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Zuleika's book boat
3 Jul 2009 at 12:00pm
The Book Barge is now open for business, at Barton Marina. I heard about this in Thursday's' Express & Star, with its grating headline: Bookstore on a barge is one hull of an idea. But you might ha...

Talk at the Canal Museum: When London Became an Island
2 Jul 2009 at 12:00pm
There's an interesting talk tonight at 7:30pm at the London Canal Museum: How the book "When London Became an Island" came to be written: A talk by Robert Philpotts, author of the book, which is a ...

This Pontcysyllte Aqueduct post doesn't have the H-word in it
1 Jul 2009 at 9:06pm
This is a blog post about the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal. I bet it's the only occurrence of the 'Ponty' on the web this week (or last week) that doesn't mention the U-word, the W-word or the H...

Coppermill Lock repairs, and lock gate lock-miles
1 Jul 2009 at 12:00pm
It's taken me 6 months to mention it, but I was really impressed by the official pictures of the repair of Coppermill Lock on the Grand Union near Uxbridge, sent out by BW's press office in last Ja...

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