Oh, by the way, which one's Pink?*

I wonder how many Pink Floyd references on the canals there are. There's the famous graffiti on the Oxford/Grand Union, which I talk about here after Steve Haywood mentioned it in a Canal Boat article.

And then there are the boat names.




According to Jim Shead there are two boats called Piper at the Gates of Dawn ...




... and one called Wish you were Here; one Shine On; one Shine On You Crazy Diamond; and eight Crazy Diamonds. There are three Steel Breezes, from the lyrics to Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

There's a boat called Meddle - and three called Echoes; one called More; but none with the name The Dark Side of the Moon - but there are three called Time, and no fewer than 25 Eclipses - nor Obscured by Clouds.

I'm pleased to see there's a Momentary Lapse of Reason (there had to be, didn't there?). And Division Bell makes Jim Shead's boat listing. No Atom Heart Mother, nor The Final Cut, possibly the most overtly canal-connected name. There are three boats called Pulse, but no Relics.

There are bound to be more, and I'm bound to have missed some obvious ones.



(edit: Maffi has posted this photo of Comfortably Numb on his blog:)

*from Have a Cigar (Wish You Were Here)