Steam trains take over from Canals
Monday, 25 April 2011 07:00
What - narrowboat Epiphany has capitulated? Well, the canals did for a while why shouldn't we have a change?
Railways were the opposition for canals and the crew from Epiphany have a use for them occasionally. However when you are talking "heritage" and an opportunity not to be missed, we will take it!
Railway Guard
It was a glorious day and this railway was very busy - it was a steaming weekend and a very special one too....
So a visit into the past at Didcot Railway Centre and nostalgia in the shape of the GWR Railway provided an outing for us and our friends John and Carolyn. There are some well looked after locos, lots of carriages and much of the railway paraphernalia on display. John took so many photos, we decided not to label them, but you can see them in our Didcot Railway Centre gallery. We include a sample here to whet your appetite.
GWR wagon with a Cornish connection
There were "Halls", "Kings" and "Manors". Tank engines, milk tankers and a mail drop (with a matching Royal Mail wagon) were on view
Royal Mail drop and apparatus
Restoration and rebuilding are on-going. A new exhibit in late May of GWR Railmotor No. 93 will be launched - to ride on and photograph.
Railmotor No 93
For us there were three highlights -
Brunel's Broad Gauge line and a ride on the Fire Fly. This is a reproduction of the Fire Fly loco, designed by Daniel Gooch, the first one was built in 1840.
Fire Fly Loco
It set the record for the journey from London to Reading at 56 mph. Queen Victoria was not amused when she took her first railway journey behind a Fire Fly locomotive in 1842, as she said it went too fast. The rail company subsequently fixed a signal to the roof of her coach so her attendants could let the driver know if he went too fast!
A video of the Fire Fly. Mobile internet users beware - it is a large file, you have been warned!
Poor Queen Vic - she would have an apoplexy if she travelled by Virgin today!
We had a ride in the GWR Autocar too - luxury after the carriages behind the Fire Fly!
However the ultimate sight was the majestic King Edward locos double heading. Earlier in the day we had ridden behind King Edward I - sadly it is only a very short trip.
King Edward I (6024)
The historic double heading was in jeopardy in the morning, as there was a problem with Edward number II (6023). It was "not to be moved".
King Edward II (6023)
Watch this video and drool all ye railway buffs! The last time this happened was 49 years ago. Don't forget to turn up your volume!
Mobile internet users beware - it is a very large file, you have been warned, again!
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April
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March
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February
(30)
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- What rain?
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- An Epiphany advertisement
- Something Nasty in the Woodshed?
- Winter Folk Festival
- ahh Napton!
- Another long day, but worth it
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- Alive alive-o!
- Narrowboat cupboards
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- The Great Ash Debate
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- Curiosities on the way to Cropredy
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January
(26)
- Then there was more ....
- A question for you
- Brrr ... but now the Shortest Journey!
- The Longest Journey
- Explorations in another world
- Fat chickens and a horse called Stuart
- Of interest to local boaters ….
- From somewhere out in the sticks
- Just over 0.8 of a mile later
- A bird's eye view ......
- Goodbyeee
- Decisions, decisions
- Me, my shadow, and eye
- Cat and Mouse
- So what's new?
- Back to where we came from - well not quite
- We get to grips with that pontoon!
- A quick look at the River Thames
- Will we get under that bridge?
- Leaving and coming back
- A Happy Epiphany today
- Silly me
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- The Towpath Controversy?
- Resolutions?
- 1111
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December
(26)
- Is this the way to .....
- Uninspired or .........?
- Oh deer
- "Walkies" with dogs and owners
- One day our thaw will come
- Licences, a polite reminder?
- Just enjoy
- From us to you
- Dream on
- With 'umble apologies
- Everybody's doing it, doing it .....
- It dawned on me
- Squirrel Meal
- Survival?
- It got us this time
- The Thrupp contingent are on the move
- The "D" words
- Icy, Icy, Icy, so that is how it is done (say it!)
- Something lurks beside the canal
- It may be Christmas in ice?
- Caught short, not sweet .....
- Melting moments?
- A new view
- A toast to ...
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October
(16)
- High and dry, but not forgotten
- Tomorrow its Tooley's for us
- Wish we still were ...
- Autumn on the cut
- This little piggy "spotted" beside the cut
- A lock to savour
- Just one of those days .....
- A lesson off the Cut
- A treat at Banbury
- South Oxford Canal Festivals
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- A rather wet experience
- Falling in love with narrow canals all over again
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- Coming or Going?
