The result of a fire on a GRP craft. Aylesbury, 30th March 2008.

Tooley's Boatyard in Banbury sometime in the early 1980s.

Tooley's Boatyard as it is today. 23rd April 2005.

Blue Tops as used on British Waterways River Class butties.

Marine historian Paul Barnett, guru of the Purton Hulks, on board the wreck of the "Arkendale H" in the middle of the Severn. See the front page for details of Paul's guided tours of Purton. [On no account try to access the Arkendale/Wastdale wrecks - it is EXTREMELY dangerous].

Brindley sculpture on the Farmers Bridge flight. 14th July 2006.

Farmers Bridge Junction - the well known island. 14th July 2006.

Two Mile Bend on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, before work began to realign the canal for a new road bridge. (Image courtesy of Google Earth).

Two Mile Bend with diversion work underway. (Image courtesy of Google Earth).

Part of the National Waterways Museum's reserve collection stored in the former salt warehouse at Hempsted on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal. 12th November 2003.

A Measham teapot preserved at the London Canal Museum. 24th February 2009.

Nameplates from British Waterways maitenance vessels on display at the Dudley Canal Trust's Tipton site. 3rd October 2008.

Nameplates from British Waterways maitenance vessels on display at the Dudley Canal Trust's Tipton site. 3rd October 2008.

Narrowboat hull sections in Caggy Stevens' yard, Tipton. 11th October 2009.

A sunken FCB (Ferro Concrete Barge) on the River Weaver near Anderton. 16th September 2002.

Somewhat weathered, a nice example of an old British Waterways logo.

The Queens Head pub, Worcester & Birmingham Canal in the late 1970s. The kid on the foredeck is me - no idea why I appear to be holding a handbag!

A boatbuilder's steam chest and boiler preserved at the Black Country Museum. 3rd October 2008.

A severed butty or day boat stern at the Black Country Museum. 3rd October 2008.