back along from Lancaster - retracing our canal route by train
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265 |
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Lots to do in Lancaster
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Lancaster Canal - Lancaster, our triumphal arrival
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The dash to Lancaster, slowed down!
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The Lancaster Canal - first impressions
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A comment on your comments!
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The Ribble Link - Staircase locks, the final frontier
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The Ribble Link - Savick Brook and the "new" locks
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The Ribble Link - on the River and into Savick Brook
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The Ribble Link from Tarleton to Asland Lamp or 5 Mile perch
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Wow, what a day to do the Ribble Link
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Rufford to Tarleton
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Doggie heaven on the Rufford Branch of the L and L
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288 |
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From Leeds and Liverpool Canal to see the sea
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Rufford and its surrounding towns
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Rufford Old Hall
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Rufford Lock, Rufford branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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The Ups and Downs of life on the canals
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The Leeds and Liverpool Canal's welcome to Lancashire
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533 |
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Two canals meet without a fuss
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337 |
One man's folly on the Bridgewater
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288 |
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Umbrellas on the Bridgewater
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313 |
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The Bridgewater Canal begins at Worsley
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340 |
A quick tour of central Manchester and the canal basins
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416 |
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341 |
Castlefield Basin - the best place to moor in Manchester?
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To Manchester's Castlefield Basin
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364 |
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Views from the Bridgewater Canal
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Cruising on the Bridgewater to my Ancestral Home
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301 |
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345 |
Moorings at Lymm
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346 |
Surprised by the Bridgewater Canal
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370 |
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347 |
Epiphany in Wonderland
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285 |
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348 |
What does the Runcorn Arm look like?
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349 |
Cruising to the ends of the Earth?
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286 |
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350 |
Crooked Tunnels on the Trent and Mersey
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352 |
|
351 |
Barnton Tunnelling or Over the Top
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336 |
|
352 |
Contrasts between the Weaver and Trent and Mersey
|
283 |
|
353 |
Heads of Navigation - do we count tails too?
|
304 |
|
354 |
Winding is fun, as is Weston Marsh Lock
|
370 |
|
355 |
Yummy cake and cheese after a long walk
|
355 |
|
356 |
Where are the Frodsham Moorings?
|
351 |
|
357 |
Our night in hell, or was it?
|
301 |
|
358 |
A mooring from hell
|
454 |
|
359 |
Gathering clouds over the glorious Weaver
|
314 |
|
360 |
The Three Wiches
|
481 |
|
361 |
Train Spotting
|
401 |
|
362 |
Confined to the boat
|
330 |
|
363 |
Lying on the bed talking to the attractive nurse
|
555 |
|
364 |
Diverted off the River Weaver
|
475 |
|
365 |
Spat at in Hunt's Lock
|
394 |
|
366 |
We are Townies tonight!
|
363 |
|
367 |
Parting is such sweet sorrow
|
425 |
|
368 |
Who needs a Zoo?
|
358 |
|
369 |
Waterways Restoration
|
350 |
|
370 |
A Virtual Anderton Lift
|
664 |
|
371 |
Idiosyncrasies of locks
|
353 |
|
372 |
Down along and then up along
|
359 |
|
373 |
Who needs words on a day like this?
|
350 |
|
374 |
The way to Hell's Kitchen
|
368 |
|
375 |
Has Christmas come early?
|
386 |
|
376 |
Vanishing supermarkets in Middlewich
|
363 |
|
377 |
Early birds or should I say dogs?
|
364 |
|
378 |
NABO for all
|
346 |
|
379 |
A Casualty
|
322 |
|
380 |
Incidents and Encounters
|
302 |
|
381 |
An even happier note
|
339 |
|
382 |
Speed debating
|
297 |
|
383 |
It is all a lie!
|
351 |
|
384 |
A Boatwoman's job is never done!
|
364 |
|
385 |
More locks - Oh no ........
|
405 |
|
386 |
How not to do a lock staircase - not us "guv"
|
384 |
|
387 |
An Impostor
|
415 |
|
388 |
Rows fit for Millionaires!
|
391 |
|
389 |
Avoiding boats on our way to Chester
|
347 |
|
390 |
Moving to Chester, but why is it Good Friday?
|
347 |
|
391 |
Down South to go North and Fly Boat Saturn passes by
|
493 |
|
392 |
Boat Museum at Ellesmere and Manchester Ship Canal v the Shroppie
|
444 |
|
393 |
From an ancient city to historic boats via the Northgate Shuffle
|
366 |
|
394 |
Photogenic Chester
|
399 |
|
395 |
There are always lessons to be learned
|
375 |
|
396 |
Working locks, working boats and work in progress
|
427 |
|
397 |
A broken foot on the way to Chester?
|
447 |
|
398 |
A choice of routes off the Shroppie
|
384 |
|
399 |
Tomorrow is another day?