- Passing pubs
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September
(33)
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- A Journey Blog - of sorts
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- Two Canals?
- Accompanied Single Handing on the Lapworth Flight
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- Solo to Shirley
- Minus one member of the crew
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- More Locks and another Junction, of sorts
- BCN or Birmingham and Fazeley?
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- How good it is ......
- What! No blog?
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August
(32)
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- Trent Bridge - the second
- Do you fancy doing this?
- Wind and water
- So on we go ....
- One of the nicest towns
- Knots in Notts
- River or Navigation?
- Flood - the time to go
- Until another time - farewell
- Above Drakeholes Tunnel
- Rave on, move on
- Turn around, about face
- Next installment
- I like this canal
- Up hill and downdale
- Lovely, lovely , lovely
- Shall I share a secret with you?
- Now what?
- Mixing in a basin
- To get to where we were going ...
- Now that really is a boat!
- Happy Days!
- It was one of those days
- Excuse me
- Back on the River
- Water problems
- Opening the barrier
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July
(36)
- Deserted, dirty and depressing
- Our entry, not a big event!
- With help from British Waterways
- Done the Don!
- The working and the idle
- Gone but not forgotten
- The newest canal
- Goodbye Aire and Calder
- Here we go again
- Been and done it
- We go to the end
- One blog cannot do it justice, but I will try
- Southwards for a bit
- Do you dare?
- A taste of things to come ....
- Not my happiest experience!
- Another River, Another Pub
- Naburn Locks, fish and flood
- Locks and Lockies
- Gone away!
- A quiet morning
- Repeat performance
- New Crew
- Blue sky thinking
- No water?
- Mooring matters
- This is absolutely The End
- Ur, Um
- A tale of four rivers
- Oh no, oh no, oh no .....
- Not quite a triumphal entry!
- Another ambition fulfilled
- Stand by for invasion
- Another World?
- All the best people
- So what happens at Selby Lock?
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June
(43)
- Today was our Sel -by date
- Just too much, all change!
- Beyond Castleford Flood Lock
- It was a breeze today!
- I liked it here
- Any thing else to see?
- A quick look...
- Too tired, too late.......
- Goodbye Hebble, hello Aire
- Why we went our separate ways
- To spike or not to spike?
- Is it a river, or is it a canal?
- A bit of a struggle
- From Narrow to Broad in three locks
- The final 10, well almost
- Virtual tour of Standedge from Epiphany
- West is best, East is bad?
- How to get over Standedge Tunnel
- After the Marsden Flight - more locks still
- The eastward journey from Standedge
- Standedge Tunnel - Tunnel End
- An amazing adventure - deep down in the earth
- The ascent to Standedge Tunnel on the Huddersfield Canal
- We now have to wait for BW on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
- More locks to Uppermill on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
- Huddersfield Canal - lots of locks
- An overnight mooring on the Huddersfield Canal
- The Huddersfield Narrow Canal in Stalybridge
- The "Hud(dersfield) Lines"
- Just like Chris Evans "Goodbyeee, Helloee
- So far, but not quite
- A peaceful place
- Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, part 2
- Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, part 1
- For amusement only
- Come rain, come shine
- Bugsworth Basin - the tour
- Bugsworth - our virtual cruise into history
- Follow this?
- Another one to tick off
- Monks gone, Priory gone, so what is left?
- A Daventry house, time to explore
- From our perspective
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May
(37)
- Keep fit on canals - by cycling
- What progress!
- A blast from the past at High Lane Arm, Macclesfield Canal
- Time to gather in ......
- Hidden away on the Macclesfield Canal
- Macclesfield Canal - Higher Poynton
- Chelsea Flower Show Gold medal for a canal lock
- Now who is Cedric?
- Just to say
- Paradise on the Macclesfield Canal?
- Oh Oh - we must watch our behaviour now
- To t'mill on the Macclesfield
- The "Macclesfield Heron"
- Macclesfield Canal - Bosley to Bollington
- Distinctive Looks at Locks
- More Macclesfield Locks
- The Macclesfield Canal turns the sun on
- Short and Sweet
- Hunt the Church
- Biddulph Grange Gardens
- Narrowboat Epiphany is moving again
- Pre-view
- Parked at Congleton
- Lonely
- Fancy a pub crawl from the Macclesfield Canal?
