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Just an evening walk.
#Photography #Green #NaturePhotography #UK #Canals #UKCanals #Narrowboats
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Just an evening walk.
#Photography #Green #NaturePhotography #UK #Canals #UKCanals #Narrowboats
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3 satellite QSOs via the International Space Station
Satellite hunting on Regent's Canal, with a nice coffee while reading my book. Another successful day hunting satellites today. This time I managed 3 QSOs via the International Space Station, ISS. Thanks to MM9SQL (Peter, the developer of Cloudlog), G0BIH, and PD1B. Thanks all, 73s.https://www.runningwithbulls.com/2026/04/3-satellite-qsos-via-the-international-space-station/
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Join us tonight as we reflect on that often under-appreciated companion to the canals, the humble towpath. We uncover its vital importance in the past and how in, recent years, its relationship with the canal has been changing. We also meet up again with E. Temple Thurston and the good captain Eynsham Harry as the meet a figure of the forgotten past.
#podcast #ukcanals #narrowboats #boatlife #lifeafloat #history
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Spring is our rooftop "garden"
📷 #FujiFilm #X-T5
🔭XF70-300mm / XF18-135#Photography #Nature #Pokemon #MorningVibes #Crocus #BloomScrolling #Narrowboats
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@mlanger
Yes, propane! Most #narrowboats have #propane #cookers. It can also be used for #heating. Alde is probably the leading brand for producing #propane boilers for boats that will run radiators as a #domestic #boiler will.#Diesel #heaters are also popular. Eberspacher and Webasto being the main brands though many fit very competitively priced Chinese units, but I read somewhere that they are not approved for marine use and should they start a fire insurance would be invalid.
A few #liveaboard boaters have larger Aga or Rayburn oil or solid fuel fired cookers that will also drive radiators
I referred to #cooker rather than #stove deliberately. Almost all privately owned narrow boats have small traditional style #solidfuel
(wood/coal) stoves fitted. On 19th century #boats theses would have been used both for heating and cooking. On modern boats they are usually stand alone heaters in the saloon, but some will be fitted with boilers and drive radiators elsewhere on the boat. -
Newark-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire), July 2025
#photography #ukphotographer #documentingplace #documentingspace #newtopographics #nikonphotography #Newark #narrowboats #marina
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OK, here's a question for #UK #boaters, especially those in #narrowboats: what is the best time of year (preferably "off-season) to take a narrowboat in the canals? I'm interested in doing a trip at least two weeks long and I'm trying to do it when it's not high season. My main concerns are weather. I'm thinking maybe September or October 2026?
Also looking for one or two people willing to share the trip with me.
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I just reviewed Barging In by Emily Banting 📚
#wlw #romance #enemiestolovers #businessrivals #family #friends #relationships #change #selfdiscovery #marriage #Englishcountryside #narrowboats #baking #indieauthors @emilybanting
https://womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/barging-in/
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It's a blustery, moonless night—perfect for some cozy listening. Join us tonight on the Erica as we reminisce about the inconsequential things that bring so much joy and provide such important anchor points to our lives.
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@mlanger
Yes, #narrowboats have tillers. That means that anyone with any experience of boats can steer it with ease. Stand at the back. Push the tiller to the right and the stern moves to the right - and you can see it's going to the right. (Just like the trolleys you get at garden centres with fixed wheels at the front and casters at the back)Compare that with the cruiser you'll hire on the Norfolk Broads. Many of them have a single level cabin, no wheelhouse, no flybridge - there's bridges with 8ft clearance or less to get under. They'll have wheel steering in the saloon in the bows. That's when things get complicated!
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I'm always trying to capture the theme in the week before, this one is from Friday.
Narrowboats shining in the setting sun
#BlueSkyArtShow has the #Shiny theme this Saturday.
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Made it - just!! Managed to record a quick Summer Readings episode. At a time when many of us on the canals are feeling the strain of today’s network, it is good to be reminded of just how far we’ve come — and of the grit and vision of those who fought for the future of our waterways. Tonight we listen to Tom Rolt’s account of his journey up the Stratford (North) and the ‘battle for Bridge Number 1 (Lifford Lane).'
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Devizes Wharf - on the Kennet&Avon Canal.
#photography #Devizes #KennetAndAvon #canal #narrowboats #Wiltshire -
The distant roar of spring is getting louder. Why not settle down beside our warm stove tonight and join us in commerating two lives without whom this podcast would not exist.
#podcast #nature #ukcanals #grief #mentalhealth #loss #hope #spring #Narrowboats #boat #calmlistening
'Cloud Herder (Won't you spin us one last story?'
