Narrowboat Images

Braunston 2010 (2)

Colin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:44:42 +0000

Historic Working Narrowboat at Braunston 2010

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Braunston 2010

Colin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:31:21 +0000

Chertsey navigates back to its mooring spot after the parade.

The lookout!!. Aboard horse drawn narrowboat Angel.

Ol’Smokey

Narrowboat, Cottage, Locks

Boat Dog – This image featured 28th June 2010 by the European Everyday Life group at redbubble.com.
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Boat Dogs

Narrowboat Albert

Colin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:34:00 +0000

Narrowboat Albert spotted whilst walking along the towpath. Location near Bugbrooke on the Grand Union Canal. This section of towpath must be one of the worst I have come across for dog poop. It was a case of eyes down and look out, else that nasty squidgy sensation be felt underfoot.

Andrew Denny highlights another poop problem on his Granny Buttons blog.

Albert sports its own blog here.

Maintaining The Canal

Colin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:19:08 +0000

Work in progress, the canals need regular maintenance during the ‘off season’ to ensure smooth operation during the summer season. The canal has been drained on the Buckby flight to allow access to maintain and repair the locks. This particular section of canal is where I managed to get a couple of images of Halfie and Lazy Days last year. Images here.

Maintaining The Locks

Colin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:04:26 +0000

Work goes on maintaining the locks on the Buckby flight. Workboats are grounded on the drained canal floor.

Narrowboat Wild Mink

Colin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:39:15 +0000

Narrowboat Wild Mink moored at a tranquil spot with farm animals grazing in the adjoining field. Pictured at bridge 97 on the Grand Union Canal not far from Braunston Junction.

Narrowboat Vulcan At Braunston

Colin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:52:41 +0000

From last weeks visit to Braunston. A picture of narrowboat Vulcan out and about on the canal near the Braunston junction.

Narrowboat Pied Piper

Colin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:46:29 +0000

I managed to get out for a brief visit to Braunston last week. Here is a picture of narrowboat Pied Piper making its way through Braunston passing narrowboat Ubique who have their own blog. Ubique is currently experiencing problems with its fuel system. Unfortunately Ubique is moored left of image where it is not so easy to get a decent picture, so this one will currently suffice as meeting the needs of ‘Bloggers That I’ve Imaged’. Granny Buttons and Piston Broke were moored here some months ago and proved equally difficult to image. I continue to keep an eye out for them passing my direction again.

Narrowboat Images – Pictures Of Canals and British Waterways

Colin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:16:54 +0000

Narrowboat Images – Pictures Of Canals and British Waterways.

It has been a while since I last posted some images on this site. I must really try and get out this weekend to capture some autumn images before all the leaves have blown away.

A couple of pictures here captured between Whilton and Weedon on the Grand Union Canal a couple weeks ago.

Busy Lizzie moored on private moorings near Whilton.

I was unable to recall the name of the narrowboat in the picture below, and the angle of the original photograph is such that the name can’t be read. If anyone knows the name of this colourful character please leave a comment below.

P.S. This post title so named for Granny Buttons.

Aside from Granny Buttons I confess to being a regular reader of the following blogs:
Halfie, Lazy Days, Derwent6, Balmaha, Piston Broke, Oakfield, Sanity, and No Problem. There are of course numerous other narrowboat blogs which I dip in and out of on a fairly frequent basis.

All of this blog following seems to help with the waiting until such time that I can move onto the canal system with my own narrowboat and collect images from all over the network and from a different angle other than viewed from the towpath.

Narrowboat And Duck

Colin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:16:20 +0000

A narrowboat and a duck. Pictured at bridge 50 (candle bridge) on the Grand Union Canal approaching Blisworth tunnel. Candle Bridge is so named as the cottage at the canal side near this bridge used to sell candles to the boatmen which were used for lighting whilst negotiating the Blisworth tunnel.

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