|
411 |
|
400 |
Still at Nantwich, but not by choice!
|
466 |
|
401 |
Calling all our Blog readers
|
473 |
|
402 |
We prefer the great outdoors - Hack Green to Nantwich
|
501 |
|
403 |
A "Shroppie" Village - really lovely
|
431 |
|
404 |
A really good evenings entertainment
|
430 |
|
405 |
Explanations and a "Shroppie" open secret
|
382 |
|
406 |
Audlem flight in record time?
|
513 |
|
407 |
Adderley lock flight in the sunshine
|
473 |
|
408 |
A real "Shroppie" Town
|
458 |
|
409 |
Food, food and gingerbread
|
466 |
|
410 |
Mooring in Market Drayton, don't forget the gingerbread!
|
458 |
|
411 |
Woodseaves and Tyrley locks to Market Drayton
|
725 |
|
412 |
New Canal for Liverpool - Creative accounting versus Simple Maths
|
622 |
|
413 |
Iconic Shroppie sights on the way to Goldstone Wharf
|
496 |
|
414 |
Cruising to Norbury Junction - what junction?
|
619 |
|
415 |
Windy on the way to Wheaton Aston
|
477 |
|
416 |
Brewood - worth exploring
|
478 |
|
417 |
The Shroppie Style
|
382 |
|
418 |
The straight and narrow to Brewood
|
490 |
|
419 |
Summit on the Staffs and Worcs
|
424 |
|
420 |
A porthole view
|
471 |
|
421 |
Gailey, history, sights and hire boats
|
609 |
|
422 |
The old and the new - together
|
417 |
|
423 |
Locks - like Clapham Junction in the rush hour!
|
566 |
|
424 |
Evening Ducks - Epiphany on parade
|
407 |
|
425 |
Reflections on Tixall Wide
|
383 |
|
426 |
Our garden on Tixall Wide
|
418 |
|
427 |
Memories of the Trent and Mersey Canal
|
471 |
|
428 |
Talking favourite moorings
|
427 |
|
429 |
Shanks facilities
|
428 |
|
430 |
A new canal - the Trent and Mersey
|
572 |
|
431 |
Not good news - two days without internet!
|
430 |
|
432 |
Ooops, lost again!
|
413 |
|
433 |
Watch out for shells and strawberries - onward from Hopwas
|
439 |
|
434 |
Sainthood for some
|
426 |
|
435 |
Hopwas, food and theatre
|
434 |
|
436 |
Can you get lost on a canal?
|
513 |
|
437 |
Tamworth - is it all suburbia?
|
655 |
|
438 |
Atherstone, locks for a change!
|
613 |
|
439 |
Weathering the weather on the Coventry Canal
|
466 |
|
440 |
The Ashby Canal - Bosworth to the Coventry Canal
|
565 |
|
441 |
The Ashby Canal - Shackerstone to Snarestone and back to Bosworth
|
795 |
|
442 |
The Ashby Canal - Stoke Golding to Shackerstone
|
646 |
|
443 |
Ashby Canal and hire boats
|
742 |
|
444 |
Home Sweet Home on the Ashby Canal
|
508 |
|
445 |
We return to the Ashby Canal
|
521 |
|
446 |
The Ashby Canal - Trinity Marina
|
577 |
|
447 |
The Ashby Canal - Hinkley
|
909 |
|
448 |
The Ashby Giants
|
519 |
|
449 |
The Ashby Canal - Scenic and tranquil
|
646 |
|
450 |
The Ashby welcome
|
678 |
|
451 |
Permanent moorings on the Coventry Canal?
|
798 |
|
452 |
Once upon a time
|
567 |
|
453 |
Do you use cash?
|
651 |
|
454 |
The back story
|
570 |
|
455 |
You can talk to us now!
|
558 |
|
456 |
Good Evenings
|
582 |
|
457 |
The boom was not working
|
533 |
|
458 |
What a bombshell
|
547 |
|
459 |
Amused or bemused?
|
540 |
|
460 |
Base is now a Basin
|
532 |
|
461 |
Snow makes Family Trees grow
|
489 |
|
462 |
bridge 11a?
|
579 |
|
463 |
Sent to Coventry
|
676 |
|
464 |
Hawkesbury Junction in pictures
|
750 |
|
465 |
Post office services
|
626 |
|
466 |
Newbold to Hawkesbury Junction - Again!
|
588 |
|
467 |
Gosty Hill, fuel and a dog
|
684 |
|
468 |
More "old" friends
|
498 |
|
469 |
OK, I succumb!
|
522 |
|
470 |
A stay-put day
|
1246 |
|
471 |
British Waterways - Comic Relief?
