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Somnambulation. During WW2 some canals became a 'last line' of defence. A rare photo here then of ARP Warden Hodges dug in as part of the Walmington-on-Sea efforts to protect the canal from any invasion...

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Somnambulation. Somewhere out there... The boat is 7' wide. The bridge-hole (water level) is 8' - maybe. Clearance at hand rail is 8" - maybe. Visabillity is not good owing to lack of maintenance by CRT! We are going in! Regardless - but s l o w ... Phew! - We made it!

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Somnambulation. From Saturday's cruise. Pet hate 1. Graffiti on 200 year old brick bridges almost impossible to remove. Pet hate 2. CRT so out of touch that they don't notice it as soon as it happens. Grrrrr! Hang the sods from the parapet with a toothbrush and graffiti remover!

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Somnambulation. Moved the boat yesterday, not far, but another step back in time. Low water here, approaching a lock through a bridge, and a silted up lock mooring. Thanks due to t'other half for 'doing' the lock so I could enter without stopping...

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Somnambulation. Good morning everyone as the sun rises over the canal - but a mackerel sky? we are on a canal in the middle of the country - no mackerel here! Well, there might be a tin in the cupboard!

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Somnambulation. The church warden, in a soft quiet voice tells me that 'it was customary for stone masons to carve caricatures of living people when building churches'... I don't think I would have wanted to live in the village back then...

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Somnambulation. Little known fact: Every lock on the canal network has its own sun-dial so that bargees can always keep up with the time. For many non-boaters encountering a lock is like stepping back in time...

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Somnambulation. Little known fact: Every lock on the canal network has its own sun-dial so that bargees can always keep up with the time. For many non-boaters encountering a lock is like stepping back in time... 6:00 AM · Jul 27, 2026

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