Well-argued article in the discrimination against boaters without home moorings. Like Braverman saying make tents for the homeless illegal rather than providing affordable homes, CRT’s intention is to price ‘homeless’ boaters off the canal. The itinerant boaters who are perceived as a problem are those unable to afford any other home—and why is that?—but the impact is felt also by those who happily choose a life exploring the country. https://www.narrowboatworld.com/14940-boat-licence-discrimination #BoatLife#Canal#Narrowboat
We were busy with locks and watching for a chandlery to buy coal, not watching the sky.
By the time we descended Church Minshull lock, it was full sun—but low in the sky because it's less than a week to November.
Photo: We are passing a traditional carrier type of narrowboat, with its 2-stroke engine. It's not a putt-putt-putt sound; it's lower and more blutt-blutt-blutt.
We waited in vain for the fog to burn off. After wasting the morning with that, we have decided to get moving.
We're winding the boat after bridge 91, and then heading back north to the Middlewich Arm, which connects Shropshire Union canal to the Trent & Mersey canal.
> Le groupe #Canal+ a envoyé des emails commerciaux sans avoir le consentement des personnes ciblées. La #CNIL le rappelle à l'ordre, souligne qu'il est responsable de l'encadrement de ses sous-traitants et lui inflige une amende de 600 000 euros, sanctionnant au passage d'autres manquements au #RGPD.
Rainy-day boredom:
• I took a photo of an open porthole. (See below.)
• My husband discovered that his nose fits in my ear in some new way, which he demonstrated.
At 4pm the rain is scheduled to ease, at which point we'll get underway. No point in getting soaked now when there's no place else we have to be.
Many canals converge on Manchester—under brick arches and steel railway bridges. Former canalside warehouses are in rough shape, except those converted to housing or offices. Footbridges, unexpected stairs, and stone towpaths along the canals and basins make a delightful maze.
Maximum stay: 72 hours. No return for 14 days. There are many museums and architectural marvels to see, and the Alan Turing memorial.
For #SilentSunday it's another river based offering from me. I frequently take pictures from this bridge, for the last couple of years, this is the only time I have seen a single scull on the river. #river#canal#HertsLife#hertfordshire#ware#summer
The Pinkston Basin in the North of Glasgow. At one time this formed the junction between the Forth and Clyde Canal (completed 1792) and the Monkland Canal (completed in 1794). The Monkland Canal has now mostly been filled in and replaced by the M8 motorway.
After the rush to Liverland, two days ago, I saw I'd misread the calendar. So we had a day off, yesterday.😂
Today we descend the Stanley flight into the #Liverpool docks. These locks, pictured, are broad beam (wide), so we're awaiting a boat to join us, to conserve water and share the work.
The #CRT volunteers speak #Scouse, so lots of repetition with some of them, trying to understand even basic topics like the weather. 🌞