From Warwick we continued up the Grand Union to Long Itchington, tying up by Bickley's Bridge 26. We walked/cycled into the village where we looked in the church.
Just above Radford Bottom Lock, just past the skew railway bridge, Spey was tied up.
Spey is a wooden boat in Thomas Clayton livery. The hold is planked over, presumably because this is a "tar boat", designed to carry bulk liquids.
The Historic Narrow Boat Owners' Club gives Spey's build date as 1937.
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Ah yes. Where are they now, I wonder? I think you should post your ETD photo, Simon.
ReplyDeleteSpey looks in very good condition for a wooden boat!
ReplyDeleteRight now (Oct 2014) we're tied up on our home moorings at Leigh, Lancs, having just come off a 2 week docking on Wigan Dry Dock. If you search 'Spey' and plank bending on u tube there's an interesting video there...
ReplyDeleteThanks, timycelyn, I'll have a look ...
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