|
670 |
|
472 |
Newbold on Avon from Rugby on the North Oxford canal
|
947 |
|
473 |
New lights and old friends
|
574 |
|
474 |
A tour of Rugby and an introduction to some of its past inhabitants
|
542 |
|
475 |
Hillmorton Locks on the North Oxford canal
|
1260 |
|
476 |
The picturesque journey to Rugby, under lots of bridges
|
850 |
|
477 |
Barby to Rugby on the North Oxford Canal
|
735 |
|
478 |
Our first impressions of the North Oxford Canal
|
699 |
|
479 |
Goodbye Braunston, Hello North Oxford Canal
|
744 |
|
480 |
Boats, dogs and cats
|
627 |
|
481 |
If you value your privacy and identity read this
|
562 |
|
482 |
Braunston is FTB
|
618 |
|
483 |
Napton and onwards towards Braunston
|
562 |
|
484 |
I may be a little distracted, but...
|
526 |
|
485 |
Brindley or Telford?
|
530 |
|
486 |
Blown along the South Oxford
|
587 |
|
487 |
Jazz at Cropredy
|
578 |
|
488 |
Sunny Cropredy
|
559 |
|
489 |
Health and Rescue
|
559 |
|
490 |
New decoration on our boat
|
601 |
|
491 |
One and All
|
553 |
|
492 |
At last we exchange town for countryside
|
515 |
|
493 |
Will we ever see the like again?
|
553 |
|
494 |
Four days gossip
|
533 |
|
495 |
Afloat again - just!
|
591 |
|
496 |
Roll on tomorrow!
|
587 |
|
497 |
Not iced-in, just high and dry
|
547 |
|
498 |
Bye Bye Epiphany - she is in good hands!
|
544 |
|
499 |
From Cropredy to Banbury with Crew
|
634 |
|
500 |
New Year Greetings to One and All
|
613 |
|
501 |
Fuel and Ice
|
578 |
|
502 |
Back on board Epiphany
|
831 |
|
503 |
'Tis Boxing Day
|
594 |
|
504 |
Festivities for all from Epiphany
|
580 |
|
505 |
Not really a journey
|
647 |
|
506 |
Home is where your boat is
|
654 |
|
507 |
A bendy muddy canal - Napton to Claydon
|
867 |
|
508 |
Rogue boats left in the way in Napton locks
|
885 |
|
509 |
THE Canal Centre, but now back on the narrow road
|
651 |
|
510 |
Buckby locks on the Grand Union Canal
|
746 |
|
511 |
The Grand Union Canal at its best!
|
764 |
|
512 |
Leaving Stoke Bruerne, fun in tunnel - not
|
741 |
|
513 |
THE Canal Village
|
569 |
|
514 |
Our own icebreaker
|
558 |
|
515 |
What is that law?
|
565 |
|
516 |
Like watching paint dry
|
572 |
|
517 |
What a wonderful world, we love winter!
|
566 |
|
518 |
The clue is in the picture
|
583 |
|
519 |
We join the Club and I feel a fraud
|
630 |
|
520 |
Held up today, running repairs!
|
631 |
|
521 |
I c, I c, I c, but sunny too!
|
596 |
|
522 |
Goodbye Harefield, Hello cruising again!
|
718 |
|
523 |
Eureka!
|
660 |
|
524 |
A surprise visitor
|
609 |
|
525 |
Phew, what a day!
|
587 |
|
526 |
Onto the Grand Union Main Line again
|
612 |
|
527 |
A Helping Hand
|
612 |
|
528 |
I lied on Saturday!
|
693 |
|
529 |
We are off tomorrow, WP
|
705 |
|
530 |
More about Paddington, Little Venice and an excursion
|
723 |
|
531 |
Paddington advantages
|
651 |
|
532 |
Christmas lights and markets
|
659 |
|
533 |
Paddington Basin - our first impressions
|
1015 |
|
534 |
A quick snapshot of our journey today
|
615 |
|
535 |
Bulls Junction and beyond, Grand Union
|
603 |
|
536 |
Wussie dry weather sailors
|
588 |
|
537 |
Another short trip
|
652 |
|
538 |
Croxley Green to Harefield on the Grand Union Canal
|
718 |
|
539 |
Autumn colours and parkland on the Grand Union
|
578 |
|
540 |
"Demoted" from Kings to Abbots on the Grand Union
|
578 |
|
541 |
"New" Pub and newish marina on the Grand Union
|
900 |
|
542 |
A "locky" day!
|
652 |
|
543 |
Will he, won't he, gain the "Grand Prix"?