- Macclesfield Canal - keep an eye out
- Macclesfield and Marple here we come
- Turning north, the Macclesfield at last
- Heartbreak? No, but maybe heartache!
- Mizzle and lots of locks
- Just hanging around
- Deja Vue
- Middlewich Branch has a hidden gem
- Let's all lock together when we go!
- It is time for change
- Congratulations LCT
- Do we mean to say goodbye?
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April
(32)
- Grindley here we come
- White Church - no longer
- Spotlight on the third Prime Ministerial Debate
- Escaping again!
- Not the port, nor the Arm, not even overnight!
- Hello again
- Back we go - bow forward!
- We see the attraction of silent travel
- A home in Llangollen?
- Afon Dyfrdwy accompanies us to Llangollen
- Chuff, chuff, whistle, whistle
- A sharp left turn
- Beyond the Bridge
- Trevor Basin a fascinating place on the Llangollen Canal
- We fly in the sky, thanks to Thomas Telford
- Chocolate Chirk
- Chirk an aqueduct, castle and what else?
- Chirk Bank - the place of three river crossings
- How about this for a morning view?
- Back on the motorway, oops sorry, Llangollen Canal
- Frankton Locks - up we go
- One more day to go the Monty
- Etiquette of waterpoints and sani-stations
- The Montgomery Canal - a final look at Maesbury
- Moorings at Maesbury Marsh on the Monty
- No further on the Montgomery - so far
- Three Aston Locks and the Cornish are here!
- Speed checks at on the Montgomery Canal
- Restoration and reminders of bygone days on the "Monty"
- New lock gates and an old treasure
- Goodbye Llangollen, hello?
- The hub of a new canal network
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March
(37)
- The Prees Branch, next stop Ellesmere
- Two days later - still on the Llangollen
- T'internet is wonderful, aint it!
- Wrenbury to Grindley Brook on the Llangollen Canal
- A quick update from the Llangollen
- Sad to be leaving Wrenbury on the Llangollen Canal
- Wrenbury pubs and other important matters!
- Wrenbury lift bridges on the Llangollen Canal
- Off we go again against the flow
- Noswaith dda!
- One lock down
- Not the Shroppie - maybe the Chessie?
- Arriving in Audlem on the Shropshire Union Canal
- It is all downhill on the Shroppie
- Gremlins?
- A cut above the rest on the Shropshire Union Canal
- Moorings along the Shroppie
- I said it was breezy
- "Up the Junction"
- Just a quick one
- Shropshire Union Canal - "news"
- Breezy Shropshire Union
- Canal v rail again?
- "We could sail down the Avenue .."
- Fascinating Aldersley Junction
- North of Sewage Outfall - but no smell!
- Wolverhampton in the canal age
- Spring has sprung?
- Are we seeing things? A useful British Waterways noticeboard
- Factory Locks (BCN) and beyond
- Enough is enough!
- The "Old" Thirteen
- We "dig" Digbeth
- The only visiting boat left in Birmingham?
- Intrepid Voyagers!
- A day for reflection
- Glad to be alive!
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February
(34)
- History is bunkum?
- Kingswood or Lapworth Junction
- Lapworth Locks
- Strange feelings and Mitre Gates
- How things change!
- Another first for Epiphany
- Now that is really boring
- Alvechurch - now where have I heard that before?
- Snowy Worcester and Birmingham Canal
- The Vale moorings on the Worcester and Birmingham
- Through the Bar to the Worcester and Birmingham
- Moorings on the BCN
- Wednesbury Old Canal on the way to Birmingham
- We have returned, Ryder's Green Locks came first
- Walsall Town Arm - "Hit or Miss"?
- Is the Tame Valley Canal tame?
- Our Blog RSS Feed
- One more canal "under our belt"
- Still on the Wyrley and Essington?
- Unable to cruise - so walk! Along the Rushall Canal
- Wyrely and Essington - The Daw End Branch
- Wyrely and Essington Canal - Ogley Junction
- How to set up your satellite dish
- Chasewater Reservoir on the Wyrley and Essington Anglesey Branch
- The Anglesey Branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal
- The Cannock Extension Canal - a branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal
- Two more Branches of the Wyrley and Essington Canal
- BCN so far - lots more to do
- Sneyd Wharf on the Wyrley and Essington - a friendly place
- The Wyrley and Essington Canal - more curls than wurls?