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@mlanger
If I remember right this video mentions that there are plenty of #Americans that buy #narrowboats and #cruise them for a few months every #summerIt should give you an idea of #cost, and what you get for your money, if nothing else...
https://youtu.be/6V5HMNZtaMw?si=DZrioSZyh1Asw8On -
📍: Bridge 172 Bradford On Avon Bridge
ℹ️: road bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.3413309480334&mlon=-2.25204582126557#map=17/51.3413309480334/-2.25204582126557
📸: Photo by Mark Wordy on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/61798879@N00/20603162704#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #wiltshire #bradfordonavon #ka #canalboat #riveravon #longboats #kennetandavoncanal #narrowboats
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📍: Bridge 118C Shelton Side Bridge
ℹ️: road bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.0257489396333&mlon=-2.19820688063656#map=17/53.0257489396333/-2.19820688063656
📸: Photo by Gene Hunt on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/90384027@N00/14259548864#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #geotagged #staffordshire #etruria #2014 #trentandmerseycanal #narrowboats #panasonicdmctz20 #stokeontrentst1
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📍: Dry Dock Diglis
ℹ️: dry dock
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.1833556032854&mlon=-2.22160849785648#map=17/52.1833556032854/-2.22160849785648
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/6385204971#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #cottage #canals #worcestershire #drydock #worcester #narrowboats #worcesterbirminghamcanal #gradeiilisted #whitewashedbrick #worcesterandbirminghamcanal #lockcottage
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📍: Lock 2 Diglis
ℹ️: lock
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.183182840241&mlon=-2.22156139203473#map=17/52.183182840241/-2.22156139203473
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/6385201505#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #greatbritain #bridge #footbridge #unitedkingdom #cottage #canals #worcestershire #drydock #worcester #narrowboats #worcesterbirminghamcanal #gradeiilisted #whitewashedbrick #worcesterandbirminghamcanal #lockcottage
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📍: Neville Garret Bridge
ℹ️: track bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4611696758551&mlon=-2.15254443093245#map=17/52.4611696758551/-2.15254443093245
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/8705015248#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #barbedwire #dudley #westmidlands #canalst #stourbridge #narrowboats #staffordshireworcestershirecanal #stourbridgecanal #dudleyno1canal #stourbridgetownarm
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A wide stretch of the Grand Union #canal at Stoke Bruerne. Overcast sky. Several #narrowboats can be seen, some preparing to descend the (unseen) flight of locks to the southeast (behind the camera).
Date: 2024-06-04
Location: ///steam.pods.coveted 52°08'32.1"N 0°54'53.3"W 43RP+V3V TowcesterCanon R50 Tamron 18-200mm @ 32mm f/6.3 1/2000s ISO 1600
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📍: Bridge 16, Pond Lane
ℹ️: footbridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.5558060451576&mlon=-0.035838242267959#map=17/51.5558060451576/-0.035838242267959
📸: Photo by marc.barrot on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/73068437@N00/52872301934#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #shotraw #xt4 #trees #foliage #reflections #landscape #narrowboats #navigationchannel #riverlea #e5 #london #hackney #homerton #daubeneyroad #daubeneybridge #dscf0429
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📍: Bridge 16, Pond Lane
ℹ️: footbridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.5558060451576&mlon=-0.035838242267959#map=17/51.5558060451576/-0.035838242267959
📸: Photo by marc.barrot on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/73068437@N00/52872301934#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #shotraw #xt4 #trees #foliage #reflections #landscape #narrowboats #navigationchannel #riverlea #e5 #london #hackney #homerton #daubeneyroad #daubeneybridge #dscf0429
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📍: Cast Iron Roving Bridge, N. I. Arena
ℹ️: track bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4789126686837&mlon=-1.91489191658589#map=17/52.4789126686837/-1.91489191658589
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/53114711642#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #westside #birmingham #westmidlands #unitedkingdom #greatbritain #canals #bcnmainline #birminghamcanalnavigationsmainline #narrowboats #keepcanalsalive #canalrivertrust #nationalsealifebirmingham #oldturnjunction
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📍: Cast Iron Roving Bridge, N. I. Arena
ℹ️: track bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4789126686837&mlon=-1.91489191658589#map=17/52.4789126686837/-1.91489191658589
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/53114711642#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #westside #birmingham #westmidlands #unitedkingdom #greatbritain #canals #bcnmainline #birminghamcanalnavigationsmainline #narrowboats #keepcanalsalive #canalrivertrust #nationalsealifebirmingham #oldturnjunction
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📍: Cast Iron Roving Bridge, N. I. Arena
ℹ️: track bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4789126686837&mlon=-1.91489191658589#map=17/52.4789126686837/-1.91489191658589
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/53114711642#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #westside #birmingham #westmidlands #unitedkingdom #greatbritain #canals #bcnmainline #birminghamcanalnavigationsmainline #narrowboats #keepcanalsalive #canalrivertrust #nationalsealifebirmingham #oldturnjunction
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📍: Cast Iron Roving Bridge, N. I. Arena
ℹ️: track bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4789126686837&mlon=-1.91489191658589#map=17/52.4789126686837/-1.91489191658589
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/53114711642#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #westside #birmingham #westmidlands #unitedkingdom #greatbritain #canals #bcnmainline #birminghamcanalnavigationsmainline #narrowboats #keepcanalsalive #canalrivertrust #nationalsealifebirmingham #oldturnjunction
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A visit back to middle England for me this week. It's nice to see friends and family but I don't enjoy the crowds, costs and stresses, which are somewhat alien to me living in rural Spain. What England does have though is an interesting, beautiful and historical network of canal waterways. A heritage from its industrial past. Here's a couple of shots from a short walk I did today with @khusky
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📍: Bridge 1, Chain Bridge
ℹ️: road bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.7102719309152&mlon=-1.8999577037778#map=17/53.7102719309152/-1.8999577037778
📸: Photo by Tim Green aka atoach on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/93416311@N00/8217516713#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #leicester #northumberland #buckingham #sowerbybridge #westmorland #narrowboats #shirecruisers
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Congratulations to Phil Speight, canal boat painter, on the recent recognition of his work in the form of an MBE.
