(Boat Sickle - posted by Alan)Time doesn't really permit a full write up of the event, or at least not yet.
For thetime being, here is a collection of pictures from the first day.
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| General view from balcony of Samuel Barlow |
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| Front end variety |
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| "Holland" |
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| "Emu" |
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| "Lynx" & "Ibex" (Two different "Lynxs" were present). |
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| The less often reproduced form of Fellows Morton & Clayton colours. |
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| "Renfrew", "Chertsey" & (part of) "Whitby" |
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| "Blossom" on his boat "Darley", "Whitby" to the left. |
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| "White Heather" |
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| Mostly "Grand Union" boats at this end of the marina. |
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| "Sextans" - Like "Sickle" a "Middle Northwich", and once an ice-breaker. |
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| "Emu" |
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| "Emu" |
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| "Birmingham", now under restoration by enthusiastic new owners. |
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| "Sickle" & "Minnow" |
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| "Sickle" & "Dove" |
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| "Sickle" and Narrow Boat Trust's "Nuneaton" |
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| "Sickle" & "Ibex" (Matt steering "Ibex" formerly owned "Sickle") |
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| "Python" in the only parade she made it to. |
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| "Whitby" |
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| A leak was finally pinpointed in "Python" the morning after this photo. |
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| Some of our friends spectating - the women seem the happier! |
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| Winding competition judge - I got only a "5" this day - I wasn't THAT bad! |
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| "Cassiopeia" winding outside the Barlow |
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| "Birmingham" |
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| "Sickle", "Dove", "Nutfield" & "Raymond" |
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| "Ibex" in the very capable hands of "Sickl's" former owner, Matt. |
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| "Badger" |
Parading at AlvecoteMiles: 1.5 (Sickle), Locks: 0Total Miles: 338.5, Locks: 192
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