- Let's start at the very beginning
- We have gained a new perspective
- No regrets ...
- A different lift bridge on the BCN
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January
(38)
- Dudley No. 1 Canal - and no further
- Oldbury to Dudley - but on the canal!
- Fun on leaving Titford, but safely arrived
- Titford Pools are a no no
- "Sticky" Titford canal
- Titford Canal on the BCN - first the Oldbury Locks
- In, out and under we go
- More about engines on the BCN Old Line
- Chugging along on The Old Line
- Leaving Birmingham City Centre behind on the BCN
- Do I wish I was getting married again?
- Walking back to Georgian times
- New Tech - takes for ever to work out!
- Fooled you!
- Narrowboat Epiphany announcement
- Going nowhere fast
- Gas Street Blues?
- Ice still around on the BCN
- Let's go check it out
- We've cracked it
- All is not as it seems
- You have to laugh
- Neighbours, but we did'nt know it!
- Nearly became a museum exhibit
- Blogitis?
- Something new
- Can you believe this?
- Icy thoughts
- More Canal traces
- All white now!
- Central Birmingham in the "Canal Age"
- It's Our Day!
- Snow Hill before the snow
- Watch out The South!
- Farmers on the BCN?
- Cool?
- "The Two Towers"
- Ice on the BCN - again
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December
(36)
- A Canal Year
- Just a slight detour
- "I'm walking backwards for Christmas"
- Back to the centre of Brum
- Peace and Light to you!
- Water supply to the BCN
- Probably not a holiday theme!
- Too much indulgence?
- This feels like Christmas!
- All change again!
- Not quite all the story!
- Windmill End, but where is the windmill?
- Christmas - Who said that?
- Moving from the modern to the more familiar
- The unusual Delph Lock Flight
- A quick trip up the Fens Branch
- Stourbridge 16 part 2
- Lock volunteers are always welcome!
- What Bliss! A Canal Home again
- Another establishment to view
- A nearly Merry Christmas
- This canal is pretty - so far!
- Time for a change
- Wow, they got it right!
- Village on the hill
- Worcestershire, the eighth county!
- Phew, where to start!
- Travels with a GOM!
- Locks through rocks
- The whole journey
- Back to sanity!
- Only Joking!
- Who needs lock paddles?
- Cool cruising!
- Puzzled by bridge names!
- Staffs and Worcs Canal - locking down
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November
(34)
- Cruising again - it almost feels strange!
- Old and new friends
- Itchy feet
- Stuck?
- You must do this!
- Looking back - a long way!
- Marsworth - for boaters?
- Shropshire Canal moody photos
- Boaters Banter?
- More Familiar Boats
- Where is the best place to paint?
- So on to Brewood
- The essence of the Shroppie
- Another new belt
- Lots to see
- Gorgeous autumn cruising, just!
- Is James May mad?
- A Calm after the Storm
- There is a flow on this canal
- Still Lovin' it!
- Dismal, Dingy, Dank and Dull?
- 'Ave a new bridge?
- A good meeting place for boaters
- Obstacles in our way?
- Busy with boats
- How many Home Waters can one boat have?
- How to cure a headache -
- Will we find a mooring?
- The County Town
- Canal, railway and rivers all learn to share
- Sabbath rest - on a Monday
- One short blast
- Now, how did we get here?
- A short break
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October
(38)
- Let's celebrate
- Added Content
- A taste of the Macclesfield Canal
- Fit for locks
- A new bit and old memories
- Through Five Towns
- Tunnel Syndrome
- Nearly finished with locks - for a while
- How many locks can break a Boater's heart?
- Paired Locks for paired boats
- For those who like looking at boats
- Middlewich and Elton Moss
- The Three "Ms"
- The Trent and Mersey in all its glory
- A Tunnel, then another, then another!
- Two Canals in one glorious day
- The Dukes Cut
- Verdict on the Rochdale Nine
- A near miss
- A meeting of the ways
- To Manchester City - but no footballs!
- South Locks
- "Mottos" on the Rochdale
- It's take over time!
- Stunning Views from the Rochdale Summit
- Over the Rochdale Summit
- Lunch at the Bird i th Hand pub
- Walsden to Lock 33
- Todmorden to Walsden
- The Real Thing!
- Nearly missed the bus
- The Guillotine
- Other Visitors
- A Todmorden Cruise
- Another Visit and more Visitors
- ...stops at Hebden Bridge
- The train from Todmorden
- The Twin Towers?
