Monday, September 04, 2006

ANDERTON BOAT LIFT

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The Anderton Boat lift gives access to the River Weaver 50` below the Trent & Mersey canal. It was built in 1875 and still works much th...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

HARECASTLE TUNNEL

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Some 4 miles along the Trent & Mersey from the jct. with the Caldon canal you come to Harecastle Tunnel. This tunnel is almost 2 miles l...
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Saturday, August 26, 2006

BEFORE WE LEAVE

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Just as i make my way back onto the trent & Mersey to carry on my journey North West to Anderton i will leave you with some of the views...
Friday, August 25, 2006

CHURNET VALLEY

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The Caldon canal a branch of the Trent & Merseywas opened in 1779 to transport limestone from the quarries Froghall. The canal was owned...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

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Up here on the Leek arm of the Caldon canal British Waterways have erected signs warning of Blue/Green Algae. The algae naturally occurs in ...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

CALDON CANAL

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On a field at the side of the canal jct, the members of the North Staffordshire Victorian Military History & Research Society had set u...
Tuesday, August 08, 2006

SHUGBOROUGH

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Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire is just south of the Great Haywood Jct, where the Staffordshire & Worcestershire canal joins the Trent...
Tuesday, August 01, 2006

HOT AIR SAILING

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This is the 5th ballon in the past 7 days. Remote controlled, no motor just the very slight breeze.
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Friday, July 28, 2006

ALREWAS or OLREWUS

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Alrewas village was a nice o`night stop on the way back from Burton upon Trent. It was mentioned in the Domesday book and the village has ma...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

BURTON ON TRENT

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At Fradley Jct. coming off the coventry a left onto the Trent & Mersey was intended to meet up with family for a w`end in mid August, b...
Monday, July 24, 2006

FRADLEY Jct.

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This is the Brit. Waterways office at Fradley Jct. In days gone by it was a toll hse, carpenters workshop, a forge and stables. Now it serv...
Friday, July 21, 2006

TO BLOG OR TO HOT TO BLOG

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Phew! it sure has been hot lately. In fact to be honest i have been so hot i just could not find the energy to blog. I do like the beautiful...
Wednesday, July 12, 2006

STOP ME AND BUY SOME

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Sitting under my sunshade after returning from a walk across the fields to the town of Bedworth i looked up and saw one of the many old wor...
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Sunday, July 09, 2006

HAWKESBURY JUNCTION

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Standing on a bridge with the Oxford canal coming through the stop lock into the basin. A boat is coming under the bridge from the Coventr...
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

INSIDE THE BOAT

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Just sitting checking my e-mails and have one saying can i blog a picture of the boat interior. As i had a similar request sometime ago and...
Tuesday, July 04, 2006

W`END HOME

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Well folks these are the 2 main reasons i popped back south for on the top TEO age 12 days and on the bottom KEIRA 1 month. I did pop back s...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

ASHBY CANAL

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Back in time, the tearoom on the inside Tea shop Market Bosworth End of navigation Shackerstone railway stn. "VALERIE" moored...
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