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Just out side Shardlow, walking towards the river
Trent. Looking at what was once a Warf area. |
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Looking at a new flood lock, to protect the area from the River Trent. |
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Sue and Ivis are having a meaningful discussion about hats! With Richard and Henry behind. |
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Trent and Mersey Canal |
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Looking down the last part of the canal, before it reaches the last lock and then the river Trent. |
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Trent and Mersey Canal |
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Entrance to "Chapel Farm Marina" |
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Trent and Mersey Canal |
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Richard leads the way down to the last bridge before the river Trent. |
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Richard still leading on. It was a very bright day. |
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Bridge 1 - Sue leads people out from under the bridge after a discussion about how far are we going . . . |
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Richard checking we have not lost anybody, and Ivis and Henry bring up the rear. The hats are to keep of the sun, not normal. |
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What was interesting about this boat was the shape of it bow, looks like the
front of a old warship? |
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Trent and Mersey Canal |
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The last lock, seemed to be a
queue of boats waiting to come up. |
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Trent and Mersey Canal |
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Second boat entered
the lock - still some more waiting there turn. |
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Trent and Mersey Canal |
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Some more waiting there turn. |
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River Trent |
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Standing on the last part of the
Trent and Mersey canal, looking down the Trent towards Nottingham. Up to recently, there use to be a footbridge crossing the Trent here, but it is no more. Which meant we had to walk back the way we came. |
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On the way back up to Shardlow, the boat "Imagine", was having problems keeping a steady course in the very gusty wind. |
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Wide angle view
watching the boat "Imagine" follow another boat towards Shardlow. |
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Shardlow |
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In the village, looking at one of the pubs, with what was once a large whare house. |
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Shardlow |
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Looking down the canal, through the village, boat for sale on the right. |
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Shardlow |
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Boat for sale, interesting conversion of a whare house to residential use. |
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Shardlow |
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Lovely little bungalow, with moorings. |
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Shardlow |
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Looking back, with Henry bringing up the rest. You can see a prow of a hire boat moored out side the pub. |
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Shardlow |
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Looking at the boating centre of the villagewith "Dobson" boat yard, plus other boating related places, chandlery, boat sales etc. |
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Shardlow |
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Another shot arcross the canal at the moored boats. |
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Shardlow |
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Another look across the canal, to the old whare houses. |
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Shardlow |
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We have now passed under the main road through the village, and looking at the "Clock" whare house. |
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Shardlow |
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Looking up to the next locks. |
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Shardlow |
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Looking aross the canal at "Josh" and "Jacob" and the canal heritage museum. |
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Shardlow |
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Picture of my brother Richard |
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Shardlow |
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Narrow boat Josh, with the museum behind, taken from the cafe, based in what used to be the Salt whare house. |
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Shardlow |
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Narrow boat Jacob |
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Shardlow |
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Trying to look over the top of Josh at the Saltware house, where the cafe is, What looks like the white house. |
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Shardlow |
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Henry waiting for every body to out of the Heritage Centre |
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Shardlow |
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We now have Sue and Henry . . . |
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