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September
(38)
- Over the hills and far away
- Is this a soap?
- Back to Huddersfield
- To Todmorden on the Rochdale Canal
- Lock 13 on the Rochdale - unlucky for some
- Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge and views
- Slow progress on the Rochdale
- A village near the Rochdale Canal with two Saints
- First taste of the Rochdale Canal
- Rob the Lockie
- Places not to visit
- Fore!
- "Let's go for a little walk"
- Sowerby Bridge - a look around
- A quick excursion off the main line
- Finally sussed the Calder locks!
- Mountain terrain
- Glad to say "goodbye"
- Sun as promised
- That was a quick holiday!
- Why did we decide to move today of all days?
- Aspley Basin in Huddersfield
- One of Huddersfield's Canals
- Just to confuse you
- A "fallen" man
- Where is "Odersfelt"?
- Spring arrives
- Autumn and Winter on Epiphany
- Power by the River Calder
- Bronte Country from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
- Tough locks
- Believe it or not
- The Dewsbury Arm on the Calder and Hebble Navigation
- Steam train journey into the Dales
- More about steam
- Our past and our present together
- Locks and Junction
- Singing in the rain
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August
(39)
- Beyond Wakefield on the Calder and Hebble Navigation
- The River Calder comes and goes
- The Calder and Hebble Handspike
- After the Aire, the Calder - rivers and canal combined
- Finger tip control on the Aire and Calder Navigation
- The past bumps into the present
- Feathered friends by the River Aire
- Clarence Dock - a good mooring in Leeds
- The River Aire - a different experience
- From Canal to River in Leeds
- Steaming
- The Longest Canal
- Really into Leeds now!
- A tale of two cities
- Urban woods
- Saltaire - The story of a philanthropist who delivered
- After Bingley, what next?
- A BW Beauty
- What fun - Bingley here we come!
- The capital of Airedale and mills
- The Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Keighley - a NT property worth a visit
- Airedale Country
- A cut above the rest
- Leaving Skipton - by various means
- Back again
- A smelly church with some fancy tombs, near the L and L Canal
- Skipton Castle - the pleasant bit!
- Before the Leeds and Liverpool canal came the Clifford Family
- There are two canals in Skipton
- We can't get away from the Cornish easily!
- A real welcome to Skipton
- Gargrave - a village cut in two, but accessible by all
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal Lockies can be very helpful!
- The bends on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
- Locks and Hillocks, down we go
- A service and off we go
- So what were we doing this time last year?
- A remote part of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
- Tunnel Vision on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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July
(43)
- The Summit of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
- I know the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is short of water, but ...
- Burnley and beyond
- From countryside to industrial heart of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
- Sunday on the Leeds and Liverpool canal - yuk!
- Around the bend we go
- More about Blackburn on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
- Worried about Blackburn?
- Locking up
- Strange Bridge Numbers on the L and L
- Will we ever leave the Lancaster Canal behind?
- What has Australia got to do with narrowboats?
- Contrasts - reminiscences and indulgence
- These d... locks!
- "Marnin" Flight
- We cross the River Ribble again
- A town that missed its opportunity
- A backward cruise
- Ooo Betty, I've got a bit of trouble in Wigan
- A wet day on the Leeds and Liverpool
- Some puzzles on the L and L
- From "Ship" to decapitated Windmill at Parbold
- What do those clouds mean?
- Escaping!
- Time to move
- Continuing The Beatles theme
- A lesson from history
- Music in a Liverpool Park - from Salthouse Dock
- Beatle Mania - today in Liverpool
- "Ferry Across The Mersey" - la la la
- Stranger than truth
- A Wonder of Liverpool - or maybe the world?
- Salthouse Dock, Liverpool
- The Liverpool Link - Canning Dock to Salthouse Dock
- The Liverpool Link - Princes Dock to Canning Dock
- Stanley Locks and Liverpool Docks
- The Liverpool Link from Hancock's Swing Bridge
- WOW!
- Navigating through water lilies we reach the beginning of the Liverpool Link
- Am I sane again? Enough to give you the true story of our journey?
- Is it too hot to blog? You may think so after this!
- A wildflower quiz from the Lancaster Canal
- The art of work and boats on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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June
(44)
- A different landscape after Andy Murray's late night marathon at Wimbledon
- Burscough - not a cough but a co!
