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| Aogust
21st: If
you're going to the National this weekend, the boats
are moored just above Bridge 2 on the Shroppie.
All members more than welcome! |
| August
17th: the boats finally arrived at the IWA
National Site, Autherley Junction, around 6pm
tonight, after trials & tribulations with log-jammed
gates! |
August
16th: the
boats are at: Bromford Junction -
the junction of Spon Lane Locks Branch
with the BCN Main Line.
THE
NARROW BOAT TRUST MEMBERS GRAND DAY OUT 2008
will be held at Titford Pumphouse,
Engine Street, Oldbury, Staffs B69 4NL from
10am to 5pm, Saturday 6th September.
Nuneaton & Brighton will be
there, We will be showing off our new
exhibition panels, plus our new
exhibition stall, videos
& sldeshows from the NBT
Archives and generally putting the
world to rights. There will also be a 'Ropes
& Knots' course from Nick
Wolfe, and much more!
More info from Chair, Graham Scothern
on: 07860 659487.
(Right: Another of Roger Hutchinson's
excellent peices of art work - Click on
image for more detail.)
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| August
15th: the
boats are at: below Knowle Bottom
Lock, so at least Alan will get a
pint or two tonight! |
August
14th: the
boats are at: The Blue Lias, Stockton.
Help came from Vickie Morgan. |
August
13th: the boats are at the bottom
of Claydon Locks. Pete has bought
a proper 100' bow-hauling line - about time we had
one again!
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| August
12th: the boats are at tonight: above Somerton
Deep Lock, between Bridge 192 & 193. Pete
Cluttercuck has sorted a new starter motor, after problems
in Thames locks, where some require you to stop your
engine. |
| August
11th: the boats are at tonight: Drinkwater's
Lift Bridge No 231, just after Dukes
Lock. Crew are Pete & Gill Clutterbuck,
Mark & Robin Burt and Alan Cummins. |
August
8th: the boats are: delivering in
the Henley area this weekend - HELP
NEEDED! contact Roger
Morgan They then set off for
this year's National at Autherley
Junction, captained by Pete Clutterbuck.
We have more photos up (at last!) in the 2008
photo gallery HERE. |
| July
24th:
the boats are at: Brentford,
ready for the tide tomorrow. Help on lock-wheeling
came from NBT 'old faithfulls', John Bull &
David Junkinson. |
| July
23rd: the boats are at: Rickmansworth,
crewed by Nick Wolfe, Barry Adams and
Alan Cummins. New member Michael Askin
joined the crew for a day. |
| July
22nd: the boats are at: the bottom
of Marsworth at 9.30pm, after a 16
hour day! At least they had a pint at the Red
Lion, where Barry Adams joined the
crew. |
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July
20th: the boats are at: the bottom
of the Stoke Bruerne flight, having
been moved from above Braunston Top Lock by
Nick Wolfe, Vickie Morgan, Dave Davies & Steve
Smith on Saturday. Another 70 bags were
transhipped from Towcester
at Stoke Bruerne and we 'oiled-up'
from Mike Partridge's Jubilee.
(left:
a loaded Nuneaton & Brighton
enter Buckby Top Lock on Saturday
19th July. Pic: Dave Davies) |
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have two more of King Learie's short films, 'Don't
Bang 'em About' HERE
and 'Tom in Reverse' HERE |
July
18th: loaded 34 tons of coal yesterday, transhipping
34 tons from John Jackson's Roach
& butty Gosport. Loaders
were Graham Scothern, Steve Morgan, Dave Davies,
with help from Vickie Morgan & Teri Wyncoll.
The boats are at: Braunston Top Lock and
due at Stoke Bruerne Saturday evening
to pick another 1 1/2 tons up from Mike Partridge's
Jubilee/Towcester.
(Right: see the difference between a pair of loaded
Joshers and an empty Large
Woolwich! Pic: Dave Davies.) |
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('King
Learie')
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July
11th: Website updates at last! - Well,
I have been away boating a lot this month...Anyhow,
we have a trip report from Roger Hutchinson of
the trip from Tring to the Leicester
Riverside Festival, Foxton
Festival and Braunston Historic Boat
Show HERE.
We also have a short 'impressionistic' video film,
shot in June by NBT mystery member,'King
Learie' - 'Summit Reverie' HERE
and there's more to come!.
The
boats are due to tranship 30 plus tons of coal from
John Jackson for the Summer Coal Run at Braunston
next Thursday 17th July.
Help, as always, welcomed!
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June
30th: A
fantastic weekend at Braunston, with
NBT members, Graham Scothern,
Teri Wyncoll, Tom Stewart stewarding the event
on both days, with help from Vicki Morgan &
Mark Burt. Their efforts were rewarded with the
presentation of a cheque for £200 from David
Suchet (best known for his role as Hercule
Poirot)
(Right:
David Suchet and Braunston Marina's Tim Coughlan present
NBT with a cheque for £200.
Pic ?.) |
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June
23rd: the boats are at: Braunston,
for this weekend's Historic Boat Show, travelling
from Foxton last weekend in hurricane
conditions crewed by Dave Davies, Roger Hutchinson
& Steve Smith.
