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Some Of 2025 Boating

Posted on December 12, 2025 by grimsby70

Whitby Has Done A Fair Few Miles This Year Starting The Year By Going To Ellesmere Port At Easter And November We Went To Huddlesford

Wharton Lock Area
The Ancho At High Offerley
Johny Blunn
Johny Loves To Get And Steer Whitby
Sending Paul Off To Shut The Gates
Straight In Never Touched
Shroppie At Chillington
Aston
T&M
Pickfords Rugeley
Armetage Shanks
Fradley
Shingles Bridge
Horninglow
Oops Empress
Stenson Lock
Shardlow
Bates Crane
Down The Trent
Trent Lock
Loughborough Turn
Barrow Lock
Mountsorrel
Whitby’s Lister HB2
Nuneaton & Whitby
Home At Sheet Stores
John Blunn Boatman For Clayton’s & Barlows
Sutton Stop
Ottley & Cygnus
Kev Maslin Photographed Us
Nobul Tunnel
Another Kev Maslin @ Braunston
Suttons us Hadley & England
Ye Old Telegraph Pole
The Hat Factory Atherstone
Steerer Hill
Audlem
Paul And Steerer Hill
Johny Blunn
Johny Blunn Again In His 90’s And Still Loves Steering
Going Into Wheaton Aston Lock
Samuel Barlow Woods Dodona
Glascote
Huddlesford
England
England
Glascote Bottom
Can You Take The Spoon Dredger For Me
Winding At Barlows Old Winding Hole
Petrel
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Thurmaston In 1984

Posted on January 7, 2024 by grimsby70
This Photo Has Been Sent To Us By C Brian Holmes He Took It In 1984 It’s At Thurmaston
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Yuletide 2023 New Years Day

Posted on January 2, 2024 by grimsby70

The Last Bit Of Our Journey Home From Mancetter To Hotel California

Grenville
Andrew & Rachel Rothen Coming For A Brew Before We Leave
Quarry Hill Lane Bridge FMC Malvern
Andrew Steering Whitby
Bye Bye
Tug No2 At The Top Of Atherstone Flight
Steerer Hill Has Arrived With Giles His Son
Eric McDowell In The Top Lock
Whitby Waiting To Go Down
The Butty Wheel Again
Here Comes Nick Hill
X Bec Coming Towards Us A Boat Crestelle Tony Francis Did
The Rivers Well Up
Last Lock
Pete Harrison & Christine Are Lock Fairy’s
Giles Taking Shots
Sarah Her Boats Already Cleared The Flight As Had Eric’s
Themis & Tug No 2 Waiting For Us
Under The That Tree Sarah Goes It’s No Worse Than When We Went Up
Beautiful Sky
Polesworth Village
The Honkers Were About
Pooley Hall Pit That Was
The Arm At Pooley Hall
Paul Going Into Alvecote Marina
The Cormorant & Gulls With My Old Boat Monarch In The Background
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Yuletide 2023

Posted on January 2, 2024 by grimsby70

Going From Hotel California (Alvecote Marina) To Stoke Bruerne And Back Over The Festive Season

Travelling With Themis A Small Starclass Woolwich & Tug Number 2 Another Starclass Woolwich But Cut Down To Work As A Tug On The Erewash At Stanton Owned By X Employee Of Three Fellows Carrying Eric McDowell

Heading Towards Atherstone Flight
Paul Going Up The Flight

Nick Hill x Owner Of FMC Jaguar Came Out To Play

The Butty Wheel Is Still There It Should Be A Listed Structure
Themis Passed The Old Telegraph Pole This Also Should Be Listed
Better Shot Of Old Telegraph Pole
Themis Got The Biggest Blade Full At Bridge 13
The Greyhound Sutton Stop
Our Morning View
Here We Go 2-3-4
Passing One Of Andrew And Rachel Rothens Work Boats
Hilmorton Bottom Lock
Braunston Bottom Lock
Coming Up Breasted
Into Braunston Tunnel
Buckby Flight
Passing A Fat Boat Ours Breasted Up Down The Flight
Janet McDowell Bringing Tug No 2 Out Of Bottom Lock Buckby
About To Tie Up
Boxing Day Morning Through Another Tunnel
Boxing Day Evening Moored Up At Stoke Bruerne You Can See Orion In The Sky
Back Through The Tunnel To Repeat The Whole Journey Back Again
Southern Cross
William & Mary Royalty Boats
Buckby Bottom Lock
Paul Barber On Front Of Boats
Just Coming Out Of Bottom Lock
Whitby’s Engine Room
Braunston Top Lock
The Admiral Nelson Always Great Food In There
Just Going Into Bottom Lock Braunston
Themis Leaving Braunston
Doggy Stop Whitby Themis And Tug No2 All Stopped
Down Hilmorton
Themis At Newbold
Into Newbold Tunnel They Go
Kev Maslin In The Distance Has Come To Photograph Us
Kev Catching Sarah On Themis
Suttons Stop Lock
Whitby’s Favourite Spot
And Relax Time To Go Into The Greyhound For Some Great Food
Tug No2 Outside The Greyhound
Here We Go Again NYE
Here Come The Others At The Rear
Back At The Old Telegraph Pole
Telegraph Pole Again
Themis Coming Towards Mancetter
Two Northwich’s Whitby & Oakley Passing
A Full View Of Oakley & Steve
New Years Day Our View
Grenville In The Dawn Light
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Yuletide 2022

Posted on January 6, 2023 by grimsby70
Top Lock Atherstone Flight
The Old Telegraph Pole Coventry Canal
Moored With England At Stoke Golding
Snarestone Tunnel
Day Break On The Ashby
Coming Off The Moira Cut At Marston Jct
Turning
The Old Hat Factory Atherstone Probably Will Not Be Around For Much Longer
Keith Staley Taking Whitby Between Locks
Samuel Barlow At Alvecote

Sutton Stop
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Seasons Greetings

Posted on December 24, 2022 by grimsby70
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This Winters Stoppage List

Posted on October 27, 2022 by grimsby70

canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/report/winter-notices.pdf

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Different Chapters Of Whitby’s Life

Posted on October 27, 2022 by grimsby70
Whitby & Pictor Gas St Photo Taken By Mike Constable
Whitby Grounded In The Bargee
A Young Whitby With Chesham
Whitby When Paired With Crux
Whitby & Crux
Whitby When Left The Gravel
Whitby & Pictor 1978 Chester Opp Taylor’s Boatyard Photo Paul Chanin

A Few Of Whitby Over Different Periods Of Her Life In A Few Different Livery’s

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Re Run Of Last Croxley Coal Run For Whitby

Posted on October 19, 2022 by grimsby70
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Re Run Of Last Croxley Coal Run For Whitby
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Whitby Goes Up The Shroppie. July 2022 We Went To Audlem

Posted on August 11, 2022 by grimsby70
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Whitby Goes Up The Shroppie. July 2022 We Went To Audlem
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