- Virtual return?
- Getting used to locks again!
- Is it worth the trip?
- Ribble Return
- We made it!
- Final cruise on the Lanky - for a while!
- Garstang - getting gradually towards Preston!
- Neighbourliness on the Lancaster Canal
- Hot, hot, hot - is this really the North?
- Up the locks we go again - or try to
- A beautiful place, enjoying Father's day
- Glasson Village - a Lancashire Port
- From Canal to Sea
- Glasson Basin - the end of the Branch
- How to make a sani-station look attractive
- Our adventures on the Glasson Branch
- Unable to resist temptation - Glory Be!
- Morecambe, the sea-side town with a view of the Lakes
- Looney along the Lune
- A chilling couple of days
- Beyond the Northernmost locks
- A walk up the locks on Lancaster Canal's Northern Reaches
- Lancaster Canal - The Northern Reaches
- Back in Lancaster - home is where our boat is
- Welcome to Hest Bank?
- Off the "beaten" Line - photos!
- Off the "beaten" Line
- Lancaster Canal - such a choice
- Tewitfield and no further
- The Northernmost Blogger?
- A Brief Encounter at Carnforth Station
- Carnforth moorings
- Twenty Twenty Vision?
- All museumed out!
- Cost a Packet
- Leaving the Lune for the coast
- Moving on from Lancaster
- Lancaster's best views - worth a long walk
- Lancaster - a gruesome past
- Doolally Days in Lancaster?
- Back along from Lancaster - retracing our canal route by train
- Lots to do in Lancaster
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May
(42)
- Lancaster Canal - Lancaster, our triumphal arrival
- The dash to Lancaster, slowed down!
- The Lancaster Canal - first impressions
- A comment on your comments!
- The Ribble Link - Staircase locks, the final frontier
- The Ribble Link - Savick Brook and the "new" locks
- The Ribble Link - on the River and into Savick Brook
- The Ribble Link from Tarleton to Asland Lamp or 5 Mile perch
- Wow, what a day to do the Ribble Link
- Rufford to Tarleton
- Doggie heaven on the Rufford Branch of the L and L
- From Leeds and Liverpool Canal to see the sea
- Rufford and its surrounding towns
- Rufford Old Hall
- Rufford Lock, Rufford branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
- The Ups and Downs of life on the canals
- The Leeds and Liverpool Canal's welcome to Lancashire
- Two canals meet without a fuss
- One man's folly on the Bridgewater
- Umbrellas on the Bridgewater
- The Bridgewater Canal begins at Worsley
- A quick tour of central Manchester and the canal basins
- Castlefield Basin - the best place to moor in Manchester?
- To Manchester's Castlefield Basin
- Views from the Bridgewater Canal
- Cruising on the Bridgewater to my Ancestral Home
- Moorings at Lymm
- Surprised by the Bridgewater Canal
- Epiphany in Wonderland
- What does the Runcorn Arm look like?
- Cruising to the ends of the Earth?
- Crooked Tunnels on the Trent and Mersey
- Barnton Tunnelling or Over the Top
- Contrasts between the Weaver and Trent and Mersey
- Heads of Navigation - do we count tails too?
- Winding is fun, as is Weston Marsh Lock
- Yummy cake and cheese after a long walk
- Where are the Frodsham Moorings?
- Our night in hell, or was it?
- A mooring from hell
- Gathering clouds over the glorious Weaver
- The Three Wiches
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April
(42)
- Train Spotting
- Confined to the boat
- Lying on the bed talking to the attractive nurse
- Diverted off the River Weaver
- Spat at in Hunt's Lock
- We are Townies tonight!
- Parting is such sweet sorrow
- Who needs a Zoo?
- Waterways Restoration
- A Virtual Anderton Lift
- Idiosyncrasies of locks
- Down along and then up along
- Who needs words on a day like this?
- The way to Hell's Kitchen
- Has Christmas come early?
- Vanishing supermarkets in Middlewich
- Early birds or should I say dogs?
- NABO for all
- A Casualty
- Incidents and Encounters
- An even happier note
- Speed debating
- It is all a lie!
- A Boatwoman's job is never done!
- More locks - Oh no ........
- How not to do a lock staircase - not us "guv"
- An Impostor
- Rows fit for Millionaires!
- Avoiding boats on our way to Chester
- Moving to Chester, but why is it Good Friday?
