Category Archives: March 2011

For the pleasure of it

From almost the beginnings of time we have been drawn to water not just for economic reasons but also for the sheer fun of messing about in boats. I’m sure that in the stone age some boating was done just … Continue reading

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More World War 2

A little while ago I did a blog about the Bure during World War 2 and this led to an email arriving from a gentleman called Christopher Bird who filled in some of the gaps for me. I think his … Continue reading

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Years apart

The photographic spread of this website continues to grow and I have decided to highlight two very different photographs which we have just been given permission to use. They are seperated by approximately 100 years but both capture something essential about … Continue reading

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Upstream

The last blog looked downstream from where I’m sat in Brampton and now I’m going to look a little upstream and across the water, the Bure that is. One of the nice things about running this website is the finding … Continue reading

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Down South

The southern end of the navigation, specifically Buxton to Coltishall and Horstead Lock via Mayton Bridge, is the stretch I know least well and yet in some ways it can be argued as being the most beautiful part of the … Continue reading

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In defence of history

Well that’s a challenging title if ever there was one and I could quite easily go off on a long ramble through the recorded past and point to the significance of past events to those of today but I think … Continue reading

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