I had been badgered by a few people about returning to the Ship Canal Barges for some time, so finally I got some folks together comprising of Smurfinator, Drowned
_rat, Trash Kitty and a handful of others that Smurf bought along with her!
You will probably remember that I found these on google earth after hearing about them in a site and went to investigate alone. But I won’t go on about them again.
Yesterday I got a big surprise – there weren’t just the three prominent ones but a further TWO that had evaded me! One was on dry land after the waters had subsided some year’s back, but was still full. The other had full grown trees rising from the hold! Proof of just how long they had been there!
Just when we thought there was no more, we spotted some shapes by the mouth of the river. It was huge chunks of wood with small concrete pylons and ladder assemblies just left there!
The only down side to this explore was the amount of overgrowth surrounding the barges, it made it difficult to get a long shot and we got cut to ribbons in all the brambles. Still a good afternoon though!
On arrival!
Water filled hull.
Inside.
It’s like it has grown it’s own sails!
The original 3!
Thelwall Viaduct in the background.
What looks like an old jetty with lights and ladder access!
_rat, Trash Kitty and a handful of others that Smurf bought along with her!
You will probably remember that I found these on google earth after hearing about them in a site and went to investigate alone. But I won’t go on about them again.
Yesterday I got a big surprise – there weren’t just the three prominent ones but a further TWO that had evaded me! One was on dry land after the waters had subsided some year’s back, but was still full. The other had full grown trees rising from the hold! Proof of just how long they had been there!
Just when we thought there was no more, we spotted some shapes by the mouth of the river. It was huge chunks of wood with small concrete pylons and ladder assemblies just left there!
The only down side to this explore was the amount of overgrowth surrounding the barges, it made it difficult to get a long shot and we got cut to ribbons in all the brambles. Still a good afternoon though!
On arrival!
Water filled hull.
Inside.
It’s like it has grown it’s own sails!
The original 3!
Thelwall Viaduct in the background.
What looks like an old jetty with lights and ladder access!