- Down South to go North and Fly Boat Saturn passes by
- Boat Museum at Ellesmere and Manchester Ship Canal v the Shroppie
- From an ancient city to historic boats via the Northgate Shuffle
- Photogenic Chester
- There are always lessons to be learned
- Working locks, working boats and work in progress
- A broken foot on the way to Chester?
- A choice of routes off the Shroppie
- Tomorrow is another day?
- Still at Nantwich, but not by choice!
- Calling all our Blog readers
- We prefer the great outdoors - Hack Green to Nantwich
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March
(40)
- A "Shroppie" Village - really lovely
- A really good evenings entertainment
- Explanations and a "Shroppie" open secret
- Audlem flight in record time?
- Adderley lock flight in the sunshine
- A real "Shroppie" Town
- Food, food and gingerbread
- Mooring in Market Drayton, don't forget the gingerbread!
- Woodseaves and Tyrley locks to Market Drayton
- New Canal for Liverpool - Creative accounting versus Simple Maths
- Iconic Shroppie sights on the way to Goldstone Wharf
- Cruising to Norbury Junction - what junction?
- Windy on the way to Wheaton Aston
- Brewood - worth exploring
- The Shroppie Style
- The straight and narrow to Brewood
- Summit on the Staffs and Worcs
- A porthole view
- Gailey, history, sights and hire boats
- The old and the new - together
- Locks - like Clapham Junction in the rush hour!
- Evening Ducks - Epiphany on parade
- Reflections on Tixall Wide
- Our garden on Tixall Wide
- Memories of the Trent and Mersey Canal
- Talking favourite moorings
- Shanks facilities
- A new canal - the Trent and Mersey
- Not good news - two days without internet!
- Ooops, lost again!
- Watch out for shells and strawberries - onward from Hopwas
- Sainthood for some
- Hopwas, food and theatre
- Can you get lost on a canal?
- Tamworth - is it all suburbia?
- Atherstone, locks for a change!
- Weathering the weather on the Coventry Canal
- The Ashby Canal - Bosworth to the Coventry Canal
- The Ashby Canal - Shackerstone to Snarestone and back to Bosworth
- The Ashby Canal - Stoke Golding to Shackerstone
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February
(29)
- Ashby Canal and hire boats
- Home Sweet Home on the Ashby Canal
- We return to the Ashby Canal
- The Ashby Canal - Trinity Marina
- The Ashby Canal - Hinkley
- The Ashby Giants
- The Ashby Canal - Scenic and tranquil
- The Ashby welcome
- Permanent moorings on the Coventry Canal?
- Once upon a time
- Do you use cash?
- The back story
- You can talk to us now!
- Good Evenings
- The boom was not working
- What a bombshell
- Amused or bemused?
- Base is now a Basin
- Snow makes Family Trees grow
- bridge 11a?
- Sent to Coventry
- Hawkesbury Junction in pictures
- Post office services
- Newbold to Hawkesbury Junction - Again!
- Gosty Hill, fuel and a dog
- More "old" friends
- OK, I succumb!
- A stay-put day
- British Waterways - Comic Relief?
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January
(28)
- Newbold on Avon from Rugby on the North Oxford canal
- New lights and old friends
- A tour of Rugby and an introduction to some of its past inhabitants
- Hillmorton Locks on the North Oxford canal
- The picturesque journey to Rugby, under lots of bridges
- Barby to Rugby on the North Oxford Canal
- Our first impressions of the North Oxford Canal
- Goodbye Braunston, Hello North Oxford Canal
- Boats, dogs and cats
- If you value your privacy and identity read this
- Braunston is FTB
- Napton and onwards towards Braunston
- I may be a little distracted, but...
- Brindley or Telford?
- Blown along the South Oxford
- Jazz at Cropredy
- Sunny Cropredy
- Health and Rescue
- New decoration on our boat
- One and All
- At last we exchange town for countryside
- Will we ever see the like again?
- Four days gossip
- Afloat again - just!
- Roll on tomorrow!
- Not iced-in, just high and dry
- Bye Bye Epiphany - she is in good hands!
- From Cropredy to Banbury with Crew
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December
(23)
- New Year Greetings to One and All
- Fuel and Ice
- Back on board Epiphany
- 'Tis Boxing Day
- Festivities for all from Epiphany
- Not really a journey
- Home is where your boat is
- A bendy muddy canal - Napton to Claydon
- Rogue boats left in the way in Napton locks
- THE Canal Centre, but now back on the narrow road
- Buckby locks on the Grand Union Canal
- The Grand Union Canal at its best!
