Last July we were in the north west of England for our daughter's wedding. We called in at Jan's friend from college who lives near Chester. So, of course, we walked in to the city and hung around the Chester Canal for a bit. Just north of the dry dock by the junction with the Dee Branch is a covered dock, housing boats in various states of dereliction.
Not looking derelict at all was the northern-sounding Aye-Oop (in the middle of the top photo). (Is there a southern boat called Watcha?)
I've just looked on Jim Shead's boat listing, but he doesn't have an Aye-Oop or an Aye Oop. (Nor is there a "Watcha" listed.)
4 comments:
How sad that the others should be so neglected. Any chance of a revivial for them? Ay oop looks very smart though!
Did you try the spelling "wotcha"? That's how I've always spelled it.
I just remembered there's a boat at Mercia called Aye-Up-Mi-Duck. With 'up' pronounced 'oop'
Andrew, whoops, silly me! No, there appears to be no "Wotcha" either. A search of wotcha narrowboat merely results in a few greetings in writings about narrowboats.
And "duck" pronounced "dook", no doubt.
Missed you at Crick - we were there yesterday (Sun).
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