|
625 |
|
544 |
Happy Birthday Epiphany, Cowroast to Berkhamsted
|
703 |
|
545 |
We explore the Wendover Arm
|
677 |
|
546 |
Back on the Grand Union Main Line
|
637 |
|
547 |
Herons 2 Canada Geese 2 many
|
635 |
|
548 |
Aylesbury Duck 0, Aylesbury Arm 9
|
755 |
|
549 |
We meet a film star on our way from Grove to Marsworth
|
670 |
|
550 |
Jam 'Ole photos. Following the meandering Grand Union canal
|
718 |
|
551 |
Wind, sun, Jam 'Ole boats and locks on the Grand Union
|
856 |
|
552 |
Cosgrove to Milton Keynes in the wind
|
660 |
|
553 |
Stoke Bruerne, Northampton and then moving on to Cosgrove
|
681 |
|
554 |
Nether Heyford to Stoke Bruerne
|
707 |
|
555 |
Bloggers bow to bow on the Grand Union
|
612 |
|
556 |
Travelling to Weedon on the Grand Union Canal
|
861 |
|
557 |
Bridge Hopping on the Grand Union, via Buckby Flight
|
588 |
|
558 |
Leaving Braunston towards Norton Junction
|
667 |
|
559 |
Who lights your (solid fuel) fire?
|
613 |
|
560 |
Braunston, the boat Mecca?
|
643 |
|
561 |
Napton towards Braunston - but we stopped short!
|
621 |
|
562 |
Wormleighton to Napton on the Oxford Canal - the bendy bit!l
|
611 |
|
563 |
Cropredy to Wormleighton, Oxford Canal
|
806 |
|
564 |
Leaving Cropredy
|
615 |
|
565 |
The Oxford Canal, weather with a wow factor
|
671 |
|
566 |
Cropredy near Banbury, canal, train and music
|
1247 |
|
567 |
Banbury to Cropredy, NOW with Photos - by boat this time
|
1733 |
|
568 |
"Where progress is measured in pints"
|
763 |
|
569 |
Epiphany arrives in Banbury
|
692 |
|
570 |
Shipton on Cherwell to Mill Lift bridge, Lower Heyford in pictures
|
1453 |
|
571 |
My Gipsy Blood? Continuing up the Oxford Canal
|
730 |
|
572 |
Oxford Canal - Yarnton to Shipton
|
1032 |
|
573 |
The Oxford Canal, Epiphany's Firsts
|
868 |
|
574 |
Books, books and more books in the Bodleian
|
772 |
|
575 |
Exploring more of Oxford from Jericho
|
743 |
|
576 |
Oxford out and about with friends
|
729 |
|
577 |
At last, off the River Thames!
|
825 |
|
578 |
Yesterdays Photos - downstream and upstream to Days lock
|
832 |
|
579 |
We are on the move again - Reading to Dorchester (Day's lock)
|
785 |
|
580 |
Reading, River and Reports
|
789 |
|
581 |
Oxford, not by river, nor by canal
|
757 |
|
582 |
A welcome visitor in Reading
|
792 |
|
583 |
How to enjoy an enforced stay!
|
771 |
|
584 |
Reading Heritage Open Days
|
788 |
|
585 |
The sun welcomes me back
|
836 |
|
586 |
Reading rain in Reading
|
833 |
|
587 |
Theale to Reading in good company
|
840 |
|
588 |
Theale, Church and R & R
|
855 |
|
589 |
More River Kennet travels, Nearing the end of the Kennet and Avon
|
801 |
|
590 |
Showers on the River Kennet
|
831 |
|
591 |
Thatcham in the rain
|
941 |
|
592 |
Running the Kennet- sticking swing bridges, ship-jumping chimneys, sunshine, showers and all
|
779 |
|
593 |
Newbury for the day
|
777 |
|
594 |
One boat's length .......
|
954 |
|
595 |
Apologies Readers, however we continue, Hungerford to Kintbury
|
832 |
|
596 |
Great Bedwyn to Hungerford
|
980 |
|
597 |
Crofton to Great Bedwyn
|
845 |
|
598 |
The Journey really begins - Pewsey to Crofton
|
949 |
|
599 |
Our Canal Journey Begins
|
940 |
|
600 |
Pewsey, a pleasant walk
|
911 |
|
601 |
New - More about Us!
|
805 |
|
602 |
Saturday work and play
|
827 |
|
603 |
Preparations for off!
|
854 |
|
604 |
Musing on the Information Highway
|
758 |
|
605 |
Nostalgic Goodbyes
|
822 |
|
606 |
Crofton to All Cannings
|
1517 |
|
607 |
On the move for the weekend
|
710 |
|
608 |
Rainy Days Muse
|
875 |
|
609 |
Fairport Convention at Cropredy
|
832 |
|
610 |
Cropredy Festival
|
947 |
|
611 |
The Thames continued
|
805 |
|
612 |
Off the Kennet and Avon for a few days
|
1018 |
|
613 |
Engine Service
|
1029 |
|
614 |
Reminder of a Remainder
|
913 |
|
615 |
Parallel Blogs
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