- Leaving Stoke Bruerne, fun in tunnel - not
- THE Canal Village
- Our own icebreaker
- What is that law?
- Like watching paint dry
- What a wonderful world, we love winter!
- The clue is in the picture
- We join the Club and I feel a fraud
- Held up today, running repairs!
- I c, I c, I c, but sunny too!
- Goodbye Harefield, Hello cruising again!
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November
(21)
- Eureka!
- A surprise visitor
- Phew, what a day!
- Onto the Grand Union Main Line again
- A Helping Hand
- I lied on Saturday!
- We are off tomorrow, WP
- More about Paddington, Little Venice and an excursion
- Paddington advantages
- Christmas lights and markets
- Paddington Basin - our first impressions
- A quick snapshot of our journey today
- Bulls Junction and beyond, Grand Union
- Wussie dry weather sailors
- Another short trip
- Croxley Green to Harefield on the Grand Union Canal
- Autumn colours and parkland on the Grand Union
- "Demoted" from Kings to Abbots on the Grand Union
- "New" Pub and newish marina on the Grand Union
- A "locky" day!
- Will he, won't he, gain the "Grand Prix"?
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October
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- Happy Birthday Epiphany, Cowroast to Berkhamsted
- We explore the Wendover Arm
- Back on the Grand Union Main Line
- Herons 2 Canada Geese 2 many
- Aylesbury Duck 0, Aylesbury Arm 9
- We meet a film star on our way from Grove to Marsworth
- Jam 'Ole photos. Following the meandering Grand Union canal
- Wind, sun, Jam 'Ole boats and locks on the Grand Union
- Cosgrove to Milton Keynes in the wind
- Stoke Bruerne, Northampton and then moving on to Cosgrove
- Nether Heyford to Stoke Bruerne
- Bloggers bow to bow on the Grand Union
- Travelling to Weedon on the Grand Union Canal
- Bridge Hopping on the Grand Union, via Buckby Flight
- Leaving Braunston towards Norton Junction
- Who lights your (solid fuel) fire?
- Braunston, the boat Mecca?
- Napton towards Braunston - but we stopped short!
- Wormleighton to Napton on the Oxford Canal - the bendy bit!l
- Cropredy to Wormleighton, Oxford Canal
- Leaving Cropredy
- The Oxford Canal, weather with a wow factor
- Cropredy near Banbury, canal, train and music
- Banbury to Cropredy, NOW with Photos - by boat this time
- "Where progress is measured in pints"
- Epiphany arrives in Banbury
- Shipton on Cherwell to Mill Lift bridge, Lower Heyford in pictures
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September
(25)
- My Gipsy Blood? Continuing up the Oxford Canal
- Oxford Canal - Yarnton to Shipton
- The Oxford Canal, Epiphany's Firsts
- Books, books and more books in the Bodleian
- Exploring more of Oxford from Jericho
- Oxford out and about with friends
- At last, off the River Thames!
- Yesterdays Photos - downstream and upstream to Days lock
- We are on the move again - Reading to Dorchester (Day's lock)
- Reading, River and Reports
- Oxford, not by river, nor by canal
- A welcome visitor in Reading
- How to enjoy an enforced stay!
- Reading Heritage Open Days
- The sun welcomes me back
- Reading rain in Reading
- Theale to Reading in good company
- Theale, Church and R & R
- More River Kennet travels, Nearing the end of the Kennet and Avon
- Showers on the River Kennet
- Thatcham in the rain
- Running the Kennet- sticking swing bridges, ship-jumping chimneys, sunshine, showers and all
- Newbury for the day
- One boat's length .......
- Apologies Readers, however we continue, Hungerford to Kintbury
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August
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- Great Bedwyn to Hungerford
- Crofton to Great Bedwyn
- The Journey really begins - Pewsey to Crofton
- Our Canal Journey Begins
- Pewsey, a pleasant walk
- New - More about Us!
- Saturday work and play
- Preparations for off!
- Musing on the Information Highway
- Nostalgic Goodbyes
- Crofton to All Cannings
- On the move for the weekend
- Rainy Days Muse
- Fairport Convention at Cropredy
- Cropredy Festival
- The Thames continued
- Off the Kennet and Avon for a few days
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