A month ago, as we were coming past Shackerstone for the second time, more historic boats had moored for the festival.
Here are two views of Darley.
No sign of Blossom, though.
On the same stretch of towpath was steam tunnel tug Hasty...
... and FMC boat Empress (renamed from Emperor?)
I'm looking forward to being able to visit these sort of rallies properly by boat one day.
Heading north: Day 6
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The mooring at Grendon was excellent, with the hill between us and the
railway line really cutting out the noise of the trains. This morning,
there was ...
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5 comments:
I'm not sure Hasty counts as an old boat -- as it went in the water barely a year ago...
Oops - I was a bit, er, hasty there! Perhaps that's why I couldn't find out much about it.
There's everything you could ever want to know here: http://www.tunneltug.org.uk/
Fabuolous photos, Halfie! The first one is particularly impressive.
VallyP? I'll have to get used to calling you Val now! Thanks for your comment.
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