There's
over 60 historic boats expected, plus the celebrations
for the 50th anniversary of the launching of wooden
butty Raymond (probably
the last commercial wooden boat launched in Western
Europe) and NBT member Sheena
Bourn's butty Angel
being legged through the tunnel and being horse-drawn.
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 (The
pair moored outside The Bridge 61 pub, Foxton,
Wednesday 4TH June. Pic: Dave Davies.)
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June
10th: the
boats are at: Foxton, having
been taken fron the Wendover Arm
to the Leicester Riverside Festival
by Dave Davies, Roger Hutchinson, Steve Smith,
Barry Adams,Teri Wyncoll with the odd day from Alan
Cummins & Rich Davies. Literarally hundreds
visited the boats on one of the hottest days of the
year.
Other historic boats expected at this weekend's Foxton
Festival on Sat & Sun 14th & 15th
June include President & Kildare
and Scorpio & Mallus.
The
event celebrates the completion of the first phase
of the Inclined Plane restoration.
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May
27th: just back from the Wendover
Arm Trust Festival at Tring,
having had a good time despite the Sunday & Monday
monsoon/hurricane weather combo!
Members attending were Teri Wyncoll & Dave Davies,
Alan Cummins, Chairman Grahan Scothern
and Nick Wolfe with Aldegate.
Former members Jason McCabe & Carleen
Carter were there with Callisto &
Olive while other historic boats included
Ara & Archamaedes, Bristol & Argo,
Lupin, Canis and Gemini. |
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| May
19th: the boats are at: Fishery
Lock, having been taken from Rickmansworth
this morning, breasted up-by Andy Belton and
Alan Cummins. |
| May
18th: A Message from NBT Chairman Graham Scothern:
to everyone who has offered sympathy, support &
condolensces on the recent passing of his mother,
"Many thanks for your kindness &
support" |
May
16th: Dont forget the boats are at:
Rickmansworth, for the Waterside
Festival this weekend. It's a good do, with
plenty of historic boats, stalls, bands, beer, and educational
stuff from the Rickmansworth Waterside Trust,
including for the first time in 40 years, wooden Barlows
boats, motor Roger & butty
Raymond reunited. The boats
are legendary, as the pair operated on the Jam
'Ole Run by Rose & Arthur
Bray and Ernie Kendal, until
the late 60's, when Nutfield
took over from a knackered Roger, the
traffic finally finishing at the end of 1970.
I believe that Raymond is
now painted in Blue Line livery,
while Roger is in Harvey-Taylor's. |
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May
7th: just back from a very enjoyable Canal
Cavalcade - members attending were Gill
& Pete Clutterbuck, Teri Wyncoll & Dave
Davies, Andy Belton, Alan Cummins, John Fevyer,
Tim Stevens
and new member Mark ?
Sunday & Monday saw Jo & Keith from the
replica NB Hadar, dressed in 'traditional'
costume in Brighton's hatches. This really attracted
attention from the thronged towpath. They have also
written up their experiences with us on their 'Blog'
(web diary) check it out HERE.
Historic boats included Baldock, Gemini,
Fulbourne, Lupin & Olive, Clover,
Nuneaton & Brighton.
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| (Above
left: Jo & Keith in traditional dress, Little
Venice Canal Cavalcade, Sunday 4th May. Pic:
Dave Davies.) |
| April
27th: the boats are at: Little
Venice, having been moved this weekend by Gill
& Pete Clutterbuck and Roger Rowe. Roger
has sent me a couple of videos - try downloading
Pete taking up the cross-straps coming out
of Cowley Lock HERE
and making the turn at Bull's Bridge
HERE.
Any problems downloading, let me know. |
April
23rd: the boats are on the move
at last, with Gill & Pete Clutterbuck
and Roger Rowe moving them from Stoke
Bruerne to Kings Langley
last weekend. They are carrying on this weekend
to get the pair to Little Venice
for the Canal Cavalcade, 3rd-5th
May. See Events
for more details.
We have now started the 2008 Photo Gallery, which
you can find HERE.
This means of course that the 2007 Photo Gallery
is finally finished - you can access it HERE.
Don't forget that all the Photo Galleries,
Trip Reports, Book Reviews and Articles
can be found in the
Appendices section.
(Right:
a welcoming back cabin, April 2008 - photo:Roger
Hutchinson.)
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"So,
you're a Bargee are you? - Where's
Snarestone Tunnel?!!!"
