Carole Sampson’s First Mate Guides, are a set of books with details about things local to the canals, If you wanted to know how to contact a doctor, dentist, vet or chemist, or if you want to know where you can find a bank, post office, telephone or laundrette then […]
River Thames
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The Canals of England typography project is a project by Olly Sorsby, he describes it thus: The notion behind this project was reinvention. To design a logo for every canal in England, by taking influence from their past, to create something new. In terms of celebrating the heritage of the […]
Vessel name: The Green Man Vessel type: Narrowboat Make: Floating Homes Model: 57 Cruiser Stern Year constructed: 2004 Year refitted: 2004 No. of engines: 1 Engine model: Barrus Shire Fuel type: Diesel Drive type: Shaft drive Length over all: 57′ Beam: 6′ 11″ Hull material: Steel Price: £35,000 Shell built […]
Swindon Borough Council, have been writing consultations again, The Swindon Advertiser reported “Residents want canal back in town centre masterplan” [link]. THE GRAND plan for an overhaul of Swindon town centre could be set to get its own makeover – after consulted residents said they wanted the idea of a […]
Following on from my previous two posts; this one is based on my 365s location, b0atg1rl and I were standing in Lechlade. Lechlade is just downstream from the junction between the River Themes (River Isis), River Coln, and the Thames and Severn Canal. Again its under the control of the […]
UPDATE! nbArianrhod is also listed on SoYouWannaBuyABoat.com. Tomorrow (Thursday 23rd), b0atg1rl and I will be down at her, as we have a couple of viewings, If you want to have a look, or want further details, please contact her. ‘nbArianrhod’ is a 40ft Springer, built by Springer Engineering, of Market […]
Today I am Pirating with a number of #BoatsThatTweet in Oxford, @Galoot (Cat Who Laughed) and @Gbilder of @nb_coqui, and @OdyAuto of @workboatpug on the http://twtvite.com/OWCTGT Here are some fun photos from the trip up so far 🙂 Lunch at the Isis Farmhouse at Iffly Lock After getting back on WorkBoat […]
[photonav url=’http://camcrew.co.uk/uploads/2011-07-02_SOT.jpg’] A while ago Loupie and I went to Trewsbury Mead to look for the source of the Thames; Thames Head There’s a little cup in the Cotswold HillsWhich a spring in a meadow bubbles and fillsSpanned by a heron’s wing, crossed by a strideCalm and untroubled by dreams […]
Another map of the Canals in and around London, this one comes from British Waterways, via WaterScape.
Themes21 are an environmental charity working with London communities to bring London’s waterways to life. They plan to clean up waterside grot-spots, remove graffiti and create new habitats for wildlife and aim to transform neglected and littered waterways into areas that everyone can use and enjoy. As one of the projects they […]
Google Earth Canal Maps GECM (Google Earth Canal Maps) is an on-going attempt to maps all the canals of the UK on Google Earths/Google Maps, including all the derelict ans in-filled ones. its a cool cartography project.
Found this via this page; Its a cool hand drawn map of the part of the Thames I most recently walked; speaking about that; I still need to poke those photos onto my blog
Amy of nb Lucky Duck found this map on the Internet; It is a nice visual representation of the waterways in London, in the style of Harry Beck’s London Underground Map.
One of those interesting PDF’s you pick up while moving around is the 2000 issue of the Railway Junction Diagrams book. This is one of those documents that most people who use the tube every day will never have thought about; like the Quail Diagram Books for the National Rail […]
This was a very short walk; Loupie, JD, Donna and I were up in the City of London, and did the short bit of the Thames path out the front of Custom House. According to Christopher Winn’s “I Never Knew That About the River Themes”. The first Custom House was […]
Due to wanting to live on a Narrow Boat; Over the past few years I have been following a fair few blogs; as well as talking to Andrew, and Anik. The Blogs I have been following are: Andrew Denny (Twitter) of NB Granny Buttons (Twitter) – Been following this blog […]
Abingdon is a charming riverside town with many fine buildings including the majestic County Hall in the market place. This was built when Abingdon was Berkshire’s County Town . The town was once dominated by the Abbey, then the most powerful church land owner in Berkshire. The town centre’s narrow […]
I managed it, After last nights aborted attempt to walk from Culham, to Clifton Hampden, I completed the first documented part of my Task 8. Culham is an example of a shrunken village. The manor house and church are meagre remains of a medieval settlement. The medieval village lay to […]
Last night I attempted to walk the above course, its about 6.6 miles all in with about 3.5 of that being Thames Path, however with the weather closing in I stopped the walk just before the Appleford Railway Bridge, however tonight I hope to have another go, and post some […]