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A man, no particular plan, lots of canals - Granny Buttons!
Authentic Stenson bridge repair makes me wonder about BW priorities and inten...
7 Feb 2010 at 6:00pm
Next week BW is giving a press tour of the rebuilding of Hicklins Bridge No. 20, near Stenson on the Trent & Mersey Canal. This is the accommodation bridge that partly collapsed in October 2008 whe...
The grimness of being 'Granny'
7 Feb 2010 at 12:51am
My alter-ego or nom-de-clef is 'granny', but most people in the British Isles tend to have a 'nan', 'nanny' or a 'grandma'. In the case of 'nan' it's obviously a class thing. If you were rich enoug...
Highlights of swan lost by my cheaper camera
6 Feb 2010 at 4:02pm
One of the frustrations of a cheaper digital camera is its inability to respond to 'difficult' exposure situations. For example, a couple of weeks ago the ice at Stone was defrosting following over...
Photos of locked boatyard at Jericho
5 Feb 2010 at 12:00pm
It's 1am, I'm still not feeling great, and I nearly coughed up my supper tonight. I've got to do another post before bed, so that you've got something to read tomorrow. How to start? One way is to ...
I'm still alive, but dying
3 Feb 2010 at 12:09pm
Oh! I'm so ill, I'm dying. I think it's swine flue. Cough. Cough, cough cough-co-cough. Retch. Here's a filler blog post, just to reassure you I'm not dead. Yet. The autumn before last, some wag pa...
Crack willow worry for No Worries
2 Feb 2010 at 12:00pm
Tree falls on canal couple?s home - Shropshire Star Liveaboard boaters Bernard & Barbara Richardson were lucky to be away from their boat No Worries last Friday when they got a call from British Wa...
Stone in the snow, full moon and yellow streetlights
1 Feb 2010 at 10:00am
This weekend's offered us the brightest and best full moon for ages. So, although I was really snug and warm on Granny on Saturday night at Stone, I forced myself out at midnight to try and catch s...
What size are my pictures?
1 Feb 2010 at 1:33am
Cap'n Ahab of Wand'ring Bark asks a technical question: I am trying to work out the optimum size of image to post on the blog and notice that you seem to use a max side length of 800 - 1200...
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