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Andrew Denny
Burton-upon-Trent
Journalist & blogger on the waterways. News editor of Waterways World.
Interests: Opinions my own, and no-one else's, except where stated.
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Grandma Briefs blogs granny buttons
Posted Aug 17, 2012 at Granny Buttons
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Ouch, point taken!
Liquid history in DC
"The Thames is liquid history", wrote some bloke I can't be bothered to google. When it comes to old waterways stories, we Brits tend to think we have the market cornered. Maybe, we think, just across the English Channel, the infinitely larger continental waterways leave behind one or two othe...
Seyyed,
This is my pleasure. I can send you hi-resolution images if you wish.
Die, floating pennywort, die!
Next Tue/Wed 5th-6th Aug, a bunch of volunteers will be taking to the River Soar in Leicester to remove Floating Pennywort. Floating Pennywort is a cute and cuddly species of pond life alien to the UK, whose sole purpose seems to be to go forth and multiply. They pose no threat other than outn...
Liquid history in DC
"The Thames is liquid history", wrote some bloke I can't be bothered to google. When it comes to old waterways stories, we Brits tend to think we have the market cornered. Maybe, we think, just across the English Channel, the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 1, 2012 at Granny Buttons
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Thanks, Peggy.
So far no one's got angry with me on the post! But I get so irritated with filling station flowers wrapped in plastic. It's partly the plastic, partly the cheap sentiment and lack of commitment.
I think it's charming that there's a tree or a hardy perennial or a bunch of snowdrops or something. I did like the fact that that particular family had made the effort to cut the grass, but I doubt they'll keep it up.
Actually, if it happened to me, I wouldn't want to be remembered at the location where I died, but where I lived.
Andrew
Roadside shrine gives me a towpath maintenance idea
Several weeks ago a young man was knocked off his scooter and killed on the busy A38 dual carriageway, opposite the entrance to Streethay Wharf boatyard. Another dark day, another sad death, another bleak statistic. I was (fortunately) late to the scene, coming across it a couple of hours after ...
Roadside shrine gives me a towpath maintenance idea
Posted May 20, 2012 at Granny Buttons
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Great Mug of Ware
Posted May 14, 2012 at Granny Buttons
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Catching President and Kildare on their way to London
Posted May 13, 2012 at Granny Buttons
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Granny Ainsworth's Button Bags
Posted Jan 5, 2012 at Granny Buttons
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Granny loses bid for place on the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
Posted Dec 31, 2011 at Granny Buttons
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Granny does the Four Counties
Granny has begun a week's tour of the Four Counties Ring, setting off from Burton-upon-Trent today, and returning next year. (Sven Latham has an excellent account of the Four Counties Ring from a week's trip he did back in 2007).... Continue reading
Posted Dec 31, 2011 at Granny Buttons
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30 Canada geese in a row on the Isle of Wight
Posted Dec 13, 2011 at Granny Buttons
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Neil, I've not been up there for a couple of years, but I don't remember it being in operation when I went up. I've been looking forward for a long time to using sideponds myself.
Max Sinclair completes the dream
I've been running back in my mind through the special things that have happened this year. One of my favourites is accompanying Max Sinclair and his family up the newly reopened Droitwich Junction Canal on September 3rd, two months after the full route was officially reopened to traffic. Max...
Max Sinclair completes the dream
Posted Dec 10, 2011 at Granny Buttons
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Fish slapping dance location
Posted Nov 28, 2011 at Granny Buttons
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A Farewell To Knees
Posted Nov 14, 2011 at Granny Buttons
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Remembrance creep
Posted Nov 14, 2011 at Granny Buttons
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Neil publishes his Herbie blog as a colour 'keepsake'
Posted Oct 23, 2011 at Granny Buttons
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Harecastle Tunnel breakdown 2008 - an update
Posted Oct 19, 2011 at Granny Buttons
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Andrew says: "Good doggy, thank you for the wood, but Granny does have a diesel heater!"
Mad dogs and English canals
When I posted a picture of a dog confronting a canal swan yesterday, as my suggestion for an official mascot of the new Murray Popoff was quick to suggest an alternative: No!!!! You had a photo of a "Crazy" looking dog with a big stick awhile back. I'm sure you will remember it. That should be ...
Mad dogs and English canals
Posted Oct 13, 2011 at Granny Buttons
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Thoroughly modern canal dogs
Posted Oct 12, 2011 at Granny Buttons
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Explaining rainbows
Posted Sep 15, 2011 at Granny Buttons
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Patsy, I like to say the English canals are 'ethnic', in the sense that they have a unique and distinctive culture. Boats are readily available for hire all the year round, although the hire season only comes into its own from Easter to late September. Best to hire (if you can) when school children aren't on holiday, as it will be a little quieter then.
As to where to hire from, well perhaps the Midland narrow canals are a good start.
Night at Windmill End
I paid a brief visit to the Black Country Boat Festival over last weekend. As promised, I went out for a nocturnal stroll, around 2am, and managed to avoid getting arrested. The full moon did put in an occasional appearance. I've said before how the moon can give a 'stage set' feel to noctu...
Apologies, Dawn. Yes, it's not technically a 'workboat' (I don't know why I called it that).
It *is* old, though! I saw it was Darley when I arrived, but after a night of wandering I forgot, saw it adjacent to Malus, and assumed it was Atlas.
Night at Windmill End
I paid a brief visit to the Black Country Boat Festival over last weekend. As promised, I went out for a nocturnal stroll, around 2am, and managed to avoid getting arrested. The full moon did put in an occasional appearance. I've said before how the moon can give a 'stage set' feel to noctu...
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