Easter – the start of Spring!
Our Son and Granddaughter were up from Staines for Easter.
Where
to go for a day out? – why not the Easter Historic Working Boat
Gathering, at Ellesmere Port. We were there a year ago on our boat.
See link here. This year we went by car!
Although very cold, we enjoyed the trip - and our visitors especially enjoyed the Sea Shanty singing!
Boats in the Lower Basin
Wrapped up warmly against a biting cold wind!
Three generations play 'Bash the Rat!' The rat got away!
Surprisingly
– and with disappointment, there were no engines running in the
Engine House. Last year, there was a JP2 running.
This
time, a pristine Lister in shiny Brunswick Green was on show.
Looks like a Lister JP2 – but the crankcase plate said CS ?
There
were more working boats than last year and we were able to show our
granddaughter a real boatman's cabin from the old days!
Sue Cawson's Thea (also has a JP2) – with Saturn against the lock
island
And
lastly – the iconic sight of a row of working boat cabins – taken
in the Upper Basin
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