3 more canal bridges from yesterday: Here are 3 more canal bridge shots from my walk yesterday. All the bridges are numbered so that boaters know where they are, The bridge called Pink...

farmerjim Loc: Rugby, England

Here are 3 more canal bridge shots from my walk yesterday.
All the bridges are numbered so that boaters know where they are, The bridge called Pink Floyd was demolished many years ago after the Great Central Railway was closed. Some-one painted "Pink Floyd, Big A, Little A, The system got you but it won't get me." Don't think it's a line from their songs so if anyone knows please tell me!

Comment and critique are always welcomed!

Bridge 97, Red Bridge.

Pink Floyd bridge.

Bridge 98, Ivy Bridge

Curtis_Lowe Loc: Georgia

farmerjim wrote:

Here are 3 more canal bridge shots from my walk yesterday.
All the bridges are numbered so that boaters know where they are, The bridge called Pink Floyd was demolished many years ago after the Great Central Railway was closed. Some-one painted "Pink Floyd, Big A, Little A, The system got you but it won't get me." Don't think it's a line from their songs so if anyone knows please tell me!

Comment and critique are always welcomed!

I love bridges, bridges of all types and these are great.
Snow the slight glaze of the frozen water, footprints, very neat! :thumbup:

Question #1 what is the box on the side of Bridge #97, on the right side just below the brick course with the sign?
Queston #2 when I downloaded the picture for Bridge #97 to try and see for myself, I noticed that it looks like the brick course {lines of mortor devine it pretty good} seem to not be level as if they go off at an angle. Is this an optical illusion or do they actually do that?

farmerjim Loc: Rugby, England

Curtis_Lowe wrote:

Question #1 what is the box on the side of Bridge #97, on the right side just below the brick course with the sign?
Queston #2 when I downloaded the picture for Bridge #97 to try and see for myself, I noticed that it looks like the brick course {lines of mortor devine it pretty good} seem to not be level as if they go off at an angle. Is this an optical illusion or do they actually do that?

Q#1 It's a sign saying "Braunston Angling Club"
Q#2 The top part of the bridge was re-built about 8 years ago, I think where the new course of bricks meets the old one there could be a bit of a wobble.

The sign!

Curtis_Lowe Loc: Georgia

farmerjim wrote:

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famerjim,
Thanks that is a wee bit of wobble is there a pub nearby?
mayby the lads spent some time in the pub before work?

R.G. Loc: Scotland

I'd have gone a bit wider with #1 and #3 to take in the whole arch - but you probably wanted to focus on the details.

The Victorians left us so much - will we be able to say the same about our generation?

I hope there's nobody living in those barges. My brother lived in one for a while and said they get cold VERY quickly. (Is somebody going to jump down my throat for calling them barges instead of narrow boats?).

(PS I hope you had a good breakfast before going out in that cold).

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

I really love photo #3. According to Google, those are lyrics from a song by Kottonmouth King (nope, never heard of 'em).

farmerjim Loc: Rugby, England

R.G. wrote:

I'd have gone a bit wider with #1 and #3 to take in the whole arch - but you probably wanted to focus on the details.
I hope there's nobody living in those barges. My brother lived in one for a while and said they get cold VERY quickly. (Is somebody going to jump down my throat for calling them barges instead of narrow boats?).
(PS I hope you had a good breakfast before going out in that cold).

Think you're right RG, should have gone back a bit and taken the whole arch on #1. #3 I couldn't get all the arch without a fish-eye as from that angle there's no-where to go back. Valid point tho'.
I've got about 14 boats moored up and 9 of them have permanent "live aboards". The newer boats being all steel do get cold quickly but because it's a confined space, warm up very quickly. The older wooden boats don't cool down as quick but they warm up as quick.
It's the "Trad boaters" who get v upset if you call their boats "barges" instead of "narrow boats"! When we drink in the Admiral Nelson canal-side pub we often talk about the barges in the little ponds [locks] if trad boaters are ear-wigging!

R.G. Loc: Scotland

farmerjim wrote:

When we drink in the Admiral Nelson canal-side pub we often talk about the barges in the little ponds [locks] if trad boaters are ear-wigging!

You enjoy winding people up??? I'm shocked!

greymule Loc: Colorado

farmerjim wrote:

Here are 3 more canal bridge shots from my walk yesterday.
All the bridges are numbered so that boaters know where they are, The bridge called Pink Floyd was demolished many years ago after the Great Central Railway was closed. Some-one painted "Pink Floyd, Big A, Little A, The system got you but it won't get me." Don't think it's a line from their songs so if anyone knows please tell me!

Comment and critique are always welcomed!

:thumbup: :thumbup:

farmerjim Loc: Rugby, England

Curtis_Lowe wrote:

Thanks that is a wee bit of wobble is there a pub nearby?
mayby the lads spent some time in the pub before work?

Well they certainly went to the pub afterwards! :) :) To be fair, the Heritage people wanted them to use as many old bricks as pos and the new bricks were a different size. Could account for wobbles.

farmerjim Loc: Rugby, England

Linda From Maine wrote:

I really love photo #3. According to Google, those are lyrics from a song by Kottonmouth King (nope, never heard of 'em).

Thanks Linda :thumbup: Thanks for the info on lyrics as well, I'll have a look at them.

farmerjim Loc: Rugby, England

R.G. wrote:

You enjoy winding people up??? I'm shocked!

Moi, enjoy winding people up?? No, never, well hardly ever and only when it's fun. Especially fun when they're stuck up their own a**es :-) :-)

farmerjim Loc: Rugby, England

Thanks for the :thumbup: Greymule.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

farmerjim wrote:

Moi, enjoy winding people up?? No, never, well hardly ever and only when it's fun. Especially fun when they're stuck up their own a**es :-) :-)

Now, farmerjim, that be farmer talk!

I was just thinking about my brother living in the barge. It was in the Rugby area because he was working at the turbine place (GEC?) at the time. This was either very late 60s or early 70s. Wouldn't it be funny if it turned out you were his landlord.

farmerjim Loc: Rugby, England

R.G. wrote:

I was just thinking about my brother living in the barge. It was in the Rugby area because he was working at the turbine place (GEC?) at the time. This was either very late 60s or early 70s. Wouldn't it be funny if it turned out you were his landlord.

We didn't have any moorers until the 90's. Yes , he would have been at GEC, the cut goes right by the [former] factory.