PS. Look out for this week's bl.ag online post, which has a waterways theme. Get the email by joining the mailing list at https://bl.ag/join.
#canals #narrowboats #barges #FolkArt #folk #art #artist #honours #DecorativeArts
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📍: Bridge 60, Alvechurch-Scarfield Wharf
ℹ️: road bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.3476577998045&mlon=-1.96907578740273#map=17/52.3476577998045/-1.96907578740273
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/24891914345#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #greatbritain #bridge #trees #tree #unitedkingdom #canals #worcestershire #narrowboats #bromsgrove #alvechurch #worcesterbirminghamcanal #worcesterandbirminghamcanal #alvechurchmarina #thedistrictofbromsgrove #scarfieldhill #abcleisuregroupltd #scarfieldwharf
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📍: Bridge 1
ℹ️: track bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.5302350910864&mlon=-0.006748327101491#map=17/51.5302350910864/-0.006748327101491
📸: Photo by marc.barrot on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/73068437@N00/52772430153#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #shotraw #xt4 #landscape #narrowboats #threemillswallriverweir #e3 #london #newham #sugarhouselane #threemillsresidentialmoorings #dscf0350
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📍: Service Crossings (6 N0.)
ℹ️: pipe bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.6644063032503&mlon=-2.61649548062068#map=17/53.6644063032503/-2.61649548062068
📸: Photo by dickinsonjohn02 on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/126293612@N07/51102028185#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #chorley #chorleylancashire #lancashire #blackburnroad #botanybay #leedsliverpoolcanal #boats #narrowboats #healeynab #365 #365project #transport3652021 #transport #transportinfrastructure #day97 #07april #2021
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📍: Bridge 31, St Annes Bridge
ℹ️: road bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.1875717235887&mlon=-2.44353150154199#map=17/53.1875717235887/-2.44353150154199
📸: Photo by Wildlife Terry on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/44510888@N05/32655238557#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #shropshireunioncanal #middlewichbranch #middlewich #winsford #cheshire #cheshirecountryside #towpathwalks #spring #april #2019 #narrowboats #bridges #reflection #wildlifeandnature #amateur #photography #shropshireunion #canalnarrowboat
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📍: Bridge 182, Snaygill Stone Bridge
ℹ️: road bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.9399711668578&mlon=-2.01169704167501#map=17/53.9399711668578/-2.01169704167501
📸: Photo by tubblesnap on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/7317295@N04/50287260226#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #leeds #liverpool #narrowboats #yellow #spot #selective #colour #color
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I figured out this wasn’t the real #Titanic because, like the one in the film, it has smoke coming out of all four funnels, when in real life the fourth one was a fake.
Obviously I wouldn’t have worked it out otherwise.
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Narrow Boat by L.T.C. Rolt - book review. https://psychogeographicreview.com/narrow-boat-by-l-t-c-rolt/
#canals #NarrowBoats #LifesBetterByWater
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New Year seems an appropriate time to finally add an #intro of sorts here. Below is an A-Z of things I spend time with/would like to spend more time with; some in a professional capacity, some in a highly unprofessional one:
#Academia
#Bathrooms
#Chess
#DigitalNomad
#Editing
#ForeignLanguages
#Guitar
#Housesitting
#Irish
#JournalPublishing
#Kayaking
#LaTeX
#Mathematics
#Narrowboats
#Ornithology
#Puzzles
#Quizzes
#Reading
#Strolling
#TableTennis
#Ukulele
#Vim
#Writing
#Xenization
#Youtube
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For those interested in buying a narrowboat, narrowboats in general or the UK canals I've put together a Google map of the narrowboat brokers in the UK. I think it's pretty comprehensive but if I'm missing something I'd be happy to hear of it. https://tinyurl.com/narrowboatBrokers
#narrowboat #narrowboats #marina #canal #inlandWaterways #boat #broker #brokerage -
Hallo all, lovely to be here, feeling a bit slow on the uptake! So slow, it turns out, it's taken me days to realise how to publish publicly 😄 I'm a fan of #stonerrock #bassethounds #RefugeesWelcome #care4calais #narrowboats #cats #charitysector #motorbikes #cycling #frasier #smallbeauties #smallbeautieshour #houseplants #gardening #linocut and much more besides. #Introduction She/her
