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Watering at Stewpony, the first morning without rain for3 days
03 October 1995 |
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Watering at Stewpony
03 October 1995 |
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Oak passes while Sycamore takes water
03 October 1995 |
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A sunny day at last, on the Severn below Worcester
04 October 1995 |
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Passing Upton-on-Severn
04 October 1995 |
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Upper Lode Lock
04 October 1995 |
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Leaving U Lode Lock
04 October 1995 |
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Oak steams past
04 October 1995 |
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Oak steams down the Severn at full speed
04 October 1995 |
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Ruth waves as she passes
04 October 1995 |
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And a third boat overtakes us both …
04 October 1995 |
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Moored at Haw Bridge - the south wind was so strong that it was easier to moor head-to-wind rahter than heading against the current!
04 October 1995 |
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The wind holds the boats back against the flow
04 October 1995 |
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John Brand steers away from Haw Bridge
04 October 1995 |
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Moored in Gloucester Docks
04 October 1995 |
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MV Chaceley comes through with grain from Sharpness to Tewksbury. This traffic (the last commercial trade on the Severn) ceased soon after
05 October 1995 |
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Chaceley's wheelhouse
05 October 1995 |
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Chaceley passes Gloucester
05 October 1995 |
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Heading down the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal
05 October 1995 |
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Looking across to May Hill and the Forest of Dean
05 October 1995 |
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Waiting for a swing bridge
05 October 1995 |
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Purton Swing Bridge
05 October 1995 |
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The remains of the Severn Railway Bridge at Sharpness
05 October 1995 |
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Purton Swing Bridge and the "Berkley Hunt"
05 October 1995 |
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A trip boat pass through Purton Swing Bridge
05 October 1995 |
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Trip boat winds in the rain at Purton
05 October 1995 |
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Inside the "Berkley Hunt"
05 October 1995 |
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BW tug "Speedwell" with dumb barges approaches near Shepherd's Patch
05 October 1995 |
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A dumb barge towed by "Speedwell"
05 October 1995 |
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The barge train heads south into the sunshine
05 October 1995 |
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Lockkeeper's house on the G&S
05 October 1995 |
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Splatt Bridge
05 October 1995 |
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Frampton Church
05 October 1995 |
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John rests from cooking breakfast
06 October 1995 |
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Oak
06 October 1995 |
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Chaceley unloading at Tewksbury
06 October 1995 |
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Chaceley unloading at Tewksbury
06 October 1995 |
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Avon Lock at Tewksbury
06 October 1995 |
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Moored at Tewksbury
06 October 1995 |
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Moored at Evesham
07 October 1995 |
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Evesham
07 October 1995 |
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Evesham
07 October 1995 |
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Bidford Bridge
07 October 1995 |
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Bidford Bridge
07 October 1995 |
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Bidford Lock: Anthony removes the teasels from his dufflecoat, which he had gained whilst resting in a ditch on his way back from the pub the night before
08 October 1995 |
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Anthony removes teasels from his coat
08 October 1995 |
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Approaching Stratford
08 October 1995 |
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Gordon Grey Lock, Stratford
08 October 1995 |
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Entering Stratford
08 October 1995 |
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Colin P Witter Lock
08 October 1995 |
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Taking Water opposite Stratford Theatre
08 October 1995 |
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Stratford Theatre
08 October 1995 |
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Group Shot
08 October 1995 |
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Locking up into Bancroft Basin, watched by a cast of 1000's
08 October 1995 |
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Bancroft Basin
08 October 1995 |
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Bancroft Basin
08 October 1995 |
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Edstone Aqueduct
08 October 1995 |
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North Warwick line passing under Edstone Aqueduct
08 October 1995 |
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North Warwick line passing under Edstone Aqueduct
08 October 1995 |
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Near Lowsonford
09 October 1995 |
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Near Lowsonford
10 October 1995 |
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Lowsonford Lock
10 October 1995 |
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Kingswood Jn
10 October 1995 |
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Kingswood Jn
10 October 1995 |
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Entering the (then) new connection into the Grand Union canal
10 October 1995 |
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Taking Water at Farmer's Bridge
10 October 1995 |
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Sycamore on the New Main Line in Smethwick
10 October 1995 |
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Oak on the Engine Arm Aqueduct
10 October 1995 |
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Sycamore approaches the Engine Arm Aqueduct
10 October 1995 |
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Sycamore passes directly under Oak (!)
10 October 1995 |
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Oak on top of Sycamore
10 October 1995 |
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The photographers disperse, note the "Bemused Belgian" to the left of Ivor
10 October 1995 |