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April
7th: Saturday at Stoke Bruerne featured
a First Aid Course in the Museum
classroom with NBT members Nick
Wolfe, Roger Rowe, Teri Wyncoll and brand new
members Jim & Lin Rose, who had a season
running Union Canal Carriers Camping
Boats back in the '70's. Meanwhile Roger
Hutchinson refitted Brighton's
newly clean & shiny hanging plates, while Dave
Davies scrubbed cabin sides, brasses, & attempted
to reduce the stink from the fridge! (yes, the door
had been left shut....again!) |
March
28th: Back from a very enjoyable week at
Stoke Bruerne, despite the disapointment
of the cancellation of the trip to Ellesmere
Port. Monday lunchtime saw a call from Manchester
NBT member, Steve Corbett, to
say it was unlikely that Buckby locks
would be clear until Wednesday lunchtime. We had already
decided that Tuesday morning was our deadline, so
the trip was off! I ended up having a week living
on Nuneaton, pottering away,
keeping going & cooking on the range, sorting
water and visiting 'The Boat'.
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Monday morning snow.
Pic: Vickie Morgan.) |
There
were some excellent events staged by the HNBOC,
including some rare & unique films of working
boats, a presentation on the continuing restoration
of wooden BCN tug, James Loader, music sessions,
a really excellent waterways quiz and CBOA
and Swallow's David Lowe's really
entertaining organ recital in the Church on Monday
morning. Visiting and attending members were Nick
Wolfe & Sheena Bourn on Aldegate &
Angel, Tom Stewart, Andy Belton, Alan Cummins, Roger
Rowe, Vickie & Tim Morgan and, of course,
David Blagrove. |
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Boats
that attended included: Nuneaton & Brighton,
Swallow, Skylark, Elizabeth, Gorse, George, Pelican,
Dodna, Gerald, Denebola, Warbler, Owl & Hampton,
Manchuria, Adrastea, Dolphin, Cyprus, Thea, Clover
& Fazeley, Elder, Sentinel, Bream, Sculptor,
Towcester, Jubilee, Aldgate & Angel
(left:the
breasted pair leaving Stoke Bruerne,
below the top lock. Pic: Teri Wyncoll.)
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| March
15th: Right,
the latest plan is for Dave Davies to take
Nuneaton to the bottom of Buckby Locks
in the hope the stoppage will be clear in time
to get to Ellesmere Port for at least
some of the Easter Gathering. Brighton will
remain at Stoke Bruerne for the Easter
Gathering there. If the stoppage at Buckby
is not clear in time, Nuneaton will return
to rejoin Brighton. For updates next week,
see the Yahoo site. |
| March
4th: Spoke
to a lovely chap, Chris Stanley who is Engineering
Communications Officer, for the region, who took the
time out to ring me back and explain the situation:
the problem is having to get the split
anchor block forged - the quote is 16
days, but it could be less....but then you have to fit
it - does it fit? then concrete has to set and pounds
be rewatered etc etc etc - I'll know more next week
- Watch this space! |
| March
2nd: is this a wind up, or what!!??? Can you
understand the Waterscape website?
I hope I am correct in thinking the Buckby Flight
stoppage had been cancelled, but don't want to raise
my hopes see HERE
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| February
28th: Bad
News! - due to an extended stoppage at Buckby
locks (originally till Feb 7th, now Feb 20th)
we will not be taking Nuneaton up to Ellesmere
Port for the Easter Gathering. Both boats will
now be at the HNBOC Eater Gathering
at Stoke Bruerne. BW say "The
cause of the extension to this planned stoppage is a
split anchor block (part of the lock gate securing device)."
Apparantly it takes 18 days to forge a new one
and no 'windows' in the stoppage are planned.
Well done BW, just before Easter too! |
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February
25th: the
pre-council meeting workparty at Stoke Bruerne
on Saturday was attended by Graham Scothern,
Roger Hutchinson, Mark Collins, Gill & Pete Clutterbuck,
Vicky Morgan & Nick Wolfe.
Various odd jobs were achieved, including fitting
a new horn to Nuneaton, greasing the prop shaft, repairing
the electricity isolator switch, cleaning the ranges,
removing lace plates & lacework for cleaning and
Nuneatons cushions for replacement.
(left: Gill & Pete chat to Nick while Dave
pumps-out Nuneaton's hold. pic: Roger Hutchinson.) |
| February
21st: updates to the site include the story
of Joe Hollingshead HERE
more updates on the 2007 Gallery HERE
and corrections to dates on the 2008 boating program
HERE. |
February
13th : A belated Happy New Year
to all members & vistors! The website
has been offline since late December, due to our web
host going
out of business - we have been unable to contact them
but now have a new ISP - Internet Service Provider,
and will be at www.narrowboattrust.org.uk
at least for the time being.
We
have a rough projected 2008 boating program - HERE
and some lovely photos from new member, Colin
Edmundson, of the boats at Brentford
last summer and the Autumn Coal Run - check out the
2007
Photo Gallery
We'd also like to welcome new members Steve Smith,
Alan Cummins and more whose names I need to check!
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Right:
a misty autumn morning scene on the River Thames.
(photo by Colin Edmondson)
There
will be more of Colin's splendid pics on the 2007
photo gallery shortly. |
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The
boats are currently at: Stoke Bruerne for
winter maintenance. Members are more than welcome
to attend workparties this weekend 16th/17th February,
next weekend 23rd/24th February, Ist/2nd March and
8th/9th March. It's best to contact Graham Scothern
or Nick Wolfe to let them know whose coming. |
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